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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 (18th), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (27th), SaaS Management Platforms (13th)
Veritas Backup Exec
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
77
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (16th)
 

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%, up 1.9% compared to last year.
Veritas Backup Exec, on the other hand, focuses on Backup and Recovery, holds 1.3% mindshare, down 2.0% since last year.
SaaS Backup Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Veritas Alta SaaS Protection1.9%
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 36510.1%
Commvault Cloud6.4%
Other81.6%
SaaS Backup
Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Veritas Backup Exec1.3%
Veeam Data Platform7.6%
Commvault Cloud4.4%
Other86.7%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

SG
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
Experience with offsite backup enhances data integrity and reduces on-premise reliance
One of the features of Veritas Alta SaaS Protection that customers are looking for is immutability. This is the most important feature. With the cloud, Veritas Alta SaaS Protection is actually in the cloud, which means they have unlimited space to do their backups. They can expand on a need-to-need basis. 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. Currently, it's automated so you just do a click. You select the feature in a graphical interface, making it easy to use even for a newbie.
Pawel Augustyn - PeerSpot reviewer
System Advisor at CRIF SpA
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

"The solution is stable; I haven't experienced any bugs or glitches on it."
"he most valuable feature is that it's not so intrusive with computer resources."
"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."
"Some of the tool's best features include an enhanced dashboard and strong security features compared to native Veritas. Our environment is entirely automated."
"The most valuable features are the ease of administration and the ease of configuration."
"The most valuable feature is that it is simple to use."
"The solution's hardware appliance is very scalable and very useful."
"We're comfortable using this kind of technology. It's user-friendly."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"The interface for this solution is excellent, and it is easy to restore files compared to other solutions."
"For us, the main two features that we appreciate in this application are backup and restore. They are the main purposes for which we are using this application."
"This solution is not complex and you do not have to be too technical to use it."
"The one thing for the last 12 months which has been very good for Veritas was the instance-based license. This means that you're able to license per instance, not only per physical server."
"It is a scalable product."
"The most important feature is the variety of backup applications it supports, including ERP systems and most other programs, such as Microsoft."
"It is easy to set up and use for daily processes and a good solution for preserving crucial data."
 

Cons

"The backup reports and the dashboard need improvement."
"Currently, it isn't possible to use anything other than Veritas cloud to back up to. I think today it's important to cover the three major cloud provider: GCP, Azure and AWS."
"The implementation could be improved. The server setup is very easy, but some specific client implementation, for example, Oracle or SQL servers, are a little bit complicated. they should offer a bit more assistance with the setup for these particular items."
"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."
"An area for improvement is the product's performance, especially how long it takes to do a job."
"The technical team wasn't very helpful."
"In the future, we would like to see support for virtualized machines."
"The tool can be improved in terms of maintainability and flexibility, especially as companies grow larger. In these aspects, I feel Veeam is better for cloud and operational purposes."
"The integration with SaaS applications like Office 365 needs to be improved."
"The cost is quite high. Along with the general costs, the supposed agents that you have to buy for the various options that you want to use ends up driving the costs higher as well."
"The image backup functionality needs to be examined, because I know a few customers who are using Veritas Backup Exec find it difficult to take a proper image backup and perform image restoration in case of a hardware failure of the client."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
"They can work on the issue of the job timing out when it is unable to reach a selection item. It sometimes hangs up on the selection item, thus preventing the job from continuing."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The program is quite expensive."
"I would rate this solution's pricing as five out of five."
"The tool is expensive compared to Veeam."
"This solution is not cheap and not expensive but priced in the mid-range."
"SaaS Backup isn't the most expensive solution."
"I think, at least for the price I've seen, it could be lower compared to other products."
"The product is inexpensive compared to enterprise software."
"Its price is a bit high. There is only the standard fee. There is no additional fee."
"It has a good price-value ratio. Its price-value ratio is better than Veeam."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"Veritas comes with an annual licensing fee."
"It is not an expensive product."
"The price of this solution is a bit high."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Insurance Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
7%
 

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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