We performed a comparison between Veeam Backup & Replication and Veritas NetBackup 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 easier to set up and more user friendly than Veritas NetBackup.
"The most valuable feature of Veeam Backup & Replication is that we can back up in-house and multiple cloud providers' storage."
"One of the most valuable features is the simplicity of the solution's administration."
"Initially setting up the product is easy."
"The replication feature has proven to be the most valuable feature for us."
"This is easy to use with a simple restore feature."
"A simple and stable solution for small businesses that use virtualization."
"My customers find the backup and recovery ease of use is the most beneficial feature."
"Veeam Backup Replication has good performance and can do location-to-location backups. Additionally, it is user-friendly and easy to manage."
"We have an issue with the last version on the latest backup of the solution as it is not compatible with Sybase 16.5."
"Veritas NetBackup provides good backup performance, and I can mount the snapshot without an installer."
"The troubleshooting is very good."
"The backup and restoration are 100 percent guaranteed."
"Specific features that I could not do without are SLPs for replication and duplication control and AIR which makes DR easy."
"Best feature is its three-tier backup."
"It was especially useful with the appliances we use on a daily basis."
"The most valuable feature is flexibility."
"It is efficient but can improve security-wise."
"If you upgrade too quickly, you may have issues."
"The replicating from Veeam Backup Replication to Azure cloud could be improved."
"Physical backup is always where room for improvement could be but Veeam has always stated they are not going in that direction."
"They need to focus more on cloud backup."
"Additional executive summary reports for the entire infrastructure would be a nice to have."
"In Linux, I suggest you backup for a PostgreSQL database."
"The implementation was straightforward. However, we used an integrator, the process could be easier for us to do it ourselves."
"The pricing is a bit of a concern. If could be lower."
"The biggest additional features needed are more cloud capabilities and security from ransomware."
"The product is not able to keep up with other competitors in the market."
"You cannot tell what your costs are going to be by using the dashboard, which is something that should be improved."
"I do not really like NetBackup as it is coming from a mix of other software packages."
"The pricing could be improved, and the interface could be more intuitive."
"The most common problem is the backup failures over the weekend. We have to troubleshoot and sometimes do restores and then we have trouble doing some of the restores."
"It would be helpful, in future releases, if the solution could add WORM (Write Once Read Many) support right within the product."
Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 22 reviews. Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Simple deployment, exceptional restore capability, and seamlessly data recovery". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "A stable and versatile product that is compatible with many platforms". Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, NAKIVO Backup & Replication and Zerto, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Azure Backup, Veritas Backup Exec and Dell NetWorker. See our Veeam Backup & Replication vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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