Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

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Dell Technologies and Veeam Software are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Additionally, 50% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Veeam Software users who would recommend it.

Dell ProtectPoint [EOL]

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 26, 2025

Dell ProtectPoint and Veeam Data Platform compete in the data protection and backup domain. Veeam Data Platform appears to have an advantage due to its advanced features and adaptability, alongside positive user feedback.

Features: Dell ProtectPoint offers strong integration with existing hardware systems, efficient data backup, and excellent recovery options within the Dell ecosystem. Meanwhile, Veeam Data Platform provides versatility, supports a wide array of data environments, and delivers robust backup solutions. Veeam stands out with enhanced adaptability and advanced functionalities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell ProtectPoint is noted for straightforward deployment within Dell-based setups. Veeam Data Platform supports a flexible deployment model suitable for diverse infrastructures and is known for highly rated customer support. Veeam efficiently caters to a wider range of deployment scenarios, making it the more adaptable choice.

Pricing and ROI: Dell ProtectPoint is recognized for competitive pricing within its hardware bundles, offering cost-efficiency for companies invested in the Dell ecosystem. Veeam Data Platform tends to have a higher initial setup cost but provides significant ROI through comprehensive features and scalability. Veeam's broad scope of capabilities offers long-term value, justifying its cost with potential savings and efficient data management.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell ProtectPoint [EOL]

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Veeam Data Platform

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

434

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (1st), Cloud Backup (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (2nd)

Featured Reviews

Umar-Qureshi

Deputy Manager at Reliance Industries Ltd

Speedy and easy setup but it needs to mature

One way this solution could be improved is if they could come up with better options to migrate. As for what could be included in the next release, we have shared a couple of points with them. First, the account should be more in balance and coordinated with us. They already communicated to our project management team that they are going to implement some of these features. I would definitely recommend this solution. But as time goes on and new features are getting added the product will be more comprehensive.

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Munichandra G

Backup Engineer at Cloud4C Services

Backup policies have strengthened security and replication but still need flexible long-term retention

The support and compatibility are areas of concern. When it comes to Azure workloads, Veeam Data Platform has limitations with only MS SQL database and Cosmos, and no other databases are supported by Veeam Backup for Azure. The main challenge I noticed is that enterprise customers may have a requirement to retain backups for 10 years or 15 years with monthly and weekly backups. In Veeam Data Platform, we do not have customization or compatibility to retain specific data backups as monthly and yearly. The retention schedule is fixed. For instance, it is the first Friday of the backup or the last Friday of the month. If it is weekly, it should be one of the weeks. If it is monthly, it should be the last Friday. For yearly, it is the last Friday of that respective month in that year. However, this should not be the case. When a customer confirms, 'Please go and take an EOD backup and retain it for 10 years,' Veeam Data Platform does not support this sort of customization. I even raised a case with Veeam Data Platform and they clearly stated that Veeam Data Platform only accepts the GFS policy according to the retention defined, and there is no customization available. This is a significant limitation. I should have the customization to go and take a backup of a specific date, month, or year, but Veeam Data Platform does not allow this and restricts me to only the policy supported. For example, if I take any backup, I do not have an option to extend the retention. If a customer asks, 'Please take a backup,' and later requests, 'No, it is very critical. Can you please extend the retention for 15 years?' Veeam Data Platform does not support this. Veeam Data Platform does not allow me to extend the retention in the way other tools do. These are limitations I came across in my experience, and I feel these are minimal requirements. The same features are offered by other third-party backup tools available in the market. From the analytics point of view, I personally feel some challenges. Veeam Data Platform has two different products: VBR and Veeam Backup for Azure. As we are running on cloud platforms, if we are in Azure, we must go for Veeam Backup for Azure. If we need to create copy jobs, I must again come to VBR. However, Veeam ONE is not capable enough to integrate both platforms. For instance, if I am taking backup of workloads through Veeam Backup for Azure, I could not find an option to integrate it into Veeam ONE for reports and analytics. It is only limited to VBR. Whatever jobs we created in VBR are displayed there, but Veeam Backup for Azure does not integrate, at least from what I have explored, and it should not be this way. Veeam ONE should support all Veeam Data Platform products.

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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

"I would definitely recommend this solution."

"The speed and the ease of the initial setup are both good. It is not complex."

"Since I started working with Dell a few months ago, I have found that the solution is very strong."

"One of the features I find most valuable, is the good technical support."

"The solution is simple to use."

"It lets you verify a backup with the least amount of effort."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to restore the VMs into a test environment."

"The functionalities that Veeam offers are fantastic."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to verify that backups are valid."

"Its interface is designed to be intuitive and it also offers seamless integration with VMware storage, additionally enhancing its ease of use."

"The most valuable feature is the continuous backup."

"The feature that we have found most valuable is its traffic plan. The traffic plan is very good."

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Cons

"The product has to be more mature, like to be another six to eight months on the market. A lot of maturity needs to be incorporated."

"The interface and documentation need to improve."

"Sometimes I find that the interface is not as good as it should be."

"I'd like to see better compression of the backups."

"This is an expensive solution."

"I would like them to move back to host licensing."

"For my client, bandwidth is a problem."

"The initial setup of Veeam Backup Replication is straightforward. The process took approximately two days. The setup could be streamlined to take less time."

"Agent backups could be better. I have many problems with agent backups, particularly on Linux and MySQL databases. MySQL works well with Microsoft products but not with other products. The database backups are not working correctly, and we are losing business. I am not getting any support; administration is also a significant problem."

"When in a domain, the virus can easily attack the Veeam server, something which happened to us."

"It still doesn't feel like a fully mature solution because it's not exactly ready for very large scale and complex environments with more than 1000 VMs."

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"The price is quite fair."

"Veeam has been raising its prices in the last two years, so it's now lacking some competitiveness in pricing."

"Its price is reasonable for a big company or a big client. It is not too much. It is cheaper than VMware."

"This solution requires a license and the organizations I was involved in were using an enterprise license."

"Veeam is quite expensive. There are no additional costs to the licensing fees. IBM Spectrum Protect is also expensive. They should improve its pricing. They raise the price every time there is an increase in the features of the product. They should think twice about that."

"Our licensing fees are paid yearly and the cost is about $12,000 Swiss Francs ($17,400 USD)."

"The solution is fairly priced. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."

"I don't have an issue with the price of Veeam Backup Replication."

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Midsize Enterprise	98
Large Enterprise	144

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Overview

Dell EMC ProtectPoint technology provides up to 20x faster, more efficient backup and 10x faster recovery while eliminating the backup impact on application servers. By integrating primary storage and industry leading protection storage, ProtectPoint reduces cost and complexity by eliminating traditional backup applications while still providing the benefits of native backups. Overall, ProtectPoint provides the performance of snapshots with the functionality of backups.

Dell Technologies

Veeam Data Platform is a unified data resilience solution that helps organizations recover from cyberattacks and outages, and protect workloads across hybrid and multicloud environments – all without vendor lock-in.

The platform includes built-in security capabilities designed to mitigate ransomware and other data-loss threats, including AI-backed threat detection across a broad range of workload types. This is intended to help teams identify and respond to threats before they disrupt operations.

Veeam Data Platform supports workload portability across hypervisors, cloud providers, and on-premises environments, allowing organizations to move or recover data across infrastructure without being tied to a specific vendor or platform.

For organizations looking to simplify deployment, Veeam Software Appliance provides a pre-built, hardened, and highly available option, reducing the manual setup and maintenance work required from IT teams.

Veeam Data Platform is used by over 550,000 customers worldwide, including 82% of the Fortune 500.

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