I love Veeam!

Backups are a necessary evil and for SMEs are often overlooked. A decent strategy and the necessary infrastructure are easy to overlook when there are more pressing concerns and are often only missed when it's too late. I've used a variety of backup applications over the years and they've generally been poor experiences causing headaches and frustration. Veeam is the first I've come across that is flexible, powerful, and - dare I say it - a pleasure to use. I use Veeam for a variety of types of backup (VMs, Office 365) on a variety of media (cloud, online, and tape) and even replication and It Just Works. Support, when I've needed it, has been quick, friendly, and efficient with the sense that the team loves their product as much as I do. There, I said it; I love a backup product! A first for me, and it may be for you too - why not try it? It's free - in perpetuity - for the limited use so you've really nothing to lose.

I currently back up around 10 VMs, replicate them to another host, and copy online backups daily to tape, all with Veeam. It's very flexible and this workload was completely in the plan - Veeam makes them easy to achieve and simple to administer. Notifications are excellent - particularly the ability to email on exception only. Who needs to be told when things are ticking along nicely - emergency notifications only please!

The incumbent application was slow, difficult to administer, expensive, badly specified, and didn't give me the confidence I knew Veeam would. Being able to make use of the industry leader at a cost that is right for a small business is a real boon.

We're just at the beginning of our cloud transition and currently only use the more traditional applications like Microsoft 365. Veeam has given us confidence in our ability to backup cloud data with its free trials of cloud backup applications.

To be honest, it would take a major drop in service or software quality from Veeam for me to consider a different application if I was doing it again. It offers the features I need at a price that's fair, with support I trust and in a way that I can use.