We performed a comparison between Veeam Backup & Replication and Veritas Backup Exec based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Veeam Backup & Replication comes out on top in this comparison. According to its users, it is a powerful, comprehensive, and mature solution. Veeam Backup & Replication also received higher marks for its support than Veritas Backup Exec did.
"The most valuable features of Veeam Backup Replication are efficient backup and replication. Additionally, Veeam Backup Replication supports all products and vendors."
"It's got a very good user-friendly interface. It's easy to use."
"Vendor integration for many of the enterprise features have allowed for us to have greater performance from our storage vendors further improving on our commitments to protect our clients' data."
"The most valuable feature is the instant recovery."
"There are many valuable features, for example how Copy Job is controlling the band with accelerators. The Enterprise Manager is a valuable feature. There are many very useful features. We can push in the market, because we have an advantage over the other solutions."
"The ability of instant VM recovery, which means starting the backup VM and getting it online while the recovery is still happening is the most valuable feature."
"My customers find the backup and recovery ease of use is the most beneficial feature."
"It helps with process restoration. With Veeam, we never had backup or restoration issues."
"This solution is not complex and you do not have to be too technical to use it."
"It is easy to set up and use for daily processes and a good solution for preserving crucial data."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"The ease-of-use in general is great."
"The initial setup is easy."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"The backup potential of the solution is very good. It's protected us in the past very well and allowed us to get up and running after an attack with minimal loss."
"The whole graphical user interface is very easy, but the details are hidden deeply and aren't easily visible. You cannot easily see the details and explore or choose the settings. We should be able to easily explore various settings and options. If you can see more details while choosing the settings or setting it up, it helps in getting the software running easily. For example, in Microsoft Office, you can see much more in the interface than in Veeam Backup & Replication. It is a complex software. It is not easy to use, and you must know what to do and where to do. The user manual has more than a thousand pages. They should give some direct information through the software and improve the software. On their website, they can have some videos and step-by-step information to make us come straight to our goals."
"Pricing can be improved."
"Near-synchronous, better RPO and RTO snapshot-based takes a lot of space and resources."
"I cannot recall coming across any features that were lacking."
"Veeam currently lacks features for backing up to network-attached storage. Veeam Backup & Replication agents do not support S3 storage. Only Veeam Backup & Replication server supports S3 storage."
"If you upgrade too quickly, you may have issues."
"There needs to be more integration with VMware and the virtual machine."
"Veeam Backup Replication could improve by making the monitoring system free. If I would like to have any monitoring system by Veeam I have to purchase it. It should come free with the solution. They should provide a monitoring system to make the work easier and smooth."
"This solution does not support image-level backup of a physical server."
"The licensing packet is confusing. If Veritas could do a better job of clarifying it, that would be helpful."
"They can improve the reporting component. The reports aren't user-friendly at all. You have to download them to Excel to get statistics."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"I wish that they have an outlet for the other products from Veritas built into the Backup Exec product. For example, Backup Exec does only server backup. Currently, it is possible to read the backup of one other product, but if they can add more products so that you can just go into the dashboard of these other products by clicking on a button within the Backup Exec product, it would be great."
"Expanding is difficult because if I want to add, for example, a terabyte of data, then I have to buy a disk shelf and it will cost me a lot."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high."
Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Commvault Cloud, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud, Veritas System Recovery and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Veeam Backup & Replication vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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