We performed a comparison between Veeam Backup & Replication and Veritas Backup Exec based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Veeam Backup & Replication comes out on top in this comparison. According to its users, it is a powerful, comprehensive, and mature solution. Veeam Backup & Replication also received higher marks for its support than Veritas Backup Exec did.
"Storage Snapshot is a good feature and very safe."
"The solution just works consistently. I never have issues with it."
"It is way easier to take backup with Veeam Backup & Replication than the regular ones."
"I consider the solution's technical support to be excellent, perfect."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"Vendor integration for many of the enterprise features have allowed for us to have greater performance from our storage vendors further improving on our commitments to protect our clients' data."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be the new CDP features. It is very popular for my customer's needs."
"My customers find the backup and recovery ease of use is the most beneficial feature."
"It is a scalable product."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"The flexibility is very good."
"The beauty of the solution is that you can rely on it. It offers a quick recovery time when it's backing up items. The way it recovers data is excellent."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to back up IBM Power virtual servers."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the easy-to-use intuitive GUI. It is very easy to understand. I have never lost data and I have been able to recover all the data I need."
"We have virtual infrastructure, so restoring virtual machine systems from backups is also very easy."
"My main concern about Veeam is that I hope our backups will still be secure in the event of a security incident such as a ransomware attack. In Veeam version 11 they do state that there is ransomware protection, but until it has been proven to be effective, I don't have any assurance that it will prevent data loss."
"The scalability of the product in large organizations is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"If you do not use the standard software and you go with a third-party solution such as this one, it might not work the same. There is an integration issue I understand between the database standards."
"Unfortunately, the software only runs on Windows."
"The initial setup of Veeam Backup Replication is straightforward. The process took approximately two days. The setup could be streamlined to take less time."
"The only improvement I could think of is it could be cheaper—cheaper is always good. Sometimes the product is just finished. Cheaper is always nice for the customer, but the company needs to benefit so that they can keep maintaining the product. New Windows versions, etc., always take some work. At the moment, I wouldn't switch to another solution because of the money."
"It would be ideal if users could know that their data is backed up and have some security functionality where you can actually use the backup to spin up a new cluster and take it from there."
"Pricing can be improved."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"Doesn't include disaster recovery."
"More stable environment in a WAN infrastructure."
"Veritas Backup Exec's dashboard feature could be enhanced."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 16th in Backup and Recovery with 16 reviews. Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Simple deployment, exceptional restore capability, and seamlessly data recovery". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Supports synthetic backup and allows you to start virtual machines on the backup set and do multiple things in one backup configuration". Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup and VMware SRM, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud, Veritas System Recovery and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Veeam Backup & Replication vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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