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Veritas Alta SaaS Protection vs Veritas Backup Exec comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Veritas Alta SaaS Protection
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
SaaS Backup (16th), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (28th), SaaS Management Platforms (16th)
Veritas Backup Exec
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
77
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (17th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Data Center Backup solutions, they serve different purposes. Veritas Alta SaaS Protection is designed for SaaS Backup and holds a mindshare of 1.9%, down 2.3% compared to last year.
Veritas Backup Exec, on the other hand, focuses on Backup and Recovery, holds 1.6% mindshare, down 2.4% since last year.
SaaS Backup Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Veritas Alta SaaS Protection1.9%
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 36514.3%
AvePoint Cloud Backup9.3%
Other74.5%
SaaS Backup
Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Veritas Backup Exec1.6%
Veeam Data Platform11.9%
Commvault Cloud6.1%
Other80.4%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Daniel Ogola - PeerSpot reviewer
The appliance is ready to integrate with the cloud in cases where the customers have a hybrid or cloud environment.
The go-between is a Veritas partner, so the customer support was not that good. The solution is fine except when there is a purchasing crisis where you have to remake the ecosystem. It causes a lot of issues. The support was a problem, but we're okay with it as long as we have someone to communicate with.
Pawel Augustyn - PeerSpot reviewer
Simplified interface with good performance but needs monitoring
I need to use PowerStore and Veritas Backup Exec. It is a direct backup to types, and it is supported by my backup. It offers good performance and stability, and it works properly. I am happy with this program. It is still working on aligning with security requirements and data encryption for Amazon or ATAC. It has a lot of functions and security measures, which ensure our backups are secure.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Some of the tool's best features include an enhanced dashboard and strong security features compared to native Veritas. Our environment is entirely automated."
"What I like most about Veritas SaaS Backup is that it is easy to work on."
"It's very comprehensive. It's one of the first brands to appear in its field."
"The solution's hardware appliance is very scalable and very useful."
"The automated recovery feature of Veritas Alta SaaS Protection makes the recovery much easier, as opposed to earlier methods where we were using scripts to do the restore."
"The most valuable feature is that it is simple to use."
"We're comfortable using this kind of technology. It's user-friendly."
"The duplication is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The flexibility is very good."
"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."
"We have virtual infrastructure, so restoring virtual machine systems from backups is also very easy."
"It offers good performance and stability, and it works properly."
"The interface, dashboard, and pricing are all perfect."
"The solution is very scalable. Whenever we grew, it was just a matter of adding new licenses, so it's easy to grow."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"The beauty of the solution is that you can rely on it. It offers a quick recovery time when it's backing up items. The way it recovers data is excellent."
 

Cons

"They should review the cost aspect of the subscription for Veritas Alta SaaS Protection because customers are going for the cheaper storage, which doesn't give those features in terms of dedup ratios."
"Technical support can be improved."
"When you finish a project, the client should have the opportunity to browse the files rather than simply ending the contract. Also, it's not possible to recover earlier versions. It should be possible to have a database for recovering files after you finish a contract. There's no solution for this from Veritas."
"The go-between is a Veritas partner, so the customer support was not that good. The solution is fine except when there is a purchasing crisis where you have to remake the ecosystem. It causes a lot of issues. The support was a problem, but we're okay with it as long as we have someone to communicate with."
"Licensing has been a struggle. It went from bronze, silver to gold. Licensing needs more sophistication. It has features that are sold as separate add-ons."
"The backup reports and the dashboard need improvement."
"The technical team wasn't very helpful."
"In the future, we would like to see support for virtualized machines."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"The EDR should be looked at, as the operating system is too weak."
"A web console would be great because nowadays a lot of products are web-based and you can access the console from various environments. So I would recommend bringing this feature in the next solution."
"We've experienced some performance issues with Backup Exec. The backup jobs take too long to complete."
"In the future, their console should not be complicated."
"Veritas Backup Exec's dashboard feature could be enhanced."
"I would like to be able to create a restore task that can be scheduled so that the same restore action will be performed automatically."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is expensive compared to Veeam."
"SaaS Backup isn't the most expensive solution."
"I would rate this solution's pricing as five out of five."
"The program is quite expensive."
"This solution is not cheap and not expensive but priced in the mid-range."
"The pricing can be improved."
"Depending on the scenario, it can cost less than half of the price of other methods."
"It is affordable, but I hope that the price will come down a lot because of other competitors. It is a good price for the customer, but sometimes, the competition provides a much lower price. There are two ways to license it. You can license it per instance or per terabytes of data that we are mocking up. It is enough because it is not so complex. It is good when you're working with customers."
"The pricing is good."
"Its price is a bit high. There is only the standard fee. There is no additional fee."
"We are satisfied with the price of this solution."
"I think it's sold at the right price. It's not expensive. The license is usually for a year."
"I rate the price of Veritas Backup Exec a four out of five."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business35
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas Alto SaaS Protection?
Veritas Alta SaaS Protection is slightly expensive, but they can do more on it. The exact figure for Veritas Alta SaaS Protection depends on the size of data being stored, the region, and the type ...
What needs improvement with Veritas Alto SaaS Protection?
For Veritas Alta SaaS Protection, the only challenge is downtime and the impact of time synchronization whereby different customers are on different time zones, and Veritas Alta SaaS Protection is ...
What is your primary use case for Veritas Alto SaaS Protection?
For the customers that I'm dealing with, they are using Veritas Alta SaaS Protection for long-term retention and offline backups. This means they don't have to constrain their on-premise resources....
How do the backup solutions of Veeam and Veritas compare?
Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file system backups inside VMs., support for tape library & FC too. But Veritas Netbac...
What do you like most about Veritas Backup Exec?
The most important feature is the variety of backup applications it supports, including ERP systems and most other programs, such as Microsoft.
 

Also Known As

SaaS Backup
Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec
 

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