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IT Director at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Its ease of use and simple UI are the most valuable features.

What is most valuable?

Its ease of use is the most valuable feature. It has a very simple UI.

How has it helped my organization?

Veeam is a very stable product. The ease of use and UI are some of its highlights. Learning this tool is very easy and you do not need any training classes.

What needs improvement?

Right now, replication it does in every 15 minutes. However, if it could do continuous replication or even bring it down to 5 minutes, then it would be great.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used the first version and stopped using it for a while, due to many physical servers in our environment. I have been using the new version for almost a year.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There were no stability issues that could not be resolved.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There were no scalability issues.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is excellent; they are very prompt and knowledgeable.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were using another solution before this one. The reason we moved over to this solution was that we were only 30% virtualized, so we had to use a product that had backup physical servers.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was very straightforward and any technical person can do the initial setup.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Licensing is per CPU, so it depends on the number of physical CPUs.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Based on my previous experience with Veeam, I didn’t evaluate anything else.

What other advice do I have?

It is a very solid product with an easy UI. If you are 90% virtualized, then it is a great product.

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Director of Computing, Biostatistics at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
Multiple cloud backup capability, reliable, and scales well
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Veeam Backup & Replication is that we can back up in-house and multiple cloud providers' storage."
  • "The more features the solution has the more complex it can be to set up. Veeam Backup & Replication can be complex."

What is our primary use case?

We use Veeam Backup & Replication to back up our virtual machines in the VMware environment.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Veeam Backup & Replication is that we can back up in-house and multiple cloud providers' storage.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Veeam Backup & Replication for approximately five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Veeam Backup & Replication is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We are a small department in the company and the scalability has been fine for our needs. In my team, we have approximately 80 people. Our whole organization has approximately 5,000 employees.

How are customer service and support?

We have not contacted the support often, the solution has been operating well.

How was the initial setup?

The more features the solution has the more complex it can be to set up. Veeam Backup & Replication can be complex. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of Veeam Backup & Replication is high and that is why I am choosing an alternative.

What other advice do I have?

Veeam Backup & Replication is the market leader in storage backups.

My advice to others is if you are not going to use all the features of Veeam Backup & Replication then use a less expensive solution that can fit the use case.

I rate Veeam Backup & Replication an eight out of ten.

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Director of Information Technology and Communications at Enertotal sa esp
Real User
Protects our server data in an affordable way
Pros and Cons
  • "The advantage of Veeam Backup and Replication is that it is very economical. The price is affordable and the cost benefit is good."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

My company is an end user customer of Veeam Backup and Replication and we use it for storing and protecting our server backups.

What is most valuable?

The advantage of Veeam Backup and Replication is that it is very economical. The price is affordable and the cost benefit is good.

What needs improvement?

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.

Beyond improving on the security measures, I don't have further expectations for Veeam Backup and Replication.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Veeam Backup and Replication for two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have no doubts about the stability of Veeam. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

At the moment it is not necessary for us to scale up our usage of Veeam but I can say that I believe it is very capable of being scaled, should the need arise.

How are customer service and support?

The support we get is very helpful, but it is not through Veeam directly. We use a Veeam partner called Netgroup Solutions to help us and they have been good.

How was the initial setup?

The installation of Veeam Backup and Replication was very easy. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

A nice aspect of Veeam's pricing is that the cost benefit is good. It's very economical.

What other advice do I have?

Veeam Backup and Replication is a good product and I would rate it a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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IT Technician at Sherpas Group
Reseller
Excellent technical support, easy to set up, and very reliable
Pros and Cons
  • "It's the most easy-to-use backup replication that I have used so far."
  • "We're using both Backup and Replication, Veeam Cloud Connect, and Veeam Office 365. What I am missing is a good graphical user interface between these three products."

What is our primary use case?

We have, I'd say, about 20 different customers running Veeam and sending backups to our hosting center. We also have our own hosting environment with about 200 servers, which we are backing up with Veeam Backup and Replication.

What is most valuable?

The solution is stable and absolutely reliable. 

It's the most easy-to-use backup replication that I have used so far.

I've found that the scalability is fine.

The initial setup is pretty simple. 

What needs improvement?

We're using both Backup and Replication, Veeam Cloud Connect, and Veeam Office 365. What I am missing is a good graphical user interface between these three products. It's something that they need to figure out. I'd like the three versions streamlined so they fit together better, as, right now, they are very different.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been selling the solution for three or four years or something like that.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is reliable and the performance is good. We find it to be stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability is possible with this solution. If a company needs to expand it, it can do so.

We have 50 customers that pay for this solution right now.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is helpful and responsive. they are very knowledgeable and friendly. We are very satisfied with the level of support on offer. They really try their best to resolve issues.

How was the initial setup?

The solution is simple and straightforward. 

I cannot recall how long it took to actually deploy the product.

We have three managers that can handle the deployment and maintenance aspects of the product.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We pay for licensing and have a monthly subscription.

What other advice do I have?

We are a reseller.

I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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IT Infrastructure Manager at BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE (BIG SCREEN) LIMITED
Real User
Has great restore capabilities and good technical support, but should include a cloud solution and be better priced
Pros and Cons
  • "The restore capabilities are the most valuable features."
  • "Veeam Backup & Replication should include a cloud solution."

What is our primary use case?

We are using the latest update at the moment. 

We use the solution to do backups and replication between sites, in addition to restores. We employ it solely for its basic functions.

What is most valuable?

The restore capabilities are the most valuable features.

What needs improvement?

Veeam Backup & Replication should include a cloud solution. 

The cost should also be adressed. This would bring up my rating from a seven to a ten out of ten. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Veeam Backup & Replication for eight to 10 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable and reliable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is easy to scale. 

How are customer service and support?

We have yet to make need of technical support, although I feel it to be good. 

How was the initial setup?

I believe the initial setup to have been straightforward, although I cannot say this with certainty, as I was not involved in it. 

What about the implementation team?

While I don't know the exact parameters of the maintenance, I do know that all of our support needs in this respect are covered. 

Maintenance is handled by a third party. We do not have a separate team for handling this. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

While I do not know how much the product cost, as I was not involved in this sphere, I do know that this could be better. 

What other advice do I have?

There are probably just three to five of us using the solution, solely in the IT department. 

I would recommend the solution to others for its ease-of-use. 

I rate Veeam Backup & Replication as a seven out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Managing Director at Matlala Group
Reseller
They started their cloud journey a lot sooner than other solutions
Pros and Cons
  • "I like how Veeam intuitively integrates with Zerto."
  • "Restoration takes about two to four hours with Veeam. Zerto can restore in about 10 seconds. That's the restoration speed I'm looking for now that we're dealing with ransomware."

What is most valuable?

I like how Veeam intuitively integrates with Zerto. They started on their cloud journey a lot sooner than other backup software, and Veeam has a lower footprint on your Commvault.

What needs improvement?

Restoration takes about two to four hours with Veeam. Zerto can restore in about 10 seconds. That's the restoration speed I'm looking for now that we're dealing with ransomware. This is one area where Zerto has an edge on Veeam.  However, both are easy to use. 

The only thing I would like to see from Veeam is a calculator for estimating the costs on all the different cloud providers. I don't think any product has this. So if I go into Azure versus AWS, it would be nice to have some way to calculate what I will end up paying. 

One thing I've noticed is that both cloud providers will say it's going to cost you X amount to do a backup, and it's simple to compare costs between them. But if you want to do a site recovery, it will cost more to start up all the servers you were backing up in that cloud. Even though one cloud provider might save you money on backup, your total costs will be higher when you factor in restoration. I want the transparency to say Azure is more cost-effective than AWS for backup, but Azure will cost you 2 percent more than the other one to provide that visibility to my client.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Veeam Backup for about 10 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

For traditional environments with physical servers, Veeam isn't as great as combos or traditional backup systems like TSM. However, if you are looking at virtualization or shifting to the cloud, Veeam is stable and quite progressive in those spaces.

How are customer service and support?

Veeam's support is international and quite responsive.

What other advice do I have?

I give Veeam Backup Replication eight out of 10.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller
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IT Manager at OceanWeb Ltd
Real User
Absolutely stable, doesn't involve a lot of management, and does what we need it to do in the background
Pros and Cons
  • "Its simplicity and the fact that it just works are most valuable. We kind of set it up and generally forget about it. It does what we need it to do in the background, and it doesn't involve a lot of management."
  • "It is always nice to get products cheaper."

What is our primary use case?

We use it internally for our own systems, and we have slightly less need on our clients' side, just because they rarely need that kind of system. We can achieve it with other tools.

What is most valuable?

Its simplicity and the fact that it just works are most valuable. We kind of set it up and generally forget about it. It does what we need it to do in the background, and it doesn't involve a lot of management.

In terms of functionality, it's pretty good, There is a lot of variety in what it can do and how it can back up. We probably use only 10% of what it is kind of capable of, so we're not really pushing the boundaries of it and having any problem.

What needs improvement?

It is always nice to get products cheaper.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been dealing with this solution for maybe five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is absolutely stable. We tend to set it and forget it. It has been a very reliable solution.

How are customer service and support?

We don't really have much experience with their support. Over the five years, we've maybe put in one or two tickets, and that's about it.

How was the initial setup?

It is very simple. It is pretty self-explanatory as long as you understand the virtual environments that you're working with. Veeam itself is pretty easy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is always nice to get products cheaper. 

Technically, it saves you a lot of money. If you wanted to buy the same functionality out of vSphere, you would spend thousands to essentially get the same functionality.

What other advice do I have?

I would highly recommend it, but it also depends on whether or not it all fits in with the clients and the pricing model. It is like any backup solution. You have to consider what you're trying to get out of it before you go ahead and configure it, but for backup and replication across hosts, it works really well.

I would rate it a nine out of 10 for what it does. I don't know anything that does it as well.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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Director at a printing company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Provides automated recovery verification for both backups and replicas
Pros and Cons
  • "It's relatively easy to use and the ability to recover in a short period of time has been great."
  • "Even though the speed has improved over the years, I think that there are some instances where it still takes a while."

What is our primary use case?

I'm actually a consultant, so I deploy it for my customers — quite a few of them.

Our clients are partly interested in backing up their application servers and their environment — that's the first priority. Some of our clients have gone a bit further into remote disaster recovery, off-site disaster recovery. They replicate to another location for those purposes.

Our clients are small to medium-sized companies.

What is most valuable?

There are a few of them. It's relatively easy to use and the ability to recover in a short period of time has been great — I think that works quite well. I've compared Veeam with other products and to me, it works the best of the lot.

What needs improvement?

Even though the speed has improved over the years, I think that there are some instances where it still takes a while. In some cases, we have experienced fluctuations in performance. For example, yesterday we performed a synthetic full backup. Normally, this takes less than 90 minutes, but other times, it takes well more than six hours to get 40% of the way.

Other than that, I find that it does what is expected and maybe a bit more. I also don't think that I've really tapped into all of the features of it as yet.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Veeam Backup & Replication for roughly 10 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Veeam Backup & Replication is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

As I mentioned earlier, I have not really investigated all of the features, and one of them is potentially more scalability than anything else. Regarding what little I have done so far, it seems to be pretty scalable. I do have a couple of projects in the works that I'm going to push out a bit more, so I won't be able to give a fair assessment until I have gone through those projects.

How are customer service and technical support?

I would say it is good. I'm trying to remember when the last time was that I had to call technical support. I think they're very satisfactory overall.

I think that the support resources are adequate. They're pretty good, actually. At the moment, I can't think of anything in terms of technical support and the community support that is lacking.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. There were no major issues. Well, there was one issue, but that was with an older version of it. For some reason, it would not work on a machine that was part of a domain, but I got that sorted out using a later version of the software.

What about the implementation team?

Regarding deployment, I was able to install the software myself. I had it up and running in a couple of days. We went through a period of more than a week to ensure that the backups were being done properly, were being finished properly. I would say within a couple of weeks it settled down and it's been working fine since then. 

In terms of deployment, it usually takes one person. I installed it with a colleague — we're both Veeam certified, so that helps. From the point of view of the end-users, they seemed to grasp it pretty readily. At every institution, there are one or two people that are needed to maintain it — that's it. As I said, it's stable and relatively simple to use. My customers are satisfied with it.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Some of our clients were using solutions like Arc-Serv, Backup Exec. There are a couple of clients who actually evaluated NAKIVO and Veeam a few years ago. There was one client that was comparing Commvault to Veeam. They eventually went with Commvault, but a lot of that has to do with the support of AS400 symbols. They were able to manage their backup costs and a number of different environments using Commvault.

A number of my clients moved from physical machines to virtual ones. They were using primarily Arc-Serv and Veritas Backup Exec, which proved to be a bit inadequate for new virtual environments. It was never seamless. It was never as straightforward as you would have liked. With NAKIVO, we found that it tended to be easier to deal with. Still, even though one of our customers did go with NAKIVO, after a couple of years, they actually moved onto Veeam.

What other advice do I have?

I would absolutely recommend this solution to others.

I've been using it for a number of years and the bottom line is — it works very well and is simple to use. Within an hour or two, my customers are comfortable enough to be able to create their jobs and monitor job progress, etc. If it works for them, it works for me.

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of nine.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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