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Veeam Backup for Azure

Overview

What is Veeam Backup for Azure?

Veeam® Backup for Azure delivers native, policy-based protection for reliable recovery from accidental deletion, ransomware and other data loss scenarios. With an API-first approach, immutable backups and full- and file-level restores ensure resilient protection that’s easy and cost-optimized, freeing up…

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Recent Reviews

Veeam Backup Review

8 out of 10
April 11, 2023
Incentivized
We use Veeam Backup to back up our critical systems and data. It provides some assurances that we are able to back up and restore against …
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Safe and secure

10 out of 10
April 05, 2023
Incentivized
Safe backups before rolling out changes to Servers. Getting old archive files that have been deleted. We have it doing incremental backups …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Encryption (33)
    8.3
    83%
  • Retention options (37)
    8.1
    81%
  • Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises (29)
    8.1
    81%
  • Management dashboard (37)
    7.9
    79%

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Pricing

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BYOL edition

$40

Cloud
per year per Azure VM (Back up and recover in Azure only with 24/7 production support)

Free Edition

Free

Cloud
Backup up to 10 Azure VMs FREE with no limitations on features or number of restores.

BYOL edition (Hybrid-/multi-cloud)

VUL Portable licensing

Cloud
Backup and recover anything, anywhere via Veeam Universal License for any supported workload – cloud, virtual and physical – interchangeably

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $40 per year Azure VM/year Backup and recovery
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Features

Data Center Backup

Data center backup tools send data to a secure storage location after encryption and de-duplication

8.1
Avg 9.0

Enterprise Backup

Enterprise backup solutions are implemented by IT professionals to automatically and safely backup data hosted on a range of systems (including cloud-native workloads, servers, databases, laptops and mobile devices) to external cloud storage.

7.8
Avg 8.6

SaaS Backup

Software As A Service (SaaS) backup software is a technology designed to store and protect data created by SaaS products.

7.9
Avg 8.8
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Product Details

What is Veeam Backup for Azure?

Veeam® Backup for Azure delivers native, policy-based protection for reliable recovery from accidental deletion, ransomware and other data loss scenarios. With an API-first approach, immutable backups and full- and file-level restores ensure resilient protection that’s easy and cost-optimized, freeing up time and resources for more strategic IT priorities.

Immutable and Encrypted - Data integrity through WORM state and encryption

Logically Air-Gapped - Logical separation of backup data from production accounts

Secure Access - Least-privilege IAM and role-based access controls (RBAC)

Recover Anywhere - Cross-account, region and platform* restores

Full- and File-level - Full instance or granular recovery, in-place or as-new

Simplified Recovery - Wizard-driven, automated and self-service workflows

Policy-based - Automated detection and protection with native backups

Cost-optimized - Backup lifecycling to object storage with cost calculations

Hybrid Ready - Operationally consistent management across hybrid and multi cloud*

*When combined with Veeam Backup & Replication™

Veeam Backup for Azure Features

Data Center Backup Features

  • Supported: Management dashboard
  • Supported: Retention options
  • Supported: Encryption

Enterprise Backup Features

  • Supported: Malware protection

SaaS Backup Features

  • Supported: SaaS Product Integration
  • Supported: Multiple Data Restoration Options
  • Supported: Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises

Veeam Backup for Azure Screenshots

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

Veeam Backup for Azure Video

Veeam Backup for Azure Competitors

Veeam Backup for Azure Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Veeam Backup for Azure Downloadables

Frequently Asked Questions

Veeam Backup for Azure starts at $40.

Acronis Cyber Protect, AWS Backup, and Druva Data Resiliency Cloud are common alternatives for Veeam Backup for Azure.

Reviewers rate Encryption highest, with a score of 8.3.

The most common users of Veeam Backup for Azure are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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April 17, 2023

The hype was true. Should have switched sooner!

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Banking Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
As we began to deploy systems in Azure we knew we needed a backup solution. Since we use Veeam B&R for on-premises systems it was a no brainer to use Veeam for Azure. The policy based backup makes it easy to ensure new systems are automatically captured without needing to adjust backup jobs every time.
Pros and Cons
  • Policy based backup
  • Snapshot retention
  • Backup retention
  • Unaware of systems restored from on-prem. This causes me licensing issues when running DR testing events.
Likelihood to Recommend
For our purposes I can't particularly find any shortcomings of Veeam Backup for Azure. It has been working well for our needs for a few years now. Maybe for someone with a larger cloud footprint or more complex needs, or maybe someone who wants to be able to deploy and configure the appliance using infrastructure as code it may not be as practical.
Veeam Backup for Azure Feature Ratings
Data Center Backup (3)
90%
9.0
Management dashboard
90%
9.0
Retention options
80%
8.0
Encryption
100%
10.0
Enterprise Backup (1)
N/A
N/A
Malware protection
N/A
N/A
SaaS Backup (3)
N/A
N/A
SaaS Product Integration
N/A
N/A
Multiple Data Restoration Options
N/A
N/A
Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • Excellent feature having predicted cost of backups
  • Saves administrators time on configuring backups
  • Deployment was quick and straightforward
Usability
10
The ease of use and deployment is easily one of my favorite features of Veeam Backup for Azure. I was able to get the system up and running in about an hour. Policies configuration is easy to understand as well, so targeting specific systems, resource groups, or tags for capture in backups is also easy to setup.
Alternatives Considered
Veeam Backup for Azure is the first and only cloud backup product we've used. So far I've seen no reason for us to explore other other options.
Other Software Used
Users and Roles
2
Both users of Veeam Backup for Azure are members of the IT department who focus on administration of systems.
Support Headcount Required
2
Very rarely are there issues with the system. The most needed skill is just product use knowledge, familiarity with the UI.
Business Processes Supported
  • Retention of data
  • Automated backups
  • Automatic capture of new systems for backups
Likelihood to Renew
10
Plainly, the product just works. I don't have to babysit it.
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