Veeam Data Platform Reviews & Ratings 2024

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Overview

What is Veeam Data Platform?

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.

Recent Reviews

Veeam Data Platform works better than DPM.

9 out of 10

April 01, 2024

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We use Veeam Data Platform for our server backups. Both whole OS backups and file server file system backups. We had been using …

Good Product at a Great Price

9 out of 10

April 01, 2024

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We use Veeam Data Platform Backup and Replication for server backups and replicas. We have nightly backups and archiving setup for each …

VEEAM Data Platform is better than it's competitors

8 out of 10

March 27, 2024

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We recently implemented VEEAM to backup all of our physical and virtual servers. It addresses our auditor's needs.

Veeam - amazing product!

10 out of 10

March 26, 2024

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We use it to back up servers at regular intervals and for on demand backups before performing upgrades to roll back from in the event of …

Happy with Veeam Data Platform

8 out of 10

March 18, 2024

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We utilize Veeam Backup and Replication version 12 in our organization. We also use Veeam Azure Backup and Recovery. We backup our on …

Veeam Data Platform Review

9 out of 10

March 14, 2024

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We use it to back up all of our VMWare Virtual Machines to 3 separate backup repository. This allows up to restore files that have …

Veeam Data and Backup.

8 out of 10

March 14, 2024

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We use Veeam to replicate our hosts locally and geographically replicate data for redundancy.

The best backup solution !

10 out of 10

March 11, 2024

Incentivized

We use Veeam Data Platform to store and secure data on our servers. It enables us to run multiple data sets over time, with consistency …

PHP Veeam review.

8 out of 10

March 09, 2024

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We use it to create backup images of our virtual servers to a local NAS and restore them (or, more rarely, individual files) should we …

Discovery of Veeam community edition.

10 out of 10

January 09, 2024

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We use it for backup and backup copy for a Hyper-V environnement.
The free lifetime version is a great opportunity to test it for company …

Veeam Backup & Replication - A review from an Education perspective

10 out of 10

December 22, 2023

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Veeam Backup & Replication allows us to backup our data in a secure & logical way, giving us peace of mind that should any files get …

Keep calm and use Veeam to win

9 out of 10

November 29, 2023

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We mainly use VEAM for backuping our infrastructure but also doing our business recovery plan.better distribution of costs: we use the …

Newest Version Exceeds expectations

9 out of 10

November 21, 2023

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Newest Version is amazing, cut the time to do our backups in half. we are now confidant in our backups and rarely have to do any checks …

Veeam support me help me daily

10 out of 10

October 26, 2023

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I use Veeam to protect my company's Servers and Workstations. I make a daily backup of everything and am able to recover lost data thanks …

Can you afford not to use Veeam?

10 out of 10

October 25, 2023

Incentivized

We use Veeam Backup and Recovery mainly for server-level and file-level data protection. Being able to simply mount a backup image in …

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How Veeam Data Platform Differs From Its Competitors

Workloads

Virtualized workloads Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) Immutable storage to protect against ransomware

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Most Used

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc)

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Number of Workloads Protected

About 70 servers when you combine physical and virtual. It's what we expected. We still back up our test servers with Microsoft DPM to save money.

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Needs Assesment

I want to rely on my backup solution and that was worth paying for. What caused us to switch to Veeam Data Platform was that Microsoft DPM kept breaking and even had to be reinstalled.

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Cloud Capabilities

We have stored backups in the cloud specifically with Wasabi which allowed us to retire physical tapes.

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Workloads

Virtualized workloads Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) Capacity Tier to store data within object storage for longer term retention

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Most Used

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc)

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Number of Workloads Protected

We currently have twenty three servers connected to our Veeam Data Platform software. Some of which are Windows, Linux, virtual, and physical. We are using Veeam Data Platform for the expected amount of servers when we first acquired it. All of our servers were compatible so all are utilizing the …

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Needs Assesment

Our previous backup appliance had a HUGE learning curve, a fair bit of manual processing, and was very expensive to maintain. The old appliance/software was so bad that we eventually stopped using it completely. We swapped to Veeam Data Platform to replace it for ease of use, more automatic …

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NAS Backup

We archive some of our backups periodically to an off-site NAS. We do not use a special solution. We just have another archival job on the Veeam Data Platform Backup and Replication software specially for this.

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) Capacity Tier to store data within object storage for longer term retention Integration with cyber-security tools for SecureRestore Immutable storage to protect against ransomware

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Needs Assesment

Before VEEAM, we had quest rapid recovery and it wasn't all that great. It had issues backing up and restoring sql databases and very slow to restore servers in general.

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) Automating test restores to validate recoverability Immutable storage to protect against ransomware

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Most Used

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc)

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Number of Workloads Protected

We're right around two dozen virtual servers now that Veeam protects for us and we didn't ever expect to have this many. New services have driven our virtual server count up from what we started at, we never envisioned Veeam would be helping us maintain so many servers and services.

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Needs Assesment

We were bare metal until around 2013, backups and restoes to servers/services were painful and slow. We tried other virtualization backup software and weren't really happy. We made the swap to Veeam due to a suggestion from a friendly customer and haven't looked back since. Veeam has been able to …

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Cloud Capabilities

Our group in particular does not use Veeam for cloud backup at this time but it is something that we have in our sights. We have a friendly entity that is using Veeam for immutable storage with a cloud provider and they are feeding us good vibes about the process.

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NAS Backup

We have not used this yet, it's something that we have looked at though.

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Future Workloads

In addition to back up, we also snapshot some of these workloads

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) Capacity Tier to store data within object storage for longer term retention Immutable storage to protect against ransomware “Instant” recovery or portability between platforms (physical > virtual > cloud-hosted)

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Number of Workloads Protected

We backup a mix of cloud and virtual servers in our organization. We do not have any physical servers, so this was expected when we acquired Veeam Data Platform.

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Needs Assesment

Veeam Data Platform was already in place when I came to work here. I had to learn to use it, which was not too steep a learning curve.

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Cloud Capabilities

I setup immutable Azure blob storage. Prior to that we only had onsite backups. It has been working very well for us.

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NAS Backup

We backup our file shares using the file share backup. No need to backup the whole file server, this allows us to be more granular in what we choose to backup.

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Future Workloads

In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads In addition to back up, we also snapshot some of these workloads

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) License portability as your environment needs change Immutable storage to protect against ransomware

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Most Used

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc)

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Number of Workloads Protected

23 - That is slightly more than we expected. We were able to backup all the anticipated Virtual Machines that we planned. We later had use cases to backup several bare metal servers as well and ended up added those.

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Needs Assesment

We implemented Veeam Data Platform when moving to a new hyperconverged virtualization platform as the cost could be rolled in to the whole project budget. One main difference up front was the cost as our previous backup solution was free, open-source software. However, there was significant value …

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NAS Backup

We have not used the NAS/File-share backup feature.

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Workloads

Virtualized workloads Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux Enterprise UNIX servers running Solaris & IBM AIX In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads In addition to back up, we also snapshot some of these workloads

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Needs Assesment

A few close calls with some prior vendors showed that data was almost lost due to various reasons.

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) Automating test restores to validate recoverability Failover or recovery scripts/plans for orchestrated recovery

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Most Used

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc)

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Number of Workloads Protected

we use around 50 servers and 200 PCs in production. we back up all servers without exception and only certain critical PCs.we take the luxury of backing up some test base servers to save time on replay datasets.on the cloud side, we back up only the critical mailboxes of management staff, so as …

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Needs Assesment

Veeam Data Platform is the most widely used solution in the world. I trust other IT managers. its ease of use is the product's strength.automated restore tests verify that backups are functional, which reassures general management and insurers.

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Cloud Capabilities

we only use the 365 mailbox backup, not yet the cloud virtual servers. however, we have already needed to restore several mails from a critical mailbox and it worked fine.

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NAS Backup

we don't use this functionnality but we use backup on NAS storage

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Number of Workloads Protected

This is about what we expected, as we have a lot of virtual (and a few physical) servers that are responsible for different tasks.

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Needs Assesment

Veeam was included in our initial server package for the last server we purchased. We purchased a new license along with a server upgrade we did recently, as the old version wasn't compatible with Hyper-V.

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Cloud Capabilities

We have not utilized this yet, but I am planning to set this up soon.

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Workloads

Virtualized workloads Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads

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Number of Workloads Protected

We protect all with one software, physical and virtual workload (except for microsoft 365 backup). No cloud.
It is no more and no less, just like i have calculeted. No surprise when you understand the "workloand system" (not easy...).

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Needs Assesment

The community edition is a good start to begin and see what veeam can do for you.

The save system is the same that others backup software (except the worload system...) so it is more the user interface witch will give you problem than fonctionality. You need to learn a little to find what you want.

T…

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Cloud Capabilities

We don't have cloud workload so i don't use this.

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NAS Backup

Usefull function but to much limited by the data limitation, so we use another software for that.

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Workloads

Virtualized workloads Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux NAS filers

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Future Workloads

Cloud-hosted VMs within AWS or Azure In addition to back up, we also snapshot some of these workloads

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) Immutable storage to protect against ransomware

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Number of Workloads Protected

Veeam Backup & Replication protects all of our virtual workloads (about 20 virtual machines) & all of our users files.
As we have expanded, our Veeam workload has done so as well with no issues.

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Needs Assesment

Veeam Backup & Replication was brought into my place of work when I started, so I've always had it whilst I have been here, but I definitely wouldn't want to be without it!

I know there are a lot of other competitors for backup & replication, but Veeam is the one we always come back to & renew …

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Cloud Capabilities

As we're primarily on-premise, we don't really have any cloud workloads which require backing up.
But as things change in the future, I'm sure we'll begin to utilise these features.

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NAS Backup

We have an Archive NAS & a Apple TimeMachine NAS. With Veeam, we can safely backup the contents of these to preserve key moments in history as an organisation & will be able to do so for the years to come.

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Workloads

Virtualized workloads Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads

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Key Features

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Most Used

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) Capacity Tier to store data within object storage for longer term retention

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Number of Workloads Protected

We protect approximately 24 Hypervisors (Hyper-V & vCenter) for around 250 VM from our infrastructure

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Cloud Capabilities

The cloud solutions we use (mainly business solution hosting) have their own backup solution.

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) Automating test restores to validate recoverability “Instant” recovery or portability between platforms (physical > virtual > cloud-hosted) Failover or recovery scripts/plans for orchestrated recovery

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Most Used

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc)

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Number of Workloads Protected

We have an average of 200 jobs run daily and weekly. a combination of virtual and physical and have yet to have any issues. we knew veeam would be able to handle this with no issue.

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Needs Assesment

our old solution took about half a day to backup. as we are growing this quickly became an issue. we upgrade our storage and implemented veeam and now most workloads are completed within a couple of hours. other solutions have not been this quick and reliable and would choose veeam again anytime

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Cloud Capabilities

We have no intention of moving to cloud anything. luckily veeam doesnt require any sort of cloud resources even though the option is available

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NAS Backup

We installed the plugin that allows our fileshare/NAS to be implemented into veeam, we no longer have to deal with Windows for DFS for our fileshare, and are now at peace knowing it is being backed up securely

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Workloads

Virtualized workloads Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux Cloud-hosted VMs within AWS or Azure

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Key Features

Immutable storage to protect against ransomware “Instant” recovery or portability between platforms (physical > virtual > cloud-hosted)

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Number of Workloads Protected

I currently have 2 workloads protected with the application and in anticipation of some more that it will support without problems. That it will work this well is what I expected since I had documented the application before its implementation.

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Needs Assesment

We decided to test this new software after a couple of failed recovery episodes with our previous software. When we tried it and saw how it worked, we decided to implement it and offer it to our clients.

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Cloud Capabilities

Not completely yet but we are in the process of doing so.

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Future Workloads

Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux Cloud-hosted VMs within AWS or Azure In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads

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Key Features

Capacity Tier to store data within object storage for longer term retention Automating test restores to validate recoverability Immutable storage to protect against ransomware “Instant” recovery or portability between platforms (physical > virtual > cloud-hosted)

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Number of Workloads Protected

We currently have around 60 workloads that we use Veeam to protect. And we usually end up adding more, because it is so easy. We mainly use Veeam to protect on-site workloads but are looking to add cloud hosted workloads in the near future. The integration of cloud storage was very easy and I have …

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Needs Assesment

Failure to have a good, trusted system backup was the triggering point for purchasing and integrating Veeam. Our other solution was mediocre and would sometimes prove unusable without us knowing it until we needed it. We needed something that we could trust would do exactly what it said it would …

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Cloud Capabilities

We have been using immutable backup storage in the cloud for a long time now and it has definitely eased our peace of mind. Thankfully we have never needed to restore from it yet, but we have tested restores from it and it worked beautifully.

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NAS Backup

We use file-share backups for a few important file shares in our company. Mostly these are used to restore previous versions of files when users accidently overwrite the file. It is easy to set up backups jobs that keep any number of days worth of changes we desire with any daily time increment …

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) Capacity Tier to store data within object storage for longer term retention Utilizing backup copies for secondary purposes via DataLabs

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Most Used

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc)

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Number of Workloads Protected

We started with about 20 virtual machines in Germany, and now we're backing up about 45 VMs in Germany and about 10-15 more all over the globe.

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Needs Assesment

The old backup application (Backup Exec) was really bad at backing up the virtual environment at the time we started using VMware, so we had to change our backup infrastructure anyway.

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Cloud Capabilities

We are not saving anything to the cloud at this time due to a lack of great internet speed. We have tried using the cloud connector in the past, but pushing all of the files in the cloud took forever.

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NAS Backup

We are using NAS in our company but not for live data - they will only be used as repositories in Veeam to store backups on them. So we don't back up them anyway.

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Number of Workloads Protected

Compared to some companies, we are small. We have a few physical hosts and there is approximately 40 VM's on them. We do have an old legacy physical server that we also use Veeam Data Platform to backup. When purchasing Veeam Data Platform, we anticipated using it to back up all of our servers. …

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Needs Assesment

Prior to using Veeam Data Platform we were still using and old tape back up system, I know.....quite embarrassing! Moving to Veeam Data Platform was a huge leap forward for us, night and day difference. Needless to say, the most basic capabilities of Veeam Data Platform blew away anything we were …

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Cloud Capabilities

We have not moved to the cloud, yet. Knowing that Veeam has the ability to work within a potential cloud environment is reassuring.

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Workloads

Virtualized workloads Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads

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Future Workloads

Cloud-hosted VMs within AWS or Azure In addition to back up, we also snapshot some of these workloads

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) Capacity Tier to store data within object storage for longer term retention Immutable storage to protect against ransomware Failover or recovery scripts/plans for orchestrated recovery

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Most Used

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc)

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Number of Workloads Protected

Currently we have two virtualized workloads and one physical workload protected by Veeam Data Platform. This is definitely less than I anticipated initially, but it's through no fault of the platform. Primarily it's a shortcoming of our own systems at fault, which I'm working to remedy. As soon as …

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Needs Assesment

Our previous backup platform ceased to function at some point before I was hired, so we had nothing protecting physical systems in our environment. We had someone delete a handful of files from that server that were completely unrecoverable as a result, plus that same server was starting to have …

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Cloud Capabilities

I currently use Wasabi cloud storage to ensure that our backups are both resilient and immutable. This has allowed us to keep several compliance ratings as well as create our onsite DR infrastructure without worry about a hardware failure creating significant issues outside of the window of a …

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NAS Backup

We currently do not leverage any of the NAS backup technology, simply because all of our file systems are structured and already included or will be included in the agent-based and vCenter-based backups.

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Workloads

Virtualized workloads Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux Enterprise UNIX servers running Solaris & IBM AIX In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads

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Future Workloads

Cloud-hosted VMs within AWS or Azure In addition to back up, we also snapshot some of these workloads

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Number of Workloads Protected

We currently have just over 900 workloads on one location and working our way up to 500 in a second separate location. This is right on spec for what we were expecting.

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Needs Assesment

Our old backup solution was a file level recovery solution only. With no way of recovering entire VMs without manually reinstalling the OS with the same name as the destroyed VM, reinstalling the applications, then using the FLR to overwrite the configs. This was a disaster waiting to happen on …

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Cloud Capabilities

We currently do not have cloud workloads in the typical sense. We currently utilize multiple datacenters for our "cloud."

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NAS Backup

We are using NFS for our primary and offsite repositories. Veeam Data Platform uses a "Gateway" role to mount these repositories for each job. Veeam Data Platform has a built in NFS client that allows you to use either a Windows or Linux server as a Gateway. This was one of the primary reasons we …

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Workloads

In addition to back up, we also snapshot some of these workloads

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Key Features

License portability as your environment needs change Immutable storage to protect against ransomware Failover or recovery scripts/plans for orchestrated recovery

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Number of Workloads Protected

most of our current virtual workloads are currently protected by Veeam

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Cloud Capabilities

My organization has beneficiated with the cloud backups because you can set them up at a glance.

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Workloads

Virtualized workloads Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads

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Number of Workloads Protected

We protect about 70 virtual workloads and 2 physical workloads currently in our infrastructure. We have gradually grown in our needs for workload protection over the years and adding additional licensing has been pretty easy and straightforward when the need has arisen.

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Needs Assesment

We utilized a different backup product before that had poor reliability and was difficult to use. We demoed Veeam as we were investigating alternatives to the previous product and we quickly came to like how easy it was to use and to setup. We were able to stand up and test the backup process …

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Cloud Capabilities

We do not currently have cloud infrastructure beyond SaaS so we don't utilize Veeam's cloud backup capabilities.

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Workloads

Virtualized workloads Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux In addition to back up, we also snapshot some of these workloads

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) License portability as your environment needs change Automating test restores to validate recoverability “Instant” recovery or portability between platforms (physical > virtual > cloud-hosted)

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Most Used

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc)

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Number of Workloads Protected

I have about 50 workloads, mostly virtual machines and some workstations, that we backup using Veeam. I am backing up more than I expected. Since it worked so well and our backup time were reduced I had more time to backup other workloads. This has been really helpful being able to protect of …

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Needs Assesment

Our old backup solution could not handle our evolving infrastructure and I needed to either upgrade that solution or look for another one. I the process of looking at other solutions we discovered that Veeam could do what we needed and more. I have no regrets in switching our backup solution to …

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Cloud Capabilities

We are still have all of our servers onprem. They are virtualized with VMware and split between our main office and a colocation datacenter. I like that Veeam has cloud based backup solutions for if and when we decide to move some or all of our workloads to the cloud. I won't have to look for …

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NAS Backup

I have not needed to use the NAS/File-share backup solution so I have no input or experience with that.

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Future Workloads

In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc) Capacity Tier to store data within object storage for longer term retention Automating test restores to validate recoverability Immutable storage to protect against ransomware

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Most Used

Capacity Tier to store data within object storage for longer term retention

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Number of Workloads Protected

With Veeam Backup and Recovery, I protect about 30 virtual workloads. I do this with various types of backup jobs, local, local immutable, Veeam Cloud Connect, object-based, and object-based immutable. This number is exactly as I anticipated when I first acquired the product. I aimed to protect …

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Needs Assesment

We have had other backup solutions in the past. They were unreliable and slow at best. Once we finally went from physical to virtual, I knew that I wanted to get things going with Veeam Backup and Recovery. I had always heard good things, and word of mouth ended up being accurate to say the least.

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Cloud Capabilities

We have benefited by storing backups in the cloud and also having the ability to use the cloud for disaster recovery. Through our Cloud Connect partner, we can trigger a DR scenario at will and they'll spin up our VMs for us. As far as cloud storage goes, again, we use our Cloud Connect partner, …

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Workloads

Virtualized workloads Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux NAS filers In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads In addition to back up, we also snapshot some of these workloads

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Future Workloads

Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux Enterprise applications such as Oracle or SAP HANA Cloud-hosted VMs within AWS or Azure

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Key Features

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc)

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Most Used

Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc)

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Number of Workloads Protected

We currently have 25-50 VMs protected and plan to expand this to over a 100 fairly soon as part of an overhaul of backup infrastructure

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Needs Assesment

I was not present at my position in this company when this decision was made or prior to that

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Cloud Capabilities

Yes, we have been able to overhaul certain aspects of our infrastructure with peace of mind knowing that we have a working copy to depend on should something not go to plan. The recovery has been consistently on point and useful to our needs. We have plans to implement and additional off-site …

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Workloads

Virtualized workloads Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux Cloud-hosted VMs within AWS or Azure In addition to back up, we also snapshot some of these workloads

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Key Features

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Most Used

“Instant” recovery or portability between platforms (physical > virtual > cloud-hosted)

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Needs Assesment

Other backup solutions were not proving sufficient Previous ones had capability to do some of what was required, but not all. Additionally, they were simply difficult to implement and use. Ease of use is paramount for disaster recovery efforts.

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Cloud Capabilities

We do not utilise veeam with the cloud currently, other than backing up some Azure backed servers.

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NAS Backup

We utilise Veeam too backup all server backups, including file shares, to local NAS boxes.

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Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Integrates well with 3rd party cloud backups particularly Wasabi which is very cost effective.
It could always be cheaper.

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Non-profit Organization Management Company, 201-500 employees

Resource Monitoring
There is a slight learning curve to the interface/UI for Backups. It is fine once you learn it but confusing at first.

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Administrator in Information Technology

Machinery Company, 51-200 employees

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Veeam Data Platform Essentials

$428

On Premise

per year per 5 instances

Veeam Data Platform

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No setup fee

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Free Trial
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Features

Data Center Backup

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

9.1

Avg 8.1

9.9
Universal recovery
(148) Ratings
Universal recovery is the ability to restore backups to any machine regardless of the platform
9
Instant recovery
(159) Ratings
Instant recovery is the ability to restore operations very rapidly
9.4
Recovery verification
(161) Ratings
Recovery verification is automated testing and verification of backups
9
Business application protection
(148) Ratings
Protection of all applications running in the data center
9.9
Multiple backup destinations
(172) Ratings
Multiple backup destinations is the ability to backup data to more than one location
9.4
Incremental backup identification
(178) Ratings
Incremental backup identification is the ability to identify incremental changes since last backup
8
Backup to the cloud
(109) Ratings
Ability to store and back up data to the cloud
9.4
Deduplication and file compression
(166) Ratings
Integrated deduplication and compression capabilities
8.9
Snapshots
(155) Ratings
Ability to take regular snapshots to ensure that Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is met
9
Flexible deployment
(144) Ratings
Deployment on any servers with full support for all applications being used
7.5
Management dashboard
(22) Ratings
Web-based dashboard allowing configuration and monitoring of all backups
8.5
Platform support
(148) Ratings
Product supports multiple operating systems and applications
9.5
Retention options
(150) Ratings
Provision of best-practice and customizable retention policies with reporting
9.5
Encryption
(129) Ratings
Data encryption to ensure that data is safe while being backed-up

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Product Details

What is Veeam Data Platform?

Built on the principles of Data Security, Data Recovery, and Data Freedom—Veeam Data platform is designed to provide confidence that a business is secure against cyberattacks.

Data Security:
Keeps data secure with multi-layered security

Pinpoints threats with SIEM integration
AI Powered malware detection engine
24/7 monitoring for malicious acts.

Data Recovery:
The Veeam Data Platform provides instant recovery

Single files
Application objects
Orchestrated recovery of production workloads at-scale

Data Freedom:
Protection for all of an organization's data

Anywhere, any way, with zero lock‑in.
In the cloud, on premises or at the edge
Support for hybrid- and multi-cloud infrastructure

Veeam Data Platform Features

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Data Center Backup Features

Supported: Universal recovery
Supported: Instant recovery
Supported: Recovery verification
Supported: Business application protection
Supported: Multiple backup destinations
Supported: Incremental backup identification
Supported: Backup to the cloud
Supported: Deduplication and file compression
Supported: Snapshots
Supported: Flexible deployment
Supported: Platform support
Supported: Retention options
Supported: Encryption

Veeam Data Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of Veeam Backup Community Edition can be used to migrate a live VMware VM to any host or data store—even if clusters or shared storage are not used.

Screenshot of Reduces storage needs by eliminating redundant VM data, with Veeam data deduplication.

Screenshot of To enable WAN acceleration, the user needs to deploy a pair of WAN accelerators in the backup infrastructure

Screenshot of SharePoint items can be located and restored to the original or new SharePoint site, sent by e-mail or saved to the specified location

Screenshot of The user can restore virtual and physical machines from Veeam backups directly to Microsoft Azure.

Screenshot of The user can restore Microsoft SharePoint items in a couple of minutes.

Screenshot of The user can configure a "global" media pool that can use several tape libraries or standalone drives.

Screenshot of Veeam Backup & Replication does not back up "dirty blocks" on VM guest OS.

Screenshot of The user can even restore the database to a specific transaction.

Veeam Data Platform Videos

Watch Veeam Data Platform Overview - Backup and Recovery

Watch Veeam Data Platform Overview - Monitoring and Analytics

Veeam Data Platform Integrations

Veeam Data Platform Competitors

Veeam Data Platform Technical Details

Deployment Types	On-premise
Operating Systems	Windows, Linux, Mac
Mobile Application	No
Supported Languages	English

Veeam Data Platform Downloadables

Frequently Asked Questions

Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI, and Cohesity are common alternatives for Veeam Data Platform.

Reviewers rate Universal recovery and Multiple backup destinations highest, with a score of 9.9.

The most common users of Veeam Data Platform are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).

Veeam Data Platform Customer Size Distribution

Consumers	0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	10%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)	50%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)	40%

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March 26, 2024

Veeam - amazing product!

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 51-200 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

Acronis. We replaced it with Veeam per a recommendation of a friendly entity and have never looked backup. They're similar in setup but Veeam performs better for us.

October 13, 2023

Veeam Backup & Replication | A Solid BC/DR Solution for Companies of All Sizes

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

We replaced several platforms including Acronis Backup, Symantec/Veritas Backup Exec, Synology Active Backup for Business, Synology Hybrid Backup, Unitrends, VMware Data Protection, Legato Backup Solution, and EMC Networker. These were all distinct products, with different UIs, different capabilities, and no good centralized management solution to have them all report into for corporate oversight/management.

September 29, 2023

Veeam Backup & Replication Is an Easy Choice for Any Business

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 201-500 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

The Veeam product when initially purchased replaced various software options from DellEMC. While the DellEMC products were capable of providing trusty-worthy backups, the cost of the software and administration of the platform had pushed me into looking for alternatives. The ease of use of Veeam, along with relative lower cost, made the choice for the organization clear on changing solutions.

September 29, 2023

Backup? Worry no more!

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing Company, 201-500 employees

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

Backup Exec and Acronis True Image.

They weren't reliable anymore and were working very slow. Due to a license change it would have cost us a lot more too to keep both these Applications working.

September 08, 2023

Veeam Data Platform customer

Brett Evers

Tech Cordinator

UCSD#6 (Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

June 12, 2023

Free backup for 10 VMs - what's not to like?

Andrew Baines

Director

Pursuit Technology (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

Altaro. The renewal was mishandled and then fund that Veeam's free edition's licensing had changed

September 20, 2022

Veeam Backup & Replication Review

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Mining & Metals Company, 11-50 employees

Score 7 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

September 16, 2022

Small Law Firms Review of Veeam Backup & Replication

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Law Practice Company, 51-200 employees

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

Manual processes and BATch file copies

September 09, 2022

New Veeam Customer, Pleased and Impressed So Far.

Cody Gordon

IT Specialist

Fountain Electric (Construction, 51-200 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

We replaced our Quest Core Rapid Recovery backup software with Veeam. We decided to replace this software due to consistent issues with backups and poor customer support. We were also looking for backup software that would allow us the option to use cloud storage as a means of further protecting our data from ransomware.

September 09, 2022

I love Veeam!

Calum Morrison

IT Manager

Window Supply Company Ltd (Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

Previous admins had used Macrium Reflect but a lack of flexibility and no real central control meant it was unsuitable for a growing environment.

July 27, 2022

Veeam: Foundation of all Backup Plans

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 51-200 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

Datto and Quest Rapid Recovery. Datto was too expensive, and Quest did not have the features we needed.

June 23, 2022

Why Veeam? Do you want your business to operate or not...

Rick Ankrom

IT Director

BCI Solutions (Defense & Space, 201-500 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

Synology data replication, and we replaced the due to the need for systems backups as well.

May 18, 2022

Out goto backup, recovery and testing solution

Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

April 11, 2022

Veeam Backup & Replication--the best solution for you

Mateus Wolff

Analista de Infraestrutura

Grupo Crisdu (Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

December 21, 2021

simple backup solution

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Banking Company, 201-500 employees

Score 7 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

We replaced Avamar as our backup solution. Avamar was running on a costly datadomain that was aging and Avamar in general was keeping up with the latest trends in backup solutions.

November 27, 2021

Veeam Backup and Replication

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Reseller Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

A lot of what I would regard as "legacy" backup software such as Symantec System recovery for one. We have also replaced in certain environments products such as Altaro. (Not that I am running Altaro down at all, this was a business decision our Management made)

February 20, 2021

Veeam Backup & Replication is a professional product that you can easily use.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Retail Company, 1001-5000 employees

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

We uninstalled CA Arcserve Backup & Replication and installed Veeam Backup & Replication because CA Arcserve did not actually work in the scenario we wanted.

December 29, 2020

Veeam, in my 5 years

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing Company, 51-200 employees

Score 6 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

Symantec Backup Exec

We replaced it because Veeam came with a lot more features (vcenter level rpo tag) and the licensing was cheaper

December 22, 2020

Veeam - it just works

Harald Husemann

System Administrator

Materna SE (Computer Networking, 1001-5000 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

We replaced EMC Networker because of Veeam's capabilities to back up and restore virtual machines.

December 28, 2019

Simple and reliable

Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Reseller Incentivized

Products Replaced

December 16, 2019

Veeam: best suited for small and medium environments

Pradeep Kabbur

System Engineer

Stratogent (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Products Replaced

Yes

We replaced it with MS Data protection manager and Carbonite Server Backup (Evault) as they are more expensive as compared to Veeam and DPM never compressed data as Veeam does. We replaced Carbonite backup as it is expensive.

August 04, 2019