Veritas Access vs Veritas Access Appliance comparison

Veritas Access and Veritas Access Appliance are both solutions in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category. Veritas Access is ranked #16 with an average rating of 9.0, while Veritas Access Appliance is ranked #26. Veritas Access holds a 1.1% mindshare in SDS, compared to Veritas Access Appliance’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Veritas Access users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Veritas Access Appliance users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

Veritas Access and Veritas Access Appliance compete in data management, offering distinct capabilities for storage solutions. Veritas Access has the upper hand with its flexible software-defined storage, while Veritas Access Appliance excels in seamless integration of hardware and software.

Features: Veritas Access provides flexibility, supporting diverse storage environments with scalable infrastructure, data management efficiency, and policy-driven access control. Veritas Access Appliance offers an integrated hardware and software solution, enhances data protection and recovery, and simplifies management with robust security features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Veritas Access can be implemented across various hardware setups, offering comprehensive support for different storage needs. Veritas Access Appliance focuses on streamlined deployment with pre-configured settings, simplifying the setup process and providing reliable customer service through dedicated support channels.

Pricing and ROI: Veritas Access has a lower initial software setup cost for those optimizing existing infrastructure, with ROI benefits from flexible and cost-efficient scaling. Veritas Access Appliance requires a higher initial investment due to bundled hardware but delivers a strong ROI through simplified management and improved security, making it worthwhile for businesses needing a cohesive storage solution.

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Veritas Access vs. Veritas Access Appliance

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Pure Storage FlashBlade

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category, the mindshare of Pure Storage FlashBlade is 4.2%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Access is 1.1%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Access Appliance is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Software Defined Storage (SDS) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Pure Storage FlashBlade	4.2%
Veritas Access	1.1%
Veritas Access Appliance	0.9%
Other	93.8%

Software Defined Storage (SDS)

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Eric Black

Solutions Architect at Recovery Point Systems

The ability to leverage multi-tenancy along with immutability is a huge benefit for us

The only thing I feel FlashBlade is missing is the SOS API. If it had SOS API, that would put it well over the top. Veeam Backup specifically has started to streamline their API, and they are doing that with SOS API. They have optimized it. Any of the S3 devices out there that support this SOS API can have far more API calls at once. On our side, that translates to better restoration. With SOS API, it can leverage far more restorations at a single given time or read from the device in simple terms. That results in maximizing the output and throughput from the device itself.

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Jayson Martin

Head IT Data Storage at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Provides seamless integration within the existing infrastructure and has an easy deployment process

We leverage Veritas Access for efficient management of our extensive unstructured data. Its cost-effectiveness, notably providing the lowest cost per terabyte, has influenced our decision to use it for extended data retention periods. We aim to minimize yearly expenditure on capacity while ensuring high-performance levels. Despite focusing on long-term retention, it enables direct and efficient data recovery from the client, ensuring that accessibility is maintained. The most essential feature of Veritas Access for our storage needs is its support for both block and object storage. The data tiering capability of Veritas Access has had a positive impact on our storage efficiency by preventing unnecessary expenditures on capacity, especially in terms of backup operations. It provides seamless integration within the existing infrastructure. It helps us meet compliance and data retention requirements, particularly from an insurer's perspective. I rate the product a nine out of ten.

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M Amin Anwar

Sr. Technical Support Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Overall functions well, stable, but technical support could improve

Veritas Access Appliance installation is user-friendly. You need network team cooperation for the setup of the cluster configuration. The Veritas Access Appliance initial configuration process is broken into two phases. The first phase requires that you perform each configuration step on each individual node. You should have two terminal windows open during the first phase, each logged into one of the nodes. During the second phase of the initial configuration, you should only perform the steps on one of the nodes. When you start the second phase of the initial configuration, close one of the terminal windows and continue doing the steps on only one of the nodes. When you initiate the cluster configuration, the settings that you configured on the current node are copied over to the second node in a one-time synchronization event.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable features of this solution are the rewrite speed and the nonstop services."

"The ease of deployment and management has helped us simplify our storage. We also do not have to worry about capacity management as much. A lot of these things are native to Pure Storage."

"We have integrated it with VMware. The integration process is pretty good. Especially with VMware, it helps with the capacity of it."

"The performance of FlashBlade is excellent. It does not necessarily leverage the SOS API that some of the newer products leverage, but I found its speed pretty much on par and comparable. It is fast, and it does what it is supposed to do."

"The tool's most valuable feature is its fast performance, especially in handling snapshots. It helps during power outages when we need to quickly move data between different data centers. It ensures efficient replication and helps maintain our data centers' uptime."

"FlashBlade offers low latency, high throughput, and seamless scalability."

"The initial setup is pretty easy and simple."

"The most valuable features include the ease of implementation, ease of use and the speed that you can do backup and recovery on."

More Pure Storage FlashBlade pros

"Veritas Access is user-friendly and the NAS and SAN volumes are valuable."

"The product deployment is easy."

"It has a huge deduplication ratio for backups of long-term archives."

"Overall the solution works well."

"It is a very stable program."

Cons

"I would like to see more VM-Aware features in the next release of this solution."

"It would be nice if you could store file-based in the same box with the same technology."

"I would like to see the licensing fees improved as well as the price per terabytes."

"It usually comes down to just what you hit and the value you're getting when you spend the money and license the products. I would always go, "If you want to make things better, lower your price and make your licensing simpler." There's always an opportunity around that."

"The documentational aspect of FlashBlade needs improvement."

"It would be beneficial if the layer could support the S3 protocol and be container ready in the next release."

"Its configuration should be easier."

"Recently, while upgrading the version code, one of the controllers failed. Replacing the controller took between 14 to 20 days."

More Pure Storage FlashBlade cons

"They could improve additional fees for the platform's data capacity. It could be more cost-effective."

"The downtime of Veritas Access could be improved."

"I would like to see Veritas Access included as an S3 target."

"The Veritas support for Access Appliance could improve. They are a pioneer in the industry, and they provide an enterprise-level solution. However, when comparing the storage, they can't compete with the NetBackup solution."

"I would like to see more platforms added."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing for FlashBlade is between cheap and moderate."

"I understand that it is competitively priced compared to other brands."

"The price is a little high."

"I rate the tool's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."

"I feel that the price could always be lowered."

"Our licensing is renewed annually."

"We used a reseller for the purchase."

"In my opinion, we have paid the right price for the product. I don't think that it is too much or too little."

More Pure Storage FlashBlade pricing and cost advice

"This product is not cheap. The only extra cost is the licensing."

"The solution is not expensive compared to other storage solutions."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

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Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	20

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pure Storage FlashBlade?

The tool's most valuable feature is its fast performance, especially in handling snapshots. It helps during power out...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashBlade?

The pricing of Pure Storage FlashBlade is expensive compared to other products I used from other companies in the pas...

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What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashBlade?

I believe there is not much improvement needed because they have everything we need, but the interface is a little bi...

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What do you like most about Veritas Access?

The product deployment is easy.

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What needs improvement with Veritas Access?

They could improve additional fees for the platform's data capacity. It could be more cost-effective.

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What is your primary use case for Veritas Access?

We use the product for long-term data retention.

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Access 3340 Appliance, Veritas Access 3340 Appliance

Overview

FlashBlade is the industry’s most advanced scale-out storage for unstructured data, powered by a modern, massively parallel architecture to consolidate complex data silos (like backup appliances and data lakes) and accelerate tomorrow’s discoveries and insights.

Pure Storage

Veritas Access is a software-defined, scale-out network-attached storage (NAS) solution for unstructured data that uses intelligent policies to optimize data placement on-premise or on public clouds. Access provides resiliency, multi-protocol access and automated data movement to realize application performance, cost-effectiveness and scalability gains.

Veritas

The Veritas Access Appliance enables a turnkey deployment of Veritas’ software-defined Access scale-out network attached storage - a storage solution optimized for unstructured data use cases. The appliance is cost-optimized and tuned for high-capacity workloads like long-term retention (LTR), tape replacement and backup archiving.

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Sample Customers

ServiceNow, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Dominos, Man AHL

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