Item: Veeam Data Platform
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Data Platform

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We currently leverage Veeam Data Platform's backup and recovery software to facilitate granular object restores with our Microsoft environment for application such as Active Directory, Exchange, and Windows. The item level restores are intuitive and straight forward. Backups regularly occur smoothly with little to no operating system stunning or end user impact.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Exchange Mailbox Item Level Restores
Active Directory Item Level Restores
Threat Identification within Backups
Centralized Reporting

Cons

Support while good, can be slow
Evaluate configuration against best practices
More robust Knowledge Articles and forums

Return on Investment

Quick ROI
Quick Learning
The Functionality of Veeam Data Platform fits our environment enough to use, but cost is not enough to fully rely on Veeam Data Platform for our Backup and Recovery services
The wide array of functionality and systems offered can be overwhelming

Alternatives Considered

Rubrik, Dell Avamar, Dell Networker, Microsoft 365, Hyper-V, Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix, Azure VMware Solution, VMware ESXi, Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS Linux, Barracuda Backup, PowerProtect DD Series, Symantec Edge Secure Gateway, Symantec Endpoint Security, Symantec Ghost Solution Suite, Symantec Web Security Service, CrowdStrike Falcon, Taegis XDR, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Nutanix AHV, Oracle Database, Oracle PeopleSoft ERP, Oracle VM VirtualBox and Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

Key Insights

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?

Yes

Would you buy Veeam Data Platform again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for a wide variety of backup sources. Control on Backup Infrastructure (connections to storage) could be improved to allow for more diverse environments. Replication throttling would be useful on the object level. Centralized updates from VeeamOne would be nice to ensure full compatibility amongst all installations.

Veeam Data Platform Feature Ratings

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Veeam Data Platform Backup and Replication - Go for it

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