Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) vs. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) is an enterprise backup and recovery system that contributes to BCDR strategy by facilitating the backup and recovery of enterprise data.N/A
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
Pricing
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
8.0
3 Ratings
6% below category average
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
9.4
9 Ratings
10% above category average
Universal recovery9.03 Ratings9.48 Ratings
Instant recovery9.03 Ratings9.38 Ratings
Recovery verification7.13 Ratings9.68 Ratings
Business application protection8.03 Ratings9.48 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations8.03 Ratings8.89 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.03 Ratings9.89 Ratings
Backup to the cloud8.03 Ratings9.28 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.93 Ratings9.89 Ratings
Snapshots9.03 Ratings9.19 Ratings
Flexible deployment7.03 Ratings9.28 Ratings
Management dashboard7.13 Ratings9.29 Ratings
Platform support8.03 Ratings9.29 Ratings
Retention options6.03 Ratings9.39 Ratings
Encryption6.93 Ratings9.59 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(3 ratings)
9.3
(9 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(8 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager is well suited for Windows domain environments where you need to make backups of Hyper-V virtual machines or bare metal servers. It is possible to backup SQL databases, works pretty well, but sometimes needs consistency checks on backups to properly continue to backup databases. Easy to restore anything to production or to another location.
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Veeam Software
We use it as a Simple Deployment. As a simple deployment scenario, the roles of the backup server, VMware backup proxy, and backup repository are assigned to a single machine. These roles are assigned automatically to the machine where we installed Veeam Backup & Replication. The drawback of the simple deployment scenario is that only the backup server handles and stores all data which is a single point of failure.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Hyper-V backup /restore
  • Bare-Metal backup/restore
  • Good management console
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Veeam Software
  • File level restore
  • Backing up of difficult Laptops that are in and off the network
  • Reporting
  • Integration into other Veeam Products
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Integration with some devices
  • Web client
  • Slow interface
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Veeam Software
  • Stop the backup job from the console instead of having to stop from the client.
  • Don't consume too many resources while taking a backup.
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Usability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Veeam Software
Overall, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is a great backup solution and supplies extremely useful tools to configure backups to suite our needs and our clients requirements. I have only taken some points off as the user interface could be easier to navigate when configuring backups and the ability to update Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows from within the software would be appreciated.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
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Veeam Software
Veeam is just on another level compared to most other software vendors who tend to make backup solutions complicated. Veeam uses intuitive GUI's that make sense to most people and take the stress out of systems recovery at high and low levels by simply explaining the process step by step.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • It has saved us on licensing costs and through centralized management.
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Veeam Software
  • 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
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