Veeam Data Platform Reviews

We replicate data between servers on our site and we back up to external media, which we take offsite.

It really helps secure our data.

It does a pretty good job of what we ask it to. What I find most valuable is probably the virtual machine backup. I can really trust those copies.

Their licensing model could use some improvement. In the version we're using, they license per core and up to six cores, so you can't use the one for small business anymore. You have to upgrade to the enterprise carry-on, it's a bit ridiculous.

I'd like to see more flexible licensing or to be consumed as a service.

I've been using this solution for five years now. 

It's very stable. 

It is very scalable. Just my only issue is from a licensing perspective. If you want to add more servers, they push you up into a much more expensive licensing tier. Technically it's very scalable; financially, it's not that scalable.

The product is so good that I haven't had to call support. 

In the global scheme of things, it's pretty inexpensive software as far as what we spend per year. If you factor in hardware and all sorts of other things, it's probably a good value for your money.

There are no additional costs other than the standard licensing fee per year. It's pretty straightforward. 

i give this solution a nine out of ten. I think it's a good product for small to medium businesses. It serves our needs. Unless your needs are very particular, it probably covers most use cases.

Our use case is for doing backup for virtual machines, only for VMware virtual machines.

The most valuable features are the backup, replication application, and the virtual lab.

There are some PowerShell scripts for Veeam, but the product could be improved if they wrote more PowerShell scripts for controlling Veeam.

I've been using the solution for five years.

The solution is very stable, compared to other products. It's very stable and reliable.

Veeam is very scalable; it's suitable for all sizes of companies.

The technical support is excellent. It's one of the best I've met so far.

The initial setup was very simple. Deployment takes one day.

I did the setup myself. We are a system integrator company and we do implementation of Veeam for customers. We have a great experience with Veeam, so it was not a problem for us.

Licensing is very straightforward. Pricing is not the cheapest, but you get a lot of value for your money.

The main difference when comparing this solution to competitors is that Veeam is a company which has a single product, Veeam Backup Replication. Other companies have many products and Veeam can focus on a single product; this is their main advantage. They are pioneers in their domain. They are the leaders.

If you buy Veeam, you have to buy maintenance; if you don't buy maintenance, you cannot do updates, but it's recommended to have maintenance.

If you want to have a small and cheap system, that is not Veeam; but if you want performance, reliability, support, then this solution is best for that.

If you are looking into implementing Veeam Backup, you have to first do anassessment, then make a good plan, and do a pilot to check all the features and to compare the features with your expectations.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

My primary use of the solution is for virtual machines backup and physical servers backup.

The solution has improved our organization because it's very fast in backup recovery. In case of emergency, the instant recovery is very fast, and that's made everything better.

The most valuable feature is the instant recovery.

Physical servers backup should be improved in the product.

An additional feature I'd like to see would be more cloud solutions. They need to focus more on cloud backup.

I've been using the solution for ten years.

The solution is very stable.

The solution is scalable.

The technical support is very good.

I switched to this solution because it is more for virtual machines.

The initial setup was straightforward, and only takes half an hour.

I did the implementation myself. To implement, you have to prepare servers, prepare storage, and prepare virtual machines.

It's very good solution. Very stable, very scalable, very fast.

I would rate it a nine out of ten.

The clients are using the solution for backup and restore and also for replication. The new model also has the management of virtual servers.

It's one of the most stable offerings.

The product is very straightforward and very easy to use from the client-side.

The solution is scalable. 

The initial setup is very straightforward. 

It's not that easy to use from the management side. 

The solution needs to improve its traditional backups. They back up data as others do at the moment - however, it's not as good. Also, restoring is very fast, however, they need some improvement in deduplication. 

It's more the management in the level of replication. There needs to be a much higher level of replication. Right now, it's a basic replication in the secondary site. The recovery needs to be much faster as recovery is very important. The fastest recovery is from Rubrik.

Rubrik is the fastest recovery backup solution, and Cohesity is the same as it depends on the hardware which they have. 

Veeam should come with the hardware as others, like Cohesity, come with the hardware. 

We've been using the solution for five years. It's been a while. 

The product is very stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable and the performance is good.

You can scale it easily. Every time you need to buy a new license, you just add more licenses, and that's it.

At the moment, all of our customers are using Veeam. We have more than 20 customers.

We don't use technical support very much, however, my sense is they're okay. I cannot say something more precise, as we didn't really use it.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. It's not complex or difficult. The deployment process takes about an hour or so.

To set up and deploy the solution, you only need a maximum of two people - one consultant and one assistant.

I didn't study ROI. Return of investment has to do with disaster recovery. This is one of the best solutions, Veeam, to retrieve machines if a disaster happens. If one site goes, and you have replication with Veeam, your company can continue on without loss.

The customer needs to pay for Veeam. They need to pay a license per virtual machine, and the cost depends on how many virtual machines they want to back up.

We also are a partner of Cohesity, and we've evaluated the two. The main difference is Cohesity comes with hardware.

The license is based on the capacity of the space where the backup stays, and also is very straightforward, much like Veeam. They are straightforward, and it's very, very, very powerful, however, you really depend on the hardware. This is a different way of licensing.

Veeam is very straightforward, however, licensing is for virtual machines, how many you have. That means sometimes in the environment if you have lots of machines, virtual machines, it is better to use Cohesity as you can add as many virtual machines as you want and the license is always based on the capacity of the hardware where it stays.

We are resellers. We are gold partners with Veeam.

We sell only the latest version of the solution.

I recommend both Veeam and Cohesity, however, depends on how your environment is.

I'd rate the product at a ten out of ten.

We primarily use the product for backup and replication purposes. 

The manageability is very easy. It's one console and you can see all of the backups and the replication. The restore processes, the RTO and RPOs, are very low.

The best feature is the CDP - the snapshot integration into sand storage. 

The new feature for ransomware protection has been great.

We have found the solution to be stable.

The scalability is good.

Pricing is fairly reasonable and not overly expensive.

The deployment process can be quite complex. 

I can't speak to any features that are missing. It has everything we need.

If you upgrade too quickly, you may have issues. 

Technical support could be better.

I've been using the solution since 2013.

The solution is very stable. That said, upgrades can give you problems if you upgrade too fast. 

It's very scalable, however, it can be complex to execute.

We have ten people who use it on a daily basis. It's pretty much used 24/7. It's a mission-critical product in our organization.

We do have plans to increase usage in the future.

Sometimes it can be a bit slow to get assistance as we don't have production support. We just have the normal standard support, which makes sense. They can sometimes point fingers. For example, they might try to say "It's EMC or it's NetApp. It's not our product." That can be a bit of a problem.

We used to use Symantec prior to 2013.

The initial setup and deployment were a while back. However, from my experience, I've deployed it three or four times. It's about a day to deploy and it can be complicated. It's not that easy if you don't know what's going on.

We just need one person to maintain the solution. 

We did not use a consultant from the vendor side. Everything was handled by our team. We did it in-house.

We pay a yearly licensing fee.

We've found the pricing to be very reasonable. It's not overly expensive. 

There are different tiers available, including Standard, Enterprise, and Enterprise Plus. We have the standard license. 

We are customers and end-users.

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We've been pretty happy with its capabilities. 

We use Veeam Backup Replication for our VMware 6.5 and vSphere VMware 6.5 solutions.

The most valuable features are the backup and restoration of our VMs. Additionally, they add features regularly.

I have been using Veeam Backup Replication for approximately 

The pricing of the solution could be reduced.

I sometimes attend Veeam's annual meetings when they have them. Because of COVID, I didn't attend one or two of them, but Veeam seems to be very proactive in adding features.

I rate Veeam Backup Replication a nine out of ten.

I have been using Veeam Backup & Replication for approximately five years.

Veeam Backup Replication is stable for VMware, it works well. However, if you backup other workloads. For example, I had some issues with Oracle or SQL servers.

Veeam is changing its licensing model and I think scaling will be more difficult. I didn't study in a deep way, but I remember last year's licensing model for scalability was easy because it's only a licensing processor socket on a host. When they change the licensing model I am not sure if scaling will be easy anymore.

I have not contacted technical support.

I have used NetBackup. For heavy workloads or if I need consistent backup and restore, I prefer NetBackup over Veeam Backup Replication.

The setup was straightforward Veeam Backup Replication. NetBackup is a larger solution and takes more time to implement but Veeam Backup Replication takes approximately 40 days.

Veeam Backup Replication is inexpensive for small workloads.

I would not recommend Veeam Backup Replication for Oracle Database and I would recommend it only if you have a small budget.

I rate Veeam Backup Replication a six out of ten.

We are using Veeam Backup Replication only to replicate things from one server to another. We are in the testing phase, not in production. We are only using a small part of the solution.

The replication is the most valuable feature for us.

I have been using Veeam Backup Replication for approximately three years.

The stability of the solution is perfect.

The technical support is very good. The one or two times that we needed something from technical support, they answered quickly and right to the point.

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

We did the implementation ourselves.

The license cost is per socket, per processor. We can have one license with two processors and we can cover everything inside of the test environment that we have.

We wanted the best software in the market and the best software for what we needed is Veeam Backup Replication. We did not compare other solutions, we only selected the best-reviewed solution.

This solution is perfect for replication.

I rate Veeam Backup Replication a nine out of ten.