Professional Backup and Restore Product - Easy to Use and Deploy
Updated March 25, 2022
Professional Backup and Restore Product - Easy to Use and Deploy

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup for AWS
Currently utilized for the full backup of our virtual server as well as file-level backup for restoration. Currently, use it to also provide us reporting of successful backups and emails to notify us of any failures. It is a great tool to have to ensure our Cloud Servers in AWS cannot be recovered from Snapshots.
Pros
- Backup and Restore
- File Backup
- Compliane Reporting
Cons
- Easier way to access Veeam File Restores
- Easier way of linking veeam backups to online accounts
- Saves Data Recovery Costs
- Peace of Mind for Customers
We were looking at alternatives to Veeam due to the costs and the data it allows us to back up. We feel Veeam has better features and support however in regards to limitations for bandwidth and cost are the only downsides of their product. Overall Veeam appears to be a leader in the backup and recovery industry.
Do you think Veeam Backup for AWS delivers good value for the price?
No
Are you happy with Veeam Backup for AWS's feature set?
Yes
Did Veeam Backup for AWS live up to sales and marketing promises?
No
Did implementation of Veeam Backup for AWS go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Veeam Backup for AWS again?
Yes
Using Veeam Backup for AWS
5 - Currently have about 5 administrators who use Veeam Backup. We currently use them for local PCs as well as Windows Servers.
We use them to currently as a secondary backup for bare bone data restore to ensure we have a copy of data for all of our systems. This is a full image restore.
We use them to currently as a secondary backup for bare bone data restore to ensure we have a copy of data for all of our systems. This is a full image restore.
5 - Currently, we have 2 people who are Veeam Certified with a helpdesk team that is currently employed to take care of the checks for the backup systems. We currently have it automated with email to send out us notifications when a backup fails or completes successfully. If a device fails our team manually goes into each device to look at the logs to see why.
- Data Backup
- File Backup
- Full Image Restore Backup
- Currently backup application services that have failed when updating
- Data loss backup when a user has made a change
- Performance Issues
- Unsure at the moment, possibly backup of databases
Evaluating Veeam Backup for AWS and Competitors
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
We looked at all aspects of the backup business, support, restore function, capabilities and we chose Veeam due to the familarity with the product based on training as well as the cases it is used with Microsoft Servers. Hence we chose this due to these primary features that Veeam offers.
We might compare it to other products this time around, when we choose Veeam it was only the real choice we Proof of Concepted on and because it worked we never really bothered trying any other products. We may look at it to compare with Datto as well as Backbox.
Veeam Backup for AWS Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Change management was minimal - We had change management minimal as we did it during weekends and afterhours which did not impact our production environment. In addition, as we had a proof of concept we first tested deployment on a low usage server which help faciliate our process of implementation via a project easier and without much complication.
- Deciding which Data to completely backup and addressing storage issues
Veeam Backup for AWS Training
Configuring Veeam Backup for AWS
Yes, if you want peace of mind, best to configure full backups to daily with incremental backups to hourly or at least during business hours. We have had issues before for restoring data with incrementals and highly recommend if you dont do it evey day or in it to apply for premium support.
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
No, unfortunately we use standard out of the box features and did not look any thing else as that is all we required for our AWS instances at this stage. However, if we do have any complex problems or solutions we would most likely engaged vendor support to assist at looking at developing custom code to address certain problems.
Veeam Backup for AWS Support
Pros | Cons |
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None | None |
No, we did not purchase premium support as we dont often have many issues with Veeam and a few of our team members are Veeam Certified already. We also use the product daily and hence find that the premium only is required when having major issues with certain platforms that require restoration or complications such as bugs or other issues.
Unfortunately, at this time cannot provide any feedback of any exceptional support for the Veeam Backup. However, what I can say is that when we have used the product we have always gotten a response with a solution to resolve the problem and we have gone end to end to ensure the case is closed properly.
Using Veeam Backup for AWS
Pros | Cons |
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Easy to use Quick to learn | None |
- Backup and Restore
- Automated Backup
- Email Notifications and Alerts
- Restore Process
Veeam Backup for AWS Reliability
Relationship with Veeam Software
We manage to just apply for the standard 3 year license for our veeam backup. We didn't really negotiate much as when we got the offer it was already part of a promotion. Overall, it was what we expected the pricing to be for Veeam Backup for AWS and didn't have much to compare it with.
More promotions, half the reason why we even looked at Veeam Backup for AWS was due to the promotions as well as the free training certification we were given to be able to upskill our employees to support the product. In addition, we got free tech gear as well to just add more incentives.
Upgrading Veeam Backup for AWS
- We Did not Upgrade
- If we upgrade, looking at better features and support
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