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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

    per month

    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
    Microsoft AzureVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Editions & Modules
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    VDC for Microsoft 365
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    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AzureVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.—
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    Microsoft AzureVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
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    Microsoft
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    Veeam Software
    Chose Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 is a comprehensive backup solution and it fits perfectly with our needs.
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    Chose Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    The reliability and ease-of-use for Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 is reliable for backups and retention to ensure that we are proactively and aggressively preparing for any disruption, business continuity scenario, or outage that would cause issues across our organization. …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
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    Features
    Microsoft AzureVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Microsoft Azure and Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    8.4
    27 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
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    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.725 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing8.624 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates8.225 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.424 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support8.926 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls8.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation8.224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Microsoft Azure and Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    8.6
    148 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Management dashboard00 Ratings8.2144 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings9.1144 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings8.6128 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Microsoft Azure and Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    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 Microsoft Azure and Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    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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    Score9 out of 10
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    Score5.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Spanning Backup
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
    Veeam Data Cloud for Azure
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AzureVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (96 ratings)
    8.7
    (289 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (36 ratings)
    8.4
    (290 ratings)
    Availability
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (27 ratings)
    8.8
    (281 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (8 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    9.1
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    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft AzureVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Azure is particularly well suited for enterprise environments with existing Microsoft investments, those that require robust compliance features, and organizations that need hybrid cloud capabilities that bridge on-premises and cloud infrastructure. In my opinion, Azure is less appropriate for cost-sensitive startups or small businesses without dedicated cloud expertise and scenarios requiring edge computing use cases with limited connectivity. Azure offers comprehensive solutions for most business needs but can feel like there is a higher learning curve than other cloud-based providers, depending on the product and use case.
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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
    Microsoft
    • Microsoft Azure is highly scalable and flexible. You can quickly scale up or down additional resources and computing power.
    • You have no longer upfront investments for hardware. You only pay for the use of your computing power, storage space, or services.
    • The uptime that can be achieved and guaranteed is very important for our company. This includes the rapid maintenance for security updates that are mostly carried out by Microsoft.
    • The wide range of capabilities of services that are possible in Microsoft Azure. You can practically put or create anything in Microsoft Azure.
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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
    Microsoft
    • The cost of resources is difficult to determine, technical documentation is frequently out of date, and documentation and mapping capabilities are lacking.
    • The documentation needs to be improved, and some advanced configuration options require research and experimentation.
    • Microsoft's licensing scheme is too complex for the average user, and Azure SQL syntax is too different from traditional SQL.
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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
    Microsoft
    Moving to Azure was and still is an organizational strategy and not simply changing vendors. Our product roadmap revolved around Azure as we are in the business of humanitarian relief and Azure and Microsoft play an important part in quickly and efficiently serving all of the world. Migration and investment in Azure should be considered as an overall strategy of an organization and communicated companywide.
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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
    Microsoft
    As Microsoft Azure is [doing a] really good with PaaS. The need of a market is to have [a] combo of PaaS and IaaS. While AWS is making [an] exceptionally well blend of both of them, Azure needs to work more on DevOps and Automation stuff. Apart from that, I would recommend Azure as a great platform for cloud services as scale.
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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
    Microsoft
    It has proven to be unreliable in our production environment and services become unavailable without proper notification to system administrators
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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
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Microsoft
    We were running Windows Server and Active Directory, so [Microsoft] Azure was a seamless transition. We ran into a few, if any support issues, however, the availability of Microsoft Azure's support team was more than willing and able to guide us through the process. They even proposed solutions to issues we had not even thought of!
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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
    Microsoft
    As I have mentioned before the issue with my Oracle Mismatch Version issues that have put a delay on moving one of my platforms will justify my 7 rating.
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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
    Microsoft
    As I continue to evaluate the "big three" cloud providers for our clients, I make the following distinctions, though this gap continues to close. AWS is more granular, and inherently powerful in the configuration options compared to [Microsoft] Azure. It is a "developer" platform for cloud. However, Azure PowerShell is helping close this gap. Google Cloud is the leading containerization platform, largely thanks to it building kubernetes from the ground up. Azure containerization is getting better at having the same storage/deployment options.
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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
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Microsoft
    • For about 2 years we didn't have to do anything with our production VMs, the system ran without a hitch, which meant our engineers could focus on features rather than infrastructure.
    • DNS management was very easy in Azure, which made it easy to upgrade our cluster with zero downtime.
    • Azure Web UI was easy to work with and navigate, which meant our senior engineers and DevOps team could work with Azure without formal training.
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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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