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    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

    VMware ESXi

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AA bare-metal hypervisor that installs directly onto a physical server. With direct access to and control of underlying resources, VMware ESXi partitions hardware to consolidate applications and cut costs.N/A
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    Veeam Data PlatformVMware ESXi
    Editions & Modules
    Veeam Data Platform Essentials
    $428
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    Considered Both Products
    Veeam Software
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    AWS is, in my opinion, the best giant cloud provider as it's kinda the company that set the terminology. Given the truly vast amount of functionality it offers, it's clear that using the proprietary option for backing up buckets and containers is AWS Backup. Veeam cannot fully …
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    Veeam has very interesting features that cannot compare with the competitors, because theyre unique and powerful
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    Ease of use. A lot of knowledge in the market. A lot of blog articles from non-veeam people are available.
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    Veeam worked much better than the other products I tested, Naviko and Bru server.
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    Zerto's RTO can be a bit better, but Veeam is more complete and has more support.
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    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Veeam is comparable to Commvault when used as a backup and recovery solution allowing server grouping, long term retention, and tiered backup solutions. when compared to Zerto, Veeam is not as capable due to the missing continuous data replication which causes recovery points …
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    Xen Orchestra for Citrix XenServer is a complementary product to Veeam, as long as Xen Orchestra addresses Citrix Xen Servers and Veeam does not. Both are great tools, although Xen Orchestra community edition is a whit better than the already free XenCenter, the reference …
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    We started with Symantec Backup Exec in 2013 for our backups. while upgrading our equipment and infrastructure we migrated all physical server to virtual machines and also moved to Veeam Backup & Replication to perform the VM backups. We used both for restoring the files and …
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    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Originally we used Backup Exec to perform backups at the individual server level. This was tedious, and the backups were not good for much beyond file restoration, as full-server restores often failed, and application backups were at best crash-consistent if that.

    We implemented …
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    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Veeam Backup & Replication has become the standard solution that we are recommending for any of our customers that want to make use of our off-site disaster recovery solution.
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    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    I am still getting to know Unitrends, but they seem pretty equal.
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    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    We currently employ CometBackup.In the past we have used Acronis products, as well as Symantec System Recovery/Veritas System Recovery. We stick with Veeam for the central manageability of it all.
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    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    • We published all desired features for taking the backup of Virtual Machines with speed. Utilize data domain storage as well as other low-cost storage and also take the backup of NAS (file level).
    • Veeam Backup & Replication won the competition reasonably even on the technical …
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    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    We were using Storagecraft ShadowProtect prior to coming over to Veeam. It was a real headache on managing incremental backups forever and we had to utilize multiple tools to get the same performance and insight that Veeam gives you in one tool.
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    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    I've also used a cloud-based backup system written by Datasoft however this was a low-volume system designed for single servers or desktops. As for Backup Exec, I much prefer Veeam for the user interface and the ease of management. BE always seemed to take a lot of time to …
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    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Veeam offers easier configuration and a better dashboard. Also, it will give you a fast and reliable way to configure repositories, and even to integrate tape robots in the process.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Veeam is more robust with a similar feature set but more flexible and cost-effective.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    We went straight to Veeam after reading the reviews.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    We have not tested or evaluated other software as we have experience with Veeam and it's the best soultion for us.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    The ease of use just makes life easier.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    I have looked at other solutions like Symantec (Veritas), which I used to use at a previous job, and Unitrends, and while they may have great features, and might perform "just as well" as Veeam, none of them have given me a compelling reason to switch away from Veeam. Since it …
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    Price and ease of use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    We have not evaluated any other solutions, we get a good rate for Veeam and have always been happy. There is no reason to jump ship.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Where to start, Veeam actually works. Under our full load, Veeam just works and works well with few errors. Backup exec only started worked well after we took 80% of the load off of it. Before you say we under spec'd it, we gave it 3 servers that were super beefy, Veeam has 1 …
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    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    While Backup Exec is a good product, it isn't nearly as robust or easy to use as Veeam. It isn't ideal for backing up large numbers of VM's, and it also requires that an agent be installed in each VM, which can be both problematic and intrustive to user experience.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    Chose VMware ESXi
    At the time we did our comparison we found that VMware scaled much better than Hyper-V, lighter weight, and much more reliable. My recommendation if Hyper-V is needed for anything such as Windows containers, is to use nested virtualization and installing Windows Hyper-V within …
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    Chose VMware ESXi
    VMware ESXi excels in comparison to Microsoft's offering due to integration with Linux, its bare metal approach and its ability to function off of a thinner hypervisor. It allows for better integration with application appliances in my opinion due to its non-Microsoft nature. …
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    Chose VMware ESXi
    VMware ESXi is a lot more robust and resilient than MS Hyper-V.
    However, Hyper-V is more convenient and economical because it comes with Windows Server.
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware ESXi
    As long as you're using Nutanix AOS on Nutanix hardware and are paying their software support fees, AOS is a valid competitor to VMware and can save money due to not needing a license and having their server management system built into the base host management system. If you …
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    Chose VMware ESXi
    The main issue I found with Hyper-V is that it has to run on top of Microsoft Windows. This obviously uses a considerable amount of resources, even without "Desktop mode". With ESXi running on a linux based OS, this allows the maximisation of the available resources and a much …
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    Chose VMware ESXi
    VMware have been in the sector from the start and it shows. Others are catching up but as the market leader you know what you're getting and the assurance that their support is on hand should you need it. Competitors such as Hyper-V are running them close and FreeSAN is an …
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware ESXi
    I think VMware ESXi is a better solution than Hyper-V was at the time. Mainly because you don't need to run a Windows OS to run ESXi. I also think the integrations available with [VMware] ESXi are superior[.]
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware ESXi
    I haven't had confidence in Hyper-V since they had issues with hosts losing access to storage in a cluster. I understand that issue is resolved now but it's difficult to build trust in a product when you have been impacted by downtime in the past.
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware ESXi
    Unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to use much of any of the alternatives to ESXi. Just Hyper-V for a bit, but not enough to give a definitive answer on.
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware ESXi
    We have considered Hyper-V from time to time, but it seems that Microsoft has always been a step or two behind ESXi when it comes to features and reliability. The gap has definitely narrowed in recent years, but there would have to be a hugely compelling reason to switch to Hyp…
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    Chose VMware ESXi
    Building and operating in a virtual environment would be impossible without a reliable and efficient virtualization platform, such as VMware and Hyper-V. Before deciding which platform to choose for conducting your business operations, consider the differences in VMware and Hype…
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    Chose VMware ESXi
    It is the standard. Engineers and Admins are most likely to know this virtualization product, so it is easier to find skilled labor. Most of the other virtualization tools have bolted it on to their OS. This is OS agnostic. The product works, where other vendors' products …
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    Chose VMware ESXi
    We actually have both Hyper-V and ESXi hosts in our enterprise. We use Hyper-V only when there is a temporary need for a virtual device (so when our admins are doing testing of an endpoint configuration for instance) but we use ESXi hosts for anything that is in live …
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    Chose VMware ESXi
    We used Oracle VM VirtualBox for sandbox and local testing. It is not a HyperVisor, but a virtualization platform. It requires a Host OS to install on. When we implemented VMWare ESXi, the cost of Citrix Hypervisor was more, and Hyper-V was still in its infancy. Ultimately the …
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    I have only limited exposure to VMware's competitors. Not enough to make a meaningful comparison.
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    VMware is the global leader in virtualization.
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware ESXi
    When I was evaluating it, Hyper-V was still relatively new and feature limited. However, now it makes sense for deployment in small all Windows environments and you get a lot for the price (free*). Still, for large deployments ESXi is more feature-rich and flexible.
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    Chose VMware ESXi
    To me, VMware ESXi is the ONLY solution. No others have held up as of yet.
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware ESXi
    Well above in functionality.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Veeam Data PlatformVMware ESXi
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Veeam Data Platform and VMware ESXi
    Feature
    Veeam Data Platform
    8.9
    515 Ratings
    6% above category average
    VMware ESXi
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery9.0443 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery8.8465 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.9445 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection8.7390 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations9.1470 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.1480 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.0342 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.0444 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots8.9399 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.6394 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.3176 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support8.7435 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options9.0440 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption9.1407 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Veeam Data Platform and VMware ESXi
    Feature
    Veeam Data Platform
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    VMware ESXi
    8.2
    128 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Virtual machine automated provisioning00 Ratings8.0116 Ratings
    Management console00 Ratings9.0128 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup00 Ratings8.0112 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration00 Ratings8.0116 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security00 Ratings8.0117 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Veeam Data PlatformVMware ESXi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (971 ratings)
    9.0
    (129 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.9
    (59 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.7
    (48 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    7.8
    (13 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (50 ratings)
    10.0
    (55 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (34 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.7
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.8
    (13 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (13 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Veeam Data PlatformVMware ESXi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    If you're looking for the industry standard in server virtualization, I would recommend ESXi. After decades of expertise in the field, VMware continues to provide a strong product, production-ready, with an easy-to-learn interface that allows for quick management along with less costly upfront onboarding and training. Grab the free personal-use license and install in your homelab to start!
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    Pros
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    • Resource management. The automatic load balancing works very well to ensure no host is taxed disproportionately compared to the others.
    • Templates and cloning. It is very easy to set up a template and spin up new servers based on a specific setup. This makes server management very streamlined.
    • VM management. The vSphere interface is very easy to use and navigate. Everything is responsive and it works when you need it to. The options are also robust while also being arranged in a straightforward manner.
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    Cons
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    • VMware ESXi can improve on the UI that is installed on the bare metal machine. The menus can be hard to navigate when looking for simple configuration items.
    • VMware ESXi can improve on the stability of their overall hypervisor. There have been a few times we had to reinstall due to corruption of VMware ESXi.
    • I would like to see VMware ESXi do better at adding more standard free features in their consumer version of VMware ESXi. For example, having the ability to back up virtual machines is good practice and something that would be very nice if offered in their free version.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    It is critical to our business, what started out as a way to do certain functions, it has now become core to ensuring our product is available to our customers and reducing our costs to operate and reduce our recovery time and provisioning servers. Their support is great and the costs to renew is reasonable.
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    Usability
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    The interface is fairly intuitive for most things, and the areas that are a little less obvious usually have fantastic documentation in the online knowledgebase. In 3-4 years of managing our ESXi hosts, I think that I have only opened 4-5 support cases for things that I could not figure out myself or find answers to on the website.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    Without the need to patch the servers with bug fixes and enhancements we whave not experienced any downtime with VMware issues. Even the bug fixes and updates do not cause of downtime as we just migrate the servers to the opposite node and update the one and then move servers back. Very simple and painless.
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    Performance
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    We do not notice any difference between a physical and virtual server running the same workload. In fact we can scale quicker with the virtual server than we can with the physical.
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    Support Rating
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    I can't say enough good about VMware's support team. To an individual they take ownership of the case, provide thorough answers, and follow up regularly. On one occasion, a problem we experienced with NSX Endpoint was escalated to development for a permanent resolution after a workaround was found. In my experience, most companies would have tried to find a way to close a case like that instead of taking it all the way. Most importantly, when production is down and every second counts, they VMware teams understand that urgency and treat your issue as if it were the only one they had to deal with. You can't ask for better.
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    In-Person Training
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
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    Online Training
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    Jsut read and follow anything your storage provider may require to allow the integration of VMware with storage operations, outside of that VMware jsut works.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    As long as you're using Nutanix AOS on Nutanix hardware and are paying their software support fees, AOS is a valid competitor to VMware and can save money due to not needing a license and having their server management system built into the base host management system. If you aren't using Nutanix hardware, however, VMWare is in most cases the best way to go. I cannot comment on HyperV, but most IT people I know either use it because they have to (most) or they like it better (not many).
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Veeam Software
    No answers on this topic
    VMware by Broadcom
    it has been fair and easy to understand. I know VMware is looking at wanting to change from CPU to core pricing so we will see what that looks like when it happens.
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    Scalability
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    We started out with a two-server cluster and adding a third or fourth is very straightforward and simple with no issues. You just need to be aware of the size of your Vcenter Server to handle the workload, but still the resources needed is very minimal
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    Return on Investment
    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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    VMware by Broadcom
    • VMWare ESXi licensing is affordable for our business - and the licensing model is simplistic. Not like that of Microsoft with having to keep track of server licenses and CAL licenses for users.
    • VMWare ESXi also has hardware-monitoring built-in, so that further saves us money from having to be spent with another vendor.
    • As much as I hate the saying "a single pane of glass" does fit for this product. You can manage your servers, monitor hardware status, create and export backup snapshots, manage virtual NICs, connect to various storage devices. We're very happy with this product.
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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.