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Iron Mountain Connect vs Veritas Backup Exec comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

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

Iron Mountain Connect
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
64th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veritas Backup Exec
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
18th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
76
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Iron Mountain Connect is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Backup Exec is 1.7%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

RB
Good policies related to data
I primarily use it for various policies related to data, such as data retention, data deletion, and archiving policies. All policies can be set using this system The most valuable feature for me is the policy management capabilities. I would like to see more integration with different platforms,…
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

"The most valuable feature for me is the policy management capabilities"
"It is a good backup tool."
"It is a good overall suite of products."
"Veritas Backup Exec is easily managed."
"Synthetic backup is valuable. It gives you the possibility to do a synthesized backup, which means that it combines a full backup and incremental backup data and gives it to you in one stream. So, you don't have to restore the full backup and then later go and restore the incremental backup. You can do that in one go."
"The usability and interface of the solution are good."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"One of the valuable features is the instant recovery for VMs. It reduces the RTO (Recovery Time Objective) drastically."
 

Cons

"I would like to see more integration with different platforms."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"It could provide better ease of management than one of its competitors."
"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."
"Currently, the solution does not have the capability to restore a single mailbox, so you lose a lot of time having to restore for example ten mailboxes just to recover one."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"We've experienced some performance issues with Backup Exec. The backup jobs take too long to complete."
"It's not too stable for client-server architecture. Center Management is not so interactive, and then there are some issues regarding the complex licensing which needs improvement."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Pricing is similar, but they don´t offer the same options/technology."
"It is cheap compared to the other backup technologies. It all depends on the requirements."
"The price of this solution is a bit high."
"Licensing depends on the part of the backup you're using. If you have SQL backup, then you must have a SQL license. If you have normal data backup, you would require a license for that."
"I think it's sold at the right price. It's not expensive. The license is usually for a year."
"It has a good price-value ratio. Its price-value ratio is better than Veeam."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"Regarding expense, Backup Exec is generally suitable for small and medium businesses. However, we can customize them based on the workload."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Retailer
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Legal Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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

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Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec
 

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Sample Customers

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