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    Unitrends

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Unitrends Recovery Series Backup Appliances are hardware developed for data backup and management. They cover enterprise backup, ransomware detection, recovery assurance, proactive monitoring, and cloud continuity into a single platform for organizations of all sizes.N/A

    Veeam Data Platform

    Score8.9 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

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    UnitrendsVeeam Data Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Kaseya
    Chose Unitrends
    Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery's artificial intelligence plays a major role in all the appliances that run a scanning procedure during each and every backup to analyze the change logs of the files and identify if the backups are infected by
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    I know many, many people use Veeam. And for years, there were free versions and such. For some reason, Veeam and I didn't get along well. I didn't like all the extra parts and pieces to make it work. Unitrends [Data Center Backup and Recovery] is one simple appliance. As I've …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Veeam seems like a decent product which may cost a little more, Dell EMC Networker is a good product, but the interface is very clunky and difficult to navigate, while also being a much more expensive solution. I believe they are all good products. Based on reviews, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Too many gotchas/network hiccups with other options we've used. The Unitrends solution leverages the native storage subsystems which no performance impact during backup/replications. Azure Backup is too expensive for our needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    We selected Unitrends over the competitors due to a culmination of factors in the aggregate we determined was important. The balance of pricing, features, options, support and reviews from peers all worked to help us decide to go with Unitrends. In the end of our search we …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    We used Data Protector for at least a decade before moving to Unitrends. we like DP a lot but at time of migration they didn't have a few features for virtualized items. I understand DP does not. If DP had the needed features we would have probably stayed with DP. Luckily …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Unitrends UB software makes management of backup sets very simple, Backup Exec was incredibly difficult to manage. It was reliable, but recovery was a daunting process, it always worked, but never seemed certain.
    CrashPlan is an excellent alternative for a smaller footprint, it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    We have used a number of backup solutions, but the ease of use stands out with Unitrends [Data Center Backup and Recovery]
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery provide more features than Synology DiskStation. Unlike the Synology DiskStation it has instant recovery features and can backup databases, Microsoft SQL, etc. Both are capable of deduplication and compression and can backup VMWare …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    [Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery] gave us more "bang for the buck."
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    We tried some less-than-Enterprise level solutions like Iperius and Duplicati, but we settled on a Veeam-based solution for the long term. Unitrends has some good parts and is way better than the lower level solutions, but the price of upgrading was way way out of our budget …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    They are both similar in nature. I think Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery may be easier to configure and monitor. Veeam seems to need a bit more product understanding in order to fully implement.Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery is more intuitive. Tech …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Compare to the competition, I found that Unitrends Data [Center] Backup and Recovery works without need for constant attention. It does not need high end hardware to run on, compared to the competition, also. Our VDP installation had to be rebuilt almost monthly. It came with a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    My biggest issue [is that I] wanted to get off Tapes and [I] looked [at] B2D Appliances Unitrends; [it] was one of the few that checked all the boxes.

    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    I found that Unitrends offered the most secure appliance and provided us with the most control administratively. The versatility of their backup solution and their excellent support makes it easy for me to completely endorse Unitrends.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    After reviewing other backup solutions prior to deciding on Unitrends backup systems, I have a chance to evaluate and learned it’s pro and con on each backup system as well as comparing pricing. Unitrends was the best choice at the time for what I need to replace my old backup …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Compared Unitrends amongst other vendors. We liked their sales presentation and the product seemed to provide more Return on Investment as compared with other vendors.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Less expensive and can accomplish mostly the same things.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    I laid out some simple requirements going into this process. I wanted to be able to back up my Hyper-V environment (just two standalone hosts) including the VM's and the hosts themselves (the OS at least, not the vhd/vhdx files of course), 1-2 bare metal servers that were still …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Unitrends appliance works well it has recovery verification, can be backed up to multiple destinations. Can be differential or always incremental. Can be backed up to the cloud from the same console. Snapshots can be taken of the VM and the backups are compressed using …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    VEEAM is the product that I decided to go to from Unitrends recently, as it is something that I have relied on in past companies. I am happy with the backups, however they do take up a lot more space than what Unitrends has provided. Barracuda does not have the same ROI as …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    We have evaluated Veeam and Clumio as alternatives to Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery. We choose to stay with Unitrends' solution as their customer support and appliance work very well within our environment for maintaining backups for our physical servers. Unitrend's …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    With feature improvements in recent years, Unitrends has become a great bang for your buck back up solution. Veeam is still a leader in the industry but with its feature set and pricing, Unitrends has been a great purchase for our organization. I feel confident in its ability …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Veeam product is far too "clunky" and difficult to manage. Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery provides a much easier solution and gives the customer peace of mind knowing their data is protected. Symantec was built on an older system and not reliable, I went with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    The [Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery] solution sold themselves on an on-site solution that provides fast back-ups, quality compression, and deduplication rates. They also provide quality customer service and are timely whenever there is a need to have drives …
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    Veeam Software
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    We had used products like HP VSA, DoubleTake, and Unitrends, but due to the amount of data our file server housed, they were just either too slow or too expensive to maintain. Veeam is cheaper, faster, and better run than any of the others we have experience with. Would never …
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    The support from Kaseya has been fantastic. I always feel like a Tier 1 customer when I ask for support. Kaseya's tight integration with O365 allowed me to set up cloud based backups for that environment with just a few clicks. When it was time to deploy Unitrends, a support …
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    From what i recall Veeam Data Platform is far more feature rich with VM backups than either Unitrends or veritas
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Veeam is more flexible and more intuitive than what the Unitrends appliances were.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    I've used Unitrends most recently. I really love Unitrends and tried to switch this last time I renewed support for Veeam Data Platform; however, it was not cost effective. Unfriends would have cost 4 times as much as Veeam Data Platform. As for the others, the features of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Datto is the easiest, but it's quite expensive.
    Shadowprotect used to be good, but SPX isn't very good at all.
    Unitrends we had nothing but problems with.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    ShadowProtect seemed to offer a lot of good options, and Datto is a great cheaper alternative if the heftier features of Veeam are not needed. However, Unitrends was a terrible experience all around. Unitrends support is pretty good, but there were a lot of broken backup job …
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    I am still getting to know Unitrends, but they seem pretty equal.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Used and evaluated: Zerto, Actifio, Unitrends/Boomerang, Double-Take. Veeam platform with Veeam One Management Suite provide a complete and reliable solution to empower business continuity and DR processes. Perfect fit for Visualized Data Centers, intuitive, not heavy on …
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Veeam is the best of software-only solutions. Carbonite and Mozy may have more economical pricing but require constant monitoring and maintenance to work well. Veeam is extremely reliable and easy to use. Barracuda Backup and Unitrends are primarily BDR appliances, while Unitren…
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Backup Exec
    • I would rather die than use Backup Exec ever again.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    I would say that Veeam Backup & Replication can be set up in multiple different environment types. With u=Unitrends, there are specific things you need to do to make it work and it is so complex to get it configured to work properly. Veeam Backup & Replication seems to run …
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Unitrends is a also a good and reliable product, however after evaluating, our company leads with Veeam, due to research and development being first and foremost, allowing Veeam to be the leader in the industry.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    We didn't have a true solution before and we went off the recommendation from our vendor to help us get the solution setup and ready to go. So far we are very happy with the recovery and the ease of use of the product. I would definitely purchase it again in the future.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    The previous products I used did the job but not elegantly. Veeam Data Platform made it easy to install and configure. Our backups are tested using sureback and verified daily. I don’t anticipate looking for another product for awhile.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Baracuda as well, all too complex and none as consistent.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Veeam Data Platform beats these other platforms every day of the week. The ease of use and low cost make it hard for anyone else to beat them.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Veeam is the clear winner in terms of ease of use. I can point it at almost any storage hardware, which is a huge win and cost saver.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Veeam is much easier to use and the support is great
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Unlike many of the vendors above, Veeam is providing a solution that scales from one workload to hundreds and fits comprehensively in any of the spaces between without compromising the core functionality and feature set that makes it such a great product. Veeam are confident in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    For some of the products we can say we compare this with Veeam every year, but until today we have no reason to switch over to another product. Veeam is rolled out in our organization and every admin can work with the Veeam products, so there's no need to switch (yet!).
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Veeam Backup & Replication is a software backup that just works. It's simple to set up. Coming from an appliance to a software backup has definitely been different. Our appliance vendor had better support, but I liked that I was not tied down to a specific vendor for my storage …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
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    Implementation went as expected
    87%
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    Features
    UnitrendsVeeam Data Platform
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Unitrends and Veeam Data Platform
    Feature
    Unitrends
    7.5
    360 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Veeam Data Platform
    8.9
    515 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Universal recovery6.8302 Ratings9.0443 Ratings
    Instant recovery8.7290 Ratings8.8465 Ratings
    Recovery verification7.3288 Ratings8.9445 Ratings
    Business application protection6.5262 Ratings8.7390 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations8.0268 Ratings9.1470 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification8.3338 Ratings9.1480 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud6.5213 Ratings9.0342 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression8.0326 Ratings9.0444 Ratings
    Snapshots7.3243 Ratings8.9399 Ratings
    Flexible deployment7.37 Ratings8.6394 Ratings
    Management dashboard6.07 Ratings8.3176 Ratings
    Platform support9.07 Ratings8.7435 Ratings
    Retention options7.57 Ratings9.0440 Ratings
    Encryption8.36 Ratings9.1407 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    UnitrendsVeeam Data Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (372 ratings)
    8.8
    (971 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (25 ratings)
    7.9
    (59 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (16 ratings)
    9.7
    (48 ratings)
    Availability
    6.2
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    Performance
    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    7.8
    (13 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.9
    (23 ratings)
    8.4
    (50 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.7
    (12 ratings)
    6.9
    (34 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (12 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    3.8
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (13 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (13 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    UnitrendsVeeam Data Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kaseya
    We have a traditional stack and pretty typical needs as a manufacturer. I have used and evaluated everything out there, but the Unitrends solution fits very well and was competitively priced. I would think if it fits us, it could fit anyone like us with a similar stack.
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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
    Kaseya
    • It has fully automated and customizable dashboards that can run with less administrative attention.
    • It should be able to run on virtual machines or be deployed as a virtual machine within MS Azure or AWS.
    • It's AI-based ransomware detection helps to understand data characteristics and alerts for ransomware attacks.
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    Veeam Software
    • 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
    Kaseya
    • Errors on backup jobs could be more clearly explained. As the administrator of the device for my company, I often don't know what caused an error, and can't tell from the error information what happened or caused the error.
    • Updates of the devices should have an automatic option. It takes to much time to do an update to the devices if updates haven't been maintained.
    • Shutdown and restarting the device should be available from the main UI screen to eliminate some time when doing updates or if you're doing some maintenance on the device.
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    Veeam Software
    • 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
    Kaseya
    We have grown very attached to the Unitrends appliances and their use for recovery and other file restoration needs as well as data archival, data replication to other appliance and data migration to other servers or long term storage requirements. The appliances work well and the support for them is very good as well.
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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
    Kaseya
    I have never used such an easy product that is stable and scalable like Unitrends. I have been running backups for MANY years. On premise, tape, disk, cloud, you name it. Unitrends is very flexible, stable and has incredible reporting features. It's nice when management requests a report and it takes you 5 minutes to run it and dump it to PDF. How can you beat that?
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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
    Kaseya
    The appliances have been there when we need them and have rarely if ever gone down. Hardware issues have been resolved quickly.
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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
    Kaseya
    The hardware is adequate and speedy. The user interface responds quickly. Backups complete quickly.
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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
    Kaseya
    They're incredible, attentive, thorough. They make sure my issue is resolved and follow up. I'm usually behind on giving them a reply or an update. They have always gone above and beyond for me, and I'll continue to do the same for them.
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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
    Kaseya
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Kaseya
    It was sufficient to get started. It was not super deep. We called support often to get going.
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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
    Kaseya
    The Unitrends employees involved in the installation were very friendly and knowledgeable. A certain degree of hiccups can be expected during any installation but never shook my confidence because of the friendly and knowledgeable team that was assigned to my project.
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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
    Kaseya
    Symantec Backup Exec was the primary tool used for backups for years. We also used Veeam for some Office 365/Exchange backups. Unitrends once configured and set up works very well against the competition. Backup Exec interface was more user friendly. The search tool for exploring backups was much better than Unitrends as well. Unitrends is much faster if you need to restore an entire VM or large file folders. Also once you have Unitrends all set up, it is very low maintenance, it just works. If something fails 9/10 it will correct itself on the next backup that is scheduled to run
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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
    Kaseya
    Once you exceed the capacity of the appliances, you have to forklift a new appliance. This is very expensive.
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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
    Kaseya
    • It has saved some deleted file server data for our business department.
    • We have lost some reports for the business department due to an overlooked setting that make the backup reports look great, but the server was not being backed up in reality.
    • Less anxiety for the IT department, we have backup plan and that is worth a lot to us.
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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.