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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS Backup

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAWS Backup is a fully managed backup service from AWS, designed to make it easy to centralize and automate the back up of data across AWS services in the cloud as well as on premises using the AWS Storage Gateway. Using AWS Backup, users can centrally configure backup policies and monitor backup activity for AWS resources, such as Amazon EBS volumes, Amazon RDS databases, Amazon DynamoDB tables, Amazon EFS file systems, and AWS Storage Gateway volumes.

    $0.01

    per GB per month

    Microsoft System Center

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft System Center is an enterprise-grade IT Operations Management (ITOM) suite designed for the centralized administration of data center infrastructure, virtualized environments, and hybrid cloud workloads. The platform provides unified management across heterogeneous environments, including support for Windows Server, Linux, and Azure Stack HCI. System Center is Microsoft's ITOM stack for organizations that maintain a significant on-premise footprint, vs the company's Azure-based…

    $1,323

    per month

    Veeam on IBM Cloud

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AVeeam on IBM Cloud promises to provide continuous availability to enterprise clients through its combined and automated backup and recovery solution. Veeam is deployed in the user's IBM Cloud environment for: · Agentless image-based backups · Recovery of entire VMs, individual files, and application items · Item-level recovery and eDiscovery for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and Active Directory · Transaction-level restore of…

    $11

    per VM

    Pricing
    AWS BackupMicrosoft System CenterVeeam on IBM Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    Backup Storage - Cold Storage
    $0.01
    per GB per month
    Restore - Warm Storage
    $0.02
    per GB per month
    Restore - Cold Storage
    $0.03
    per GB per month
    Backup Storage - Warm Storage
    $0.095
    per GB per month
    Restore - Item-Level Restore
    $0.50
    per request
    Standard Edition
    $1323
    Datacenter Edition
    $3607
    Veeam Backup and Recovery
    $11.00
    per VM
    Veeam Availability Suite
    $15.00
    per VM
    Veeam Physical Agent
    $18.00
    per VM
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AWS BackupMicrosoft System CenterVeeam on IBM Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    AWS BackupMicrosoft System CenterVeeam on IBM Cloud
    Considered Multiple Products
    Amazon AWS
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    Microsoft
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    AWS BackupMicrosoft System CenterVeeam on IBM Cloud
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of AWS Backup and Microsoft System Center and Veeam on IBM Cloud
    Feature
    AWS Backup
    8.9
    6 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Veeam on IBM Cloud
    8.2
    14 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Management dashboard8.26 Ratings00 Ratings8.213 Ratings
    Retention options6.66 Ratings00 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Encryption8.36 Ratings00 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Universal recovery00 Ratings00 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings00 Ratings7.314 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings00 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings00 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings00 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings00 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings00 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings00 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings00 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings00 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of AWS Backup and Microsoft System Center and Veeam on IBM Cloud
    Feature
    AWS Backup
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Veeam on IBM Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics7.73 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection7.73 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery7.53 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    SaaS Backup
    Comparison of SaaS Backup features of AWS Backup and Microsoft System Center and Veeam on IBM Cloud
    Feature
    AWS Backup
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Veeam on IBM Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    SaaS Product Integration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Data Restoration Options7.23 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Auditing and Search7.53 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises7.83 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AWS BackupMicrosoft System CenterVeeam on IBM Cloud
    Small Businesses
    Backupify
    Score5.6 out of 10
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    BDRShield
    Score6.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Spanning Backup
    Score7.3 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
    Score7.9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AWS BackupMicrosoft System CenterVeeam on IBM Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (12 ratings)
    9.3
    (58 ratings)
    8.2
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AWS BackupMicrosoft System CenterVeeam on IBM Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    There is a cost involved with data retrieval. AWS Backup is truly that, a backup. If you need to access this data on a regular basis, there are better options out there. For long term, just in case incremental backups, AWS [Backup] checks all the boxes. Just set it up, start your backups, and rest assured your data is safe.
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    Microsoft
    For companies with more than 10 Windows devices and needing to standardize the OS, AV, access, share resources, and install software. SCCM is the way to go. This software is unnecessary if the business is all remote users and not in an office-type setting. There are cloud offerings or none to accomplish what a business needs.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    The Veeam on IBM Cloud functions [is] easy to set on the first time to use the platform and the effective capability on predictive disaster, easy to backup the most important data through the Veeam on IBM Cloud functionalities. The features [have] multiple different responsibilities like copy data management, effective data restore functions among many more.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Centralized management - single pane of glass to manage backups for multiple AWS services.
    • Encryption - integrates with KMS to encrypt backup data at rest and in transit.
    • Cross Account management - manage backups across multiple AWS accounts with AWS organizations.
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    Microsoft
    • Allows the grouping of devices by user.
    • Allows controlling updates being deployed to user devices.
    • Allows for the repurposing of machines by being able to load new or updated software on machines that already are in the system.
    • Allows us the ability to wipe a machine clean and restore it back to the configuration that was assigned the machine.
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    IBM
    • The program installation is straight forward and uncomplicated.
    • Once running it does not put a drain on system resources. After the initial backup subsequent backups are quick.
    • It does what it is deigned to do and they have kept it simple for a reason.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Restoring the compute nodes of the cluster should be done always
    • Having the default Roles all the necessary permission, you have to add some depending on your configurations
    • Being able to see the Jobs status in a centralize account more graphically
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    Microsoft
    • The product could improve in the area of having better mechanisms in place with how the SCEP client is deployed/installed from the server on the management side. We have run into this firsthand with the client not installing on an endpoint, and then having to take the time to investigate why it was not installing.
    • A second improvement that can be made is to keep trying to improve the products detection rate for finding malware/viruses. The case can be made that there are some products out there that do a better job at this and have a higher detection rate.
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    IBM
    • The reporting could use some work. If you have a client who has some serious audit controls in place, you may find yourself creating the report versus depending on the system do that piece for you.
    • My complaint would be with the notification emails. They are not configurable and come out regardless of whether a backup set completed or is still running.
    • The scheduling is a little clunky. It would be much nicer if the backup could be "continuous" anytime it's connected to the Internet (similar to Carbonite).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft System Center Operations Manager is tightly integrated to Microsoft Windows servers os monitoring with great product support.
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    Overall because I can sell it white labeled and use my white labeled software like CloudBerry and the native backup apps on my synology NAS servers to store things in real time and do duplication and disaster recovery directly to it was game changing for my client in the advertising world they are never down now.
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    Microsoft
    It is not user-friendly for the most part. With IT infrastructure, sometimes it cannot handle excess requests. Every few months, you will need an upgrade in terms of server resources to keep up with incoming alerts and requests. This does not happen all of the time, but it does happen when there are too many requests.
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    IBM
    Veeam is very easy to use once fully on-boarded and trained. Part of the reason we can respond to a critical situation swiftly is that it is so easy to use. We did take 2 years to be fully comfortable with the product as we tested it with others, but once we committed to Veeam, there was no question about it.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    Support for AWS Backup is by Amazon itself so it is solid as always. If you have a business or higher level support plan you'll have no trouble getting engineers or other staff on the job to help you with whatever comes up.
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    Microsoft
    There is a fair amount of documentation out there to help you when you have questions or run into issues with this product as well as tutorials on some of the more common tasks. Between the documentation and the overall ease of use we haven't had to deal with direct Microsoft support for this product.
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    IBM
    At the moment I cannot say anything bad about the overall provided services. It's holding me back to put the mark even higher as other cloud solutions have their advantages as well, so I can't rate this one higher than competitor ones. However the experience is really positive to the moment and it has delivered always.
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Easy to install with intuitive interactive interface during the installation process a and integration to MS SQL was smooth
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    I've tried a lot of different products. Backblaze, at least from a birds-eye view is significantly cheaper than AWS/the rest. Backblaze is a little more simpler, but it's well worth it. Linode also provides backup options, however I'm only familiar with their backup on their VPS's (however you make that plural), which never gave me a problem.
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    Microsoft
    We previously used a mix of FOG and Clonezilla to image machines. The biggest issues with these products is that changing one piece of the image required you to rebuild the entire image itself. These pieces of software also did not allow you to manage applications and Windows Updates, causing IT to have to constantly touch machines after they were imaged and update or manage them with a much more hands on approach.
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    IBM
    Veeam BLOWS AWAY Veritas in terms of reliability, recoverability, and Especially PRICE! Veritas is literally thousands of dollar more than comparable Veeam Software. Veritas's support is virtually non-existent. I believe the only reason Veritas is even still in business is because of their reputation as the ONLY backup software a decade or more ago. If you use Veritas, I HIGHLY recommend throwing it away and trying out Veeam - You will NOT go back to Veritas!
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Offsite means a failure at our cloud provider means we can redeploy quickly to another data center or another provider quickly.
    • The cost can't be best.
    • Pay only for what you use. No need to pay for extra data that you don't need.
    • No minimums
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    Microsoft
    • It has allowed the enterprise to standardize on a single platform for monitoring.
    • Easier troubleshooting of issues with Microsoft platforms.
    • Greater visibility of issues across platforms when applications are hosted in a mixed environment.
    • Additional costs for monitoring systems that are not directly supported with additional packs (iSeries, Linux on Power).
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    IBM
    • We solved a problem where we needed a backup for some remote clients and paying the cost for local backup was not feasible.
    • allows us to put a solid backup and recovery solution in a client with very little monthly cost.
    • Business backup and recovery, disaster recovery, hybrid data protection (onsite and cloud), server and workstation backup.
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