Oracle Data Guard vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

Oracle and Veeam Software are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Oracle is ranked #15 with an average rating of 9.3, while Veeam Software is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.4. Oracle holds a 0.9% mindshare in BRS, compared to Veeam Software’s 11.9% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Veeam Software users who would recommend it.

Oracle Data Guard

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2025

Oracle Data Guard and Veeam Data Platform are competing in the data protection solutions category. Veeam Data Platform has the upper hand due to its feature-rich offerings that many organizations find worth the investment, despite Oracle's competitive pricing and strong support.

Features: Oracle Data Guard offers real-time data transfer, high availability, and seamless failover capabilities. It ensures minimal downtime and data integrity, making it suitable for critical operations. Veeam Data Platform provides advanced backup and recovery options focused on ease of use and integration with diverse IT infrastructures. It delivers comprehensive recovery options and versatility, appealing to broader requirements.

Room for Improvement: Oracle Data Guard could improve by simplifying deployment processes and enhancing usability for non-Oracle environments. Enhanced documentation would also benefit users. Veeam Data Platform could improve by providing more detailed customization options for enterprise solutions and enhancing integration with certain legacy systems, as well as expanding its cloud-based features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Data Guard typically requires deeper integration into existing Oracle ecosystems, demanding significant expertise for optimal deployment. Veeam Data Platform offers a more straightforward deployment process, which is well-documented, reducing time to operationalize. Both platforms provide robust customer support, though Veeam’s diverse support options stand out by offering extensive resources for troubleshooting and implementation guidance.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Data Guard is often bundled with Oracle Database licenses, providing cost efficiencies for existing Oracle users, but it can be costly for new adopters. Veeam Data Platform presents a more flexible pricing structure with scalable options, making it attractive for varied business sizes. In terms of ROI, Veeam’s flexibility and integrated functionalities tend to offer a quicker return, while Oracle’s investments may yield returns over a longer period as it requires a more substantial initial setup.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Data Guard

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

15th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Veeam Data Platform

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

429

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (3rd), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (2nd), Cloud Monitoring Software (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Oracle Data Guard is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Platform is 11.9%, down from 19.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Veeam Data Platform	11.9%
Oracle Data Guard	0.9%
Other	87.2%

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Azhagupandi Parthiban

Vice President Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers near-real-time replication for data consistency and continuously introducing new features through upgrades

There are various advantages. First of all, easy to deploy. The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. In other ways, the implementation is very, very important. Like, we have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product. Once you configure it, it goes through the rollback, and then Data Guard introduces this snapshot thing. So once the restoration happens, we can go back to the original thing, and we make that a standard. It's a pretty decent and key function for Oracle. So, enterprise organizations go for Oracle only for features like these.

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Edward Hore

L3 Infrastructure Engineer at Specsavers

Reliable with good support but needs a better navigation menu

We use Veeam Data to back up our VMware infrastructure Veeam Data Platform is valuable for its stability and the ability to easily contact support for assistance. The support team provides answers whenever we need them. It is also one of the most scalable backup solutions I've worked with. The…

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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

"Oracle Data Guard is scalable. I rate it a ten out of ten."

"The solution is really very stable. One good thing about it, compared to other products, is that you can just run it and forget about it. Unless you come across some interruptions in the network, it works like a charm."

"The solution has been stable so far."

"Another valuable feature is the possibility of backing up the database from the standby database instead of the primary database, to avoid backup process overhead in the primary system."

"The most valuable feature is the flashback standby, which allows us to test without scrapping the database."

"With Data Guard, Oracle guarantees zero data loss, providing peace of mind for organizations relying on their data for critical operations."

"The solution is quite stable. We haven't experienced any bugs, glitches, or crashes. We find it to be quite reliable."

"The most valuable features are the backup and restore. With this in place along with the clustering, the database is safe from hacking, hardware failure, power failures, and system crashes."

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"One thing we like about the product is that it's good and not as expensive as similar products. Right now, there are different ways to back up your information—you can back up directly to a disk or the cloud. It allows you to have various kinds of repositories."

"For me, the most important feature is alerting."

"This is very user-friendly."

"Veeam Backup Replication has good performance and can do location-to-location backups. Additionally, it is user-friendly and easy to manage."

"One of the most valuable features is the integration. Another good feature is the instant recovery."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"It's not complex to replicate and back up the system."

"WAN Accelerator helps tremendously with replicating our data because we have a large chunk of data that gets replicated between our two facilities."

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Cons

"They may need to include the monitoring and the alerting part in Data Guard."

"Oracle Data Guard is stable, but you need to keep monitoring the system all the time. You need to keep monitoring the archives."

"The pricing of the solution is quite high. They should do what they can to bring it down so that it is more reasonable for customers like us."

"I think it would be great to have a graphical interface assistant (like DBCA, ASMCA, NETCA, etc.) for initial configuration, monitoring, configuring Oracle Data Guard Broker and all the Data Guard Broker commands, without needing Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control installed."

"The initial setup is complex."

"The database administration needs improvement. With Oracle, we have a lot of features for administrating data, but it might be too many. It needs to be simplified. It should be automated. Looking at Enterprise Manager, there are too many KPIs in place."

"For Italian medium-sized companies, the main challenge lies in the cost associated with licenses."

"A significant improvement for Oracle Data Guard would be enabling the disaster recovery site to handle read and write operations, not just data storage."

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"The SME that helped us with the implementation would probably have more insight because he used it way more than we have. We just use it for making sure that our backups are done daily, and the replications are being performed between sites. We haven't had any issues at all with it other than the fact that there is a slight process to acquire additional licenses if we want to expand our number of hosts. That's because it is based on the number of cores and threads that are used."

"Veeam Backup & Replication should include a cloud solution."

"I would like for them to develop the ability to fix the way it does backups. We can't pick a backup for one database. We have to do a backup on the whole Exchange VM. I'd like for them to change it to where we can do individual backups."

"Margins should not be distinct; instead, they should seamlessly integrate with the Veeam Backup and Replication tools, requiring minimal separation."

"The data duplication should be improved."

"The only issue on which we would like to see for improvement would be, potentially, the ability to do some different things with recovery, like faster recovery onsite."

"One common customer complaint is that Veeam, not just Veeam ONE, has become increasingly complex over time. This means that it is now very feature-rich, which can be challenging for some users to navigate and understand. There is a need for more education on how to use the GUI and all of the available features. Even regular users of Veeam may struggle to utilize the new features, which makes it more challenging for backup administrators to manage their backups. The platform is not becoming simpler, but rather, it is becoming more complicated over time."

"I would like a solution for SAP systems to be included."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive than Oracle Grid."

"It's a cost-effective solution."

"If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses."

"The pricing is on the higher side."

"The cost is expensive."

"Oracle Data Guard is a feature available only in Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and is available for extra cost."

"It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product."

"The licensing cost is significantly high."

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"We dont have the exact licensing costs, but we pay for a comprehensive service package that includes technical support, cloud services, and data center services. There may be additional costs beyond the standard license, but I'm not sure about the specifics. However, I believe the yearly cost is around five thousand dollars."

"Its licensing is very simple. We can make changes very easily."

"If you tell Veeam that you're competing with, for example, NetBackup or Backup Exec, or Dell or Micro Focus then they may lower the price. They are very competitive."

"Since pricing is per socket, it is not expensive to add capacity as you go along."

"Veeam has been raising its prices in the last two years, so it's now lacking some competitiveness in pricing."

"We are happy with the pricing and we pay for licensing on a subscription basis."

"Several licensing schemes are available."

"Our licensing cost is $200 a year."

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Nov 9, 2014

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

19%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	22

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	216
Midsize Enterprise	99
Large Enterprise	138

Questions from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs. I strongly recommend Data Guard. I've been using it for eight years and I would strongly recommend it. I'd rate Oracle Data Guard a se...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

We're Oracle partners. We've worked with databases 11G and 12C. If a company is planning to implement Oracle solutions, I would suggest they also implement Data Guard. I'd rate the solution nine ou...

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Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four ...

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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...

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Also Known As

Active Data Guard

Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Veeam Backup & Replication

Overview

Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

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Veeam Data Platform is designed for modern data management, providing secure backups, intelligent data insights, and resilience. It ensures data is protected, recoverable, and manageable across complex environments, supporting business continuity effectively.

Veeam Data Platform stands out with its robust capabilities in data protection, orchestrated recovery, and efficient management. It offers a simple interface while ensuring data security and availability, which is critical for businesses. The platform's compatibility with virtual machines, databases, and applications across VMware, Hyper-V, and cloud environments makes it a versatile choice for backup and disaster recovery strategies. Users gain confidence from its performance, from secure backups to facilitating effective infrastructure monitoring.

What are the key features of Veeam Data Platform?

Ease of Use: Simple setup and management interface.
Fast Backup & Restore: Quick backup and immediate recovery options.
Reliable Replication: Secure data replication capabilities.
VM Integration: Seamlessly integrates with virtual environments.
Comprehensive Monitoring: Detailed monitoring and reporting tools.
Ransomware Protection: Advanced data security measures.

What benefits should users consider when evaluating?

Data Security: Ensures data is protected against threats.
Scalability: Grows with organizational demands.
Flexibility: Supports diverse environments and cloud services.
Efficiency: Streamlines data management processes.

Veeam Data Platform is widely implemented by industries needing robust disaster recovery plans and data management solutions. It is particularly valuable in environments utilizing hybrid cloud solutions, protecting mission-critical workloads, and ensuring business continuity. Businesses leverage its capabilities to safeguard data integrity and facilitate long-term retention through efficient infrastructure management.

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Sample Customers

Athenahealth, Discover Financial Services

Business & Legal Resources Inc., Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities, Alliance Healthcare, Poulin Grain Inc., Linear Technology, Northwestern University, ARKEMA, Sogegross, City of Lynchburg

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