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Arcserve Cloud Direct vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Arcserve Cloud Direct
Ranking in Cloud Backup
50th
Average Rating
5.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery as a Service (16th)
Veeam Data Platform
Ranking in Cloud Backup
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
423
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (4th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Arcserve Cloud Direct is 0.3%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Platform is 15.1%, down from 20.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

reviewer1321896 - PeerSpot reviewer
Good backup retention but it is not a reliable platform and it doesn't giving any sort of alerts that things are not working
StorageCraft wasn't getting full backup coverage. It was backing up around 1 to 2% of the points. It was not a reliable platform and it wasn't giving any sort of alerts that things were not working. The majority of stuff wasn't backed up, so we really weren't happy with them. That's when we went on the look for a new solution.
Edward Hore - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable with good support but needs a better navigation menu
We use Veeam Data to back up our VMware infrastructure Veeam Data Platform is valuable for its stability and the ability to easily contact support for assistance. The support team provides answers whenever we need them. It is also one of the most scalable backup solutions I've worked with. The…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The backup retention was pretty good. Being able to archive users who had been backed up, is a good functionality. Even if they've been deactivated it'll keep the backups and keep them protected."
"Veeam is highly scalable. In one scenario, we started with 2,000 users and scaled up to 24,000."
"Veeam Data Platform is valuable for its stability and the ability to easily contact support for assistance."
"Instant Backup is an useful feature."
"Its ease of use for restore is really good. For Exchange, the Exchange Active Directory is great."
"Very reliable and easy to use."
"Strong performance with a high level of compatibility."
"It has an intuitive interface, and it provides us with successful backups without needing to tweak or do any adjusting. We just set it up and like their ad says, "It Just Works.""
"The documentation is very good. It's also easy to install Veeam Backup and Replication."
 

Cons

"StorageCraft wasn't getting full backup coverage. It was backing up around one to 2% of the points. It was not a reliable platform and it wasn't giving any sort of alerts that things were not working."
"I would like to have the capability of backing up a physical machine, as opposed to just a VM."
"I would like them to move back to host licensing."
"It would be ideal if users could know that their data is backed up and have some security functionality where you can actually use the backup to spin up a new cluster and take it from there."
"They need full cloud integration such that an on-premises backup can be offloaded to the cloud for storage."
"Backup management features are crucial for ensuring the reliability and automation of backup processes."
"Veeam doesn't have the reporting part quite right. Its data visualization isn't as slick as other solutions like Veritas. For example, in Veritas, you can see a calendar that shows you which days are backed up. Veeam lacks features like that."
"There is a bug that prevents enabling the restore button, which is hectic."
"I have used NetBackup. For heavy workloads or if I need consistent backup and restore, I prefer NetBackup over Veeam Backup Replication."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is more expensive than other solutions."
"The product is expensive."
"The price of Veeam Backup Replication is reasonable."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."
"The price of Veeam Backup and Replication is expensive."
"It is always nice to get products cheaper. Technically, it saves you a lot of money. If you wanted to buy the same functionality out of vSphere, you would spend thousands to essentially get the same functionality."
"I would rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten. The licensing costs are yearly."
"Veeam Backup Replication has a lot of free features. We have a mixture of the paid versions as well as the community version. They are really helpful to us."
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Nov 9, 2014
VMware SRM vs. Veeam vs. Zerto
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Also Known As

StorageCraft Cloud Services, StorageCraft Disaster Recovery Services, StorageCraft Cloud Backup, Arcserve Cloud Services, Zetta Cloud Backup
Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE
 

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Business & Legal Resources Inc., Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities, Alliance Healthcare, Poulin Grain Inc., Linear Technology, Northwestern University, ARKEMA, Sogegross, City of Lynchburg
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