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Retrospect Backup vs Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Retrospect Backup
Ranking in Cloud Backup
65th
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (80th)
Veeam Data Cloud for Micros...
Ranking in Cloud Backup
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
SaaS Backup (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Retrospect Backup is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 is 3.0%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 3653.0%
Retrospect Backup0.6%
Other96.4%
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Featured Reviews

Sujeet Rai - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Lighthouse Solutions
Can be used to back up servers and desktops, but needs to have an Oracle agent for its on-premises model
Retrospect Backup has a single console that can be used to manage and backup servers and desktops. The solution supports tape and cloud since certain customers are still on tape. The solution provides a dissimilar hardware restore feature. If you have a complete machine burnout, you can restore it on new dissimilar hardware. Retrospect Backup is used to protect file data and SQL databases. Streamlining data backup processes with Retrospect Backup is automated and does not need any human intervention. The solution doesn't take up much time and does the backups automatically. Policy creation is very easy with Retrospect Backup. Once it's done, you don't have to bother about it because it keeps working on its own. A disaster recovery (DR) solution has been built into Retrospect Backup. You can restore the whole machine on a fresh setup with ISO images. Retrospect Backup is very easy to use and not very complicated. Creating policies and adding clients is very easy in the solution. The solution doesn't take up much LAN bandwidth except for the first full backup. The solution is efficient and does the backups really fast. It takes backups in batches of 14 machines at a time.
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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

"Retrospect Backup has a single console that can be used to manage and backup servers and desktops."
"The solution is easy to use. It's very simple and clients find it very easy to find all objects and things they need with the Veeam Explorer."
"The most valuable aspect of Veeam is its stability."
"The feature that I like the most is the system backup recovery from OneDrive."
"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."
"I appreciate the feature of having a single tool for backup, replication, and secondary backup; with the same tool, the same job can be extended and configured to meet compliance requirements as per customer needs."
"Veeam Backup does backup and restore very well."
"It’s amazing how the solution helps restore old data."
"The solution is also easy to manage and work with."
 

Cons

"Retrospect Backup needs to have an Oracle agent for its on-premises model."
"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."
"Currently, I'm working for Huawei and they dropped the support for Huawei, so that's an issue for us."
"We would like to have a single management console for all of our backups."
"I would like Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to increase the speed to reduce the backup time."
"We use a yearly subscription. However, I believe the price could be lower."
"I think the pricing model is wrong."
"If one administrator wants to delete something in 365, another admin must approve it."
"I have not really seen an ROI from Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365. On the customer side, we don't really see the ROI."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Retrospect Backup is more cost-effective compared to other products."
"The solution is very, very, very, cheap."
"The pricing is expensive."
"Its cost is pretty high. I would rate it a three out of five in terms of pricing."
"I have a per-user license for the number of users and the mailboxes that I have."
"The cost of Veeam Backup is $28 per user for one year."
"There is an annual license required and a per-user fee for this solution."
"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."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
22%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
7%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business38
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise17
 

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

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