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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Arctera Backup Exec

    Score5.4 out of 10
    N/AArctera Backup Exec is a backup and disaster recovery solution. It works in virtual, physical, and multi-cloud environments and integrates with several third-party software releases and applications.N/A

    Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365

    Score8.7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 is a BaaS (Backup as a Service) solution used to back up and restore Microsoft 365 data, including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive for Business and Microsoft Teams data.N/A
    Pricing
    Arctera Backup ExecVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Editions & Modules
    Veritas Backup Exec
    Contact sales team
    VDC for Microsoft 365
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Arctera Backup ExecVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Arctera Backup ExecVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Considered Both Products
    Cloud Software Group
    No answer on this topic
    Veeam Software
    Chose Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    It didn't make it pass the review.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Veeam has all of the options but is lightweight and works perfectly for backup of items in the cloud such as Office 365
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Veeam is stable and offers some level of scalability in comparison to other products on the market. In addition to that, it offers backup solutions on the premises. Because of these capabilities, we find ourselves reaching for this program above others, such as the Metallic …
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Veeam [Backup for Microsoft Office 365]'s interface and setup is much more intuitive than its competitors.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    I have tried a few different products, but none of them have been as user friendly as Veeam.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    We use Veeam Backup and Replication at my main site, and have since rolled it out to a second site due to the effectiveness; however, this couldn't back up Office 365 data on its own.

    Backup Exec I found to be a good product in the earlier versions, however, the newer ones …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    56%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    282 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    56%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    266 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    281 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    268 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    78%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    261 Answers
    Features
    Arctera Backup ExecVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Arctera Backup Exec and Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Feature
    Arctera Backup Exec
    8.6
    22 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    8.6
    148 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Universal recovery10.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery7.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification7.920 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection10.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations6.421 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification7.922 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud10.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression7.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots8.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard9.020 Ratings8.2144 Ratings
    Platform support8.519 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options8.418 Ratings9.1144 Ratings
    Encryption10.012 Ratings8.6128 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Arctera Backup Exec and Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Feature
    Arctera Backup Exec
    -
    Ratings
    Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    7.8
    134 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings7.8129 Ratings
    Malware protection00 Ratings7.794 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings7.989 Ratings
    SaaS Backup
    Comparison of SaaS Backup features of Arctera Backup Exec and Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Feature
    Arctera Backup Exec
    -
    Ratings
    Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    8.4
    124 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SaaS Product Integration00 Ratings9.296 Ratings
    Multiple Data Restoration Options00 Ratings8.7119 Ratings
    Data Auditing and Search00 Ratings7.5109 Ratings
    Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises00 Ratings8.4116 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Arctera Backup ExecVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (25 ratings)
    8.7
    (289 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (290 ratings)
    Availability
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.8
    (281 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (8 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Arctera Backup ExecVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cloud Software Group
    Backup Exec works well generally in most environments or situations. The licensing can potentially be a nightmare, but manageable if you have a decent reseller. Backing up and restoring from physical tapes which is not all that common is not as reliable as when backing up and restoring from datastores that reside on hard drives or digital media. It does a good job with large or small backup jobs. Backing up and managing SQL backups requires additional licenses and be a bit clunky. If you are very careful (which you should be anyway) and document as you build these backups you will get better at managing them. Regarding a virtual environment, I have limited experience in that arena, but have done it. Backup Exec can backup VMware environments, but honestly we moved to Unitrends to backup our VM's and are much happier with the backup process. However, restoring a VM in Unitrends can be tedious compared to Backup Exec.
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    Veeam Software
    Analyzing campaign performance is a great area where the Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 is well-suited, and it’s working well. In the past, when we analyzed campaign performance, we had to use outside vendors, which was a time-consuming, laborious, and costly process.
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    Pros
    Cloud Software Group
    • Manage agent based backups - It is easy to schedule and monitor backups. Verifying backups is done for all jobs. Backup performance is excellent.
    • Provide a wide ranging contingent of backup options - Despite providing a dizzying array of backup options, it is easy to schedule individual or recurring jobs.
    • Integrates well with our Active Directory - Restoring even individual Active Directory objects is possible.
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    Veeam Software
    • Granular restoration of emails within a mailbox
    • Complete Restoration of a Mailbox
    • Restoration of Teams Conversations
    • Add users for backups
    • Restauración granular de correos electrónicos dentro de un buzón
    • Restauración completa de un buzón
    • Restauración de conversaciones de TEAMS
    • Agregar usuarios para respaldos
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    Cons
    Cloud Software Group
    • Could provide better license management from an inventory perspective. How many licenses do I have?.. etc.
    • When Backup Exec backs up itself it should not select iSCSI backup targets by default. The result is recursive data backup ending in the loss of storage capacity.
    • I'm struggling to come up with another con.
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    Veeam Software
    • I would like the option to remove users from the backup and set them to an alternate storage location/ archive location. Currently, my backups are at 7 TB, and I would like to segment out data with lower data retention requirements.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cloud Software Group
    This software is a mess in my brutally honest opinion. I've spent more time babysitting this software while backing up 20 servers than I did with Veeam backing up 600+. I've had multiple jobs run fine for weeks at a time that just randomly fail out of the blue for seemingly no reason whatsoever. There's no intuitive way to chain jobs, so automation becomes somewhat more problematic if certain jobs depend on other jobs. The forever incremental feature feels tacked on since the merge operation merges all your incremental jobs into the most recent backup and doesn't have the option set a limit on how long to keep your point in time restores.
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    Veeam Software
    Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 just works so well and is so easy to use. I researched multiple options for Office 365 backup and none seemed to be as easy to setup and use as Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 and the pricing was very comfortable to us. I can't imagine any reason why we would change away from Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.
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    Usability
    Cloud Software Group
    It can do a lot of things on paper and sounds terrific, but in practice it doesn't do any of them well. It can easily be sold to non-technical minds and C-levels, but of all the backup solutions I've used in the last 15 years of my career, Backup Exec is easily the least fault tolerant. Unless this software is a sunk cost and you're on a shoestring budget, I recommend almost anything else. Jobs fail often with obscure error codes and the KB articles in the Veritas support portal are a mess. Within 30 days of a fresh deployment I've logged more tickets with their support than I did in 3 years with Veeam.
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    Veeam Software
    The interface is simple, but powerful. It's easy to setup, easy to use. It's able to restore individual files and emails with ease. Would like to see the wording on some features cleared up, as it's caused us some confusing learning the tool.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cloud Software Group
    The weekly error on save needs a manual reload from me. The SDR can't restore the virtual machine of hyperV during a test.
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    Veeam Software
    I have yet to need it during any of their scheduled maintenance windows. It's always online.
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    Performance
    Cloud Software Group
    No problem for this point it is in the average.
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    Veeam Software
    We have a lot of data, and pulling backups out of the store sometimes takes a bit of time - but this is within acceptable tolerances. I don't expect restores to be instantaneous, and I can't quantify if the speed is software or data repository.
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    Support Rating
    Cloud Software Group
    In the few instances of having to contact support, our overall outcome was always good. They would have received a better score if the wait time was less, but I attribute this to the timing of support calls - it was during the previous owner's time. We have not had to open a support ticket since Veritas Backup Exec took the product back over.
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    Veeam Software
    The setup support we received was extremely helpful. They allowed us to learn as they created the policies and managed the handoff between setup and guided setup very well. This resulted in active, usable policies and us having the knowledge to adapt these as our needs change in the future.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cloud Software Group
    It was pretty straightforward.
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    Veeam Software
    Really easy, but we are not a big company. I am not backing up all users, just those that could fire me.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cloud Software Group
    If your company is looking at changing solutions or currently does not have any, Veritas Backup Exec is the way to go. Do yourself a favor and try the 60 day trial, you won't be disappointed! Very simple to use and has a great GUI, much better than what the competition has to offer.
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    Veeam Software
    First and foremost, Veeam's reputation stood out. They have been a leader in the backup vendors for a few years. That reputation along with recommendations from colleagues sold us on Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365. The other vendors that we did demo's with were lacluster in setup and performance. Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 immediately won us over.
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    Scalability
    Cloud Software Group
    We only use it on the on-premise version on a single site.
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    Veeam Software
    I have had no issues scaling this software as my organisation or data estate has grown. It always does exaclty what it says on the box.
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    Return on Investment
    Cloud Software Group
    • Backups by their very nature are difficult to quantify when it comes to ROI. Any monies spent should be seen more as insurance . If you never have to claim on it then that is the best outcome. Backup Exec gives you comfort that you can meet any downtime recovery targets set by your business and this is how to benchmark your solution.
    • Conduct regular DR tests and your this will be your ROI.
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    Veeam Software
    • The only real impact is from a compliance standpoint. Our company is expected at a regulatory level to be protecting our data and even though the tenant has little traffic there could still be some regulated data in there. We have to be able to tell an auditor that it's being backed up by an enterprise grade solution, and that's what VDC was intended for.
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