VMware Aria Operations vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

IT Solution Architect at DCS

I rate the customer service and support for VMware very highly, at nine out of ten.

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Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech

I would rate technical support around eight or nine.

Paul Paraschivescu

Owner at Micronet Systems

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.5

Veeam Data Platform offers scalable solutions, diverse user support, but faces challenges with pricing and complex environment integration.

Sentiment score

7.4

VMware Aria Operations is praised for its scalability, efficient resource management, and seamless integration with various VMware solutions.

It involves acquiring additional licenses as needed.

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Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I would rate the scalability part of Veeam Data Platform 10 out of 10 because we have the ability to scale out the product at any time with scale-out backup repositories and can add licenses as needed.

JitendraSadaye

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

Featuring a modular architecture, scale-out backup repository, hybrid and cloud scalability, and flexibility to handle growing workloads without major changes in architecture.

Niyajuddin Tiwale

Technique at Digitaltrack

I consider VMware Aria Operations to be very scalable, earning a high rating of nine out of ten.

Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech

I find VMware Aria Operations to be quite scalable for my needs.

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IT Solution Architect at DCS

Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.8

Veeam Data Platform is stable and reliable, excelling in backup and recovery despite minor upgrade complexities.

Sentiment score

7.8

VMware Aria Operations is reliable and stable, with minor issues occasionally arising, often linked to improper setup.

There are no issues with stability in Veeam Data Platform.

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Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I can say the stability of Veeam Data Platform is almost 8 to 9, as the cluster functionality was not there in earlier platforms such as version 12, but is provided in version 13.

JitendraSadaye

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

The solution is not very stable.

IT Solution Architect at DCS

I have never experienced any downtime or lost connectivity.

Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa

I find the stability of VMware Aria Operations to be impressive, rated as a stable nine out of ten.

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Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech

Room For Improvement

Veeam Data Platform needs better integration, support, usability, pricing, security, and enhanced features for improved efficiency and compatibility.

VMware Aria Operations faces user interface complexity, integration issues, high costs, steep learning curve, and needs better documentation.

When a customer confirms, 'Please go and take an EOD backup and retain it for 10 years,' Veeam Data Platform does not support this sort of customization.

Munichandra G

Backup Engineer at Cloud4C Services

The improvement we would like to see is the option to scale Veeam Data up in smaller sections rather than large sections, which requires paying much more.

Edward Hore

L3 Infrastructure Engineer at Specsavers

Reducing it by 20% would make it more accessible to a broader range of customers.

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Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Stability is a significant area that needs improvement as I experience frequent disconnections and interruptions in data collection.

IT Solution Architect at DCS

Customers have commented on the pricing issues, noting that doubling the price is not normal.

Serhad Yıldız

Founder and CEO at Zed

The primary issue is the pricing, which is very expensive for my company's budget.

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Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa

Setup Cost

Veeam Data Platform provides flexible, competitive pricing with various licensing options for diverse enterprise needs, accommodating different deployment scales.

Enterprise reviewers find VMware Aria Operations costly, exceeding budgets, prompting some to consider alternatives for better value.

I don't consider the price expensive given its importance.

reviewer2730012

Sr. Production Analyst at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees

A reduction of 20% in the current cost would make the solution more attractive to clients.

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Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Veeam Data Platform is more expensive than OpenStack because we pay for it in US dollars, while we pay for OpenStack in Egyptian pounds.

Tamer Hossam

Applications section Head at Raya Integration

The pricing is very expensive for my company's budget.

Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa

The pricing and cost of VMware Aria Operations increased significantly after Broadcom acquired VMware.

IT Solution Architect at DCS

This makes the cost complex to determine individually.

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Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech

Valuable Features

Veeam Data Platform excels with ease of use, efficiency, scalability, security, and affordability for data protection and virtualization.

VMware Aria Operations offers comprehensive monitoring, management, and scalability with predictive analytics, real-time visibility, and vCenter integration.

The platform is user-friendly, comprehensive, and compatible with numerous market solutions, including virtualization and bare metal servers.

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Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The most important aspect of this platform is data security with immutable data in the storage.

reviewer2730012

Sr. Production Analyst at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The backup for specific disks feature has helped me by allowing us to take backups specifically for data we need, rather than for the whole server as a single disk, such as just backing up the root disk.

Ranimshikho Ranimshikho

DavOps at a university with 51-200 employees

It allows me to perform deep monitoring and logging of the entire environment, providing a quick alarm and warning system through email.

Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech

The valuable features of VMware Aria Operations include the single pane of glass for all my environments, which allows a deep dive into the metrics.

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IT Solution Architect at DCS

The most valuable features of VMware Aria Operations are its stability, ease of use, and extensive range of features.

Serhad Yıldız

Founder and CEO at Zed

Categories and Ranking

Veeam Data Platform

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

434

Ranking in other categories

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

VMware Aria Operations

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

376

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Management (3rd), Virtualization Management Tools (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

Veeam Data Platform and VMware Aria Operations aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Veeam Data Platform is designed for Backup and Recovery and holds a mindshare of 5.6%, down 9.9% compared to last year.
VMware Aria Operations, on the other hand, focuses on Virtualization Management Tools, holds 22.0% mindshare, down 31.9% since last year.

Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Veeam Data Platform	5.6%
Commvault Cloud	3.2%
Rubrik	3.0%
Other	88.2%

Backup and Recovery

Virtualization Management Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
VMware Aria Operations	22.0%
IBM Turbonomic	17.1%
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager	8.7%
Other	52.2%

Virtualization Management Tools

Featured Reviews

Munichandra G

Backup Engineer at Cloud4C Services

Backup policies have strengthened security and replication but still need flexible long-term retention

The support and compatibility are areas of concern. When it comes to Azure workloads, Veeam Data Platform has limitations with only MS SQL database and Cosmos, and no other databases are supported by Veeam Backup for Azure. The main challenge I noticed is that enterprise customers may have a requirement to retain backups for 10 years or 15 years with monthly and weekly backups. In Veeam Data Platform, we do not have customization or compatibility to retain specific data backups as monthly and yearly. The retention schedule is fixed. For instance, it is the first Friday of the backup or the last Friday of the month. If it is weekly, it should be one of the weeks. If it is monthly, it should be the last Friday. For yearly, it is the last Friday of that respective month in that year. However, this should not be the case. When a customer confirms, 'Please go and take an EOD backup and retain it for 10 years,' Veeam Data Platform does not support this sort of customization. I even raised a case with Veeam Data Platform and they clearly stated that Veeam Data Platform only accepts the GFS policy according to the retention defined, and there is no customization available. This is a significant limitation. I should have the customization to go and take a backup of a specific date, month, or year, but Veeam Data Platform does not allow this and restricts me to only the policy supported. For example, if I take any backup, I do not have an option to extend the retention. If a customer asks, 'Please take a backup,' and later requests, 'No, it is very critical. Can you please extend the retention for 15 years?' Veeam Data Platform does not support this. Veeam Data Platform does not allow me to extend the retention in the way other tools do. These are limitations I came across in my experience, and I feel these are minimal requirements. The same features are offered by other third-party backup tools available in the market. From the analytics point of view, I personally feel some challenges. Veeam Data Platform has two different products: VBR and Veeam Backup for Azure. As we are running on cloud platforms, if we are in Azure, we must go for Veeam Backup for Azure. If we need to create copy jobs, I must again come to VBR. However, Veeam ONE is not capable enough to integrate both platforms. For instance, if I am taking backup of workloads through Veeam Backup for Azure, I could not find an option to integrate it into Veeam ONE for reports and analytics. It is only limited to VBR. Whatever jobs we created in VBR are displayed there, but Veeam Backup for Azure does not integrate, at least from what I have explored, and it should not be this way. Veeam ONE should support all Veeam Data Platform products.

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Have faced limitations due to high costs but have maintained reliability over time

Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa

The primary issue is the pricing, which is very expensive for my company's budget. We cannot afford to pay such a large fee. We are not Microsoft or BMW; we are a small company. As a small company, I have no power to negotiate directly with VMware. Perhaps larger companies have more opportunity to contract directly with VMware, but I do not have that leverage. The only path I can follow is to change solutions. Net.spA is a company working in the field of waste management. We are not a technological company, so we do not have a large margin to justify purchasing and maintaining the VMware infrastructure at current costs.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Financial Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

13%

Construction Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	218
Midsize Enterprise	99
Large Enterprise	144

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	65
Midsize Enterprise	61
Large Enterprise	282

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