Veeam Backup for maximum continuity flexability
June 13, 2025

Veeam Backup for maximum continuity flexability

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Veeam Backup & Replication

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Data Platform

We back up all of our servers with this product. It ensures business continuity across our organization and internal servers and systems.
We leverage application aware backups to more quickly and simply restore more common issues such as restoring Active Directory users or file security permissions.
When we need it, full virtual machine restores are quick and comprehensive.
Finally, the wide options in exporting backups to cloud repositories with immutable options ensures protection from backup-targeted threats.

Pros

  • Repository flexability
  • Backup speed with throttling options
  • Scalable

Cons

  • Interface complexity
  • Installation/standup complexity
  • Virtualized workloads
  • Endpoints and physical servers running Windows & Linux
  • In addition to back up, we also replicate some of these workloads
  • Enterprise applications such as Oracle or SAP HANA
  • Cloud-hosted VMs within AWS or Azure
  • 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)
  • Application-centric recovery using Veeam Explorers (for Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, etc)
We cover over 50 Windows servers with our current deployment.
This covers the mission critical needs of our business.
There are features we have not explored that can further enhance our coverage. Especially Microsoft 365 backups which the product does have.
  • Simplifies backup review saving time every day
  • Automation available to ensure new servers are covered automatically
  • reduces support needs in quick access to historical backup for restoration
Backups were managed natively and individually which required minimal oversight or maximal time investment to ensure RTO and RPO. As our business grew, so too our need for automated oversight.
We have primarily leveraged cloud-based immutable storage to ensure protection from threat actors poised to delete/disrupt recovery efforts. In addition to immutability we are abel to retain storage points for much longer due to the more inexpensive storage options in the cloud than locally.
We have not leveraged this portion of the solution.
I used these products at other businesses. That said Veeam is by far more flexible than any other backup product I have ever used. While many have a reporting/overview product, Veeam ONE is also the most comprehensive single-pane-of-glass tool I have ever used as well.

Do you think Veeam Data Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Veeam Data Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did Veeam Data Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Veeam Data Platform go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Veeam Data Platform again?

Yes

Veeam is a great tool for most companies and use-cases.
The only thing that keeps it from being a 10 is the general complexity of the product. Any business that do not have complex needs or have no concern over scalability would do better with a less feature rich and more inexpensive option.

Veeam Data Platform Feature Ratings

Universal recovery
8
Instant recovery
7
Business application protection
10
Multiple backup destinations
10
Incremental backup identification
10
Backup to the cloud
10
Deduplication and file compression
10
Flexible deployment
9
Platform support
9
Retention options
9
Encryption
9

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