NetBackup Flex Appliances vs. Veeam Data Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NetBackup Flex Appliances
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
NetBackup Flex appliances provides cyber resilience with a zero-trust architecture designed to defend against external attacks, credential compromise, insider threats, and malware infiltration.N/A
Veeam Data Platform
Score 8.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Veeam’s® premier product, Veeam Backup & Replication™, delivers availability for all cloud, virtual, Kubernetes and physical workloads. Through a management console, the software provides backup, archival, recovery and replication capabilities.
$428
per year per 5 instances
Pricing
NetBackup Flex AppliancesVeeam Data Platform
Editions & Modules
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Veeam Data Platform Essentials
$428
per year per 5 instances
Veeam Data Platform
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NetBackup Flex AppliancesVeeam Data Platform
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsVeeam sells through channel partners. Contact a partner for detailed pricing and quotes. Resellers or sales personnel are available for assistance.
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Community Pulse
NetBackup Flex AppliancesVeeam Data Platform
Considered Both Products
NetBackup Flex Appliances

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Veeam Data Platform
Chose Veeam Data Platform
Veeam is on par with Rubrik for VMware backups. It feels well put together. Veeam handles medium-sized environments exceptionally well with little to no day-to-day administration.
Features
NetBackup Flex AppliancesVeeam Data Platform
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
NetBackup Flex Appliances
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Ratings
Veeam Data Platform
8.8
463 Ratings
4% above category average
Universal recovery00 Ratings9.0391 Ratings
Instant recovery00 Ratings8.7417 Ratings
Recovery verification00 Ratings8.9397 Ratings
Business application protection00 Ratings8.7352 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings9.1421 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.1433 Ratings
Backup to the cloud00 Ratings8.9306 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings9.0402 Ratings
Snapshots00 Ratings8.8366 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings8.5354 Ratings
Management dashboard00 Ratings8.1135 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings8.7391 Ratings
Retention options00 Ratings8.9395 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings9.1364 Ratings
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User Ratings
NetBackup Flex AppliancesVeeam Data Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(5 ratings)
9.1
(781 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(42 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.6
(36 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(8 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(1 ratings)
10.0
(37 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(24 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(7 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(8 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(7 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.2
(8 ratings)
User Testimonials
NetBackup Flex AppliancesVeeam Data Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Cohesity
Seamless integration with NetBackup
Backup server, storage & de-duplication from one vendor
Scalable flexibility
Deploy across all environments - DC, VMs, remote office
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Veeam Software
It is well-suited for most environments, from Small and medium businesses to large enterprises. But its cost may be prohibitive for smaller businesses with a limited budget. While there are multiple licensing levels, there may be a use case for creating a level between the community edition and the Foundation.
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Pros
Cohesity
  • NetBackup Appliance is the best effective backup and restore solution out in the market for enterprise level.
  • Fastest deduplication available in the appliance.
  • First time ever V-ray implementation.
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  • The ease of use in creating jobs and adding clients enables our new and less skilled administrators to work efficiently, quickly, and accurately.
  • The same ease of use is essential for junior admins as well. Backups are quickly and accurately restored, allowing our networking team to bring clients back to production within expected times.
  • The ability to create a restore for testing and to remove it quickly has proven to be an excellent asset for our production and DB teams.
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Cons
Cohesity
  • It's doing what we want.
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  • On occasion, the 'reason' for a failed backup can be a little hard to understand. It would be nice if it were a bit more straightforward.
  • I would love to run the platform natively on Linux, but I don't think it's an option.
  • Sometimes, locating the correct update file for the platform software can be a bit confusing. If they had an option to download the correct update file from within the console, that would take some of the guesswork out of it.
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Likelihood to Renew
Cohesity
using Netbackup Appliance makes my work simple for Backup and Recovery .
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Veeam Software
I really have no complaints about Veeam Backup & Replication. Their service has been excellent and the cost is minimal in comparison to other services I checked out. Implementation wasn't simple and the Veeam Support team was there to help each step of the way.
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Usability
Cohesity
It has been efficient over the years that we acquired it.
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Veeam Software
It is a very robust solution that has never failed. It also has perfect integration with Windows server volume shadow copies. The processing load is moved from the backup server to the backup proxy. Increased fault tolerance: you can store data on a separate machine, the backup repository. Can perform a bare metal restore.
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Reliability and Availability
Cohesity
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Veeam Software
I give Veeam Data Platform a rating of 9 for availability because it consistently performs reliably in critical data protection and recovery tasks. The platform is designed to minimize downtime, ensuring that backup and recovery processes are accessible when needed.While there may be rare instances of maintenance or minor application errors, these do not significantly affect the overall reliability of the system. Veeam’s strong architecture and features like high availability configurations further enhance its performance, allowing us to trust it in crucial situations. Overall, it has proven to be a dependable solution that meets our organization's needs effectively.
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Performance
Cohesity
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Veeam Software
Veeam does a good job with backing up our servers in a timely manner. We are still at the beginning of our Veeam use and are pleased with the speed at which we can access the system as well as the backups and restore points. Veeam is definitely superior to our previous backup system in terms of speed and accessibility
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Support Rating
Cohesity
Support is great so far.
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Veeam Software
The support team has never asked me to jump through silly hoops or waste time on pointless exercises. They seem to truly have a handle on what may be wrong. In fact, when we were having trouble getting our license renewal setup (because of yet another license migration at Veeam) a support incident got us connected to the right people to get our renewal done in time.
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In-Person Training
Cohesity
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Veeam Software
I rated the in-person training an 8 because it was generally effective and provided a solid foundation for understanding the Veeam Data Platform. The instructors were knowledgeable and engaged, making the sessions interactive. However, I felt that some topics could have been covered in more depth, and additional hands-on exercises would have further reinforced the learning experience. Overall, it was a positive training session that adequately prepared attendees for using the product, but there's room for improvement.
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Online Training
Cohesity
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Veeam Software
I gave it a rating of 7 because, although the online training offered valuable content and covered the essential aspects of the Veeam Data Platform, it lacked interactivity and opportunities for direct engagement with instructors. This made it challenging to ask questions or delve deeper into specific topics. Additionally, some sections felt a bit rushed, which could hinder a comprehensive understanding of more complex features. Overall, while the training was useful, improvements in interactivity and pacing could elevate the experience significantly.
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Implementation Rating
Cohesity
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Veeam Software
Plan the process and then work through your plan, i know this should go without saying but its easy to get sidetracked. You tend to want to just get up and running so you can have that sigh of relief, spend the time to talk to your business stakeholder to see what goals they are trying to accomplish and how that may impact your plans first.
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Alternatives Considered
Cohesity
1) Storage: Reduce storage cost by replacing with Veritas intelligent deduplication.
2) Space
Save valuable floor space by combining both the backup server and deduplication storage into one appliance.
3) Power and Cooling
As an ENERGY STAR compliant backup appliance, the NetBackup 5330 reduces floor space and power consumption, letting you to
do more with your IT budget.
4) Robust Greater performance compared to the NetBackup 5230: Up to 3X faster backup, 5.8X faster recovery, and 4.9X faster replication. 5) Greater density
Delivers more TB per rack unit (RU) which reduces floor space requirements and lowers power and cooling costs.
6) Intelligent end-to-end deduplication
Reduces the size of backups by up to 50 times and network bandwidth utilization by up to 99 percent, so you can backup and replicate faster.
7) Flexible deduplication options
Deduplication at source, media server, or target; inline or post-process.
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Veeam Software
I believe it's not possible to compare these three products, as none of them are as feature-rich as Veeam Data Platform. The addition of Proxmox-VE in version 12 was certainly a game-changer, as we were previously dependent on the VMware environment to access all the features that Veeam Data Platform offers.
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Scalability
Cohesity
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Veeam Software
In terms of scalability for our company, Veeam was able to cover our backup needs with ease. They have options for even more individualized backup if we were to need them; i.e. if a specific workstation needs its own independent backup. We have not used these resources yet, but I am confident they will be beneficial to our company in the near future.
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Return on Investment
Cohesity
  • Improved operational efficiency.
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Veeam Software
  • Positive impact: it "saved our ass" on one occasion. In that particular scenario, we were hit with ransomware.
  • On another occasion, it provided a means of building a staging environment from our production and saved us a significant amount of time from having to build from scratch.
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ScreenShots

Veeam Data Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of an example of the proactive threat assessment technology used to identify adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) before a cyber-attack.Screenshot of where Veeam Intelligence turns noisy alerts into clear insights with recommended next steps, explaining anomalies and pointing out the next best action.Screenshot of a preview of an AI generated snapshot of job health, exceptions, and priority actions.Screenshot of the chat flow to watch AI agents scan for anomalies, confirm a clean restore point, and surface integrity and performance insights.