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.
"The integration of Veeam Backup Replication is very good."
"The backup and replication features of this solution are 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."
"Get only one interface to manage all backup sites, secure them with replication, and manage outside LTO media."
"A quick-working solution that is very user friendly."
"The replication is the most valuable feature for us."
"It's relatively easy to use and the ability to recover in a short period of time has been great."
"One of the most valuable features of Veeam is that the restoration is easy and reliable."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V."
"The solution is good for small and medium-sized businesses."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"It is easy to set up and use for daily processes and a good solution for preserving crucial data."
"I have a problem with the VM. When we started doing a backup, it takes a snapshot for our virtual machines, but when we try it two or three times, in some cases, our virtual machines go to a consolidated state. I don't know why this problem happens. But I still think Veeam is a top-ranking solution."
"It would be useful if we could integrate our on-premise VM solution with the Azure workload backup from the existing console. This would assist our customers in reducing the cost of hardware."
"It is efficient but can improve security-wise."
"The more features the solution has the more complex it can be to set up. Veeam Backup & Replication can be complex."
"Could offer a better conclusion of the backups."
"There are certain solutions, such as Rubrik and Cohesity, that are little by little, taking market share. Veeam needs to be more aggressive to keep their dominance in the space."
"I like the Acronis backup solutions on the block-based part of backups. That is a functionality that Veeam does not provide."
"Veeam Backup is not enhanced. There aren't any enhancements yet and they are still using traditional methods for snapshots and to perform the backup, like many other vendors. Another improvement would be simplifying and integrating their software."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"The solution could improve and adapt to new applications in the market so we can integrate Veritas Backup Exec with them to facilitate backup processes within these applications."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"The deduplication feature can be improved."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"I would like to be able to create a restore task that can be scheduled so that the same restore action will be performed automatically."
Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Commvault Cloud, 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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