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SUSE Linux Enterprise vs Veeam Backup for AWS comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 11, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
4.9
SUSE Linux Enterprise provides better ROI and cost savings for SAP deployment than Red Hat, enhancing revenue by 10-15%.
Sentiment score
6.1
Veeam Backup for AWS offers ROI with downtime reduction, data protection, cost savings, but pricing concerns exist for low usage.
I have seen a return on investment by switching our clusters from on-prem to Azure public cloud, using our same Bring Your Own Licenses, which saved costs on licensing.
Senior cloud engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
We experience a good return on investment with Veeam Backup for AWS as we use it to back up more than one hundred servers, which has been very beneficial.
IT Lead at Meditab Software, Inc.
easy data recovery
Senior Software Engineer at Ford Motor Company
It is also a very valuable tool because it has the ability to back up to multiple locations easily, ensuring recovery with minimum downtime and automation of jobs to save time and cost.
Senior Dotnet Developer at Infosys
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise support is generally praised for expertise, though experiences vary, with high costs for certain interactions.
Sentiment score
7.9
Veeam Backup for AWS is praised for excellent, proactive customer support, with high responsiveness and availability ensuring user satisfaction.
SUSE Linux Enterprise provides a stable, secure, and well-supported platform for enterprise workloads, with powerful management tools and robust support for clustering, cloud, and containers.
Senior Lead DevOps Engineer at Kyndryl
The customer support is good; whenever we have opened a case, they have provided detailed explanations of the issues and resolutions.
Senior cloud engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
I rate the customer service 10 out of 10 because SUSE has 24/7 availability support, extended support, security, multi-Linux distribution support, upgradation, and everything is user-friendly.
Devops MAnager at DXC Technology
support was prompt to ask questions and provided updates to fix the problem quickly.
President at Megasetec
The customer support for Veeam Backup for AWS is excellent, unparalleled, top-notch, and best-in-class.
Senior Frontend Developer at HCL Technologies
I rate the technical support highly because they always help us and fix any issues we encounter.
IT Lead at Meditab Software, Inc.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise is praised for its strong scalability, ease of maintenance, cloud compatibility, but faces some kernel issues.
Sentiment score
8.4
Veeam Backup for AWS is highly rated for its scalability, cost-effectiveness, and efficient handling of large, diverse datasets.
Its scalability is quite good since we are using Azure, which allows us to easily scale up or down our resources as needed.
Senior cloud engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
SUSE Linux Enterprise is widely recognized for its strong scalability, making it suitable for organizations of all sizes, from small businesses to global enterprises.
Senior Lead DevOps Engineer at Kyndryl
It has helped us back up huge data, and it is easy to retrieve or restore, making it very scalable.
Data Engineer at Genpact - Headstrong
Veeam Backup for AWS's scalability is impressive, as it is scalable and handles all the data in my organization securely.
Regional Sales Manager at Novartis
It is able to handle any data, whether huge or small, very effectively.
Senior Software Engineer at Ford Motor Company
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
SUSE Linux Enterprise is praised for its stability and reliability, with occasional minor issues in newer versions and Hyper-V.
Sentiment score
8.9
Veeam Backup for AWS is praised for exceptional stability and reliability with efficient support, ensuring dependable performance across environments.
When HANA is utilized by many applications, I notice that while utilization does increase, we have never faced lagging or server unresponsiveness.
Senior cloud engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
I would rate stability for SUSE Linux Enterprise an eight out of ten.
Solution specialist Data and AI at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The reliability and stability of Veeam Backup for AWS are commendable.
IT Lead at Meditab Software, Inc.
Veeam Backup for AWS is very stable, fast, and reliable.
Regional Sales Manager at Novartis
I have noticed no crashing or downtime.
Senior Dotnet Developer at Infosys
 

Room For Improvement

SUSE Linux Enterprise requires improvements in package management, security policies, cloud integration, UI, documentation, licensing, and support services.
Veeam Backup for AWS needs enhancements in reporting, integration, security, cost management, and OS compatibility to boost user satisfaction.
Security is a top concern, and further strengthening default security policies, simplifying compliance management, and integrating advanced vulnerability management tools would be a valuable improvement.
Senior Lead DevOps Engineer at Kyndryl
The software manager was different, making it challenging to install certain applications.
Lead Desktop Support Technician at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
The license we subscribed to should carry over within the same instance family.
IT Manager at a wellness & fitness company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The product would benefit from adding more security features and improving compatibility with other operating systems like IBM AIX.
President at Megasetec
People must be aware of the costs associated with Veeam Backup for AWS and try to manage them. Be aware of it because this is a sudden cost and a surprising cost - what I would say is a hidden cost.
Lead Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
I would like to see features such as live replication that should allow immediate restoration with minimal time and minimal configuration.
IT Lead at Meditab Software, Inc.
 

Setup Cost

SUSE Linux Enterprise provides flexible pricing, emphasizing support over licensing, with mixed affordability perceptions but justified by scalability and support.
Veeam Backup for AWS is valued for affordability, ease of setup, features, and proactive support, despite licensing cost concerns.
Upgrading an instance results in overlapping or double subscription fees.
IT Manager at a wellness & fitness company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I would rate pricing for SUSE Linux Enterprise considering one is a high price and ten is a low price.
Solution specialist Data and AI at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The licensing cost is a bit high.
Senior cloud engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
very cost-effective and affordable
Senior Software Engineer at Ford Motor Company
Veeam Backup for AWS licensing costs are high.
President at Megasetec
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Veeam Backup for AWS was good because the setup cost is low.
Head Cloud Services (Infra & Systems) at Anvek
 

Valuable Features

SUSE Linux Enterprise excels in stability, security, easy administration, cost-effectiveness, and adaptability, ideal for enterprise workloads.
Veeam Backup for AWS offers reliable, fast backups with security, cost management, and easy AWS integration, enhancing disaster recovery.
SUSE Linux had a clean user interface, which was a valuable feature for me.
Lead Desktop Support Technician at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
It has a stable and reliable OS.
IT Manager at a wellness & fitness company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The LVM is very easy to configure, along with simple disk scanning compared to other systems.
Senior cloud engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The features of Veeam Backup for AWS are very easy to use, quick to deploy, offer faster recovery, top-notch security, easy to manage, and cost-effective.
Senior Frontend Developer at HCL Technologies
Veeam Backup for AWS helps us to protect our data from accidental deletion and store data offsite in AWS, so in case a disaster happens in our data center, we can retrieve the data from AWS.
IT Lead at Meditab Software, Inc.
Veeam Backup for AWS has positively impacted my organization by reducing downtime and data losses, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation, achieving cost savings of approximately 60 to 70 percent, providing ease of use and deployment, offering comprehensive backup and recovery features, and ensuring scalable performance has been high.
Data Engineer at Genpact - Headstrong
 

Categories and Ranking

SUSE Linux Enterprise
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
Operating Systems (OS) for Business (6th)
Veeam Backup for AWS
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

SUSE Linux Enterprise and Veeam Backup for AWS aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. SUSE Linux Enterprise is designed for Operating Systems (OS) for Business and holds a mindshare of 5.2%, down 7.3% compared to last year.
Veeam Backup for AWS, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Backup, holds 0.4% mindshare.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SUSE Linux Enterprise5.2%
Rocky Linux10.2%
Ubuntu Linux8.8%
Other75.8%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veeam Backup for AWS0.4%
Veeam Data Platform8.2%
Commvault Cloud6.0%
Other85.4%
Cloud Backup
 

Featured Reviews

MoezCHEBBI - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Lead DevOps Engineer at Kyndryl
Has delivered expert training and enabled smooth migrations using automated deployment tools
SUSE Linux Enterprise is a mature and reliable platform, but there are areas where it can be improved. Modernizing the system management tools is important as many users appreciate YaST for its centralized management, but there is a growing demand for more modern, web-based, and modular tools. The introduction of tools such as Agama, a web-based installer, and Cockpit in newer releases is a step in the right direction.SUSE has made progress with multi-Linux support, allowing organizations to manage and support not just SUSE systems but also other distributions such as Red Hat and CentOS; continuing to expand these capabilities, especially for hybrid and multi-cloud environments, will help organizations manage diverse infrastructure more effectively. Security is a top concern, and further strengthening default security policies, simplifying compliance management, and integrating advanced vulnerability management tools would be a valuable improvement.
Gegax Robert - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Ford Motor Company
Seamless backups have transformed data protection and now safeguard critical workloads
The best features Veeam Backup for AWS offers are that it is fast and reliable, easy to use, creates image backups of PostgreSQL, allows upgrading full functions using the AWS plugin package, and enables using a single console to manage data protection and recovery. Veeam Backup for AWS has positively impacted my organization by solving the challenges of managing backup in complex AWS environments. Its features such as data deduplication and compression offered at a good price are very cost-effective. Backups are also very powerful and easy when using Veeam Backup for AWS software. Since using Veeam Backup for AWS, I have seen specific outcomes such as reduced downtime and data loss by 80% from 60%, along with compliance and risk mitigation and cost savings since it is very easy and cost-effective.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Construction Company
26%
Computer Software Company
10%
Healthcare Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise22
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SUSE Linux Enterprise?
The initial setup is simple and takes five minutes for deployment and if you have automation in place, it will take four minutes.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SUSE Linux Enterprise?
I would rate pricing for SUSE Linux Enterprise considering one is a high price and ten is a low price.
What needs improvement with SUSE Linux Enterprise?
SUSE can make improvements to SUSE Linux Enterprise. I have suggestions about what they can add to the product to simplify users' lives. They need to intensely work on their marketing strategy.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veeam Backup for AWS?
Regarding my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing, the price is very affordable and cost-effective.
What needs improvement with Veeam Backup for AWS?
Veeam Backup for AWS should provide a hybrid solution, and the user interface needs to be more user-friendly. The initial setup was a bit complex, especially for non-technical users.I believe a hyb...
What is your primary use case for Veeam Backup for AWS?
I have been using Veeam Backup for AWS since 2018 and it is one of the best backup solutions available. The software is easy to implement, support, and especially recover information when needed. T...
 

Also Known As

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Air India, Akademicki Szpital Kliniczny (ASK), Allone, Altran, Apollo, ARCHIVA, Asia Innovatory Management School, ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH, AutoData Norge AS, Baldor Electric, Business Connexion, CASIO, Ciclum Farma, Delta Lloyd, Edumate , HPE,  SAP SE,  Lenovo, BMW, T-Systems, UCX, Turners & Growers, Shenzhen Development Bank, Bosch Group, JK Tyres & Industries, IOCL, European Space Agency, Daimler AG, China Minsheng Banking Corp, Café Coffee Day, Unisys,  Petrochina Company Ltd, Fitch Ratings, ABeam Consulting Co Ltd, Tyro Payments, Rackspace, Pacific Textiles, ...
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