We compared Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Backup for Office 365 across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Veeam Backup & Replication is praised for its simplicity, ease of use, and effectiveness in meeting backup and recovery needs. However, it has some areas for improvement such as cost, integration, scalability, cloud integration, and technical support. Veeam Backup for Office 365 is commended for its stability, ease of use, and affordability. It also has areas for improvement including integration features, performance consistency, user-friendly interface, storage options, and additional features. Veeam Backup & Replication is more suitable for larger customers or environments with specific requirements, while Veeam Backup for Office 365 is a good choice for those looking for a straightforward and cloud-based solution for Microsoft 365 backup.
"This is an easy-to-install easy-to-use solution for backing up Office 365 email."
"It is very simple to set up."
"The most valuable feature of Veeam Backup for Office 365 is the backups, we do not want to lose any files. Each one of the files is updated on a regular long-term basis and kept together in the Microsoft cloud-only."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to back up not only to the cloud but also to your local environment so a copy of your data can be kept on-prem."
"The most valuable features of Veeam Backup for Office 365 are the ease of use and instant back and restore."
"It was easy to set up."
"The product is easy-to-use."
"Veeam Backup for Office 365 has good security, and I also like the process they use for backups."
"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."
"It serves its intended purpose and it works well."
"This product is user-friendly. The interface is easy to use."
"The solution is easy to use and have good performance."
"It's simply very good software for backup purposes."
"The replication is the most valuable feature for us."
"The solution is easy to install and very stable."
"The solution's best features are its ease of use and replication."
"The solution could offer better reporting."
"Veeam Backup for Office 365 can improve by adding more features with Microsoft teams. We have many files that we are working on with Microsoft teams and there should be more integration and features."
"Veeam is quite expensive."
"The solution could improve by having the ability to back up without an agent installed on the system."
"The customer service and support response time can be improved."
"As with all things, the solution can be improved by reducing the cost."
"This solution does provide the option to choose a different target of storage."
"They need more documentation, awareness, and assistance."
"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."
"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."
"Veeam Backup Replication could improve by having more comparably with other hardware with the immutable copy feature."
"The interface and cluster environments could be improved in the future as presently they are using agent interface instead of user interface. Also, the backup for the Oracle WAC environment can be improved."
"It would be ideal if they could capture everything and then timestamp and back up everything up to that timestamp."
"In the future, Veeam should release a hardware backup appliance that can be integrated with their software."
"The solution needs more detailed reporting."
"There's a situation where VMs run on different locks. It's running on the VM while having a relationship with nearby solutions running on the same server and storage. This creates a bottleneck that needs to be eliminated."
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Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is ranked 6th in Cloud Backup with 57 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Cloud Backup with 329 reviews. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is rated 8.2, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 writes "Safe storage, reliable, and easy to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is most compared with AvePoint Cloud Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Cirrus Backup, Commvault Cloud and N-able Cove Data Protection, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup. See our Veeam Backup & Replication vs. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 report.
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