Iperius Backup vs. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Iperius Backup is a very simple and cheap but absolutely effective solution for small infrastructures. You can use it both on Windows clients and servers, it can integrate with ESXi, MySQL, MSSQL, etc. I think the best way to use it is with their cloud space (Iperius Cloud Storage) that allows you to take care effortlessly of your small customers' data. When it comes to more complex infrastructures, I prefer relying on something different (Nakivo Backup and Replication, Promox Backup Server).

Incentivized

Veeam is our top-tier solution for backing up a handful of old-school physical Windows servers, and it is very good at this. It is also top notch in user-friendly granular file restores and application specific object restores (AD, SQL, etc).

Incentivized

• Less than 15' to set up
• It has its own cloud storage solution
• It has a monitoring console
• It's very cost effective

Incentivized

• Relatively speedy backups for a traditional backup solution
• Good efficiency solutions used to shrink backup sizes
• Robust synchronization capabilities for offsite backups
• Veeam can perform a full metal restore of a physical server
• If needed, Veeam can convert a backup of a physical server to a virtual server

Incentivized

• Lack of clear documentation
• Rsync not supported
• Apparently NFS shares are supported but it's not clear how to use them
• Iperius Console should be improved (it's almost a read-only dashboard and you need too many clicks to get where you want to go)

Incentivized

• Veeam could use more flexible job scheduling options
• The Veeam Backup and Replication GUI is good but could be simplified
• Veeam Support can be a bit slow at resolving some issues

Incentivized

The company used several free solutions (e.g. Cobian Backup et al.) but they were outdated and there was no standardization, nor a simple way to monitor all the backup jobs. Iperius had all the key features needed for the task and the project is very much alive (regular new releases).

Incentivized

Veeam is vastly superior. It was the product we vetted and switched to from Cloudberry. CB can perform adequate backups but restores can be challenging and there are a lot of missing features compared to Veeam.

Incentivized

• One standard solution for small customers
• One console to monitor backup jobs

Incentivized

• It allows end users to easily self-serve their own file restores, freeing up IT resources
• It provides a seamless DR solution for the resources it backs up
• It frequently take a long time to resolve problems when they do occur

Incentivized