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Azure Backup vs Veritas NetBackup 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:
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
10th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veritas NetBackup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
116
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Azure Backup is 3.1%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup is 3.4%, down from 5.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot reviewer
Achieve cost savings and efficiency with high-level restore capabilities
I use Azure Backup mainly for backing up virtual machines The feature I find most effective in Azure Backup is the high-level restore. Additionally, it has a good impact on our cost savings and operational efficiency as it is a low-cost solution. The area that I believe needs improvement in…
Wesam Qashou - PeerSpot reviewer
A mature backup solution, with many features, and great support
Veritas NetBackup is the first line of defense when disaster strikes. Before performing disaster recovery, we must have a good backup of our image that is also protected from ransomware. This way, we have a golden image that is resilient to ransomware attacks. We saw the benefits of Veritas NetBackup within the first three months.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its ease of use and good integration with other Azure services."
"The product is cost-effective compared to other vendors."
"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."
"I like that it's a simple system."
"Our client’s infrastructure is protected by the tool."
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"When it comes to Azure Backup, the advantage is that it's native and it's very easy to configure. We don't require a separate tool or manage something on a separate server. At the backend, it's managed by Microsoft itself, and we don't need to manage it."
"You have the flexibility to encrypt your backups and choose the storage capacity you're comfortable paying for."
"The deduplication feature is useful. Deduplication and compression features are what I like about NetBackup."
"It's durable — we achieve what we expect from it."
"The most valuable feature is its stability."
"I like that it's enterprise-capable. It can handle multiple operating systems. It can handle multiple database types. It can handle a lot of different backup use cases. It's flexible."
"We are quite satisfied with the performance and reliability of the NetBackup product. When it comes to specific features, the most valuable is the Instant Recovery feature, which we call "short-term IR". Instant Recovery allows users to spin up backup images and bring back any VM instantly."
"The most valuable feature is replication because, using NetBackup replication, we can have disaster recovery of the data we have."
"Unauthorized people cannot log in and execute commands."
"The main thing I like about NetBackup is CloudPoint. You can take a snapshot of the endpoint and back it up with CloudPoint. The data backups are the most important."
 

Cons

"The only thing I would say that could be improved is the reporting."
"It can be further improved by continuously meeting its compliance requirements."
"It would be beneficial to receive alert messages if something isn't configured correctly, for instance, if service principal names are missing, a message could prompt you to set them up."
"The monitoring and tagging features could be improved."
"The extensibility onto hybrid environments needs a bit of tweaking for those on-prem."
"We faced some issues synchronizing the information in Azure when the storage was changed."
"Azure Backup's licensing model is very challenging because it doesn't give a clear picture."
"Technical support is in need of improvement."
"Data restoration from Veritas NetBackup is quite slow. I would also like documentation that I can share with my technical team."
"It would be helpful, in future releases, if the solution could add WORM (Write Once Read Many) support right within the product."
"There is a big change in Veritas. In the past, we could easily change servers or appliances and continue working by restoring the catalog. We could change servers from Linux to Linux or Linux to Solaris and perform catalog restores to continue working. But with the new version, we are forced to engage Veritas' professional services, which is too expensive."
"Its integration with Nutanix and technical support can be improved."
"The solution could have a more clear dashboard about the license and the operation status."
"They need to work on the GUI. It has been the same for the last 10 years."
"Updates were not always consistent."
"The licensing costs could be more affordable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are paying about $100,000 USD per year, just for a couple of servers."
"It is a bit costly initially, but it is well worth it in the long run, especially for fighting against a number of threats, such as ransomware, which the IT industry is facing."
"Azure Backup is a moderately priced solution."
"Licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis."
"It is a very cheap cloud solution."
"It is incredibly cost-effective and offers fixed pricing, with no additional fees for the licensing."
"The product's pricing is a three or four out of ten, where one is inexpensive, and ten is costly."
"The product is not expensive."
"In terms of cost, it's not very good."
"Price-wise, most of the backup products are similarly priced, and NetBackup is the same."
"Veritas NetBackup is considerably cheaper than that of Druva, the former being quite affordable."
"If you want to have more scalability you have to purchase more licenses. The license is annually and there are a lot of different licensing depending on the number of terabytes needed. It is not based on per-user, core, or servers. You can backup anything you want using the purchased terabyte space."
"A better price would make this product more competitive."
"I rate the product's pricing a seven out of ten."
"Our license is capacity-based."
"There is a license required for this solution and it is priced based upon the data used."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Azure Backup differ from Veeam Backup & Replication?
Veeam has a version for Azure but there are organizations, like ours, that are considering moving to an Azure environment and wonder if Azure Backup is better than Veeam Backup and Replication (Vee...
What do you like most about Azure Backup?
Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Backup?
The pricing of Azure Backup is fine; it is a low-cost solution.
What is the best next generation backup tool?
Assuming you have an onprem ecosystem which runs the VMware, physical systems on Win, Linux and Unix and run both traditional DB's and nosql DB's like mongo, then Netbackup (NBU) will be the right ...
What do you like most about Veritas NetBackup?
The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achieved by integrating cloud tier options or other object storage solutions.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup?
The product is cost-effective, and I would rate its pricing as an eight out of ten. The pricing model is based on the amount of data transferred, making it manageable for us.
 

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Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Somerset County Council, Kardem, PCL Construction
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