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VMware vSphere vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

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
7.4
Veeam Data Platform ensures rapid ROI, efficiency, cost savings, and robust data protection with flexible pricing and recovery capabilities.
Sentiment score
6.6
VMware vSphere offers cost savings, increased efficiency, and quick ROI through streamlined management, reduced hardware costs, and improved performance.
Timing is saved by forty to fifty percent, and faster recovery operations now take thirty to sixty minutes, down from five to ten minutes.
Technique at Digitaltrack
I have seen a return on investment as it saves time and money by preventing us from being in a disaster situation.
DavOps at a university with 51-200 employees
Server consolidation can reduce the physical server count by 60 to 80%, resulting in less spending on hardware purchases, data center rack spaces, power consumption, cooling space, and maintenance contracts.
Associate Team Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We can say 10% is the approximate amount of savings because most of the things are automated and streamlined, so the manual work is eliminated in most cases.
Sr. Technical Architect at StarOne IT Solutions
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
Veeam Data Platform's customer service is praised for being excellent and responsive, despite occasional delays and communication challenges.
Sentiment score
6.6
VMware vSphere's support is knowledgeable and effective, but response times and resolution speed vary, affecting overall satisfaction.
Most cases are handled perfectly.
Applications section Head at Raya Integration
I would rate their technical support a 10 out of 10.
Sr. Production Analyst at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The escalation from first, second to third tier is sometimes very long-lasting, but the resolve rate is quite high.
Managing Director at INT/box GmbH
Priority one issues are usually addressed by engineers within one to two hours.
Server Support Engineer at CIPL - Corporate Infotech Pvt Ltd
Recently, support has been less friendly and slower, especially after the company was acquired by Broadcom.
Revenue Operations Specialist at KK AGC
If we have issues, the support tends to be unreliable
Technical Assistant at EOCD
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Veeam Data Platform provides scalable solutions for diverse workloads, with cloud compatibility and flexible licensing despite some legacy limitations.
Sentiment score
7.2
VMware vSphere offers robust scalability, supporting seamless expansion and integration, with users praising minimal issues and effective large environment management.
It involves acquiring additional licenses as needed.
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.
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.
Technique at Digitaltrack
Scaling is easy, whether it is hyperconverged or a three-tier architecture.
Manager of Solutions and Support at Esconet Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
VMware vSphere is highly scalable in terms of the number of users and the number of servers it can handle.
Revenue Operations Specialist at KK AGC
It is a highly scalable solution.
Technical Assistant at EOCD
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Veeam Data Platform is praised for its reliable stability, with swift resolution of occasional minor issues and efficient support.
Sentiment score
7.9
VMware vSphere is highly reliable with minimal downtime, offering excellent uptime and support despite minor, quickly resolved bugs.
There are no issues with stability in Veeam Data Platform.
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.
Associate Technical Specialist at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Most features will not fail, such as vMotion, snapshot recovery, and disaster recovery points.
Information Technology Architect at Central Bank of India
It is a very stable hypervisor solution.
Manager of Solutions and Support at Esconet Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
While they are generally stable, if outages occur, they tend to be due to brands like HP or Dell, not VMware vSphere itself.
Revenue Operations Specialist at KK AGC
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek improved integration, enhanced features, better automation, and simpler configurations for Veeam Data Platform, emphasizing cost-effectiveness and usability.
VMware vSphere requires better UI, affordability, fault tolerance, cloud integration, automation, scalability, support, and enhanced documentation.
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.
L3 Infrastructure Engineer at Specsavers
Reducing it by 20% would make it more accessible to a broader range of customers.
Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
OpenStack is something Veeam Data Platform doesn't support, and they haven't indicated that they will support it in the future.
Applications section Head at Raya Integration
If I want to add micro-segmentation for a particular set of VMs, I need to purchase it as an add-on, but after purchasing, I cannot utilize it due to license limitations.
Information Technology Architect at Central Bank of India
The cost changed from perpetual to subscription, and there is a need for alternative solutions.
Manager of Solutions and Support at Esconet Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Another area is the stability during upgrades from older versions to newer versions, where we face issues.
Manager of Systems at Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology
 

Setup Cost

Veeam Data Platform provides flexible pricing with complex licensing models, seen as reasonable but potentially costly for large-scale implementation.
VMware vSphere's pricing is high, with significant setup costs and complex licensing; alternatives like Hyper-V may offer savings.
I don't consider the price expensive given its importance.
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.
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.
Applications section Head at Raya Integration
Many customers are trying to avoid it due to its high cost.
Technical Assistant at EOCD
Costs significantly increased from perpetual to subscription, with prices rising by two to three times over three to five years.
Manager of Solutions and Support at Esconet Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
The solution is too expensive.
Revenue Operations Specialist at KK AGC
 

Valuable Features

Veeam Data Platform excels in ease of use, scalability, and data security while integrating seamlessly with virtual environments.
VMware vSphere offers features like High Availability, scalability, seamless workload migration, strong security, and efficient resource management.
The platform is user-friendly, comprehensive, and compatible with numerous market solutions, including virtualization and bare metal servers.
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.
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.
DavOps at a university with 51-200 employees
The vMotion feature is beneficial for online migration of virtual machines from one host to another without downtime.
Manager of Solutions and Support at Esconet Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
The tool is highly available, which is crucial for implementing critical applications requiring 24/7 availability.
Revenue Operations Specialist at KK AGC
I always use VMware vSphere vMotion; we work with this feature all the time. vMotion is very useful; that's why we use the virtualization.
IT Director at Def Industry
 

Categories and Ranking

Veeam Data Platform
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
433
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (1st), Cloud Backup (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (2nd)
VMware vSphere
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
461
Ranking in other categories
Server Virtualization Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Veeam Data Platform and VMware vSphere aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Veeam Data Platform is designed for Backup and Recovery and holds a mindshare of 5.8%, down 15.7% compared to last year.
VMware vSphere, on the other hand, focuses on Server Virtualization Software, holds 19.1% mindshare, up 16.2% since last year.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veeam Data Platform5.8%
Commvault Cloud3.4%
Rubrik3.2%
Other87.6%
Backup and Recovery
Server Virtualization Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware vSphere19.1%
Hyper-V19.8%
Proxmox VE10.4%
Other50.699999999999996%
Server Virtualization Software
 

Featured Reviews

JitendraSadaye - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Technical Specialist at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Backup operations have become reliable and reporting now simplifies hybrid cloud protection
Veeam Data Platform has Veeam Enterprise Manager as well as Veeam ONE as valuable features, which allow us to generate various kinds of reports that are required for the customer. Instant VM Recovery is a good feature of the high-speed recovery features in Veeam Data Platform, and Continuous Data Protection (CDP) is also a good feature. Ransomware protection is a good feature added in Veeam Data Platform from version 12 onwards, and the ability to create immutable repositories is also a good feature in Veeam. The analytics part of Veeam Data Platform is a good solution because I have worked on various backup technologies such as EMC NetWorker and NetBackup. However, I have not used the analytical parts currently but will check it out. Streamlining processes as well as saving money are benefits that Veeam Data Platform provides for the end user, as it allows for application-aware backups and database backups without the need for various kinds of licenses that other backup software requires. Veeam offers socket-based licenses, instance-based licenses, and capacity-based licenses, which is a great feature.
RajeshK10 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Architect at Central Bank of India
Reliable virtualization has supported smooth DR drills and efficient resource allocation
VMware vSphere has proven to be robust in nature, and the new features are quite acceptable. The new features in NSX network switching make it more useful in the reliability management of data centers. vMotion has helped my organization's business continuity strategies during our planned DR drill activity. The migration of VMs from DC to DR is quite smooth with respect to the network link. I assess the impact of VMware vSphere's High Availability feature on my infrastructure resilience as effective during DR drill activities and firmware upgrades, which we perform every six months. During those times, we rely on maintenance mode of several servers, and HA works properly. I have nothing to complain about. We have utilized VMware vSphere's Distributed Resource Scheduler effectively. Even though we have over-provisioned the vCPUs, it efficiently manages the CPU cores and memory of the servers intelligently, so I am not experiencing any bottleneck in resource utilization. Distributed Resource Scheduler has affected my resource allocation performance positively, providing a 20 percent advantage over my old hardware.
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Comparison Review

it_user234735 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Consultant, ASEAN at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 10, 2015
Hyper-V 2012 R2 vs. VMware vSphere 5.5
I was won with Hyper-V 2012R2 recently and the table below based on customer RFP (edited). This articles all about technical, there is not related with TCO/ROI, licensing cost, “political”, etc. Another to noted is the Windows Server 2012 licenses is based on 2 socket CPU, meanwhile…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business220
Midsize Enterprise98
Large Enterprise141
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business177
Midsize Enterprise138
Large Enterprise261
 

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Also Known As

Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Veeam Backup & Replication
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Sample Customers

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Abu Dhabi Ports Company, ACS, AIA New Zealand, Consona, Corporate Express, CS Energy, and Digiweb.
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