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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Backup

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's Azure Backup is a cloud backup service.

    $5

    Veeam Data Platform

    Score8.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    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.

    $428

    per year per 5 instances

    Pricing
    Azure BackupVeeam Data Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Storage in GB/Month
    $0.0224 to $0.0569
    per GB
    Backup Instance <50GB
    $5.00 + storage consumed
    Backup Instance > 50 GB but < or = 500 GB
    $10.00 + storage consumed
    Backup Instance Instance is > 500 GB
    $10 for each 500 GB increment + storage consumed
    Veeam Data Platform Essentials
    $428
    per year per 5 instances
    Veeam Data Platform
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    Pricing Offerings
    Azure BackupVeeam Data Platform
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Veeam sells through channel partners. Contact a partner for detailed pricing and quotes. Resellers or sales personnel are available for assistance.
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    Community Pulse
    Azure BackupVeeam Data Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Azure Backup
    Azure Backup is cheaper however Veeam is more visually pleasing and allows you to send the backups to other places including Azure, or other competitors remote DR vaults.
    Incentivized
    Chose Azure Backup
    Cost and SLA were important [in our] decision to prefer Azure Backup over others. The customization of existing policy with an archive of data was not available in competitors so we had preferred Azure Backup.
    Incentivized
    Chose Azure Backup
    I won't say Azure Backup stacks up against these mentioned backup solutions, they're just for different approaches/implementations.
    Depending on your requirements, you may have a mix of Azure Backups for 'simpler' backups and another backup tool for the most complex applications …
    Incentivized
    Chose Azure Backup
    The cost, not only in the short term, but in our long-term calculations.
    Even in need of improvements, the pre-sale and post-sale support is very good.
    The ease, like many Microsoft products about scheduling backups, the friendly interface, the fact that there is no need for an …
    Incentivized
    Veeam Software
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Overall Veeam is a much better product, however Azure Backup is included in the prize of the azure subscription
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    If i compare Veeam as a solution compared to Azure Backup, Veeam Data Platform offers broader workload coverage, including virtual, physical, and multi-cloud environments, along with faster recovery options and advanced features like Instant VM Recovery and SureBackup.

    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    For the on-prem workloads Veeam Data Platform is a far superior product in terms of deployment options, flexibility, managability and scalability. It's mature and well developed features make it a no-brainer in this scenario.

    For the cloud workloads we found Veeam Data Platform …
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Veeam is more intuitive and has more possibilities. We also have fewer problems with Veeam than other products.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    • We published all desired features for taking the backup of Virtual Machines with speed. Utilize data domain storage as well as other low-cost storage and also take the backup of NAS (file level).
    • Veeam Backup & Replication won the competition reasonably even on the technical …
    Incentivized
    Chose Veeam Data Platform
    Unlike many of the vendors above, Veeam is providing a solution that scales from one workload to hundreds and fits comprehensively in any of the spaces between without compromising the core functionality and feature set that makes it such a great product. Veeam are confident in …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    491 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    458 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    492 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    402 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    439 Answers
    Features
    Azure BackupVeeam Data Platform
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Azure Backup and Veeam Data Platform
    Feature
    Azure Backup
    8.7
    11 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Veeam Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files9.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    File search7.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Azure Backup and Veeam Data Platform
    Feature
    Azure Backup
    8.7
    11 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Veeam Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    User and role management9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    File organization9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device management8.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Azure Backup and Veeam Data Platform
    Feature
    Azure Backup
    9.0
    11 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Veeam Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Performance9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reliability9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Reports8.811 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Azure Backup and Veeam Data Platform
    Feature
    Azure Backup
    -
    Ratings
    Veeam Data Platform
    9.2
    212 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings9.2177 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings9.4188 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings9.3186 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings9.2170 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings9.6201 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.7206 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings9.2132 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings8.9192 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings9.4178 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.2169 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings7.522 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings9.2176 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings8.9179 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings9.7157 Ratings
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    Score6.4 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
    Cove Data Protection
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure BackupVeeam Data Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    9.1
    (661 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (37 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.9
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (33 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (21 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (6 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (6 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (7 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure BackupVeeam Data Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Azure Backup is suitable for companies of various sizes, with varying amounts of data. The cost of the investment should be thought out carefully so that there are no bad surprises with unnecessary files going to Azure Backup. The interface is friendly and easy to configure and it does not require your company to have a backup expert. It is highly recommended for companies with smaller number of servers and better if the servers are already running in an Azure environment.
    Incentivized
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    Veeam Software
    I have been a Sysadmin for 3 decades and have used all manner of backup software and systems. I'm now at a place where our needs are not all that great, but my experience with other platforms has allowed the company greater flexibility in restores and, more importantly, in testing and quality assurance of our in-house software. As a small company, we have relatively simple needs, and Veeam has met all of our requirements, so I cannot say that they are deficient in any way.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Azure Backup is fast! Coupled with the fact that Microsoft created Azure and Windows - these two operate phenomenally together!
    • Administering the backups inside of Azure is a breeze. The ability to mount, restore entire backups, or recover files, has been made very easy. You do not have to download any media to recover something, you do this all in the cloud and it gets mounted in Microsoft's systems. Making this process less than a quarter of the time you would have spent with your 'other' backup solutions.
    Incentivized
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    Veeam Software
    • Veeam stands out among backup solutions because of its ability to work with almost any storage type. For example, only a small portion of backup solutions will support catalyst stores, Veeam does.
    • Veeam is extremely flexible when it comes to setting it up. I had a network recently that limited ethernet connectivity between the Veeam VM and the backup repository and Veeam handled it easily.
    • Day-to-day use of Veeam is very simple. It is easy to train our technicians to use it proficiently in a very short amount of time.
    • Our Veeam VMs don't have issues very often, but the one or two times I have called for support, they answered right away, and the technicians assisting us were knowledgeable about their products.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • backup schedule calendar would be cool
    • Backup vaults should ask if you want to send notifications when you first set it up, there have been a couple of times when I noticed a month later that, backup job failures were not configured to send email notifications.
    Incentivized
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    Veeam Software
    • It should recommend the most secure method of backup methods to ensure immutability.
    • It should maximize SnapMirror technology when using a NetApp as a backup target to replicate backups to CVO targets.
    • It should provide a centralized dashboard for backing up all PaaS services in Azure.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Veeam Software
    I have used many other data backup products that are on the market. I trust the configuration options within Veeam to do as they are labeled, without any specific back end software changes that may cause backups to fail if you don't use a systems integrator.
    I trust the product for my own home environment as well due to relationship I have with the product at work.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Azure backup is easy to implement, accessible by using the web portal GUI, and has the ability to restore at the file level or the complete VM. We have experienced zero issues with the backup process or performing file-level restorations. We have not restored an entire VM to date.
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    Veeam Software
    Veeam is fairly simple in terms of how it is set up; its not an overly-complicated dashboard that can be intimidating to less technically-inclined users. Veeam also offers good instructional videos to help users work through how to do specific functions. I appreciate that they have specific video tutorials rather than having users scroll through a cumbersome manual.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Veeam Software
    I give Veeam Data Platform a rating of 9 for availability because it consistently performs reliably in critical data protection and recovery tasks. The platform is designed to minimize downtime, ensuring that backup and recovery processes are accessible when needed.While there may be rare instances of maintenance or minor application errors, these do not significantly affect the overall reliability of the system. Veeam’s strong architecture and features like high availability configurations further enhance its performance, allowing us to trust it in crucial situations. Overall, it has proven to be a dependable solution that meets our organization's needs effectively.
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Veeam Software
    To identify a bottleneck in the data path, Veeam Backup & Replication
    detects the component with the maximum workload, the component
    that works for the most time of the job. For example, you use a
    low-speed storage device as the backup repository. Even if VM data is
    retrieved from the SAN storage on the source side and transported over a
    high-speed link, VM data flow will still be impaired at the backup
    repository.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    One of the differentials of the solution is the high level of guarantee and support of the Azure Backup solution. Microsoft is a reference in a technology company with a highly trained support team and helps us with any questions or technical problems with the tool. Service is fast and efficient with trained engineers.
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    Veeam Software
    The support team has never asked me to jump through silly hoops or waste time on pointless exercises. They seem to truly have a handle on what may be wrong. In fact, when we were having trouble getting our license renewal setup (because of yet another license migration at Veeam) a support incident got us connected to the right people to get our renewal done in time.
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Veeam Software
    I rated the in-person training an 8 because it was generally effective and provided a solid foundation for understanding the Veeam Data Platform. The instructors were knowledgeable and engaged, making the sessions interactive. However, I felt that some topics could have been covered in more depth, and additional hands-on exercises would have further reinforced the learning experience. Overall, it was a positive training session that adequately prepared attendees for using the product, but there's room for improvement.
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Veeam Software
    I gave it a rating of 7 because, although the online training offered valuable content and covered the essential aspects of the Veeam Data Platform, it lacked interactivity and opportunities for direct engagement with instructors. This made it challenging to ask questions or delve deeper into specific topics. Additionally, some sections felt a bit rushed, which could hinder a comprehensive understanding of more complex features. Overall, while the training was useful, improvements in interactivity and pacing could elevate the experience significantly.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Veeam Software
    Plan the process and then work through your plan, i know this should go without saying but its easy to get sidetracked. You tend to want to just get up and running so you can have that sigh of relief, spend the time to talk to your business stakeholder to see what goals they are trying to accomplish and how that may impact your plans first.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Azure Backup works on Azure, the most famous of the cloud systems that the whole world has switched to, which is now a very large part of the Microsoft ecosystem that we have been used to using for years. Therefore, it is less tiring to use the additional service of an infrastructure that we already use, even if it is a part of it, which can be easily integrated with existing systems, which is one of the most important issues we IT professionals pay attention to. For this reason, we wanted to swim in familiar waters instead of another brand.
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    Veeam Software
    Historically, it's been the lowest cost per feature. Easiest to use, lowest cost to maintain, and vast in the things it keeps adding in its feature set. It was just a vmware only backup utility, but now it does baremetal, cloud, NAS (like qnap/synology). Veeam Data Platform which is the monitoring side of it also gives great insights.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Veeam Software
    In terms of scalability for our company, Veeam was able to cover our backup needs with ease. They have options for even more individualized backup if we were to need them; i.e. if a specific workstation needs its own independent backup. We have not used these resources yet, but I am confident they will be beneficial to our company in the near future.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • It allowed us to have our VMs protected very quickly and with simple implementation.
    • It saved us from taking backups from Azure workloads from the on-prem environment, or even deploying a Backup environment on the cloud.
    • It has a low/'controlled' cost as you "pay-as-you-go."
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    Veeam Software
    • When Veeam is running well, I don't need to babysit it at all; I just read the email reports and am done.
    • When it doesn't work, Veeam consumes entire days getting everything working again.
    • Veeam has significantly improved how we test new software by enabling easy duplication of existing resources to different platforms.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Veeam Data Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Veeam Data Platform dashboard, that puts the spotlight on malware. It will also highlight threats, identify risks, and measure the security score of the environment in the Veeam Threat Center.Screenshot of backup properties. Veeam Backup & Replication does not back up "dirty blocks" on VM guest OS.Screenshot of backup properties. Veeam Backup & Replication does not back up "dirty blocks" on VM guest OS.