Carbonite Server vs Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 comparison

OpenText and Veeam Software are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. OpenText is ranked #46, while Veeam Software is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.0. OpenText holds a 1.3% mindshare in CB, compared to Veeam Software’s 3.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Veeam Software users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 23, 2025

Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 and Carbonite Server compete in the data protection market. Veeam has a stronger feature set and ROI, while Carbonite excels in deployment flexibility.

Features: Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 offers efficient backup and recovery with advanced search and scalability, focusing on Microsoft 365 environments. It provides seamless integration with services like SharePoint and OneDrive. Carbonite Server provides automated onsite and cloud backups, a robust restoration for SQL databases, and support for platforms like AIX and AS/400.

Room for Improvement: Veeam could enhance versioning support and expand its AI capabilities for automation. It might also streamline integrations with third-party platforms. Carbonite could improve the initial configuration process, enhance its cloud-centric features, and offer a more intuitive user interface.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Veeam is praised for its simple deployment and excellent customer service, facilitating a quick implementation. Carbonite Server offers flexibility with physical and virtual server deployments; however, it may involve more complex initial setups. Its support network, while thorough, can require more time to navigate compared to Veeam’s responsive service.

Pricing and ROI: Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 is competitively priced, delivering significant ROI through efficient resource utilization and minimal downtime. Carbonite Server, although potentially higher in upfront costs, justifies its pricing with enhanced server-specific protection. Veeam may be more appealing for businesses prioritizing cloud data management, offering measurable returns.

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Categories and Ranking

Carbonite Server

Ranking in Cloud Backup

46th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (57th)

Veeam Data Cloud for Micros...

Ranking in Cloud Backup

5th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SaaS Backup (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Carbonite Server is 1.3%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 is 3.6%, down from 5.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Backup Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365	3.6%
Carbonite Server	1.3%
Other	95.1%

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Chris Puddy

Backup, storage and disaster recovery technical specialist at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

A reliable backup product which needs little management

For most technical users the setup and initial deployment are fairly straightforward and once deployed it 99% of the time looks after itself. Installation of the agents is similar to most other products in that it has an install wizard to guide you, the accompanying documentation is also very useful to assist wherever you are in the agent install and policy setup process. Normally our customers' IT team does the deployment of agents, however, this isn't a daunting task unless you are dealing with multiple servers to protect the product. On a server-by-server basis, the deployment doesn't take long. From the MSP side of things, the infrastructure sitting behind the scenes doesn't take too much to install, configure and maintain.

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SivakumarS

Manager, Information Technology at Greencoast Enterprises LLC

Backup has protected our office data and now restores individual emails while admins configure settings

Although Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 is a Backup as a Service, it should give slight leverage to the admins to do more of their own configurations. When it comes to Software as a Service, we do need to agree on certain things, as we do not have much control over the software. If Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 can improve, it would be better. It could be slightly better, but it is acceptable. As long as support is provided in a timely manner, it is good. I cannot tell it is fully bad or fully good. If I were to give a rating of one to five, I might give 3.5 to four. Rather than giving a help database, which is an ocean of information to search through ourselves, we should be able to open a ticket and have them guide us on how to do it. As an end-user, different levels of admins exist—a fresh admin and a more experienced admin. They need to encourage us to open a ticket quickly, and from there they should guide us straightforwardly with the steps to follow to achieve the desired outcome.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The solution is a free engine to help work with the container."

"Easy verification of things is the most valuable feature."

"It does not slow down your computer or use a lot of resources as it works."

"The Granular Restore of SQL feature has been a lifesaver more times than I can count. One of the main reasons for looking at Carbonite was their support for platforms like AIX and AS/400 Series."

"Technical support handled all our issues quickly and effectively."

"The solution is very stable."

"The efficiency and convenience are excellent."

"I find the BMR/image and the recovery pieces are valuable."

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"The most valuable feature is the data backup functionality."

"The most valuable feature of Veeam Backup for Office 365 is the WAN accelerator. This feature allows for large amounts of data from one location to another. If the bandwidth in the environment is slow it makes the transfer slow but the WAN accelerator feature helps speed the transfer."

"This is an easy-to-install easy-to-use solution for backing up Office 365 email."

"The product is very stable and performs exceptionally well."

"The most valuable feature of Veeam Backup for Office 365 is the backups, we do not want to lose any files. Each one of the files is updated on a regular long-term basis and kept together in the Microsoft cloud-only."

"The scalability is good."

"Technical support in Veeam is good."

"The most valuable feature is the integration with our Teams environment."

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Cons

"The Hyper-V backup has room for improvement."

"They do not yet have USB recovery but they are adding it in coming releases."

"It could be a little bit easier or faster to be able to access data files without having to download anything."

"The support for object storage isn't quite there yet. Its public cloud support can be improved. I would love to see the public cloud support for object storage, and it would be great, but what I always hear from the folks at Carbonite is that in a lot of cases, it directly competes with their cloud offering. So, I don't know when or where that will go or if that will go anywhere, but we are hopeful to see something. The dashboard is a little outdated. If they gave it a facelift and put some better design around their dashboard, that would be tremendous. I generally care less about the visual aesthetics of an application as long as it does what it needed to do, which is true in the case of this solution. We also have the Microsoft 365 platform. Because they're two separate platforms, I have to log in to my Microsoft platform to manage it, and I have to log into my Carbonite server backup platform to manage it. Having these two coexist together in one management console is really what we're looking for, but we went for it knowing this. We also knew that there would be some integration coming down the road. So, we're again hoping to see some of that coming in 2021."

"The stability has room for improvement."

"In the next release I would like to see an improvement in the auto failover option."

"The only thing that I would like to see improved is related to marketing. Currently, it is very difficult to find the right paper and stuff for me. Their marketing department should provide better information because currently, it is very difficult to find information on the internet. It was bought over by OpenText, and you won't be able to find a lot of information about this solution on their site. They should also provide training facilities for commercial purposes. Some of my colleagues recently went for pilot training, and they were technical. If I want to get trained, the training has to be more commercial. Currently, there is no such training for users like me."

"It would be a great improvement to be able to recover cover a VM straight to on-prem."

"Technical support could be improved."

"It's hard to predict the usage on the storage. I need to make some estimates for customers in terms of how much storage will be needed on the cloud, and this is always tricky. It would be helpful if they could help us estimate storage or simplify the estimation portion."

"If you use a device to back up with compression and duplication, the solution doesn't work."

"Veeam's performance is inconsistent."

"They need to enable the encryption of backups so that nobody can gain access unless they have encryption details."

"When using Veeam Backup for Office 365 when there is a server that's running, I have to have a hard drive installed on it. For example, if I want to use another storage solution, I can't incorporate it very well. If I want to use SMB or other protocols I cannot use them with the Veeam Backup for Office 365. They have the support in the other Veeam Backup and Restore solutions, but it doesn't support it in this solution. Hopefully, in the future, they figured it out."

"Veeam is quite expensive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is open source."

"Its price is reasonable."

"The pricing is between $120 and $150 per year."

"We pay 9,000 dollars per year for our license."

"Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is expensive, and I rate it an eight out of ten."

"The solution is not expensive."

"The solution is very, very, very, cheap."

"Its price is a little bit high, but it is a fantastic solution. It is more expensive than NetApp."

"We looked at a few cloud options. When we did the comparison, we found it to be a cost-effective solution, and it included everything."

"Veaam Backup is licensed per mailbox, which customers like because it's per user and so they don't have to pay for shared mailboxes."

"We are talking about a third party solution, so there is a licensing fee."

"There is a license required for this solution and we pay annually."

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Computer Software Company

13%

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Energy/Utilities Company

Computer Software Company

13%

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Large Enterprise	1

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Small Business	37
Midsize Enterprise	22
Large Enterprise	16

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Carbonite Recover Backup

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Overview

Carbonite Server securely replicates data to the local backup server while securing a second copy in the cloud. Granular restore and local failover options ensure rapid recovery and minimal data loss. With integrated hardware and cloud failover for critical systems, Carbonite Server provides reliable data protection.

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Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 offers powerful data protection and recovery for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and Teams, ensuring users maintain full control of their Microsoft 365 environment with simplified, policy-driven security.

With a cloud-native design, Veeam Data Cloud delivers seamless protection for Microsoft 365 and Azure data, along with secure architecture founded on a zero-trust principle. The platform combines all essential backup services into one cost-effective package, including software, infrastructure, and storage. Ease of use and granular restoration features allow item-level recovery for mailboxes, SharePoint, and OneDrive. Its intuitive management interface fosters quick setup and administration, while robust backup and replication capabilities secure data across leading platforms like Amazon, Azure, and IBM Cloud. Though praised for stability and scalability, areas for improvement include enhancing backup granularity, optimizing storage, and expanding integration.

What are the key features of Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365?

Granular Item Recovery: Enables precise recovery of mailboxes, SharePoint, and OneDrive items.
Intuitive Management: Quick setup and efficient control via user-friendly GUI.
Cross-Platform Security: Secures data over Amazon, Azure, and IBM Cloud platforms.
Scalable Retention Policies: Flexible data retention for efficient protection.

What benefits should users expect from Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 reviews?

Cost Efficiency: Comprehensive services within a predictable pricing model.
Data Stability: Reliable protection with zero-trust security architecture.
Scalability: Easily adapts to growing data needs and varying user demands.
Independent Compliance: Achieves data compliance without relying solely on Microsoft security measures.

In industries relying on robust data security and compliance, Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 stands out by ensuring comprehensive protection of Office 365 assets like emails, SharePoint, and Teams data. Organizations manage shared responsibility effectively, addressing data loss concerns from cyberattacks and ensuring regulatory compliance while maintaining data accessibility independent of Microsoft's data protection frameworks.

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