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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

    HPE Zerto Software

    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    HPE Zerto Software aims to enable customers to run an always-on business by simplifying the protection, recovery, and mobility of on-premises and cloud applications.N/A
    Pricing
    Veeam Backup for AWSHPE Zerto Software
    Editions & Modules
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    Veeam Backup for AWSHPE Zerto Software
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Veeam Backup for AWSHPE Zerto Software
    Considered Both Products
    Veeam Software
    Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
    Cost savings and a great support team.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Backup for AWS
    Better value versus the competition.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
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    97%
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    Features
    Veeam Backup for AWSHPE Zerto Software
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Veeam Backup for AWS and HPE Zerto Software
    Feature
    Veeam Backup for AWS
    8.3
    79 Ratings
    3% below category average
    HPE Zerto Software
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Universal recovery8.078 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Instant recovery8.977 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.076 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Business application protection8.169 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations8.276 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification8.074 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud8.078 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression8.571 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Snapshots8.371 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.571 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.673 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Platform support8.671 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Retention options8.170 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Encryption7.870 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Veeam Backup for AWS and HPE Zerto Software
    Feature
    Veeam Backup for AWS
    8.2
    82 Ratings
    4% below category average
    HPE Zerto Software
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Continuous data protection8.977 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Replication9.075 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics8.975 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Malware protection7.062 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities7.173 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery7.938 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Disaster Recovery
    Comparison of Disaster Recovery features of Veeam Backup for AWS and HPE Zerto Software
    Feature
    Veeam Backup for AWS
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    Ratings
    HPE Zerto Software
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Disaster Recovery Planning00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Hot Sites00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Disaster Recovery Testing00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Automated Disaster Recovery00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Veeam Backup for AWSHPE Zerto Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (115 ratings)
    8.3
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.2
    (11 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    8.9
    (106 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    4.0
    (34 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.9
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    6.7
    (16 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.7
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    6.8
    (5 ratings)
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Veeam Backup for AWSHPE Zerto Software
    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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Zerto is well suited for disaster recovery and virtual machine replication between multiple data centers. DR testing for audit or regulations is much easier with Zerto, great reporting, dashboard etc. It is not well suited for physical server replication for disaster recovery or as a primary backup solution.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Anyone with a large disk (VMDK) knows the issues of VMware snapshots. Most backup software is a "point in time backup" that uses snapshots. While the backup can be run multiple times per day the stress of the snapshot on the host and storage is eliminated by the continuous protection of Zerto log replication.
    • A client had a the disks on a VM go missing for some reason. We had them "flip the switch" for a real fail over and press the fail over button. The VM on our DR site started to come alive as the VM at the customer site was brought down. When the DR VM was fully up, automatic reverse replication started. The DR machine was available in a few minutes (to take into account different host hardware) for access. One the vm at both sites were in sync, we had the customer again repeat the fail over process and the DR site VM was turned off and the Production site VM was brought back on line. This was a 200 GB VM and the whole process was finished in about 3 hours.
    • Zerto also allows for "Test" fail overs that can be configured on many different functions, such as host, datastore, network and IP usage. Configuring the IPs is crucial to avoid inadvertent site cross contamination of the same VM.
    • Zerto can also retrieve files from any VM disk on the DR site without starting a VM. Very handy for retrieving files or directories.
    • Since Zerto is running continuous log replication, changes on the production VM are nearly instantaneously copied to the DR site. As with any data process, having sufficient bandwidth for "churn" peaks minimizes the delay in updating the DR site.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Moving a VM from one protection group to another could be simplified.
    • I would like to see an executive-style report of recovery and testing for upper management.
    • The ability to deploy Zerto as a virtual appliance, without the need for a windows server.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We really like the easy setup of this replication solution, as well as the ease of management. Not to mention, our internal IT Economist determined that the Zerto solution would provide the best ROI out of the competing solutions we analyzed. So far, his calculations have been spot on, and we have saved substantially
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Zerto is very easy to implement and support. Uses are broad, only issues are once something doesn't sync it is difficult to get assistance until your reach tier 2 or tier 3 support. Basic file and folder recovery is great. Live and test fail overs are also easy to implement without issue.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Overall support is very good. We sometimes get pushback when asking Level 1 support to escalate to Level 2. This causes undue frustrations when you need a more knowledgeable support person to get involved. We've had to escalate to account reps a few times for this scenario. Zerto is very responsive and normally handles our requests very quickly.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Make sure the end goal is in mind before implementing. That way results meet expectations.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We started out using Backup Exec which was in service until we virtualized our environment where it didn't perform as well at the time. Then we switched to Veeam which worked well, but then as we started needing to do migrations and off-site DR, we found ourselves relying on Zerto more often.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    For my organization, the pricing model was an upfront investment for the Zerto licenses. My organization prefers to pay upfront and not deal with month-to-month or year-to-year pricing models that most companies are moving to. But for some, the investment may be more than they can afford, and would prefer the year-to-year pricing model.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Veeam Software
    Generally satisfied
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    I mean, it was 6 years ago, but we were up and going with all applications synchronizing in short order. The longest tasks was getting the 30 TB of application data synchronized between the datacenters.
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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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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Zerto is like having the best possible insurance ... it just works, and often provides the backups taken overnight that are key in recovering data/work between overnight backups.
    • Zerto easily enabled the move of primary datacenters by allowing easy failover to a secondary site, and failback to the primary site.
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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.

    HPE Zerto Software Screenshots

    Product screenshotProduct screenshotScreenshot of AnalyticsScreenshot of DashboardScreenshot of Failover TestScreenshot of vSphere