AWS Backup vs. Veeam Backup for AWS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS Backup
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
AWS 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
Veeam Backup for AWS
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Veeam® delivers native, automated AWS backup and disaster recovery to protect and manage Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon EFS and Amazon VPC data. Veeam states it is built with simplicity, scalability, savings and security in mind, so users can eliminate the risk of data loss for AWS services.
$40
per year instance
Pricing
AWS BackupVeeam Backup for AWS
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AWS BackupVeeam Backup for AWS
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
AWS BackupVeeam Backup for AWS
Considered Both Products
AWS Backup
Chose AWS Backup
The selection process is not final - we are comparing multiple vendors for our backup solution. However, Veeam has been slightly more enticing due to pricing.
Veeam Backup for AWS
Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
I really like AWS Backup, and I really like Veeam Backup for AWS. I sincerely believe that they are not directly competitive products but rather complementary products. We use both, and I believe that each of them responds to specific needs and scenarios. At this point what I …
Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
Afther thar Veeam, our company had AWS Backup.When migrate to Veeam Backup for AWS inmediatly the operation and recovery time were less. We very like its efficiency and facility to operate. Our administrator and operator have skill on Veeam Backup and replication on premise. …
Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
1. Ease of Use and Deployment
2. Comprehensive Backup and Recovery Features
3. Scalability and Performance
Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
Veeam Backup for AWS was easy to use and the GUI was much familiar since the Veeam backup was already used to backup different workloads such as File servers , virtual machine and SQL servers, Client was happy with the negotiations done with the Sales person from Veeam and …
Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
It's hard to manage and maintain, and there is no integration with on-prem tooling. There is very poor support and lower effort on external integration. I feel like I should use an open-source solution while paying for an enterprise product. There is tricky debugging in case of …
Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
I like the intuitive interface and the flexible aspects of the software, which combine into a powerful yet cost-effective tool that my staff can understand and utilize to manage our backup and restore environment.
Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
We tried the AWS native solution but we felt overwhelmed by the complexity of it. Veeam Backup really help by having a simple interface.
Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
AWS's own backup tool is okay, but has basic features in comparison to Veeam.
Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
We also have the built-in AWS process running to suit most of the daily needs. Since most attackers would start here we have Veeam as another solution.
Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
Veeam has perfect native integration with AWS and automation capabilities much better than others. Veritas was a great choice but Veeam's integration we felt was better.
Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
We had a lot of gaps in our solutions, after a lot of research and testing, we migrated to the Veeam Backup & Replication solution and it served us very well. Utilizing the NAS reinforcement arrangement by means of Veeam has been working incredibly since most of our IT infra is …
Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
Veeam Backup for AWS is natively supported and integrated into AWS and fully automated.
Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
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Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
AWS BackupVeeam Backup for AWS
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
AWS Backup
9.3
3 Ratings
3% above category average
Veeam Backup for AWS
7.9
79 Ratings
7% below category average
Management dashboard9.23 Ratings7.673 Ratings
Retention options9.43 Ratings7.970 Ratings
Encryption10.03 Ratings7.970 Ratings
Universal recovery00 Ratings8.078 Ratings
Instant recovery00 Ratings7.977 Ratings
Recovery verification00 Ratings8.176 Ratings
Business application protection00 Ratings7.669 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings7.976 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings7.974 Ratings
Backup to the cloud00 Ratings8.378 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings7.871 Ratings
Snapshots00 Ratings7.971 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings7.771 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings7.971 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
AWS Backup
-
Ratings
Veeam Backup for AWS
8.0
82 Ratings
2% below category average
Continuous data protection00 Ratings8.377 Ratings
Replication00 Ratings8.675 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings8.175 Ratings
Malware protection00 Ratings7.362 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings7.873 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings7.838 Ratings
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User Ratings
AWS BackupVeeam Backup for AWS
Likelihood to Recommend
7.1
(9 ratings)
7.9
(115 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(11 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(2 ratings)
8.0
(12 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(106 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(4 ratings)
7.7
(11 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(8 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
6.7
(6 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(6 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
5.9
(5 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(9 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.5
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
AWS BackupVeeam Backup for AWS
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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Veeam Software
I like the idea of using this product for backups and cold storage. This allows for long retention times and a very low cost. The ability to quickly restore and the efficiency of all the products involved. I haven't come across scenarios where it isn't appropriate. I don't have a lot of experience so for me, it works well in my cases.
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Backups - it's what it does.
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Veeam Software
  • Veeam Backup for AWS provides a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solution for AWS workloads.
  • It's very easily integrated with the AWS cloud.
  • The Simple and intuitive user interface of Veeam Backup for AWS makes it easy to set up and manage backups for AWS instances.
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • Not so easy to use
  • A little pricey
  • The backup is in the cloud; make sure to keep an offline backup (the problem of all of this kind of solution)
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Veeam Software
  • We have never managed to use Veeam for Azure or GCP. It works well with AWS.
  • A client needed a multi-cloud DR solution management but we had a security issue and could find a solution from Veeam Backup for AWS.
  • Usually, you need a dedicated resource to monitor when the number of workloads is high. That adds to the cost.
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Likelihood to Renew
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Veeam Software
We have been using Veeam Backup for AWS for our cloud hosted solutions for the last several years and will continue to do so. The ease of use and available support staff make the learning curve for use nearly flat in our case and having Veeam Backup for on-premise workloads makes the decision easy.
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Usability
Amazon AWS
Very easy to use and is as plug and play as you can get. There are configuration options for multiple schemas that best fits your organization.
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Veeam Software
The UI and the integration is good with the product. so far
has not encountered any major challenges while using the UI. of course, this is
user perspective. Few users suggested some different view that it should be
change father should have some different options but overall the feedback about
UI is positive and no major issues encountered by using the UI or forsake of
this usability.
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Reliability and Availability
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Veeam Software
Veeam Backup has never failed me, whenever we have needed to recover data it has worked flawlessly. It is highly available and I do not know of of a situation where our business has needed Veeam Backup fo AWS and has not been able to access or use it in some way.
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Performance
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Veeam Software
We have not really noticed much difference and only notice it when doing work afterhours with our veeam being backed up. However, this is not the case as we do not do this often and hence we don't really have any real challenges for performance issues. Overall, we find that the performance is pretty good
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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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Veeam Software
One of the best and leading backup solution with central management for all Virtual Servers, Physical servers and Application level backup. Migrated from distributed backup solution running at each site to central VEEAM solution which has reduced overhead of backup administrator and improves the backup performance. Veeam team is very supportive in solution design, taken care of all our requirements and provided the cost effective solution.
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In-Person Training
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Veeam Software
We had only one due to the pandemic, but we remember really enjoying the help. Someone came to our site and walked us through the process and we had lots of time to ask questions and got really helpful solutions and tips and tricks to make sure that staff would understand and learn how to use it
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Online Training
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Veeam Software
The training provided online was good. The training was restrictive to users but was content was good and informative. The information provided was relevent and flow was maintained well. The Question and answers were good and supported well. Need to have more material provided with the training and will support users to adopt train the trainer approach.
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Implementation Rating
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Veeam Software
We were pretty happy with our implementation as it was simple to deploy and we followed the technical guide online with out much technical assistance from vendor support. We had also tested and streamlined a process based on our own documentation for our own company which was simple to follow overall for deploying into AWS for future instances
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
Being an AWS service, AWS Backup integrates in a native way with other AWS services, providing an easy way to backup those services. Being able to create separate backup plans that meet specific business and regulatory compliance requirements provides us with capabilities to face auditing processes.
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Veeam Software
I had looked at N2WS Backup & Recovery backup and disaster recovery solution for AWS environments. But while it provides similar backup and recovery capabilities as Veeam Backup for AWS, it lacks some of the advanced features such as instant VM recovery, file-level recovery, and integration with Veeam Backup & Replication.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Veeam Software
Overall, we pretty happy with the way it is contracted and the pricing structure. However, as stated we got it on promotion so we wont know until what it is after the 3 years but at this stage we are pretty happy with the product and the pricing from the commercial aspect
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Scalability
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Veeam Software
We have using this solution since 2020. In that moment we had four Host Linux and today we have forty vm Linux and Windows. The solution work fine as with few vm as multiples vm. The backup operators lovely this feacture, because keep simple his duties. Finally, we use the same solution for AWS, Azure or onpremise. This is great characteristic for skill transfer over backup team!
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Professional Services
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Veeam Software
Generally satisfied
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Being able to offer live hot storage in the cloud for production environments allows me to get more people in the creative space with vast demand for speed.
  • Great integration with all my hardware, firewall and backup software was great.
  • Being able to network path my files like a native drive to my computer from the cloud made the designer not complain so much able learning new stuff.
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Veeam Software
  • The only thing is that you have to make sure you understand your AWS costs if your retention periods are not kept under control.
  • ROI is hard to prove until the moment you need to restore your workload.
  • Time-saving is something that comes to mind. Before Veeam, we used to spend/waste a lot of time verifying and testing our backup and restore. Veeam makes it easy with its SureBackup technology.
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ScreenShots

Veeam Backup for AWS Screenshots

Screenshot of Overview page detailing high-level information like alarms, protected instances, policies, and session information.Screenshot of Policies page detailing available policies, status and sessions log.Screenshot of Estimated monthly costs in policy wizard for snapshots, replicas, backups, traffic and transactions for machines in a policy.Screenshot of File Level Recovery, where individual files and folders can be searched and browsed for granular recovery.