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AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs Veritas Backup Exec comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.5
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery offers cost-effective solutions with seamless integration, though snapshot storage costs may challenge smaller businesses.
Sentiment score
6.5
Veritas Backup Exec offers strong ROI with rapid restoration and cost savings, despite concerns over subscription-based licensing.
However, with AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery Service being a native service, integration is seamless, highlighting the return on investment.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery support is praised for responsiveness, effectiveness, and enterprise-level assistance, though a formal ticket system is desired.
Sentiment score
7.2
Veritas Backup Exec support is generally good with responsive staff, but efficiency and consistency vary due to expertise and location.
In case of any issue, they are ready to provide support within the defined SLA timeline.
I see good technical engineer support resolving issues.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is highly scalable, with efficient automation, easy upgrades, and strong user confidence in its scalability.
Sentiment score
8.1
Veritas Backup Exec is scalable for SMBs, but may face challenges with large data volumes and complex environments.
Now in the current version, I can run more than one process for backup in one job for more virtual machines.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is reliable, though dependent on bandwidth, with occasional agent resets on Linux and cost concerns.
Sentiment score
7.3
Veritas Backup Exec is stable and reliable, with occasional service or configuration issues noted by some users.
It is very good and very reliable.
AWS is not difficult, but the cost associated with replicating data to another region can be significant.
 

Room For Improvement

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery needs automation, integration, cost optimization, user enhancements, and improved documentation for better efficiency and user-friendliness.
Veritas Backup Exec requires a simpler UI, cost reduction, cloud integration, better performance, and improved support for diverse environments.
This would detail user activity directly in the ACL console for easier debugging and auditing.
In AWS Disaster Recovery Service, these details are not available, making it difficult to check my replication status.
I aim to monitor the functionality and probably find something this year to monitor logs from our backup system and storage and notify us about any unusual activities.
We need to have a proper image backup with a documented restore procedure, as some users were unable to do the image backup restoration due to driver issues or similar challenges.
Some technology improvement is needed to manage my basic business continuity plan.
 

Setup Cost

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is seen as fair value with cost-saving options, though cumulative and alternative costs should be evaluated.
Veritas Backup Exec provides flexible licensing with reasonable pricing, though advanced setups and technical support may incur additional costs.
When I compare it with others, it is twice or three times cheaper.
The setup is a bit expensive at a corporate price
 

Valuable Features

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery provides cost-effective, scalable data protection and seamless integration, enhancing reliability, flexibility, and ease of deployment.
Veritas Backup Exec is praised for its user-friendly interface, fast backups, stability, and versatile platform compatibility with strong support.
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery Service is a native service, integration is seamless.
Veritas has technical compatibility with my hardware and other systems.
It has a lot of functions and security measures, which ensure our backups are secure.
My customers find the normal file system backup features of Veritas Backup Exec effective and valuable.
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
25th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (18th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (16th)
Veritas Backup Exec
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
18th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
76
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Backup Exec is 1.7%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Vijay Londhe - PeerSpot reviewer
Managed services with seamless integration and good reliability
Since I have to view everything on the console, the previous application solutions like IBM and Sanavi showed the RPO and RTO status directly. In AWS Disaster Recovery Service, these details are not available, making it difficult to check my replication status. I have to calculate whether my data is replicated to the Adarabad region or not. These features, if available in AWS, would be beneficial.
Pawel Augustyn - PeerSpot reviewer
Simplified interface with good performance but needs monitoring
I need to use PowerStore and Veritas Backup Exec. It is a direct backup to types, and it is supported by my backup. It offers good performance and stability, and it works properly. I am happy with this program. It is still working on aligning with security requirements and data encryption for Amazon or ATAC. It has a lot of functions and security measures, which ensure our backups are secure.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
CloudEndure Disaster Recovery is a fairly stable solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
The setup is actually managed by our partner. I have taken a rate of per user. Licensing is completely managed by the partner. I am paying per user and per GB storage cost, while the infrastructure...
What needs improvement with CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
I don't think there is any bad feature in AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery as such. It's more of when you do disaster recovery, you think of it more holistically. You want flexibility in terms of opti...
How do the backup solutions of Veeam and Veritas compare?
Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file system backups inside VMs., support for tape library & FC too. But Veritas Netbac...
What do you like most about Veritas Backup Exec?
The most important feature is the variety of backup applications it supports, including ERP systems and most other programs, such as Microsoft.
 

Also Known As

CloudEndure Disaster Recovery
Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Agio, Cloud Nation, Limelight Networks
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