Compare Acronis Backup vs. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
Acronis Backup is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery Software with 9 reviews while Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery Software with 10 reviews. Acronis Backup is rated 7.8, while Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Acronis Backup writes "Allows me to make server-level backups for DR and virtual server backups for file-level restores". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows writes "Instant recovery feature enables you to recover a virtual machine in less than a minute". Acronis Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas Backup Exec and Commvault, whereas Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is most compared with Acronis Backup, Veeam Backup & Replication and Veritas Backup Exec. See our Acronis Backup vs. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows report.
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It's a complete software that can protect all the main applications. Perhaps that's the feature I like most. The integration with the NetApp and other apps is also very nice. It's very stable. We are using a KVM system in our cloud, and this solution works very well with it. It's the leader in backup and archiving. It is much more scalable and flexible than everything else in the market. In the VM, we have Live Recovery, Live Mount, and Live Sync. Global deduplication and the indexing of the data object are the most valuable features. It saves costs on the product side by doing compression and deduplication. It will help you and make your life easy to reach the data that you need within the minimum downtime when it's required. It's an enterprise product. It's a stable product. We have good support. Almost all databases are in the scope. | The most valuable feature is its consistency. The ability to clone backups. I have everything I need in the backup or in the partition. It works with different types of partitions or different OSs. Stability is always good. I have used Acronis for 10 years now, if not more. I have never had a problem with availability, etc. It is a very fast and reliable backup, which requires less management and restores quickly. The user interface (UI) is easy to use. It is fast and easy for an image-based backup across all platforms. | I love Veeam because it is very easy to work with. The user interface is good. It provides a lot of information. Technical support is good. They're very responsive. It depends on the timezone responding, but I usually get a response within three hours of creating a ticket. The interface of this solution is quite good. A full-featured option for managing virtual machines with an instant recovery feature. I like working on the Azure platform. Application awareness is very good and the speed of this solution is good. The initial setup was straightforward. It was very easy. Deployment only took about one hour with configuration and everything considered. |
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I think the one thing that could be improved is the customer experience. The interface should be more user friendly. The back of virtual machines needs improvement. I know they're working on it. They're always doing new things but I think they still have a little bit more to do. This solution can be complex and difficult to administer because it supports all of the many platforms, so it would help if they could simplify it. Its competitor, Veeam, includes backup and replication in the same product. I don't know if Commvault has it or not, but they should if they don't. Support for this product needs to be improved because I have seen a couple of cases where it is taking more than the required time to solve issues. We previously had difficulty with the support being foreign. The setup is not that straightforward or easy. Even the documentation is not generic or public like other products. You have to be a partner or you have to have a specific account and download it from the vendor themselves. You need quite a lot of human resources to maintain a Commvault environment, to keep it operational. Also, it would be nice to if there were an easier way set up some Commvault components. | This is not a feature-rich solution. I would like to see better centralized management, because I use it across multiple clients. To have a console that centrally manages them would be nice. I would change the GUI a little to make it a bit more interactive. It should have a slightly more updated look, not something which looks like it was designed five years ago despite the fact it is easy to follow and very appealing. It would be nice if it could support more types of storage: EMC, HPE, Veeam, etc. If there was a wizard that would lead you down a road, when creating a backup, that would probably be better than having to go online or call somebody to actually do a backup. It's not intuitive... I can't select a network location. I have to map a drive on the server, and then I have to select the mapped drive in order for it to put the backup out there. | It is not always easy to update this solution to the newer version, so the update process needs to be improved. The predictability of the solution needs improvement. Sometimes, if it's doing something at the back end, it may go slow. Today, the backup completion took four hours, but sometimes it can do the backup in 30 minutes or an hour. With solutions like NetBackup, I can predict to a much higher degree of certainty how long something will take to complete. I've found a lot of difficulties on the initial setup and especially in terms of credentials. We really need a Window OS. It doesn't like the domain admin account. it's a primary permission issue. An area that this solution could be improved would be with the licensing. Updating and configuration can sometimes be a little bit of a hassel, but once you know the product better it is easy to use. I am not very impressed by the technical support I received when I had an issue. The stability of this solution needs to be improved. Maybe in the future, they could do something better with the user interface and the performance, but so far it's a really good, efficient solution. |
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The price could perhaps be lower as well. In my experience, compared to solutions like Veritas and Veeam, while they do have their technical pluses and minuses, Commvault can save you on average forty percent initially, and then twenty to twenty-five percent annually. Compared to other competitors and vendors the pricing is fair. | Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis. I like the pricing, and that it is easy to use and has performed well. | We purchased a three-year license, and I think that the prices are ok. There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees, and pricing can be a disadvantage or a weakness for this solution. Pricing is based on license packaging and duration. Longer term licenses are less per year and license packages also offer a discount. Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis. |
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Also Known As | ||
| Acronis Backup, Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard, Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced | ||
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| CommVault | Acronis | Veeam Software |
Overview  | ||
Commvault can help you transform your data into a powerful strategic asset, with data protection and information management solutions that enable you to protect, access and use all of your data anywhere and anytime. | Acronis Backup 12.5 is the world’s easiest and fastest backup solution for all your data, whether it is located on-premises, in remote systems, in private and public clouds, or on mobile devices. With enhanced backup validation and blockchain-based authentication of your backups with Acronis Notary, Acronis Backup 12.5 is the most reliable backup solution on the market today. Available in Standard and Advanced editions, Acronis Backup 12.5 protects data on 21 platforms. With active protection from ransomware, 15-second Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), and backups that are two times faster than the closest competitor, it is easiest to-use, fastest, most secure and complete backup solution available today. Acronis Backup simplifies the management of data protection and reduces IT manual efforts with innovative features that automate data protection. These features include a zero-installation, unified touch-friendly web-based console to manage backup and recovery of all workloads and data, agentless and agent-based backups; and flexible granular, bare-metal, and dissimilar hardware recovery options. | Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is a simple backup agent that’s designed to ensure the Availability of your Windows‑based servers and workstations, both on‑premises and in the public cloud. The built‑in integration of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows with Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to leverage your on‑premises Veeam backup repositories or your Cloud Connect provider to get your on‑premises backups off‑site. https://www.veeam.com/windows-cloud-server-backup-agent.html |
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Learn more about Commvault | Learn more about Acronis Backup | Learn more about Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows |
Sample Customers | ||
| Aberdeenshire Council, Acxiom, BAM Group Ireland, Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta, CI Investments, Clifford Chance, Alliant Credit Union, American Municipal Power, American Pacific Mortgage, AstraZeneca, Dongbu Steel, Denver Health, Dow Jones, Emirates Steel, Penn State Health, Prime Healthcare, Sonic Healthcare, Sony Network Communications, TiVO, UCONN Health, The Weitz Company | Kings Academy, Rush Memorial, Pentagon Credit Union, Oxford School District, New York City Probation, Dolmen Insurance, New Bedford Community Health, Gerard Darel, Ready Honda | ContinuitySA, Landmark Information Group |
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Wholesaler/Distributor22% Media Company11% Manufacturing Company11% Financial Services Firm11% Software R&D Company28% Comms Service Provider11% Financial Services Firm9% Insurance Company9% | Government14% Non Profit14% Manufacturing Company14% Pharma/Biotech Company9% Software R&D Company16% Energy/Utilities Company13% Comms Service Provider12% Financial Services Firm9% | No Data Available |
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Small Business26% Midsize Enterprise37% Large Enterprise37% Small Business10% Midsize Enterprise27% Large Enterprise63% | Small Business39% Midsize Enterprise24% Large Enterprise36% Small Business7% Midsize Enterprise32% Large Enterprise60% | Small Business58% Midsize Enterprise8% Large Enterprise33% |
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