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Azure Backup vs Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Backup
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
54
Ranking in other categories
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Veeam Agent for Microsoft W...
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Terry Tull - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 26, 2024
Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place
I would rate the easiness of the initial setup as an eight out of ten. Setting up Azure Backup was pretty straightforward, especially if you follow the steps in the right order. It might seem a bit complex at first, but with experience, subsequent setups become easier. Planning is key to optimizing its effectiveness. Deploying Azure Backup typically takes around half an hour to an hour to set up one VM, involving creating a recovery services vault, defining a backup policy, and configuring storage options. For a more comprehensive setup including proper recovery planning, it might take a few hours. The key steps involve creating a resource group, and a recovery services vault, selecting a storage type, and defining backup policies. I deployed the solution myself.
Muhammad Ibtehaj - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 1, 2023
Easy to use and mange with reasonable pricing
It's not a big use case. It's just to install and back up the users.  I recently had a project with a client with 500 users, and they wanted the client to back up from a specific folder or a specific file. I just deployed a backup portal, and then I pushed the agent on the client. I discover it, I…

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

Pros

"The tool has a lot of features."
"The product is very reliable and easy to use."
"The daily backups have become easier since we no longer need to handle large backups. The use of Azure Backup as a service has proven reliable and simplified our daily operations. Previously, we relied on LTO backups for data retention, but after migrating to the cloud and adopting Azure Backup, the delivery process has become smoother."
"Azure Backup is very simple to use and user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the file recovery and file vault."
"This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its ease of use and good integration with other Azure services."
"Azure Backup is good because it is entirely cloud-based, which means that you can be 99.9% sure that your backup is safe."
"The initial setup, if it is error-free, is very simple."
"We found the initial setup to be quite simple."
"Technical support is good. They're very responsive. It depends on the timezone responding, but I usually get a response within three hours of creating a ticket."
"I like working on the Azure platform."
"It's straightforward to set up."
"A full-featured option for managing virtual machines with an instant recovery feature."
"Application awareness is very good and the speed of this solution is good."
"The user interface is good. It provides a lot of information."
 

Cons

"The compression ratio of the backup data should be improved."
"The product must improve on a database level."
"I would like to see better integration with more products, and more services."
"The extensibility onto hybrid environments needs a bit of tweaking for those on-prem."
"The length of time it takes to restore is our main source of frustration. It would be beneficial to shorten the time it takes."
"The only thing I would say that could be improved is the reporting."
"We faced some issues synchronizing the information in Azure when the storage was changed."
"In Avamar, the file-based restores are very quick and fast, whereas, in Azure Backup, VM restore is super easy, but if I have to do a file or a folder restore, I have to mount the entire VM image. I have to wait for some time for it to be mounted, and then I have to go inside and then check the file and copy it somewhere. It's a bit of a manual process, whereas in Avamar, you can directly select a file and folder, and it'll recover with whatever permissions you want."
"A lower price would always be beneficial."
"The solution could use some updates to minor details omitted from current reporting."
"There should be an option to use the solution for physical machines."
"There isn't really anything I would like to improve. Maybe the solution could be more secure."
"We can't use tape for primary storage on Veeam."
"Maybe in the future, they could do something better with the user interface and the performance, but so far it's a really good, efficient solution."
"With the currency exchange, the solution ends up being quite expensive."
"I would like there to be more integration with other platforms."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product's pricing is a three or four out of ten, where one is inexpensive, and ten is costly."
"Overall, its cost is better because the VMs are already there, and whatever you back up, there is only the additional cost of that storage, whereas if I have to use Avamar in Azure, a separate cost is there for the Avamar server, and in addition, whatever I take as a backup, there is a separate license with Avamar for that. So, there is a double cost if we have to use Avamar in the cloud."
"This is an expensive solution in the Bangladesh marketplace."
"The product is not expensive."
"Azure Backup can be expensive if you are not vigilant about your storage steering."
"The product is neither too expensive nor too cheap."
"The pricing of this solution is good, and it is one of the easiest things that you can sell Azure with."
"Considering the fact that our company's enterprise-sized customers use the solution, the product's price is fine and is not on the higher side of the spectrum."
"The solution is inexpensive, more so than other products."
"Pricing is based on license packaging and duration. Longer term licenses are less per year and license packages also offer a discount."
"We have a license package."
"The licensing fees are billed on a yearly basis, and the fees are much lower than what I pay for NetBackup."
"The solution is free of cost for end users but for enterprise use, a license per user is required."
"There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees, and pricing can be a disadvantage or a weakness for this solution."
"We have a cloud provider agreement with Veeam. We are also paying for the agent."
"For the licensing of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, the customer can choose to pay monthly or yearly. It's up to the customer."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
19%
Retailer
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Azure Backup differ from Veeam Backup & Replication?
Veeam has a version for Azure but there are organizations, like ours, that are considering moving to an Azure environment and wonder if Azure Backup is better than Veeam Backup and Replication (Vee...
What do you like most about Azure Backup?
Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Backup?
Customers choose their backup tool based on its flexibility and cost-effectiveness. Customers prefer Azure Backup because it has a pay-as-you-go model, and they won't have to pay an upfront amount ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows?
The pricing is very good compared to Micro Focus. It is very affordable.
What needs improvement with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows?
We don't have any issues with the solution. We do not need any other features. The integration with MS Storage and Dell Media needs to be simplified. Micro Focus may be better in this area as it of...
 

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Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Somerset County Council, Kardem, PCL Construction
ContinuitySA, Landmark Information Group
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