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Cobalt Iron vs Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Cobalt Iron
Ranking in SaaS Backup
34th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veeam Data Cloud for Micros...
Ranking in SaaS Backup
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the SaaS Backup category, the mindshare of Cobalt Iron is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 is 7.8%, down from 14.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
SaaS Backup Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 3657.8%
Cobalt Iron1.0%
Other91.2%
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Featured Reviews

LR
Fresh Operations Manager at Jerónimo Martins
Well integrated, easy to install, stable, scalable and has good support
We use this solution to replicate and backup the databases and the information of our clients' companies. We are system integrators It's a very good solution. It's a very straightforward product that is well integrated with everything. Pricing is an area that can be improved. In the next…
SS
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's a very good solution."
"It's a very straightforward product that is well integrated with everything."
"It is easy to set up. You can use some functions to make sure you get the maximum bandwidth to do the backup. It has an option to bypass Microsoft network limitations and things like that."
"The most valuable aspect of Veeam is its stability."
"Deploying Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 was very easy. I did the installation by myself, without any help. I spent one day on the installation of the product, and all weeks are working normally."
"Veeam Backup gives you the option to backup your data from the cloud to on-premises."
"The most critical feature of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is its ability to back up and protect data on cloud services."
"Overall, the solution is okay, the way the system is built is very good, the product offers good stability, the solution is scalable, we have found the technical support to be helpful, and the pricing of the solution is very reasonable and not expensive."
"The product offers good stability."
"We have seen an ROI, we have been saved from incidents by this solution many times, we've avoided corruption of data, and we are not losing time thinking about how data could be protected."
 

Cons

"Pricing is an area that can be improved. In the next release, I would like to see better prices for the licenses."
"This solution does provide the option to choose a different target of storage."
"I think the pricing model is wrong."
"Currently, I'm working for Huawei and they dropped the support for Huawei, so that's an issue for us."
"I found that Veeam Backup for Office 365 is not scalable."
"I find that technical support can be improved because for people who are knowledgeable, it is good, whereas for people who are not, the support is too technical."
"A while back, I had some trouble using the agent. It might be a problem with older versions. Sometimes, I also have issues installing or making backups from the console to that type of operating system."
"It's a new product. It's not mature."
"Pricing is an area for improvement, and I would rate it at five out of ten."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's a perpetual license."
"The price of Veeam Backup for Office 365 is inexpensive. We have a license to use the solution."
"The solution is very, very, very, cheap."
"For the number of users and amount of storage you receive, it is not expensive."
"From our perspective in South Africa, our biggest challenge is the exchange rate from the South African currency to the US dollar. This makes it a bit pricey for us. However, compared to other backup solutions available, I would rate the pricing at a nine out of ten. For the servers, features, and functionality you get, it's worth the money. Of course, we'd always prefer things to be cheaper, but we also understand that you have to pay for proper functionality. So overall, it's not badly priced at all."
"It is not the cheapest solution in the market."
"Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is expensive, and I rate it an eight out of ten."
"I have a per-user license for the number of users and the mailboxes that I have."
"We decided on Altaro because, from the point of view of the total cost, Altaro looks cheaper than Veeam. Veeam has a lot of costs that are not clear when you start it, which makes it less flexible than Altaro, but only after half a year, you can be really sure that you made a good decision."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

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Small Business38
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise17
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veeam Backup for Office 365?
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What needs improvement with Veeam Backup for Office 365?
That is something probably related to the way we have integrated the backup because we have moved the backup infrastructure away from our local domain. When we try to use application-aware backups,...
 

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Veeam Backup for Office 365, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365, Cirrus Backup
 

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