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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Veeam Backup for AWS

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AVeeam® delivers native, automated AWS backup and disaster recovery to protect and manage Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon EFS and Amazon VPC data. Veeam states it is built with simplicity, scalability, savings and security in mind, so users can eliminate the risk of data loss for AWS services.

    $40

    per year instance

    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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    Veeam Backup for AWSVeeam Data Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Veeam Data Platform Essentials
    $428
    per year per 5 instances
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    Pricing Offerings
    Veeam Backup for AWSVeeam Data Platform
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Veeam Backup for AWSVeeam Data Platform
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    Veeam Software
    Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
    Several items on the market were analyzed by our company, including the Dell product. Other items on the market are just as competitive and have their own set of advantages and disadvantages to weigh against each other. In the course of our evaluation, we discovered that Veeam …
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
    Other products required multiple programss and vendors to work correctly. To be able to operate everything from one program makes management, training, and recovery so much easier
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
    Veeam [Backup for AWS] is the best backup product out there, period. Lightyears ahead in product features and ease of deployment and use.
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    Veeam Software
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Veeam Data Platform Backup and Restoration is one of the best products available today.
    Definitely, a "must" to have!
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    112 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    664 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    102 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    631 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    114 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    674 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    548 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    97 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    596 Answers
    Features
    Veeam Backup for AWSVeeam Data Platform
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Veeam Backup for AWS and Veeam Data Platform
    Feature
    Veeam Backup for AWS
    8.3
    79 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Veeam Data Platform
    8.9
    514 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Universal recovery8.078 Ratings9.0442 Ratings
    Instant recovery8.977 Ratings8.8464 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.076 Ratings8.9444 Ratings
    Business application protection8.169 Ratings8.7389 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations8.276 Ratings9.1469 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification8.074 Ratings9.1479 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud8.078 Ratings9.0341 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression8.571 Ratings9.0443 Ratings
    Snapshots8.371 Ratings8.9398 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.571 Ratings8.6393 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.673 Ratings8.3175 Ratings
    Platform support8.671 Ratings8.7434 Ratings
    Retention options8.170 Ratings9.0439 Ratings
    Encryption7.870 Ratings9.1406 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Veeam Backup for AWS and Veeam Data Platform
    Feature
    Veeam Backup for AWS
    8.2
    82 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Veeam Data Platform
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    Ratings
    Continuous data protection8.977 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication9.075 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics8.975 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection7.062 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities7.173 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery7.938 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Veeam Backup for AWSVeeam Data Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (115 ratings)
    8.9
    (970 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.2
    (11 ratings)
    7.9
    (59 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.7
    (48 ratings)
    Availability
    8.9
    (106 ratings)
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    7.8
    (13 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.5
    (50 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    7.0
    (34 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.9
    (6 ratings)
    7.7
    (12 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.6
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.7
    (9 ratings)
    8.8
    (13 ratings)
    Professional Services
    6.8
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.3
    (13 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Veeam Backup for AWSVeeam Data Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Veeam Software
    I like the idea of using this product for backups and cold storage. This allows for long retention times and a very low cost. The ability to quickly restore and the efficiency of all the products involved. I haven't come across scenarios where it isn't appropriate. I don't have a lot of experience so for me, it works well in my cases.
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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
    Veeam Software
    • Veeam Backup for AWS provides a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solution for AWS workloads.
    • It's very easily integrated with the AWS cloud.
    • The Simple and intuitive user interface of Veeam Backup for AWS makes it easy to set up and manage backups for AWS instances.
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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
    Veeam Software
    • We have never managed to use Veeam for Azure or GCP. It works well with AWS.
    • A client needed a multi-cloud DR solution management but we had a security issue and could find a solution from Veeam Backup for AWS.
    • Usually, you need a dedicated resource to monitor when the number of workloads is high. That adds to the cost.
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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
    Veeam Software
    We have been using Veeam Backup for AWS for our cloud hosted solutions for the last several years and will continue to do so. The ease of use and available support staff make the learning curve for use nearly flat in our case and having Veeam Backup for on-premise workloads makes the decision easy.
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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
    Veeam Software
    The UI and the integration is good with the product. so far
    has not encountered any major challenges while using the UI. of course, this is
    user perspective. Few users suggested some different view that it should be
    change father should have some different options but overall the feedback about
    UI is positive and no major issues encountered by using the UI or forsake of
    this usability.
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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
    Veeam Software
    Veeam Backup has never failed me, whenever we have needed to recover data it has worked flawlessly. It is highly available and I do not know of of a situation where our business has needed Veeam Backup fo AWS and has not been able to access or use it in some way.
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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
    Veeam Software
    We have not really noticed much difference and only notice it when doing work afterhours with our veeam being backed up. However, this is not the case as we do not do this often and hence we don't really have any real challenges for performance issues. Overall, we find that the performance is pretty good
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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
    Veeam Software
    One of the best and leading backup solution with central management for all Virtual Servers, Physical servers and Application level backup. Migrated from distributed backup solution running at each site to central VEEAM solution which has reduced overhead of backup administrator and improves the backup performance. Veeam team is very supportive in solution design, taken care of all our requirements and provided the cost effective solution.
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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
    Veeam Software
    We had only one due to the pandemic, but we remember really enjoying the help. Someone came to our site and walked us through the process and we had lots of time to ask questions and got really helpful solutions and tips and tricks to make sure that staff would understand and learn how to use it
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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
    Veeam Software
    The training provided online was good. The training was restrictive to users but was content was good and informative. The information provided was relevent and flow was maintained well. The Question and answers were good and supported well. Need to have more material provided with the training and will support users to adopt train the trainer approach.
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    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
    Veeam Software
    We were pretty happy with our implementation as it was simple to deploy and we followed the technical guide online with out much technical assistance from vendor support. We had also tested and streamlined a process based on our own documentation for our own company which was simple to follow overall for deploying into AWS for future instances
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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
    Veeam Software
    I had looked at N2WS Backup & Recovery backup and disaster recovery solution for AWS environments. But while it provides similar backup and recovery capabilities as Veeam Backup for AWS, it lacks some of the advanced features such as instant VM recovery, file-level recovery, and integration with Veeam Backup & Replication.
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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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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Veeam Software
    Overall, we pretty happy with the way it is contracted and the pricing structure. However, as stated we got it on promotion so we wont know until what it is after the 3 years but at this stage we are pretty happy with the product and the pricing from the commercial aspect
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    Scalability
    Veeam Software
    We have using this solution since 2020. In that moment we had four Host Linux and today we have forty vm Linux and Windows. The solution work fine as with few vm as multiples vm. The backup operators lovely this feacture, because keep simple his duties. Finally, we use the same solution for AWS, Azure or onpremise. This is great characteristic for skill transfer over backup team!
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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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    Professional Services
    Veeam Software
    Generally satisfied
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    Return on Investment
    Veeam Software
    • The only thing is that you have to make sure you understand your AWS costs if your retention periods are not kept under control.
    • ROI is hard to prove until the moment you need to restore your workload.
    • Time-saving is something that comes to mind. Before Veeam, we used to spend/waste a lot of time verifying and testing our backup and restore. Veeam makes it easy with its SureBackup technology.
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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 Backup for AWS Screenshots

    Screenshot of Overview page detailing high-level information like alarms, protected instances, policies, and session information.Screenshot of Policies page detailing available policies, status and sessions log.Screenshot of Estimated monthly costs in policy wizard for snapshots, replicas, backups, traffic and transactions for machines in a policy.Screenshot of File Level Recovery, where individual files and folders can be searched and browsed for granular recovery.

    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.