Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

Quest Software and Veeam Software are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Additionally, 90% of Quest Software users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Veeam Software users who would recommend it.

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]

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Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 26, 2025

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] and Veeam Data Platform compete in the data backup and recovery market. Veeam appears to have a slight advantage due to its broad integration capabilities and efficient recovery features.

Features: Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] offers real-time replication, advanced snapshot capabilities, and supports data deduplication and compression. Users find it easy to manage with strong VM recovery options. Veeam Data Platform is known for its integration with various environments, offers comprehensive backup solutions, and supports granular recovery features with cloud integration. Its instant recovery and detailed reporting are well-received by users.

Room for Improvement: Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] could improve its support response times, reporting features, and compatibility with older systems. Challenges are noted in configuration backups and the absence of file-level recovery from non-VM sources. Veeam Data Platform's enhancements could include better integration with legacy systems like HP-UX and SAP, increased support for physical workloads, and improved cloud connectivity. Users desire simplified management and enhanced capacity planning.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both products are commended for their technical support. Quest is noted for its responsive assistance during recovery operations, while Veeam provides extensive global support but may have a complex initial setup. Quest is favored for its simple on-premises deployment, whereas Veeam supports diverse models including cloud-focused solutions. Users appreciate the comprehensive forums and knowledge bases provided by both companies.

Pricing and ROI: Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] is cost-competitive for large setups but may be pricey for small businesses, with added cloud storage costs. Rapid ROI from preventing data loss is a key value. Veeam Data Platform is seen as flexible and competitively priced, offering enterprise features at reasonable costs, but concerns about rising expenses exist. Both solutions justify costs through effective data security, with Quest saving on storage via deduplication and Veeam offering flexible recovery options.

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Categories and Ranking

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Veeam Data Platform

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

433

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (1st), Cloud Backup (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (2nd)

Q&A Highlights

it_user177801

IT consultant at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Jul 23, 2023

Software replication to remote sites during disaster recovery?

We have recently implemented Zerto as a disaster recovery solution. Not only does it replicated, it allows you to created boot orders for the VM's. This means you can have your SQL server start and set an automatic delay for the applications servers. It can also be configured to bring a failover test up on an isolated network for DR testing. It can also replicate between different hypervisors. For example, you can replicated from VMware to Hyper-V or AWS. They are adding more hypervisors with newer released.

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Adam Augustín

Country Manager at Prianto Ltd

Granular recovery, replication is good and offers good speed

It is for any kind of company that uses their own servers. From a global perspective, our clients are small-sized companies. All the SMEs, compared to the Slovakian market, are quite small. It's a small market with small companies. They just want to enhance security and follow regulations It's…

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JitendraSadaye

Associate Technical Specialist at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

Backup operations have become reliable and reporting now simplifies hybrid cloud protection

Veeam Data Platform has Veeam Enterprise Manager as well as Veeam ONE as valuable features, which allow us to generate various kinds of reports that are required for the customer. Instant VM Recovery is a good feature of the high-speed recovery features in Veeam Data Platform, and Continuous Data Protection (CDP) is also a good feature. Ransomware protection is a good feature added in Veeam Data Platform from version 12 onwards, and the ability to create immutable repositories is also a good feature in Veeam. The analytics part of Veeam Data Platform is a good solution because I have worked on various backup technologies such as EMC NetWorker and NetBackup. However, I have not used the analytical parts currently but will check it out. Streamlining processes as well as saving money are benefits that Veeam Data Platform provides for the end user, as it allows for application-aware backups and database backups without the need for various kinds of licenses that other backup software requires. Veeam offers socket-based licenses, instance-based licenses, and capacity-based licenses, which is a great feature.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"Our company survived a ransomware attack and the repository was not encrypted by the Conti ransomware strain, and it enables us to recover complete systems, applications, and data with little or no disruption to the work environment."

"The solution offers a 100% guarantee that if it's backed up you will be able to restore it onto any platform you want."

"You can go for this solution; it is a very dependable solution, and we can be confident that this recovery software is working very well."

"Rapid Recovery is one of the most durable and rock-stable solutions."

"The fact that it can take a snapshot of everything on a server and replicate it on another server in real-time is the most valuable feature."

"One feature I found that's the most valuable in Quest Rapid Recovery is the VM standby feature which is very useful for my current customer. The solution also has a great replication feature. The third most valuable feature in Quest Rapid Recovery is the five-minute RPO and the fifteen-minute RTO. The solution is also very user-friendly."

"Probably the point-in-time recovery is most valuable. The other piece that is really nice is that you can mount a whole server at any point in time. So, you can mount the server with all the drives to a Z drive or something like that. It will just mount it all up, and your data is accessible right there on one drive, which is nice."

"Definitely, the mount and recovery points are the most valuable, because if someone deletes a file or something, or if something gets corrupted, we can always revert back to an old change because our repository goes about a month back. The ability to roll back files and the ability to roll back servers is really important."

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"Coming from tape backup environment to using Veeam and cloud upload dramatically changed and improved our backup process."

"Veeam One is easy to use. You don't need to get very technical or specific class training. Anyone can start using it."

"Strong performance with a high level of compatibility."

"If you have virtual environments or databases, Veeam Backup Replication is a good solution."

"It is a global major solution for quite a lot of people."

"The solution gives me everything which no physical machine gives, however, it is much easier to relocate to do anything with it."

"We were concerned about ransomware attacks and with Veeam now we are protected."

"The product could be improved if they wrote more PowerShell scripts for controlling Veeam."

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Cons

"Most people may just find that it is undesirable to pay per call."

"When you do a full backup, all of the memory resources on the server are used, which is something that should be improved."

"Sometimes, when we have certain batches for Windows, it needs to be restarted. When it's restarted, the service is configured as a delayed start. Sometimes, you need to wait too long until it rights itself, or you have to do it manually."

"It would be nice if you could deploy the agent without having to reboot."

"I think the self-paced learning and knowledge base can always be improved so that users can self-service without having to contact either a reseller or Quest. I know there are things that I would have been looking for to try and solve. And the only way I could get there was to actually open a ticket rather than go through self-service through the portal."

"Rapid Recovery can only backup the machine or disc, but it can't back up from folders, and files, and things like that."

"In terms of what needs improvement in Quest Rapid Recovery, though the solution is seamless, right now, they are just giving the software which means we'll need to arrange the hardware. If they can combine the appliance and software, that would be a great approach. In the next release of Quest Rapid Recovery, it would be great if they'd add a folder backup feature because only a snapshot backup feature is available at the moment."

"You can only take a snapshot from a virtual environment. It should have the ability to take snapshots from both a virtual and physical environment."

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"The challenge for us is to have resources up to date so that our skills and technical knowledge are up-to-date."

"Being able to do both VMware and Hyper-V backups at the same time. At the moment, as far as I know, you can only do one or the other."

"Veeam ONE does the basic job of reporting, but it does not meet my requirements of automated resolution."

"I've always found recovery speed to be its downfall."

"We had issues with the technical support. We had a very good response for some incidents and a very bad one for other incidents."

"There needs to be more integration with VMware and the virtual machine."

"The initial setup is complex."

"It needs to support more applications."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I believe the basic license comes with six terabytes, whereas a lot of the other ones are four terabytes. From the price point, it seemed a lot better than the comparative models, such as Datto, Barracuda, and some of the others. I believe Barracuda was about $15,000 for four terabytes, and Quest was around $12,000 for six terabytes. Pricing is based on the period. There is just the maintenance fee that you have to pay annually, or you can pay for a three-year or four-year contract. This includes Premier Support."

"Its price is okay. It is reasonable in terms of the way it works."

"It's very expensive which is why I want to drop it. They charge us per core and we have a six-core server. It's expensive to pay for maintenance charges. I want to switch to something cheaper."

"I don't think the licensing for the product is very expensive."

"The pricing is on the higher end."

"It is a little expensive. However, I haven't compared it to other solutions. Being a nonprofit, it is always good to have nonprofit discounts on products."

"I'm not aware of the exact cost of Quest Rapid Recovery because I'm from the technical team, but in general, the solution is quite competitive cost-wise."

"When I purchased the change to the license, it was $1,600. I think that was for changing the license. I don't believe that I had to purchase technical support in a while, so I must've bought maybe for five years, but I don't feel there was a huge cost involved in technical support. Its cost was definitely worth it because we've had a fantastic experience with them."

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"Room for improvement is actually more in the way of licensing. The really good and useful features are in the Enterprise plus edition, and that one is really expensive."

"Veeam Backup Replication is inexpensive for small workloads."

"Veeam ONE is moderately priced, where it is neither expensive nor cheap."

"We purchase a license annually."

"The price of Veeam is much lower than the IBM solution."

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

"We are on an annual license for Veeam Backup Replication. We could expand or upgrade the license for the Office365 features. Next year we might go to a three-year plan for support on license."

"The price of this product is very good."

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Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Nov 9, 2014

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Answers from the Community

it_user177801

IT consultant at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Sep 20, 2016

Software replication to remote sites during disaster recovery?

2 out of 16 answers

it_user157908

Tower Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Jan 5, 2015

Hello, Check the VBA module from networker legato software, it might be what you need. Kind Regards, John.

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it_user136023

Consultant at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

Jan 5, 2015

So does that mean you want to have a Disaster Recovery solution where data is not on site your bunker site? but yet allows for a fast recovery in case your primary site is down? - What virtualization solution do you use? - What is the link between the 2 (?) sites? - What RPO and RTO are you aiming for? - How much data do you need to recover?

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Company Size

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Small Business	219
Midsize Enterprise	98
Large Enterprise	142

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Quest Rapid Recovery?

Dell solutions are approximately 30% to 35% more expensive than Veeam.

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What needs improvement with Quest Rapid Recovery?

The product is expensive.

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What is your primary use case for Quest Rapid Recovery?

We have sold some of the products to our customers, mainly to remove competitors like Veeam and also other appliances that do not have the whole package integrated into just one appliance.

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Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?

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Also Known As

Dell AppAssure

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

Overview

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] provides easy-to-use backup and recovery capabilities, emphasizing granular recovery and point-in-time restoration with simple installation, data replication, and user-friendly navigation.

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] helps manage infrastructure environments with features supporting disk backup, archiving, VM standby, and replication. Despite limitations like sluggish GUI, lack of support for tape and Mac, and high memory use, users appreciate its real-time data replication and strong reliability. The tool is employed in on-prem deployments and aids in disaster recovery, protecting data across cloud and on-premise servers, securing databases, and facilitating quick recovery during failures.

What are Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]'s key features?

Ease of Use: Simplifies operations with a user-friendly interface.
Granular Recovery: Allows detailed data retrieval.
Point-in-Time Restoration: Enables specific time data recovery.
Real-time Replication: Ensures up-to-date data replication.
Compression and Deduplication: Streamlines data management.

What benefits can users expect from Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]?

Improved Storage Efficiency: Enhanced by archiving and disk backup support.
Flexibility: Utilizing VM standby and replication features.
Reliability: Offers fast emergency recovery with minimal admin burden.

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] is integral for industries requiring robust data protection, encompassing crucial server and database backups in compliance-focused environments with SQL databases and Hyper-V hosts, ensuring swift and dependable recovery solutions.

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Veeam Data Platform is a global leader in data resilience, offering protection and recovery solutions that keep businesses operational. It integrates secure backups with intelligent data insights, providing robust defense against cyber threats and ensuring data remains recoverable and adaptable.

Engineered to address modern cybersecurity challenges, Veeam Data Platform delivers reliable protection with orchestrated and verifiable recovery processes. Its platform extends beyond traditional backup, providing frictionless operations and ensuring that data is secure and always available. With features like built-in defenses, cleanroom recovery validation, and a streamlined software appliance, organizations maintain business continuity without disruption. As a trusted choice, Veeam empowers firms to effectively manage data across virtual and physical environments, fostering resilience in the face of adversity.

What are the key features of Veeam Data Platform?

Easy Installation: Simplifies deployment and management processes.
VM Integration: Offers seamless integration with virtual machine environments.
Instant Recovery: Provides fast backup and restore capabilities.
Granular Recovery: Enables detailed recovery options.
Robust Replication: Supports powerful data replication features.
Data Deduplication: Enhances backup efficiency.
WAN Acceleration: Optimizes data transfer speeds.
Application-Specific Backup: Tailors backup solutions to specific applications.

What benefits and ROI should users consider when reviewing Veeam?

Reliable Protection: Ensures data security and availability.
Scalability: Adapts easily to growing infrastructure needs.
Cloud Integration: Facilitates seamless cloud and on-premise interactions.
Centralized Management: Offers comprehensive data management solutions.
Minimal Downtime: Ensures continuous business operations.

In many industries, Veeam Data Platform is integral for robust data management strategies. It is widely used for backup, replication, and data protection across both virtual and physical environments. Organizations value its support for VMs, file-level recovery, and efficient disaster recovery scenarios. Additionally, the platform's capability to integrate with cloud and on-premise systems ensures efficient centralized backup management, meeting the diverse demands of large-scale infrastructures.

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Sample Customers

PRIME aerostructures GmbH, Tamworth Regional Council, Rhondda Housing Association, Stadtwerke Pforzheim GmbH & Co., Guangdong Aiyingdao Childrens Department Store, Nspyre, Tarrant Technology Partners, CloudRunner

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