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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 23, 2025

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

NetVault Plus
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (32nd), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (21st)
Veeam Agent for Microsoft W...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Arno Wolthers - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at DIANA FEA BV
Reliable multi-platform backups have protected diverse servers and virtual libraries
Quest NetVault can improve in the area of Office 365 backups. Two years ago, I purchased the Office 365 plug-in or leased it for a year, and I have never been able to have a solid backup of Office 365 using Quest NetVault. I have resorted to a different solution specifically for Office 365 backups. It is not that it never works, but it fails so many times that it is not production-ready. On a weekly basis, I encounter problems and have to restart jobs or figure out what is wrong and then run it again. It simply needs to run as all the other Quest NetVault jobs do. If tomorrow there was a brand new Quest NetVault and I had the option to add something to make my life easier, besides improving the Office 365 backup, I would like to see that Quest Co Store products should be a part of Quest NetVault. They work and interact, but I have the impression it should be one solution.
Muhammad Ibtehaj - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Pre-Sales Manager at Arcana Info
Easy to use and mange with reasonable pricing
The main feature is a specific file type. If we want some PDF files just to back up, the prefix is very easy, and we do everything in Veeam backup. It's straightforward to set up. It's stable. The solution is easy to use. You can centrally manage it. It's potentially free to use.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We are able to protect all of our applications and data across the company using only NetVault."
"The interface is very user-friendly."
"This product is very useful and cost effective."
"If a job is pending, the solution communicates it to us through emails."
"It is working fine, and we are able to protect our customer's applications and data across their company with this single solution from Quest."
"We have contacted technical support and they've been very good."
"It has File and SQL backup, which is the main benefit for us."
"NetVault is good for every kind of workload and the backup is very robust."
"This is a reliable system that supports Veeam backup and recovery for Windows."
"The solution is very stable."
"Veeam is very user-friendly and intuitive software."
"In general, it's worked like a charm; it's helped me do backups and restores and it has never failed me in that perspective, except for the ASM disk issues."
"I don't have any major problems with the agent connectivity with Microsoft applications or Microsoft Azure."
"We found the initial setup to be quite simple."
"The stability is good, the solution offers good performance, there are no bugs or glitches, it doesn't crash or freeze, and it's reliable and we haven't had any problems with it at all so far."
"I love Veeam because it is very easy to work with."
 

Cons

"In the next version, I would like to see support for the MongoDB database. As it is now, there is no component that works with it and we cannot back the data up using NetVault."
"Improvements could be made in the deduplication and data management capabilities. There is also a need for better security measures, as security is critical to ensure backups are safe and free from malware."
"I have never been able to have a solid backup of Office 365 using Quest NetVault; it fails so many times that it is not production-ready."
"The initial setup is a little complex."
"I would like to see the option of cloud-based management."
"There are command-line limitations. There is not a very strong possibility to work with the command line. The commands that are there are not that powerful, and you need to be very good at scripting, for example, in PowerShell or in Bash in case it is running on Linux systems. You need to combine a lot of commands together, and still, you will not get a great output that is presentable to others. You cannot work with it as easily."
"There's no positive impact that NetVault Plus has brought to my company; I mean, there's no particular benefit I have seen from using it."
"NetVault does not have the feature set that Commvault has."
"Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows should improve by having more features, easier deployment, and compatibility with Unix boxes."
"The support could be improved a lot, as it is currently non-existent."
"A feature I would like to see is universal restore."
"Some customers that are in the industrial sector are using legacy systems, systems that are very old and running on Windows 2000 or Windows NT, Windows 2003, and they're physical, they're not even virtual. Veeam here is pretty weak, as Veeam supports 2008 or Service Pack 1 and above."
"I would like to see the capability for remote installation of third party applications added( Like installing WinRar MS Office etc..) , and Firewall for servers."
"I can't think of anything that may be missing."
"The price of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows could improve."
"It is not always easy to update this solution to the newer version, so the update process needs to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is expensive."
"When we purchased four licenses, we were given a very good price. However, it is still on the high side when compared to some other vendors."
"The price of our 12-month contract is approximately $1,500 AUD ($1,100 USD)."
"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis."
"The solution is inexpensive, more so than other products."
"It is less expensive than one of its variants."
"We purchased a three-year license, and I think that the prices are ok."
"We have the Community Edition and I believe we bought a license for 200 instances. Veeam Agent is mainly used for our branch offices. Those only have one or two Hyper-V servers, so it's covered with the Community Edition. Basically, it's free. I remember Veeam 7.0 or 8.0 wasn't free, but the Community Edition is."
"We have a cloud provider agreement with Veeam. We are also paying for the agent."
"We have an annual license."
"The solution is free of cost for end users but for enterprise use, a license per user is required."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Construction Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Performing Arts
10%
Photography Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Quest NetVault?
NetVault is a great cloud-ready enterprise backup software for hybrid data centers. Here are some of the things I really like about the solution: It is easy to use right out of the box and scales ...
What needs improvement with Quest NetVault?
Quest NetVault can improve in the area of Office 365 backups. Two years ago, I purchased the Office 365 plug-in or leased it for a year, and I have never been able to have a solid backup of Office ...
What is your primary use case for Quest NetVault?
My use cases for Quest NetVault involve one backup server, which has a Windows-based server with a lot of disks attached. On these disks, I have a virtual type library, and the system also has acce...
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Also Known As

NetVault Backup, Quest NetVault, Quest NetVault Backup, BakBone
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Sample Customers

intel, Mars, MERK, Microsoft, Uber, Visa
ContinuitySA, Landmark Information Group
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