Mimecast Cloud Archive vs. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Mimecast Cloud Archive
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Mimecast Cloud Archive provides an archive storage solution for data retention, as well as search and retrieval of email, attachments and MS Teams conversations. The cloud archiving solution offers search capabilities for employees and automated tools for administrators that simplify management of mailboxes, e-discovery and litigation support.N/A
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Score 9.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Veeam® Backup for Microsoft Office 365 eliminates the risk of losing access and control over Office 365 data including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business and Microsoft Teams — so that data is always protected and accessible.
$1.80
per month per user
Pricing
Mimecast Cloud ArchiveVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Editions & Modules
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Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
$1.80
per month per user
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Community Edition
Free
BaaS for Microsoft 365
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Mimecast Cloud ArchiveVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsVeeam sells through channel partners. Contact your partner for detailed pricing and quotes. If you do not have a partner, you can find a reseller or contact sales for assistance.
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Community Pulse
Mimecast Cloud ArchiveVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Considered Both Products
Mimecast Cloud Archive

No answer on this topic

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Chose Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
The features offered for the cost are hard to beat, and once installed and setup, you can certainly trust that it was a good investment.
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Features
Mimecast Cloud ArchiveVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Mimecast Cloud Archive
-
Ratings
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
8.8
77 Ratings
2% below category average
Management dashboard00 Ratings8.774 Ratings
Retention options00 Ratings9.076 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings8.768 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Mimecast Cloud Archive
-
Ratings
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
8.5
68 Ratings
1% below category average
Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings8.065 Ratings
Malware protection00 Ratings8.142 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings9.332 Ratings
SaaS Backup
Comparison of SaaS Backup features of Product A and Product B
Mimecast Cloud Archive
-
Ratings
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
8.8
65 Ratings
0% below category average
SaaS Product Integration00 Ratings7.747 Ratings
Multiple Data Restoration Options00 Ratings9.463 Ratings
Data Auditing and Search00 Ratings8.856 Ratings
Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises00 Ratings9.559 Ratings
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User Ratings
Mimecast Cloud ArchiveVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(11 ratings)
9.1
(213 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(7 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(213 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(2 ratings)
8.9
(209 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Mimecast Cloud ArchiveVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Likelihood to Recommend
Mimecast
If you want to keep your production email system from getting bloated with old, out of date emails and want the archived emails to be easily searchable, Mimecast Archiving is an ideal tool. It is also completely cloud-based, so requires no additional infrastructure to implement it. If you are paranoid about storing your email in the cloud (albeit in a totally secure environment), then Mimecast is not for you.
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Veeam Software
Users who accidentally deleted databases stored in their OneDrive were not able to recover them via Microsoft backup, so I used Veeam backup for Office 365 to recover the files needed for an important project. Veeam for Office 365 is great, and it is easy to recover lost Microsoft Teams files in a meeting.
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Pros
Mimecast
  • Message archiving is essential in healthcare and Mimecast makes it easy and at a reasonable cost. One of the features we appreciate most is the search function. Outlook can be pretty frustrating when it comes to searching for messages and Mimecast adds plenty of filtering and search capabilities that help find what Outlook can't.
  • Targeted Threat Protection (TTP) is a great service that proxies URL's in email and adds an extra layer of protection against malicious attachments. The addition of TTP a couple years ago demonstrates Mimecast's continued development to meet modern threats.
  • Online mailbox can be used for email continuity if your mail server is down. We don't have frequent downtime but it's good to know communications can keep flowing if we do.
  • Support is always helpful and timely.
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Veeam Software
  • My CFO seemed to have lost a whole year of important emails. I simply restored them to his mailbox in a matter of minutes.
  • An employee left the company but an issue came up with a quote this person sent out. I could search his mailbox and got the quote as well as all communications from that customer.
  • It is nice to be able to search emails in various mailboxes without disturbing the user.
  • It is also nice to go back in time. Say they deleted those emails last month I can go back years if needed.
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Cons
Mimecast
  • Although many people seem to love it, I think their search capability takes some getting used to. It works and you can find anything you need but it is not as clean as if searching in Outlook.
  • When an incoming domain is on the Mimecast's blacklist the email is totally blocked and there is no notification of this so if a user tells me they are not getting email from somewhere I sometimes have to assume this is the issue and go the extra step and add that domain to a white list not knowing if it will really solve the issue.
  • The Large File send options in outlook work fairly well but if one is sending a dozen files the receiver SHOULD get an option to download them all into one size but they do not. Instead they have to download each file individually.
  • Some of their new client releases can cause issues so you must test the clients well and usually stick with a good one when you get one that works well in your environment.
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Veeam Software
  • Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 isn't 'multi geo' aware - this means we have to manually select resources to back up depending on their geo-location.
  • Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 doesn't backup Private Channels users create in a Team - there are workarounds for this but it would be nice if this just worked.
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Likelihood to Renew
Mimecast
Does everything we need in the realm of email archiving, does it well and does it at a price point that seems very reasonable.
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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
Mimecast
No answers on this topic
Veeam Software
The functionality is very intuitive and easy to understand how to use the product. If anything, the information presented could be a little more verbose. I feel like it is lacking in the amount of information being shared regarding the backups compared to other products like Veeam Backup and Recovery.
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Support Rating
Mimecast
It does a good job. The support team of the product was good and responsive and was also able to fix the issues I was experiencing at the time. It isn't perfect and takes some time to set up properly in the environment but once set up the product does what it is supposed to do which is what you are paying for.
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Veeam Software
Even though we are a small non-profit, support has always been there for help when needed. They are responsive and knowledgeable. If there are any shortcomings from Veeam for support, it is entirely on our end. With a small IT department, we easily get backlogged with projects.
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Implementation Rating
Mimecast
No answers on this topic
Veeam Software
Would have marked a 10 but the storage in AWS was very complicated. Would be nice to have more help/guidance connecting to external storage.
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Alternatives Considered
Mimecast
Users are not able to delete emails hence Mimecast EIA becomes a very useful tool during e-discovery. For EOA, they offer an inplace archive which means that emails can be deleted if the service is not turned on.
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Veeam Software
As I stated earlier, Veeam is a great solution that just works and isn’t super expensive like with Rubrik, Cohesity etc. however it is bring your own storage. Whether that’s disk or cloud. However as a result it doesn’t have quite as many add one and features as those other products. But it does backup great.
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Return on Investment
Mimecast
  • We needed a product that would allow us to keep at least 7 years worth of emails as required by the business and Mimecast, with its unlimited archiving, meets this requirement perfectly.
  • Being a cloud-based solution allowed us to save on hardware, infrastructure, and maintenance costs when compared to our previous on-prem appliance.
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Veeam Software
  • We use this tool to store our most sensitive Data safely where it's easy to get access while even offline mode.
  • Streamlines our off boarding process for data retention by leveraging Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.
  • Flexible data storage either onsite or in the cloud. Which is very cost effective.
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Screenshot of backup creation for Microsoft 365 Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business and Teams data. Jobs can be scheduled to run when and as often as desired.Screenshot of advanced search capabilities and flexible recovery and export options to perform eDiscovery on Microsoft 365 mailboxes, emails, files or sites — as easily as one would with a traditional on-premises data backupScreenshot of restoration of Microsoft 365 Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business and Teams data from a Veeam backup. Veeam offers over 25 ways to restore from Office 365 backups to meet the specific recovery needs of any business