Spanning Backup vs. Veeam Backup for Azure

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Spanning Backup
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
Spanning, a Kaseya company, is a provider of backup and recovery for SaaS applications including G Suite, Salesforce and Office 365.N/A
Veeam Backup for Azure
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Veeam® Backup for Azure delivers native, policy-based protection for reliable recovery from accidental deletion, ransomware and other data loss scenarios. With an API-first approach, immutable backups and full- and file-level restores ensure resilient protection that’s easy and cost-optimized, freeing up time and resources for more strategic IT priorities. Immutable and Encrypted - Data integrity through WORM state and encryption Logically…
$40
per year Azure VM/year Backup and recovery
Pricing
Spanning BackupVeeam Backup for Azure
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
BYOL edition
$40
per year per Azure VM (Back up and recover in Azure only with 24/7 production support)
Free Edition
Free
Backup up to 10 Azure VMs FREE with no limitations on features or number of restores.
BYOL edition (Hybrid-/multi-cloud)
VUL Portable licensing
Backup and recover anything, anywhere via Veeam Universal License for any supported workload – cloud, virtual and physical – interchangeably
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Spanning BackupVeeam Backup for Azure
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Spanning BackupVeeam Backup for Azure
Features
Spanning BackupVeeam Backup for Azure
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Spanning Backup
9.0
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Veeam Backup for Azure
9.0
39 Ratings
4% above category average
Management dashboard8.01 Ratings9.539 Ratings
Retention options9.01 Ratings8.539 Ratings
Encryption10.01 Ratings9.035 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Spanning Backup
9.7
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Veeam Backup for Azure
9.4
23 Ratings
16% above category average
Operational reporting and analytics9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware protection10.01 Ratings9.423 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
SaaS Backup
Comparison of SaaS Backup features of Product A and Product B
Spanning Backup
10.0
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Veeam Backup for Azure
9.0
33 Ratings
3% above category average
SaaS Product Integration10.01 Ratings9.423 Ratings
Multiple Data Restoration Options10.01 Ratings8.028 Ratings
Data Auditing and Search10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises10.01 Ratings9.531 Ratings
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User Ratings
Spanning BackupVeeam Backup for Azure
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(9 ratings)
10.0
(40 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.7
(39 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Spanning BackupVeeam Backup for Azure
Likelihood to Recommend
Kaseya
The only issue we have is when we remove the user from the integrated AD group we need to manually go back and remove the licensing, but there is the option to have archived accounts as well for temporary holds in case we want to disable the account in 365/AD, but need to hold on to the backups for a little longer.
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Veeam Software
For our purposes I can't particularly find any shortcomings of Veeam Backup for Azure. It has been working well for our needs for a few years now. Maybe for someone with a larger cloud footprint or more complex needs, or maybe someone who wants to be able to deploy and configure the appliance using infrastructure as code it may not be as practical.
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Pros
Kaseya
  • Set it and forget it. Easy set up and it runs daily behind the scenes.
  • Restore holds record relationships.
  • Restore can merge records easily.
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Veeam Software
  • Reduce storage costs and minimizing the impact on network consuption.
  • Veaam Backup for Azure provides application-aware backups for Microsoft SQL Server, ensuring that our data is backed up and available for recovery correctly.
  • Replication: Veeam Backup for Azure helps us to replicate our workloads to another Azure region or on-premises environment for disaster recovery purposes and compliance needs.
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Cons
Kaseya
  • Better support/phone support
  • The ability to checkmark JUST a single OU and then any new members in just THAT OU would be automatically backed up. Currently, you can just auto add new members but not per OU.
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Veeam Software
  • Documentation around service account permissions was a little sparse when we implemented it
  • It's sometimes hard to get the reason behind a (rare) job failure without going into logs
  • The UI around snapshots and backups could do with some clarity around the restore points that will be available
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Likelihood to Renew
Kaseya
No answers on this topic
Veeam Software
Plainly, the product just works. I don't have to babysit it.
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Usability
Kaseya
It was hands down, one of the easiest solutions to implement overall and has some of the best features also compared to other similar products from many SaaS backup companies. We also integrated the Dark Web monitoring too and it has helped us secure accounts we didn't know had issues, so has improved our security posture too.
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Veeam Software
It was so easy that you thought it wasn't working. Once you saw data and was able to recover it or do a restore with the product those beliefs in the system went to the roof. Once you get a product that does everything you want it to do, you will give it it's props.
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Support Rating
Kaseya
I would like a retention option on the data, but since this feature does not currently exist, I give it a 9. Everything has met our standards and needs and we are now freed up from the manual efforts it was taking for backing up Salesforce using the out-of-the-box features of Salesforce.
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Veeam Software
Great support team!
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Alternatives Considered
Kaseya
Spanning is superior to Veritas Backup Exec. Often Backup Exec would fail due to the software itself or the premise-based backup media or drive. Veritas Tech Support/Knowledgebase was not helpful in troubleshooting the failures. Also, Veritas was unable to back up our then Microsoft Exchange Server without an additional add-on cost. Barracuda was more reliable, but also required additional expenses for backing up Exchange and Microsoft SQL.
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Veeam Software
Backup Exec was a very clunky application and took forever to backup to and restore from. We would backup to SSD external hard drives from a flash array, but the process still took forever to finish. Sending our data to the Azure blob storage via Veeam is a faster and more secure process than saving to the external hard drives with Backup Exec.
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Return on Investment
Kaseya
  • Allowed us to restore our data various times with minimal costs
  • Gives us great piece of mind with the regular scheduled backing up
  • Pretty simple to set up and configure. Easy integration with SFDC
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Veeam Software
  • We have had fast recovery of documents when needed; sub 10 minutes from start of restore to complete and in the users hands
  • Easily a value add for backing up files outside of the given Microsoft retention period; piece of mind
  • Easy tool to use with minimal training required to use it and set up backups
  • When you do change your cloud licensing it does require manual intervention to update backup data requirements. if the business makes changes then your backup person may not know to make these changes
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ScreenShots

Veeam Backup for Azure Screenshots

Screenshot of Welcome screenScreenshot of Policies setupScreenshot of Cost estimationScreenshot of Restore options