IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 vs. Veeam Data Cloud for Azure

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
IDrive protects PCs, Macs, mobile devices, Servers, Cloud Applications Data (SAAS) including Office 365, and Google Workspace, and provides S3 compatible Object Storage with IDrive e2. IDrive offers different plans for cloud backup for devices: - IDrive Personal - IDrive Core - IDrive Team - IDrive Small Business - IDrive Enterprise - IDrive360 EndPoint IDrive provides Cloud Applications data (SAAS) Backup: - Microsoft Office 365 Backup - Google…
$99.50
per year One user, unlimited computers 5TB storage
Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Veeam® Backup for Azure delivers native, policy-based protection for reliable recovery from accidental deletion, ransomware and other data loss scenarios. With an API-first approach, immutable backups and full- and file-level restores ensure resilient protection that’s easy and cost-optimized, freeing up time and resources for more strategic IT priorities. Immutable and Encrypted - Data integrity through WORM state and encryption Logically…
$40
per year Azure VM/year Backup and recovery
Pricing
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
Editions & Modules
IDrive Cloud to Cloud Backup
$20
per year
IDrive 360 EndPoint
$29.50
per year
IDrive e2
$49.50
per year
IDrive Core
$79.50
per year
Personal
$99.50
per year
IDrive Team
$99.50
per year
IDrive Business
$99.50
per year
BYOL edition
$40
per year per Azure VM (Back up and recover in Azure only with 24/7 production support)
Free Edition
Free
Backup up to 10 Azure VMs FREE with no limitations on features or number of restores.
BYOL edition (Hybrid-/multi-cloud)
VUL Portable licensing
Backup and recover anything, anywhere via Veeam Universal License for any supported workload – cloud, virtual and physical – interchangeably
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsIDrive regularly offers first year discounts for all plans and offers a full-featured 30-day free trial for IDrive 360 Endpoint
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Community Pulse
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
Features
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
9.2
93 Ratings
10% above category average
Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
-
Ratings
Versioning9.468 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files9.171 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files9.166 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control9.26 Ratings00 Ratings
File search8.978 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync8.984 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
8.7
88 Ratings
1% above category average
Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
-
Ratings
User and role management8.971 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization8.384 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management9.085 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
9.0
93 Ratings
4% above category average
Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
-
Ratings
Performance8.690 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability9.288 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports9.181 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
-
Ratings
Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
9.0
39 Ratings
4% above category average
Management dashboard00 Ratings9.539 Ratings
Retention options00 Ratings8.539 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings9.035 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
-
Ratings
Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
9.4
23 Ratings
16% above category average
Malware protection00 Ratings9.423 Ratings
SaaS Backup
Comparison of SaaS Backup features of Product A and Product B
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
-
Ratings
Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
9.0
33 Ratings
4% above category average
SaaS Product Integration00 Ratings9.423 Ratings
Multiple Data Restoration Options00 Ratings8.028 Ratings
Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises00 Ratings9.531 Ratings
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User Ratings
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(97 ratings)
10.0
(40 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(2 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(23 ratings)
9.8
(39 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(5 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
Likelihood to Recommend
IDrive
It scales well from the individual to corporate environments with many different plans to suit your needs and budget. For backing up servers such as Exchange or SQL I've used their sister product iBackup, which is also excellent and we have no problems with, so maybe they should merge the two products into one which would make it a better overall proposition. It also seems to handle backing up mapped drives as well, which is what we used for a while before getting the on server version. That being said it can use up quite a bit of bandwidth so make sure you schedule at night when noone is working. However it does only backup changed files which is great.
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Veeam Software
For our purposes I can't particularly find any shortcomings of Veeam Backup for Azure. It has been working well for our needs for a few years now. Maybe for someone with a larger cloud footprint or more complex needs, or maybe someone who wants to be able to deploy and configure the appliance using infrastructure as code it may not be as practical.
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Pros
IDrive
  • I'm using it on MAC, the app works very well in the background
  • Logging activities is something I really like, because I can check whether the backup was successful or not.
  • I really like the option of being able to select external drivers and back up only specific folders or files.
  • The application itself is very easy to use, even though it doesn't have a version in my language (pt-br), I had no trouble setting it up and I'm using it without any problems.
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Veeam Software
  • Reduce storage costs and minimizing the impact on network consuption.
  • Veaam Backup for Azure provides application-aware backups for Microsoft SQL Server, ensuring that our data is backed up and available for recovery correctly.
  • Replication: Veeam Backup for Azure helps us to replicate our workloads to another Azure region or on-premises environment for disaster recovery purposes and compliance needs.
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Cons
IDrive
  • DropBox-protected folders were not initially backed up as IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 did not follow the symbolic links created
  • I experienced some UX confusion in adding new folders to backup; it's a different interface than setting up exclusions, and they should follow the same workflow and page buttons
  • After a reboot, it appears like a full disk scan is performed which can take quite a long time on a disk which has many files and lots of space
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Veeam Software
  • Documentation around service account permissions was a little sparse when we implemented it
  • It's sometimes hard to get the reason behind a (rare) job failure without going into logs
  • The UI around snapshots and backups could do with some clarity around the restore points that will be available
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Likelihood to Renew
IDrive
It does everything that it needs to to create an effecitve Three level backup to the cloud of all your important data, its reliable, dependable and peformant in its use cases. It overcomes the need to store offsite physical media such as Tape or disk storage. And its cost and level of reporting can be tailored to fit the use case of your business.
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Veeam Software
Plainly, the product just works. I don't have to babysit it.
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Usability
IDrive
While both the desktop and mobile apps are pretty straightforward and not complicated to navigate with features and settings fairly easy to understand and execute with clear enough descriptions they could use a refresh to be a but more intuitive and improvements made so they are less glitchy. Also backup speeds could use some improvement
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Veeam Software
It was so easy that you thought it wasn't working. Once you saw data and was able to recover it or do a restore with the product those beliefs in the system went to the roof. Once you get a product that does everything you want it to do, you will give it it's props.
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Support Rating
IDrive
I have not had to use their tech support. I did call once but luckily figured out what to do while I was on hold so I disconnected. If I really needed them it would have been a very long hold time I suppose.
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Veeam Software
Great support team!
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Implementation Rating
IDrive
Did not participate in the implementation.
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Veeam Software
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
IDrive
I was a Backblaze user for 5 years because they had a very cost effective plan for my storage needs. However, they were very poor at backing up external devices quickly, and made it a pain in the butt to keep the backups active due to their 30 days connectivity policy.
Dropbox is a great fit for cloud backup when you need to access the backup files in the cloud frequently.
IDrive is the best solution out there for true backup of devices in case they are damaged or lost.
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Veeam Software
Backup Exec was a very clunky application and took forever to backup to and restore from. We would backup to SSD external hard drives from a flash array, but the process still took forever to finish. Sending our data to the Azure blob storage via Veeam is a faster and more secure process than saving to the external hard drives with Backup Exec.
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Return on Investment
IDrive
  • For individual users such as my case, the savings with the Personal plan are important compared to alternatives like ElephantDrive. For 5TB ElephantDrive costs $600/yr in the comparable Family plan, whereas IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 costs only $99.50/yr.
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Veeam Software
  • We have had fast recovery of documents when needed; sub 10 minutes from start of restore to complete and in the users hands
  • Easily a value add for backing up files outside of the given Microsoft retention period; piece of mind
  • Easy tool to use with minimal training required to use it and set up backups
  • When you do change your cloud licensing it does require manual intervention to update backup data requirements. if the business makes changes then your backup person may not know to make these changes
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ScreenShots

IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 Screenshots

Screenshot of IDrive WindowsScreenshot of IDrive WebScreenshot of IDrive Server BackupScreenshot of IDrive 360

Veeam Data Cloud for Azure Screenshots

Screenshot of Welcome screenScreenshot of Policies setupScreenshot of Cost estimationScreenshot of Restore options