We performed a comparison between Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and Veeam Backup & Replication based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Veeam is a brand name that is synonymous with superior modern data protection for any environment. It is widely recognized, reliable, and trustworthy. Veeam Agent for Microsoft is specifically developed for Microsoft Windows and is limited by design specifically for Microsoft. Veeam Backup & Replication can support any load, any application, any storage, and any cloud. It is a complete solution.
"I don't have any major problems with the agent connectivity with Microsoft applications or Microsoft Azure."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"Veeam helps to create a stable environment with virtual servers."
"The most valuable feature is that it's a VMware environment."
"It is a stable solution."
"To do the actual backup configuration is also not too bad."
"We found the initial setup to be quite simple."
"I love Veeam because it is very easy to work with."
"Replication is the most valuable feature."
"The solution works well in two different environments, whether it is on-premises, cloud, or a combination."
"The peace of mind of the backup is very important. Incremental backups make it fast and easy to use. We can recover from any failures in case of any hardware failures or malware attacks. We can do a rollback and recover our services with a little downtime. We can rollback even in the case of unsuccessful updates."
"It's very easy to work with and it's very reliable."
"Very user-friendly and easily recoverable."
"The granular restoration that it provides for a business application is most valuable. For example, for Exchange, we can restore a single mailbox or email. We can also do SQL Server restoration and bare-metal recovery for operating systems."
"They introduced a new feature called the Immutable Repository feature, which helps protect environments from malware attacks that target backup file extensions."
"The most important part is that you actually know you have a backup of the whole virtual server."
"It fulfills our needs in terms of features. In terms of improvements, they can maybe improve its documentation."
"There isn't really anything I would like to improve. Maybe the solution could be more secure."
"They should improve the solution's automation features."
"An area that this solution could be improved would be with the licensing."
"The price of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows could improve."
"Some customers have Oracle databases and Veeam does support back up of Oracle databases."
"Updating and configuration can sometimes be a little bit of a hassel, but once you know the product better it is easy to use."
"If you are doing an AIX backup then you have to use the CLI because it doesn't appear on the console, the way that Windows and Linux jobs do."
"The only improvement I could think of is it could be cheaper—cheaper is always good. Sometimes the product is just finished. Cheaper is always nice for the customer, but the company needs to benefit so that they can keep maintaining the product. New Windows versions, etc., always take some work. At the moment, I wouldn't switch to another solution because of the money."
"It's a great product, but only if you have everything virtualized."
"The more features the solution has the more complex it can be to set up. Veeam Backup & Replication can be complex."
"I prefer a software backup solution that allows me to easily define my origin data, including data files, folders, and virtual machines."
"All our customers would like a cheaper license and more flexible deployment."
"The Veeam portal should be better integrated with all the parts of the new release. But there's always a workaround to replicate the new solution. I'd like to have better integration with other solutions like SAP."
"The remote SQL server has had multiple sizing issues within the logs and SQL backup space and sharing with other database apps."
"Veeam Backup & Replication could improve by making it more user-friendly."
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Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Backup and Recovery with 40 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 328 reviews. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is rated 8.4, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] writes "Functional application availability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is most compared with AOMEI Cyber Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik, AWS Backup and Dell Avamar, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup and Zerto.
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