Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) vs. Veeam ONE

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Score 7.4 out of 10
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Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) is a monitoring and application performance management option, with the core datacenter and cloud-based systems monitoring.N/A
Veeam ONE
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Veeam ONE is virtualization management technology from Ohio based VMware partner Veeam Software.N/A
Pricing
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Free/Freemium Version
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)Veeam ONE
Application Performance Management
Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
6.1
22 Ratings
22% below category average
Veeam ONE
-
Ratings
Application monitoring5.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Database monitoring9.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Threshold alerts10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive capabilities2.120 Ratings00 Ratings
Application performance management console3.119 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration tools6.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications4.120 Ratings00 Ratings
Application dependency mapping and thresholding4.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Virtualization monitoring7.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Server availability and performance monitoring10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting8.021 Ratings00 Ratings
IT Asset Discovery5.118 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)Veeam ONE
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(25 ratings)
7.6
(14 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(8 ratings)
9.2
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)Veeam ONE
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
More appropriate for:
  • Pure Microsoft ecosystem environments (Windows Server and SQL server) and the most common Linux and UNIX platforms.
  • Environments where cost is less of a factor than settling on a single platform for monitoring
  • Environments where the administrators are familiar with the setup and installation of SCOM.
Less appropriate for:
  • Pure UNIX/Linux shops, especially versions not supported out of the box by SCOM.
  • Shops that cannot afford the engagement to setup/configure and maintain on a continuous basis.
  • Shops that cannot dedicate personnel to the care and feeding of SCOM, especially when supporting larger environments.
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Veeam Software
Veeam One works great for monitoring virtual infrastructure. However, other dedicated server monitoring apps do better with monitoring the individual VMs. Where it stands out is its reporting functionality, which allows you to forecast growth and keep track of how you are using your resources. It is also great for companies without a big monitoring budget, as there is a pretty functional free version.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Allows us to visualize our systems in a single interface and see the status of health as well as relevant performance metrics.
  • A flexible and powerful interface with active alerting covering domain controllers, SQL servers, etc...
  • Allows you to customize your views and workspaces for specific tasks and needs.
  • Reporting is powerful and flexible.
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Veeam Software
  • Proactive Alerting - the product can provide email alerts to notify one of any issues in the environment.
  • Capacity Planning and Forecasting - it has the ability to provide an analysis of the current environment as well as provide a report to forecast future capacity requirements.
  • Monitoring and Reporting - the software can monitor you environment 24x7 with the ability to provide comprehensive reporting.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • One of the biggest drawbacks to SCOM is the sheer scope and complexity of the system. This can be a pro and a con. The system is very customizable, what you put into it is what you'll get out of it. That said, the learning curve is fairly steep. An organization needs to be committed to putting time and resources into SCOM to get the most out of it. I've heard stories from colleagues of several different companies that invested in SCOM and then abandoned it due to the excessive time and care required.
  • SCOM is expensive. Not only is the enterprise licensing costly, SCOM requires it's own servers, operational and warehouse databases to be maintained.
  • The OOB SCOM reports are a bit clunky and feel outdated.
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Veeam Software
  • The licensing is tricky to understand. You can have an enterprise BR license or a Veeam ONE license, and the split modules read from only one module where the license is actually loaded into it.
  • Documentation could be a little better.
  • It's not exactly pretty to look at. Themes and tweaks are pretty limited.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
Hard to get support. The product is not being actively developed anymore, so it is hard to get new features for the product.
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Veeam Software
We rarely if ever call support, but overall Veeam is very responsive, quick to get a hold of, and knowledgeable in there help. Some companies get big like Veeam and their support drops off, but we haven't seen that with Veeam (but again, their products seem really solid and trouble free so we rarely need help).
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
We used Altiris and WSUS and in the beginning Altiris had the better admin interface than SCOM, but it is no longer the case as SCOM has refined their admin interface. Altiris still has better and more robust group assignments for management roles and those two other tools can better manage non Windows OS devices than SCOM but for a large enterprise Windows shop, if you can afford it, SCOM is the way to go.
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Veeam Software
Veeam ONE does not stack up well against Prometheus because Prometheus is must more flexibile and customizable. AppDynamics and Veeam ONE are similar in that they excel with certain but different aspects. Veeam ONE with backups and AppDynamics with application performance.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • It has allowed us to provide an Enterprise Event/Alert management solution to the Global company
  • It has taken a long time to get it to provide valuable alerts and information, lots of user resources and investment.
  • It assists with 24/7 monitoring and out of hours support
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Veeam Software
  • The most positive impact has been a centralized platform to manage all our vCenter Tags, which orchestrate all our BCDR solutions with Veeam.
  • Response time for analyzing system performance when there are issues has greatly increased due to the simplicity of the software, plus we have been able to allow access to application developers and managers to view and asses their servers when they feel there are issues, without the need to contact the infrastructure team members.
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