We performed a comparison between Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] and Veritas Backup Exec based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."It's straightforward to set up."
"Veeam is very user-friendly and intuitive software."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"A full-featured option for managing virtual machines with an instant recovery feature."
"Technical support is good."
"Solution provides good security."
"Application awareness is very good and the speed of this solution is good."
"The most valuable features are backup and restore. This solution is also easy to 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."
"This is a very flexible product, which allows you to back up not only the physical environment but also the cloud environment."
"This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to back up IBM Power virtual servers."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"I can't think of anything that may be missing."
"In the next release, I would like to see it easier to implement."
"The price of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows could improve."
"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."
"Updating and configuration can sometimes be a little bit of a hassel, but once you know the product better it is easy to use."
"It fulfills our needs in terms of features. In terms of improvements, they can maybe improve its documentation."
"The backups can go slow."
"The compression ratio and application ratio could still be improved in this solution. Reporting could also be improved, for better monitoring."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
"Initial setup is a bit complex and needs some expertise for troubleshooting when something goes wrong."
"Firstly, the GUI for 2014 is mostly confusing, i.e., if you need to add any additional technical features, then it doesn't require a change to the GUI."
"It could be improved in the area of reporting and ease-of-use."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"They could include backup functionality for enterprise environments."
"I have experienced some errors, such as failures, but there have not been very many."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
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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 Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is rated 8.4, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] writes "Functional application availability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, AOMEI Cyber Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and AWS Backup, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery.
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