Druva Phoenix vs Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 comparison

Druva Phoenix vs. Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365

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Categories and Ranking

Druva Phoenix

Ranking in Cloud Backup

32nd

Ranking in SaaS Backup

13th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery as a Service (8th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (22nd)

Veeam Data Cloud for Micros...

Ranking in Cloud Backup

5th

Ranking in SaaS Backup

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Druva Phoenix is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 is 4.2%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Backup Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365	4.2%
Druva Phoenix	0.9%
Other	94.9%

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Featured Reviews

Ratnodeep Roy

Lead Consultant at Stratogent

Patch-based system, offers network flexibility but Logs are not very informative for regular users

The ransomware features are limited in Druva. There's a lot of improvement needed. It should extend to Nutanix and Hyper-V. It should extend to Azure as well. A lot of people are looking for ransomware scans, but Druva doesn't support them. Veeam barely supports them over Azure Virtual Machines. It doesn't support Linux Virtual Machines. NetApp and Commvault don't have such features. Acronis is also limited. In Azure, you have Azure Defender, but that works extensively on cloud storage, not on the servers. So, backup companies like Druva need to work a lot on ransomware protection and detection. These companies need to work a lot on ransomware detection, protection and more. Ransomware protection doesn't work in this hash-based transfer mirroring. If I only have to find this hash and feed it to the Druva end. It's sometimes not possible. It will struggle when the workloads are more than a hundred machines. It's not possible to find the hash of each file and provide it to Druva. So, this needs to be fully automated. If I were scanning with some technology, maybe signature-based scanning, behavioral-based, or keyword-based scanning. I can put this FHA, maybe SIEMs as well. But Druva is very limited. It's already in an active stage. I don't like that they don't extend all the features to all the workloads. These features are minimal compared to those of its competitors. For instance, I have one customer who was looking for Druva, but since they have Azure machines, they couldn't find a way to restore a particular file. Druva doesn't provide Azure virtual machine single file restore. It doesn't make sense to build a product and then it doesn't support it. Customers really struggle. Some customers tried Druva so that they don't have to think about setting up a separate network, but Druva is making things critical by not providing all the things at once and gradually releasing them. It's been more than six months or one year since they started their virtual machines, but there is no single file restore. Every time you have to restore the VM, and then from there, you can get the file. Why would people go with Druva if they have to manage backup machines? Nowadays, backup product companies need to be aggressive and adopt themselves in this highly changing world of AI and ML.

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Chong Khing Lee

Director at iPlanet Solution Sdn Bhd

Backup and recovery options integrate smoothly while affordability remains a challenge

My relationship with Veeam is that I am a reseller and system integrator. The support for both cloud-based and on-premises infrastructure from Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 impacts my data protection strategy because that's the reason we are using Veeam. Veeam is a platform that supports both on-prem and cloud. It's a single pane of glass that we can support both, which is one of the good reasons we are using Veeam. The key benefits my organization has experienced with Veeam's integration of SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange, and Teams within its data protection framework are that single licensing is one of the things customers prefer to use because it's very easy for them to manage. I would rate Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 overall an eight on a scale from 1 to 10.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best features of Druva Phoenix include comprehensive backup capabilities where you can back up your data with agent plus backup, deploy the proxy, and integrate your VMs to take your backup."

"I would definitively say that we have been able to make our people more productive by at least 30%."

"I found the cost-effectiveness of Druva Phoenix to be its most valuable feature, especially when compared to on-premises backup solutions."

"Druva Phoenix is easy to use and easy to start with."

"The initial setup was very straightforward."

"Once you set it up and you tell it exactly what needs to be backed up, you literally forget about it. It sends you emails and notifications of the current status of the jobs."

"The most valuable features of Druva Phoenix are the simple portal to log in and flexibility."

"It's patch-based, so you don't have to bother about the backup server or the repository."

"The solution is stable and reliable."

"Deploying Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 was very easy. I did the installation by myself, without any help. I spent one day on the installation of the product, and all weeks are working normally."

"The most valuable feature is the built-in integration with Office 365, which helps us protect email accounts and servers. We use it on virtual servers on the cloud with Azure, or we can use an agent on physical servers."

"The most valuable features of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 are its intuitive interface, ease of use, and unlimited capacity for backup and restore."

"It is easy to set up. You can use some functions to make sure you get the maximum bandwidth to do the backup. It has an option to bypass Microsoft network limitations and things like that."

"It's user-friendly, especially for taking incremental backups."

"Veeam makes modular solutions, so you can install Veeam Backup for Office 365 and Veeam Backup and Replication in one single server. You can do an all in one installation, and roll it out."

"Veeam is affordable and end-to-end configuration is straightforward, whether you're going from source to destination or vice versa. Retrieval is also easy."

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Cons

"The product's pricing needs to be improved."

"Druva Phoenix should include a few reporting features that it doesn't provide currently."

"The ransomware features are limited in Druva. There's a lot of improvement needed. It should extend to Nutanix and Hyper-V. It should extend to Azure as well."

"There is room for improvement in the reporting aspect of Druva Phoenix."

"They were able to give us a very reasonable price considering we were non-for-profit organizations, however, there is always room for improvement on that cost."

"Druva Phoenix is optimized to work with x86 platforms, making it unsuitable for backing up non-x86 architectures like AIX. The solution is primarily designed for physical Linux and Windows systems based on the x86 architecture, as well as virtualized Windows and Linux environments. However, if you have an AIX system, it cannot be deployed in the cloud, and therefore, backing it up in the cloud is not a concern."

"In some instances, a customer is not necessarily backing up Microsoft 365. For instance, they might be backing up a large Oracle database. It would be nice if they could tweak it to compress the file, so it's easier to transfer a huge file."

"If clients are backing up onto tape, Veeam's newest versions don't really deal with that."

"Technical support could be improved."

"Veeam's performance is inconsistent."

"The solution needs to improve its speed."

"The capacity storage is a challenge everywhere in the backup industry. The general feedback people are coming back to about this is that there is no deduplication based on it."

"Veaam Backup can be confusing for customers when they start trying to understand how to use the product in multiple environments."

"In the next release, it should have direct export to tape drive abilities and NDMP support."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I assume clients use Druva Phoenix because it is cheaper than other products."

"We’ve had experience with the data center for a while and we have had solutions that were able to support older versions of the operating systems that we needed. I would like for Druva to support it as well."

"Druva Phoenix's pricing is based on the service provided, and it's reasonable. The cost of the service will depend on the size of your data and the number of virtual machines being backed up. However, the pricing structure is straightforward and easy to understand."

"It's very costly. Normal people wouldn't understand how their credits are calculated. It's pretty complex."

"Veeam Backup for Office 365 is a low-priced solution, so it is scalable and is priced for the market, comparable to other solutions."

"Veaam Backup is licensed per mailbox, which customers like because it's per user and so they don't have to pay for shared mailboxes."

"It is strictly subscribed on a per-user basis."

"Its price is a little bit high, but it is a fantastic solution. It is more expensive than NetApp."

"The pricing is expensive."

"I think it's a fair price. It's around $36 per user, so I think it's a fair price for our customers."

"We have 2000 users and pay about $10,000. It may be a little bit more per year. We have an education institute and may have fewer expenses."

"The cost is a bit on the high side."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Legal Firm

Computer Software Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	2

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	37
Midsize Enterprise	22
Large Enterprise	15

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Druva Phoenix?

Druva Phoenix could be improved if they provided bare metal recovery for physical servers, which would be beneficial for server deployment.

What is your primary use case for Druva Phoenix?

The typical use case for Druva Phoenix depends on multiple workloads. If a customer wants a simple solution where we can manage the entire workload, or they want to back up with agent plus backup, ...

What advice do you have for others considering Druva Phoenix?

The pricing is slightly higher than other vendors. However, when considering features and security, Druva Phoenix is the best solution. If you understand the technology, Druva Phoenix is an excelle...

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What do you like most about Veeam Backup for Office 365?

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.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veeam Backup for Office 365?

The pricing for Veeam Backup is fair for our infrastructure when used solely for backup, yet transitioning to a cloud solution was not cost-effective for us.

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Overview

Druva Phoenix is a comprehensive cloud-based data protection and management solution that enables organizations to securely backup, recover, and manage their data across endpoints, physical servers, virtual machines, and cloud applications. With its scalable and flexible architecture, Druva Phoenix simplifies data protection and eliminates the need for traditional backup infrastructure.

By leveraging the power of the cloud, Druva Phoenix offers organizations a cost-effective and efficient way to protect their critical data. It provides automated backup and recovery capabilities, ensuring that data is always protected and easily recoverable in the event of a disaster or data loss. With its global deduplication and compression technology, Druva Phoenix minimizes storage requirements and reduces costs.

Druva Phoenix also offers advanced features such as point-in-time recovery, allowing organizations to restore data to a specific point in time, and granular file-level recovery, enabling users to recover individual files or folders. Its intuitive web-based console provides a centralized view of all protected data, making it easy to manage and monitor backups across the entire organization.

In addition to data protection, Druva Phoenix offers comprehensive data management capabilities. It enables organizations to gain insights into their data through advanced analytics and reporting, helping them make informed decisions and optimize their storage resources. Druva Phoenix also supports legal and compliance requirements by providing eDiscovery capabilities and ensuring data is retained and disposed of according to regulatory guidelines.

With its cloud-native architecture, Druva Phoenix offers organizations the flexibility to protect and manage their data across a wide range of environments, including on-premises, remote offices, and cloud applications such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. It seamlessly integrates with popular cloud platforms like AWS and Azure, allowing organizations to leverage their existing cloud investments.

Druva

Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 offers powerful data protection and recovery for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and Teams, ensuring users maintain full control of their Microsoft 365 environment with simplified, policy-driven security.

With a cloud-native design, Veeam Data Cloud delivers seamless protection for Microsoft 365 and Azure data, along with secure architecture founded on a zero-trust principle. The platform combines all essential backup services into one cost-effective package, including software, infrastructure, and storage. Ease of use and granular restoration features allow item-level recovery for mailboxes, SharePoint, and OneDrive. Its intuitive management interface fosters quick setup and administration, while robust backup and replication capabilities secure data across leading platforms like Amazon, Azure, and IBM Cloud. Though praised for stability and scalability, areas for improvement include enhancing backup granularity, optimizing storage, and expanding integration.

What are the key features of Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365?

Granular Item Recovery: Enables precise recovery of mailboxes, SharePoint, and OneDrive items.
Intuitive Management: Quick setup and efficient control via user-friendly GUI.
Cross-Platform Security: Secures data over Amazon, Azure, and IBM Cloud platforms.
Scalable Retention Policies: Flexible data retention for efficient protection.

What benefits should users expect from Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 reviews?

Cost Efficiency: Comprehensive services within a predictable pricing model.
Data Stability: Reliable protection with zero-trust security architecture.
Scalability: Easily adapts to growing data needs and varying user demands.
Independent Compliance: Achieves data compliance without relying solely on Microsoft security measures.

In industries relying on robust data security and compliance, Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 stands out by ensuring comprehensive protection of Office 365 assets like emails, SharePoint, and Teams data. Organizations manage shared responsibility effectively, addressing data loss concerns from cyberattacks and ensuring regulatory compliance while maintaining data accessibility independent of Microsoft's data protection frameworks.

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Sample Customers

TRC Companies, Family Health Network, GulfMark Offshore, Pall Corporation

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