We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Veeam Backup & Replication based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both products received high marks from users, but Veeam Backup & Replication wins out in this comparison. In addition to being a powerful and reliable backup tool, Veeam Backup also has restoration capabilities superior to those of Azure Backup. In addition, Veeam Backup has a slight edge over Azure Backup in the service and support department.
"All of the core features are valuable to us."
"With a couple of buttons, we can configure a VM for a backup and use the wall service, the storage wall service, pretty seamlessly."
"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."
"It is easy to schedule backups."
"With Azure Backup, you can readily make your environment if your setup somehow fails on the cloud or on-premises."
"The deployment process is quite easy in Azure."
"You can select the tiering for your backup and manage your cost."
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"It's streamlined the backup and recovery for my customers in the sense that it has an easy management console that's easy to set up any type of instant recovery."
"Veeam's file monitoring capabilities are strong and consistent."
"The solution just works consistently. I never have issues with it."
"Integration with various applications, such as on-premises laptops and desktop backups, as well as applications and databases, is excellent."
"What I like most about this solution are the simplicity and the price-performance ratio."
"The most valuable features of Veeam Backup Replication are ease of use, dashboards, and reporting."
"Enables us to restore the VM when the needs arises and for disaster recovery."
"Veeam Backup Replication's snapshotting and cloning are the most valuable features."
"We faced some issues synchronizing the information in Azure when the storage was changed."
"The integration with the record database and integration with other applications will be good, especially with the database piece."
"We have a concern with the backup when were are working with VMs that are running in Barracuda Firewall because it usually fails."
"We would like to see some kind of notification given to the user that a file was not synchronized well or what may have happened."
"I believe more options could be available to understand better what's happening in the system. Additionally, automating the client updates and connector updates would be beneficial. Updating the connector from time to time can be challenging, and it could be made more transparent and straightforward for users. Moreover, another drawback lies in the time it takes to test full data backup recovery. Deploying a full recovery takes longer. We need to allocate a longer period for complete data recovery to establish the environment again."
"Azure Backup could improve the backup data copies because they are not immutable."
"In the next release, I would like to see the ability to back up to different cloud providers."
"The monitoring and tagging features could be improved."
"Immutability could be improved."
"The replicating from Veeam Backup Replication to Azure cloud could be improved."
"It's a great product, but only if you have everything virtualized."
"The integration with other solutions should be improved."
"The whole graphical user interface is very easy, but the details are hidden deeply and aren't easily visible. You cannot easily see the details and explore or choose the settings. We should be able to easily explore various settings and options. If you can see more details while choosing the settings or setting it up, it helps in getting the software running easily. For example, in Microsoft Office, you can see much more in the interface than in Veeam Backup & Replication. It is a complex software. It is not easy to use, and you must know what to do and where to do. The user manual has more than a thousand pages. They should give some direct information through the software and improve the software. On their website, they can have some videos and step-by-step information to make us come straight to our goals."
"Additional executive summary reports for the entire infrastructure would be a nice to have."
"Even though the speed has improved over the years, I think that there are some instances where it still takes a while."
"The patching can be quite difficult at times."
Azure Backup is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 50 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 328 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. 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 Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Azure Backup is most compared with Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect, Veritas NetBackup and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup, Zerto and NAKIVO Backup & Replication. See our Azure Backup vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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Acronis:
-Modern mobile-enabled web interface
-Touch-friendly, works on tablets
-21st century look and feel
Veeam:
-Basic outdated windows interface
-Windows only – no mobile devices
-Ancient look and feel
Veeam is a good easy to use backup solution. But it has some limitations when you have an HCI Infrastructure like Nutanix.
Veeam BEM though can manage the jobs in Nutanix but if I need to fetch any reports for compliance requirements, it's not available. BEM will provide reports only if you are using VMWARE or HyperV. hence we are moving towards Rubrik.
First off Azure is not a backup strategy or solution, its an S3 repository. Acronis, Veeam, Rubrik, Cohesity are Enterprise Backup Solutions/EBS that can facilitate an S3 (Cloud-out). Read the Gartner Report on EBS publisehd last Nov 2019 for better insight. - Best, Aaron
I have used Acronis and Veeam and choosing between the two depends on result you expect to get from the Backup Solution. I will advise you try the trial version of both and decide which gives you better result.
That all comes down what exactly you are looking to backup. Virtual, physical, cloud. Nevertheless if you are looking for a simple, reliable, scalable, and flexible solution which has a portable license model that fits all go with Veeam
There is no “proper” answer to your question.
First, before the tool, define your goal as:
- how many systems?
- how many virtual vs physical?
- sizing (even roughly)
- is there some DBs or specific app?
Then time will come to choose the correct tool.
Veeam is a leader. Acronis is a niche player. Veeam is integrated with most storage systems on the market. Functionality - I'd recommend Veeam.
Hi Mark, hope you are well and keeping safe. Would this be for an on-prem, off-prem or hybrid solution you are looking for? For the record, Azure is a Cloud based solution and other vendors like Arcserve, Acronis, Veeam etc...have an on-prem/hybrid solution offerings. Happy to discuss