We performed a comparison between Bacula Enterprise and Veeam Backup & Replication based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light."
"The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."
"The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization."
"It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers."
"Bacula is pretty stable."
"It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure."
"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."
"It is a good solution for backups and reporting."
"It integrates easily with third-party solutions compared to other vendors."
"It's the most easy-to-use backup replication that I have used so far."
"The solution is stable and the performance is good."
"I have found one of the most valuable features to be the integrity of the backups."
"It's got a very good user-friendly interface. It's easy to use."
"Integration with various applications, such as on-premises laptops and desktop backups, as well as applications and databases, is excellent."
"Strong performance with a high level of compatibility."
"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."
"The initial setup could be a bit easier."
"A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed."
"We would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI."
"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement."
"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."
"Bacula needs a graphical user interface because, for administrators, the command-line interface is okay, but for the average user it is not very easy."
"In terms of what can be improved, I would say they could add automations for disaster migrations and for reverse replication. Overall, they need more automation."
"The solution could improve by having more user-friendly dashboards."
"Veeam Backup Replication could improve by having more comparably with other hardware with the immutable copy feature."
"The DR component should be part of the comprehensive package, not separate."
"Margins should not be distinct; instead, they should seamlessly integrate with the Veeam Backup and Replication tools, requiring minimal separation."
"I don't see much room for improvement except that the price could be better."
"We try to compare Veeam with other solutions because we are the operations. Then we can give the answers for improvement which is the specific additional system features that other solutions provide."
"The tech support needs improvement."
Bacula Enterprise is ranked 30th in Backup and Recovery with 9 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. Bacula Enterprise is rated 8.6, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Bacula Enterprise writes "Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Bacula Enterprise is most compared with Bareos, UrBackup, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup. See our Bacula Enterprise vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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