We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Veritas Backup Exec based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We are happy with this product and have not found any issues while using it."
"The scalability has been good."
"It is easy to schedule backups."
"First of all, you can schedule a backup for the client. You can schedule it as you like. You can also control the bandwidth, so the backup will not utilize. The internet will depend on the bandwidth."
"This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed."
"This solution is easy to configure and restore. It is a Microsoft product so is easily compatible with other solutions."
"It's easy to deploy."
"Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore."
"Veritas Backup Exec is easily managed."
"One of the valuable features is the instant recovery for VMs. It reduces the RTO (Recovery Time Objective) drastically."
"Backup Exec 2012 R2 is a very good product for the Windows file system and SQL backups. It is very user-friendly, but the next version Backup Exec 2014 that is released and the other next versions of Backup Exec product is not so friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"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."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"I once tried restoring a Linux environment, and the size of the Linux VM or the data disk was really huge. It took a really long time to restore the environment and send the data from the storage to the disk. It took around 25 to 30 minutes, which was much longer than I anticipated. They can improve the duration of such restore operations. In the next release, it would also be good if they could reduce the duration for transferring the data from their storage to the actual storage while creating a virtual machine. They can reduce the duration or increase the data transfer rate."
"The Azure Backup support for on-premises service is limited."
"I would like to see better integration with more products, and more services."
"It can be further improved by continuously meeting its compliance requirements."
"I would like to see better pricing."
"It would be beneficial to receive alert messages if something isn't configured correctly, for instance, if service principal names are missing, a message could prompt you to set them up."
"I can’t use the solution to restore another native cloud solution. Azure must add this new feature."
"On-prem can be complex to set up but the cloud is simple."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
"Veritas Backup Exec's dashboard feature could be enhanced."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"It is currently missing the dynamic backup feature for virtual machines, which is available in NetWorker. I can create politics in NetWorker to add virtual machines with specific tags, but I cannot do this in Backup Exec, which is a minus point for me. Currently, a user has to send a request to the Backup administrator to add a machine to the backup, but I should be able to create rules to automatically add a new machine to the backup. This kind of functionality is very important in current times, especially when we are using cloud solutions. I should be able to create more than one stream in a policy and specify how many streams I want to run in parallel in one policy. Currently, I have to manually create more policies to backup more than one virtual machine at the same time. Their support can also be improved in terms of response time."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"Initial setup is a bit complex and needs some expertise for troubleshooting when something goes wrong."
"Better integration with non-Microsoft products would be an improvement."
"Currently, the solution does not have the capability to restore a single mailbox, so you lose a lot of time having to restore for example ten mailboxes just to recover one."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud and Acronis Cyber Protect, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Microsoft DPM. See our Azure Backup vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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