We performed a comparison between Veeam Backup & Replication and Veritas Backup Exec based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Veeam Backup & Replication comes out on top in this comparison. According to its users, it is a powerful, comprehensive, and mature solution. Veeam Backup & Replication also received higher marks for its support than Veritas Backup Exec did.
"The most valuable features of Veeam Backup Replication are ease of use, dashboards, and reporting."
"It is cost-effective. A lot of times, people pick Veeam because of its price."
"It is a stable product with useful snapshot and replication features."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the recuperation of the weaker machines."
"The documentation is very good. It's also easy to install Veeam Backup and Replication."
"Veeam Backup Replication's most valuable features are the ease of use, good integration with others solutions, such as Oracle ERP, and by using the UI you can create and achieve operations you want to do."
"The product is very simple in its design. We don't need it to perform complicated tasks."
"Veeam Backup has many valuable features and every feature is different. I have created backups for file-level backup, VMware or hypervisor virtual machines, physical machines, and workstations as well. Every time, I learn something new."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"The product makes it easy to restore data."
"It is responding very well, and its performance is good. It has a lot of options. For backup, you can connect it to a cloud or a physical hard drive. They also provide an API for integration with different platforms and products. However, we have not integrated it with another product."
"The backup potential of the solution is very good. It's protected us in the past very well and allowed us to get up and running after an attack with minimal loss."
"Its reliability and the fact that we have all the skills that we need for Veritas Backup Exec are the most valuable."
"I have found the overall features of the solution very good and there is the option to backup to the cloud."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"They can improve the features and Veeam Enterprise Manager. The interface and features are kind of limited. It would be good if they can provide more features and a better interface. For example, if I want to provide certain users with the privilege to back up and restore and do day-to-day tasks, I cannot do it in the current version. It is like you either give everything to everyone or no user can have access to anything. In version 9, a lot of features were missing, and it wasn't clear. Version 10 is easier from the communication perspective, and the disk backup option is very clear."
"Some of the best practice documentation could be improved."
"Veeam Backup Replication has agents for Linux, but they are not supporting Cluster Shared Volumes. It would be great to have agents for Linux be cluster-aware, just like the Windows agents. That's the main pain point. In addition, we should be able to handle the automation of Oracle backups from the backup server. We should be able to schedule, control, and deploy them from the backup server rather than relying on scripts and/or the system you are backing up to perform the backup. Currently, we install the plug-in inside Oracle VMs and then use crontabs to handle the task schedule on each machine for scheduling the backups. Veeam Backup Replication should also support the automation of Nutanix backups from the backup server, not from the proxy. The other not so major thing is that they don't support legacy systems because Veeam is a new company. It is not as old as other companies. They don't support physical workloads that are really old, which a major challenge, but they do have a point. Legacy systems should be virtualized, and if they're virtualized, then the backup is not an issue with Veeam, but some customers like the physical setup, and they don't want to have it virtual."
"The initial setup is not always easy, and customers often need a lot of help to get Veeam up and running successfully."
"Veeam Backup Replication is a bit difficult to use. If you have used other solutions such as Commvault, you will find it is much easier to use. Veeam Backup Replication does backups in a different way that is not as simple as other solutions. Doing backups of SQL Servers is much easier in Commvault. However, the difficulty could be the lack of experience I have had with Veeam Backup Replication."
"In the future, Veeam should release a hardware backup appliance that can be integrated with their software."
"Its price is higher than other solutions and can be improved. They can also change the version of the software more often."
"The Cloud version is not ready, they need maturity and ease of deployment in terms of management."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
"The deduplication feature can be improved."
"The console of Veritas Backup Exec is complex when compared to other software."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"The pricing could be improved."
"If you keep it for too long and the catalog gets really big, the application tends to move slowly."
"It could be improved in the area of reporting and ease-of-use."
Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery Software with 164 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery Software with 28 reviews. Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.4, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Dynamic and reliable backup solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Excellent backup capabilities with good technical support and a fairly easy initial setup". Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Rubrik, Azure Backup, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Nakivo and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Acronis Backup, Veritas System Recovery and Veritas SaaS Backup. See our Veeam Backup & Replication vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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