We performed a comparison between Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and Veeam Backup & Replication based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Veeam is a brand name that is synonymous with superior modern data protection for any environment. It is widely recognized, reliable, and trustworthy. Veeam Agent for Microsoft is specifically developed for Microsoft Windows and is limited by design specifically for Microsoft. Veeam Backup & Replication can support any load, any application, any storage, and any cloud. It is a complete solution.
"The initial setup, if it is error-free, is very simple."
"The solution is very affordable for small businesses."
"To do the actual backup configuration is also not too bad."
"The most valuable features of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows are the backups, ease of use, and report manager."
"It is good and easy to use for backing up physical servers. It is working fine, and it is stable and scalable."
"The product is free to use. We don't have to pay for a license."
"A full-featured option for managing virtual machines with an instant recovery feature."
"Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows's most useful features is the ease of use and user-friendly."
"We have evaluated other solutions but Veeam is the best for virtualization."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to restore the VMs into a test environment."
"The instant VM recovery feature is the most valuable. It is a very good tool for disaster recovery. It is also easy to manage."
"Its backup capabilities in general are great."
"The backup and replication features of this solution are most valuable."
"The integration with some storage systems like HP or Nutanix and great support are the most valuable features. You get productivity support. You get a response within one hour, even in the evening or night. The functionality of the whole software is good."
"The fast backup and restore feature is the most valuable."
"The solution can work for companies no matter the size or scope."
"With the currency exchange, the solution ends up being quite expensive."
"A lower price would always be beneficial."
"Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows should improve by having more features, easier deployment, and compatibility with Unix boxes."
"While the Veeam agent is perfect, sometimes the agent doesn't install in Windows."
"A feature I would like to see is universal restore. At the moment, restoration can only be smooth on the same hardware. Let's say you have a server and you back it up with Veeam Agent, in case it fails or crashes. If you later buy a new server because the same one isn't available on the market anymore, there's a high chance that Windows will not boot up if you restore from the Veeam backup because the hardware is now different. Acronis has the universal restore feature, so it will work with generic drivers and you can restore Windows in any dissimilar hardware. As far as I know, Veeam doesn't have this feature yet."
"The solution's compression ratio and high speed for backing up can always improve. Aspects that need improvement are less time, better quality, higher security, and more compression. These are continuous requirements for any customer."
"We can't use tape for primary storage on Veeam."
"The backups can go slow."
"They need to address the confusing recovery dialogue."
"The implementation of the features can be improved. Currently, there is no segregation of duty. Normally, any backup software or client service software is implemented in a way where one person is responsible for the implementation of the server, and one is responsible for the client, but Veeam Backup & Replication is not implemented in that way. Therefore, restores don't work like that. The backup guys have to do the restores, which is not a good thing. Its pricing should also be improved. It is quite expensive."
"Sometimes Veeam is not that effective when it comes to legacy environments."
"I have used NetBackup. For heavy workloads or if I need consistent backup and restore, I prefer NetBackup over Veeam Backup Replication."
"The more features the solution has the more complex it can be to set up. Veeam Backup & Replication can be complex."
"The replication process is very slow. It takes too long to replicate a virtual machine."
"In terms of what could be improved, when creating a backup job with Veeam, you can create a daily backup, but it doesn't do it within that job. It does not give you the ability to also set the terms for monthly and/or weekly backups. It has to be a separate job. It gets clunky to manage the timeframes where you don't want a daily to run on this day and creating weeklies. And you don't want a daily to run on this day doing monthlies. That is hard to deal with. It would be really nice if you could do it through a single command line or a single interface."
"The price could be lower."
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Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Backup and Recovery with 40 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 328 reviews. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is rated 8.4, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] writes "Functional application availability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is most compared with AOMEI Cyber Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik, AWS Backup and Dell Avamar, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup and Zerto.
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