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We performed a comparison between Bareos and Veeam Backup & Replication based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Backup solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Bareos vs. Veeam Backup & Replication Report (Updated: March 2024).
769,599 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease of installation it provides its users.""The main benefit of the product is its backup feature."

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"Its stability and scalability were the main reasons for going for this solution. It is highly scalable, and its stability is also powerful. It has a friendly interface, and its monitoring and performance are the best in the market.""It has an intuitive interface, and it provides us with successful backups without needing to tweak or do any adjusting. We just set it up and like their ad says, "It Just Works."""A simple and stable solution for small businesses that use virtualization.""Veeam Backup Replication is easy to use and has high performance. The backups are very fast. It's a complete solution that fulfills our current needs.""This is easy to use with a simple restore feature.""Integration with VMware is excellent with very granular recovery.""It has helped us transfer the solution in two days instead of working for a minimum of one week to ten days.""The replication is the most valuable feature for us."

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Cons
"The tool is not user-friendly.""The virtual machine backup is an area with shortcomings that need improvement."

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"There are certain solutions, such as Rubrik and Cohesity, that are little by little, taking market share. Veeam needs to be more aggressive to keep their dominance in the space.""I think Veeam needs to improve the file installation process, as well as more technical things like snapping feature issues. Sometimes during backup, when it's taking the scan snaps on the ESXi, it started and didn't remove the snapshot from there, which consumed storage on the EXSi. It could be improved with more technical depth. The response time for Veeam's technical support could also be improved.""It would be preferable if they could introduce a complete Linux version instead of relying solely on Microsoft for management. There should be a unified integration of all their products. Currently, there are various products like cloud backup and others that exist separately. It would be better if they could create a single comprehensive platform or product, as opposed to having disparate products that lack proper communication between them.""When you want to restore files, you first need to restore the machine, and then you have to mount it, and then restore the files.""It is always nice to get products cheaper.""Sometimes Veeam is not that effective when it comes to legacy environments.""We would like to have the ability to perform more things on the web interface. The heavy client is still needed to perform advanced tasks.""It would be ideal if they could capture everything and then timestamp and back up everything up to that timestamp."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "We used the free community version of the solution."
  • "I use the open-source version of Bareos, which means I used the free version of the solution."
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  • "If you have Exchange, Oracle, SQL, or a supported SAN, then I suggest getting at least an Enterprise edition. It’ll pay for itself in no time."
  • "The pricing and licensing is better than the competitors, but it could be better."
  • "Room for improvement is actually more in the way of licensing. The really good and useful features are in the Enterprise plus edition, and that one is really expensive."
  • "Since pricing is per socket, it is not expensive to add capacity as you go along."
  • "The licensing is based on the number of cores you have in your ESX or Hyper-V environment."
  • "The price is a bit high. Licensing type is VMware friendly, so it is easy."
  • "I think the price is good when you choose the Essentials Suite, but when you buy a full featured version (for instance the Enterprise Plus) the price is a little bit expensive."
  • "Setup cost and licensing of Veeam are nothing to complain about when compared to similar products for enterprise backup recovery solutions."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease of installation it provides its users.
    Top Answer:I use the open-source version of Bareos, which means I used the free version of the solution. I haven't used the licensed version of Bareos.
    Top Answer:The virtual machine backup is an area with shortcomings that need improvement. Bareos doesn't function as a full-fledged backup solution for virtual machines. In the future, I want to see Bareos… more »
    Top Answer:Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four… more »
    Top Answer:Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file system backups inside VMs., support for tape library & FC too But Veritas Netbackup is a… more »
    Top Answer:Nakivo is my favorite backup software. Below are the main benefits of Nakivo compared to Veeam 1. Low cost. 2. Backup storage with global deduplication (this is the main requirement of a backup… more »
    Ranking
    31st
    out of 113 in Cloud Backup
    Views
    715
    Comparisons
    565
    Reviews
    2
    Average Words per Review
    321
    Rating
    7.5
    1st
    out of 113 in Cloud Backup
    Views
    25,059
    Comparisons
    21,485
    Reviews
    12
    Average Words per Review
    529
    Rating
    8.6
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Veeam Backup and Replication, Veeam Availability Suite
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    Overview

    Bareos (Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced) is a cross-network Open Source backup solution which preserves, archives, and recovers data from all major operating systems.

    Veeam Backup & Replication is a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solution designed primarily for virtual environments. Veeam Backup & Replication offers a blend of simplicity and efficiency, making it a go-to solution for businesses seeking to protect their data. It supports a wide range of virtual platforms, including VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V. According to the reviews, what sets Veeam apart is its ability to provide high-speed recovery, data loss avoidance, verified recoverability, leveraged data, and complete visibility. 

    Veeam Backup & Replication delivers availability for cloud, virtual, Kubernetes and physical workloads. Through a simple-by-design management console, users are offered what is presented as fast, flexible, reliable backup, archival, recovery and replication functionality.

    Backup capabilities

    • Continuous Data Protection
    • Fast, reliable application-aware, image-based backups
    • Unlimited capacity and cost savings for long-term data retention on object storage with new Veeam Cloud Tier
    • Enterprise application support for Veeam Plug-ins for SAP HANA and Oracle RMAN

    Replication capabilities

    • Instant recovery for NAS, Microsoft SQL and Oracle
    • Recover individual files easily with Instant VM and File-level Recovery
    • Easy portability and recovery to AWS, Azure and Azure Stack with NEW Veeam Cloud Mobility

    Recovery capabilities

    • Recover individual files with Instant VM and File-level Recovery
    • Portability and recovery to AWS, Azure and Azure Stack with NEW Veeam Cloud Mobility
    • Fast, item-level and application recovery for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, and SQL Server and Oracle

    Reviews from Real Users

    Veeam Backup & Replication is a solution that stands out when compared to many of its competitors. Some of its major advantages are its ease of set up, the fact that it is agentless, and that it has an intuitive dashboard. 

    A Network Operations Manager at an educational organization says, "Integration with VMware is excellent with very granular recovery."

    An Inside Solutions Architect at a tech services company mentions, “I like that it's agent-less, easy to set up, and hardware-agnostic.”

    An Account Manager at a tech services company states, “The dashboard is very, very easy to understand. We do demonstrations all the time with customers just to show them. If they've lost particular files because of a server going down, we can retrieve those files for them and quickly bring those files back up.”

    Kerem C., Director of Professional Services/Senior Solution Architect/Trainer at a tech services company, explains, “It's good for backup performance management and backup window management.”

    Sample Customers
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    Vodafone, American Standard Brands, Welch’s, University of Florida, Tata Global Beverages Limited, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Hirslanden Private Hospital Group, MacLean-Fogg Company
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Non Profit15%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    University11%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government8%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business45%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise34%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise31%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise53%
    Buyer's Guide
    Bareos vs. Veeam Backup & Replication
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Bareos vs. Veeam Backup & Replication and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Bareos is ranked 31st in Cloud Backup with 2 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Cloud Backup with 328 reviews. Bareos is rated 7.6, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Bareos writes "The product is stable and enables users to create backups, but it is not user-friendly". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Bareos is most compared with Bacula Enterprise and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup. See our Bareos vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.

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