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Azure Backup vs Veritas NetBackup 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

Azure Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
11th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veritas NetBackup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
115
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Azure Backup is 3.4%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup is 3.8%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Terry Tull - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Wesam Qashou - PeerSpot reviewer
A mature backup solution, with many features, and great support
Veritas NetBackup is the first line of defense when disaster strikes. Before performing disaster recovery, we must have a good backup of our image that is also protected from ransomware. This way, we have a golden image that is resilient to ransomware attacks. We saw the benefits of Veritas NetBackup within the first three months.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"With a couple of buttons, we can configure a VM for a backup and use the wall service, the storage wall service, pretty seamlessly."
"This solution is easy to configure and restore. It is a Microsoft product so is easily compatible with other solutions."
"The hardware is always updated and it's saved us a lot of money."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"You can select the tiering for your backup and manage your cost."
"I like the product's restoration cases."
"The MARS agent makes it easy to use."
"I like that it's a simple system."
"The VM portal and the CloudCatalyst are two of the solution's most valuable features."
"The backup and restoration are 100 percent guaranteed."
"The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achieved by integrating cloud tier options or other object storage solutions."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas NetBackup is the protection policies or protection module."
"The tool provides recovery. The support for their legacy software is very good."
"It is essential. We can't do without it."
"Logs are very easy to read, parse, and use for diagnostics."
"There's a very nice central console for the administration of all of the instances."
 

Cons

"Azure Backup must include features similar to enterprise solutions."
"Azure Backup needs improvements in allowing more specific backup options rather than just full VM snapshots."
"Technical support can be slow to respond at times."
"Azure sometimes provides reliable recovery that can be slow for large-scale scenarios."
"To make it a ten, it should have the ability to extend the retention and to perform a copy of the data outside of the subscription - with no additional costs."
"Connection with more legacy data services could be beneficial as some are currently unsupported."
"The only thing I would say that could be improved is the reporting."
"The extensibility onto hybrid environments needs a bit of tweaking for those on-prem."
"Netbackup can backup MySQL via Oracle policy, to be honest, this is not completely native support and this method has a few limitations. In fact, you can buy from Veritas (or Zmanda) clients for MySQL or PostgerSQL from Zmanda to backup MySQL or PostgreSQL on Linux."
"The security and performance could improve with Veritas NetBackup. The security could be improved by protecting the data from attackers."
"The SQL Server backup features are not up to date."
"Maybe they could add more cloud solutions."
"It needs support for Kernel-based Virtual Machines (KVMs)."
"The cost is expensive."
"Veritas NetBackup has been in the backup and recovery market for quite a long time, but somehow, from my own observations and from feedback from end users, its user interface is lagging behind other comparable solutions such as Veeam."
"Updates were not always consistent."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Customers prefer Azure Backup because it has a pay-as-you-go model, and they won't have to pay an upfront amount at the initial level."
"Support payment works by the level of partnership and the number of shares."
"The price is pretty good, maybe $30 for a machine, I can't complain."
"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."
"Pay as you go is the pricing model."
"Azure Backup is a moderately priced solution."
"The price is somewhat high and could be lower."
"It is a very cheap cloud solution."
"Pricing is expensive, so it could be lower."
"Veritas NetBackup is quite expensive and licensing costs are fixed."
"It is an expensive solution."
"In terms of cost, it's not very good."
"I rate the product's pricing a seven out of ten."
"The solution is expensive compared to other alternatives."
"Veritas NetBackup is very expensive, and I think price is the main reason which some customers don't want to use this solution."
"Our license is capacity-based."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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?
Azure Backup is expensive relative to the value we get from it. I do not have specific details about the licensing cost as it falls under another department.
What is the best next generation backup tool?
Assuming you have an onprem ecosystem which runs the VMware, physical systems on Win, Linux and Unix and run both traditional DB's and nosql DB's like mongo, then Netbackup (NBU) will be the right ...
What do you like most about Veritas NetBackup?
The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achieved by integrating cloud tier options or other object storage solutions.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup?
The product is cost-effective, and I would rate its pricing as an eight out of ten. The pricing model is based on the amount of data transferred, making it manageable for us.
 

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Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Somerset County Council, Kardem, PCL Construction
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