Budget friendly option to consider.
April 23, 2025

Budget friendly option to consider.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Veeam Backup & Replication

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Data Platform

We use it to backup our VMware virtualized server environment as well as a few physical servers. We also use it to back up a few Microsoft SQL Server instances. This product allows us to back up any Windows servers and Linux servers we have. This product allows us to not only have server and data backups but also allows us to develop a plan for disaster recovery.

Pros

  • It is flexible. You can use various storage devices and back up data on multiple platforms and any familiar hypervisor environment. It also works with any of the common cloud providers.
  • The licensing is easy to understand.
  • They offer a lot of documentation that answers most questions.

Cons

  • It can be hard to implement. There is a lot of documentation, but if you want to understand all the options that go into a backup job, it can be not easy to know what to choose.
  • The product involves various components to either make it work or to get visibility. These different components and pieces of software lead to a certain level of complexity.
  • It's not straightforward to implement least privilege on different accounts. For example, implementing least privilege on the account used to access VMware for doing backups and recovery is not an obvious answer. You have to go searching for it, but this is a pretty obvious thing that an IT person would want to know.
  • Since it is a more cost-effective backup solution than most that still meets our needs, it has freed up our budget for other purposes.
  • One negative impact is that it tends to be a little bit more hands-on than other products, but most of the time, it runs well.
  • Another negative impact is that you have to provide your own hardware for backup repositories, which is both beneficial and problematic.
Veeam is significantly more cost-effective, which is why we chose Veeam. Veeam meets our minimum requirements, so it was good enough for us.

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?

No

Would you buy Veeam Data Platform again?

Yes

It is well-suited for simple and moderately complex environments. I think it would work well in complex environments as well. There is much flexibility in the product. However, I think Veeam Data Platform requires more hands-on maintenance and implementation than other products, where you can implement and things just work. Veeam's product here requires more labor time, but it is also significantly cheaper.

Veeam Data Platform Feature Ratings

Data Center Backup
10.0
Universal recovery
10
Instant recovery
10
Recovery verification
10
Business application protection
10
Multiple backup destinations
10
Incremental backup identification
10
Backup to the cloud
10
Deduplication and file compression
10
Snapshots
10
Flexible deployment
10
Platform support
10
Retention options
10
Encryption
10

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