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 fast backup and restore feature is the most valuable."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"Its simplicity and the fact that it just works are most valuable. We kind of set it up and generally forget about it. It does what we need it to do in the background, and it doesn't involve a lot of management."
"Veeam is easy to use."
"The most valuable features are the backup and restoration of our VMs. Additionally, they add features regularly."
"This product is user-friendly. The interface is easy to use."
"Very reliable and easy to use."
"It has helped us transfer the solution in two days instead of working for a minimum of one week to ten days."
"The solution is good for small and medium-sized businesses."
"This solution is not complex and you do not have to be too technical to use it."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the graphical interface, ease of management, and overall ease of use."
"It is responding very well, and its performance is good. It has a lot of options. For backup, you can connect it to a cloud or a physical hard drive. They also provide an API for integration with different platforms and products. However, we have not integrated it with another product."
"One of the valuable features is the instant recovery for VMs. It reduces the RTO (Recovery Time Objective) drastically."
"Veritas Backup Exec is easily managed."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"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."
"It is always nice to get products cheaper."
"Technical support can be improved."
"The ability to do more backups should be addressed."
"I have a problem with the VM. When we started doing a backup, it takes a snapshot for our virtual machines, but when we try it two or three times, in some cases, our virtual machines go to a consolidated state. I don't know why this problem happens. But I still think Veeam is a top-ranking solution."
"think backing up from physical servers and ransomware security needs some improvements."
"When in a domain, the virus can easily attack the Veeam server, something which happened to us."
"Even though the speed has improved over the years, I think that there are some instances where it still takes a while."
"The backup and integration could be improved."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"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."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"The deduplication feature can be improved."
"This solution does not support image-level backup of a physical server."
"A web console would be great because nowadays a lot of products are web-based and you can access the console from various environments. So I would recommend bringing this feature in the next solution."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 328 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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