We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Veeam Backup & Replication based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both products received high marks from users, but Veeam Backup & Replication wins out in this comparison. In addition to being a powerful and reliable backup tool, Veeam Backup also has restoration capabilities superior to those of Azure Backup. In addition, Veeam Backup has a slight edge over Azure Backup in the service and support department.
"With Azure Backup, you can readily make your environment if your setup somehow fails on the cloud or on-premises."
"The product is very reliable and easy to use."
"The solution helped us use R2 RBO to back up frequently."
"It is a stable solution...It is a highly scalable solution."
"This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed."
"I like the product's restoration cases."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its ease of use and good integration with other Azure services."
"The deployment process is quite easy in Azure."
"It has helped us transfer the solution in two days instead of working for a minimum of one week to ten days."
"It helps with process restoration. With Veeam, we never had backup or restoration issues."
"My customers find the backup and recovery ease of use is the most beneficial feature."
"The technical support is good."
"Get only one interface to manage all backup sites, secure them with replication, and manage outside LTO media."
"Sandbox feature is like a power tool for troubleshooting."
"The pricing of the solution is fair."
"The solution does a good job with VM backups."
"To make it a ten, it should have the ability to extend the retention and to perform a copy of the data outside of the subscription - with no additional costs."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"Technical support can be slow to respond at times."
"The monitoring and tagging features could be improved."
"I would like to see better integration with more products, and more services."
"The Azure Backup support for on-premises service is limited."
"Technical support is in need of improvement."
"The tool's backup should be faster. Azure Backup's support should be faster."
"I would like to see the licensing model improved. They have recently changed the model and have made it more complicated."
"The parallel backup process from the Veeam server to Veeam has some limitations. The number of parallel backups should be increased and the compressional is very low. Sometimes it is half or one-third, but other backup solutions' compression levels are very high."
"Cross-hypervisor replication can be improved."
"Needs better integration with cloud service providers."
"The ease of use could be improved, but I don't have a very deep amount of experience in Veeam, so it's difficult to say what could be improved."
"The price is an issue. If one has a large number of servers, say... 100-plus, and wishes to add more, an exhausted budget may hinder this ability."
"The one downside to Veeam is that they don't have a cloud product of their own."
"The initial setup of Veeam Backup Replication is straightforward. The process took approximately two days. The setup could be streamlined to take less time."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Azure Backup is most compared with Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect, Veritas NetBackup and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik, Zerto, Veritas NetBackup and NAKIVO Backup & Replication. See our Azure Backup vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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Acronis:
-Modern mobile-enabled web interface
-Touch-friendly, works on tablets
-21st century look and feel
Veeam:
-Basic outdated windows interface
-Windows only – no mobile devices
-Ancient look and feel
Veeam is a good easy to use backup solution. But it has some limitations when you have an HCI Infrastructure like Nutanix.
Veeam BEM though can manage the jobs in Nutanix but if I need to fetch any reports for compliance requirements, it's not available. BEM will provide reports only if you are using VMWARE or HyperV. hence we are moving towards Rubrik.
First off Azure is not a backup strategy or solution, its an S3 repository. Acronis, Veeam, Rubrik, Cohesity are Enterprise Backup Solutions/EBS that can facilitate an S3 (Cloud-out). Read the Gartner Report on EBS publisehd last Nov 2019 for better insight. - Best, Aaron
I have used Acronis and Veeam and choosing between the two depends on result you expect to get from the Backup Solution. I will advise you try the trial version of both and decide which gives you better result.
That all comes down what exactly you are looking to backup. Virtual, physical, cloud. Nevertheless if you are looking for a simple, reliable, scalable, and flexible solution which has a portable license model that fits all go with Veeam
There is no “proper” answer to your question.
First, before the tool, define your goal as:
- how many systems?
- how many virtual vs physical?
- sizing (even roughly)
- is there some DBs or specific app?
Then time will come to choose the correct tool.
Veeam is a leader. Acronis is a niche player. Veeam is integrated with most storage systems on the market. Functionality - I'd recommend Veeam.
Hi Mark, hope you are well and keeping safe. Would this be for an on-prem, off-prem or hybrid solution you are looking for? For the record, Azure is a Cloud based solution and other vendors like Arcserve, Acronis, Veeam etc...have an on-prem/hybrid solution offerings. Happy to discuss