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.
"It’s amazing how the solution helps restore old data."
"The most valuable features of Veeam Backup for Office 365 are the ease of use and instant back and restore."
"This is an easy-to-install easy-to-use solution for backing up Office 365 email."
"Its absolute functionality and intuitiveness are the most valuable features."
"It is very simple to set up."
"The support offered by both Veeam and our third party supplier is excellent."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the replication functionality."
"The tool is easy to use and straightforward regarding restoration and creating backups. It's user-friendly, providing results and sending alerts when something goes wrong."
"It's very easy to work with and it's very reliable."
"The initial setup was not overly complex."
"It's the most easy-to-use backup replication that I have used so far."
"It's got a very good user-friendly interface. It's easy to use."
"The data backup replication has been the most useful feature. Previously, we copied the data hub to an external hard drive but now we are able to store the backup on one of the depository service."
"The solution works well in two different environments, whether it is on-premises, cloud, or a combination."
"The restore capabilities are the most valuable features."
"I have been in contact with technical support and they are very good."
"Technical support could be improved."
"The license pricing can be reduced."
"It would be a great improvement to be able to recover cover a VM straight to on-prem."
"We have found that there is a limitation in this solution where it only takes the backup of users who are using Office 365 Enterprise email IDs. We have many users in management and approximately 50 other users who are using Office 365 of which Veeam is able to capture the backup. However, for the other users who are on the local email server at that time, the solution is not able to capture the backup."
"We use a yearly subscription. However, I believe the price could be lower."
"If clients are backing up onto tape, Veeam's newest versions don't really deal with that."
"It requires quite an amount of infrastructure. You have to set up the instance, and you need to know quite a bit about Microsoft 365 authentication. For some customers, it is a challenge."
"When you add a new site for backup, it gives you a notice that there is a new site, but the way you select that and configure that could be slightly better. It works, but it is not always very clear. For example, for the URL, you need to hover over the title or the name of the site. You should see it immediately on the screen. It should have a better user interface for selecting what you want to back up so that you get a more clear overview of the sites that are there and the ones that you want to combine in a backup. Its user interface should be more user-friendly. It has a lot of scrolling and doesn't give you a complete overview when needed. That's the main thing why it is not very user-friendly. It should have a better user interface."
"In Linux, I suggest you backup for a PostgreSQL database."
"Veeam doesn't have the reporting part quite right. Its data visualization isn't as slick as other solutions like Veritas. For example, in Veritas, you can see a calendar that shows you which days are backed up. Veeam lacks features like that."
"In the next release, I would like replication directly to the cloud to be included."
"The replicating from Veeam Backup Replication to Azure cloud could be improved."
"The solution could improve by having a version to be compatible with the Linux system. They have improved the storage depository using the Linux proxy and Linux storage, but it can completely run on the Linux environment it would be much better."
"I would like a solution for SAP systems to be included."
"In terms of what could be improved, when creating a backup job with Veeam, you can create a daily backup, but it doesn't do it within that job. It does not give you the ability to also set the terms for monthly and/or weekly backups. It has to be a separate job. It gets clunky to manage the timeframes where you don't want a daily to run on this day and creating weeklies. And you don't want a daily to run on this day doing monthlies. That is hard to deal with. It would be really nice if you could do it through a single command line or a single interface."
"Additional executive summary reports for the entire infrastructure would be a nice to have."
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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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