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Datto Cloud Continuity vs Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

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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

Datto Cloud Continuity
Ranking in Cloud Backup
46th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (31st)
Veeam Data Cloud for Micros...
Ranking in Cloud Backup
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
SaaS Backup (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Datto Cloud Continuity is 1.1%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 is 3.3%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 3653.3%
Datto Cloud Continuity1.1%
Other95.6%
Cloud Backup
 

Featured Reviews

TS
Assistant Director, Network Operations at Premier Marine Insurance
Provides enterprise-level protection from ransomware attacks
Speaking about how the product is deployed in my company's business operations, I would say that it is an appliance with a critical infrastructure. In terms of data protection capabilities, the tool's ability to boot a device and have a separate network has saved the day for many of our company's clients who use the solution. If you have a collection of old servers, and if one of the old servers dies, you could be dead in the water if you cannot locally boot a server. Even the new gears in place can have an issue if people are not spending money on robust hardware tools, and replace them. It is necessary to have the local boot options if and when you have a hardware issue. The product brings the most value in the area of virtual boot when it comes to disaster recovery since it can boot up a version of the server from before an incident, which is helpful and allows your company to have a lower RPO or recovery point objective. It makes a big difference if you can have an RPO in hours rather than in days. The image-based backup functionality has revolutionized and impacted our company recovery time objectives since we deal in hours and not in days. The interface of the product is intuitive. I like the product's functionality that provides the ability to see everything at a glance, along with the alerting feature. Maintenance is required since certain drives die at times. In general, maintenance is required to deal with dead RAMs and hard drives. The former clients with small offices and the old Linux servers that used to die in production used to boot such servers with the help of Datto Cloud Continuity. The aforementioned process allows the clients to continue running their business while buying time to get replacement hardware, making a big difference that helps them reduce potential data loss or downtime. The local boot provided by the product saved the day for many of our company's clients. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. Though the tool is not inexpensive, it provides enterprise-level protection from ransomware. I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.
SS
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

"The data recovery of the solution is very good."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"When you compare it to other systems that require a fat client to be installed or to have several VMs setup just to configure the system, Datto stands head and shoulders above."
"They are laser-focused on bringing forth proven protection technologies and stopping cybercriminals from being able to breach, break, steal, or compromise your data."
"The solution's reliability is one of its most valuable features...It is a very stable solution."
"Very friendly, since it visually facilitates the control and administration of the backups."
"Datto has strong competition, but they succeeded in linking their service to the device. It's easy for managed service providers to sell and upsell products using their portal and the remote monitoring and maintenance."
"The platform provides a faster backup process."
"We are able to store it on various cloud providers such as Amazon S3, Rocket, Azure, and IBM Cloud. It can also do on-premise integration, and we are able to use storage from on-premise. We are also able to recover data. It is a really good and intuitive solution. Veeam has developed a fantastic product. I've never seen anything that I don't like about Veeam. It looks like a very complete solution. It is really mature, simple to use, and quite interrogative. It also has APIs for writing scripts."
"The product is easy-to-use."
"It helps to ensure that you can always have your data restored."
"For those considering implementing the solution, I would say to just go for it."
"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."
"The installation process is very easy."
"Once you set it up, it works very well. You do not have to go back to reconfigure it– it is very easy to use"
"Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is reliable and easy to use."
 

Cons

"Right now the appliances have a functional limit of 50 protected servers each."
"The fact that Datto Cloud Continuity is not cheap is one of the aspects that I don't like about the product, making it an area where improvements are required."
"They are now providing the device instead of selling it, while wanting their users to sign a three-year contract, and this is something which my clients don't like...I dislike the fact that signing a three-year contract is required."
"Datto chose to build their own cloud, instead of leveraging AWS, Azure or GCP. It looks, feels and behaves like a beta product (lacks maturity)."
"Datto's only shortcoming is RMM. They have a portal-based connection service like ConnectWise, but it does backups and keeps things running. Datto purchased Backupify and Kaseya bought Datto. If they upped the ante in their RMM, I could see them dominating the MSP space. At the end of the day, MSPs are responsible for networks, software, devices, and backup. Datto covers all these functions so they could offer a turnkey MSP solution."
"I don't have any feedback to provide in terms of features that may be lacking."
"To better integrate compatibility with other operating systems, in addition to Windows Server."
"The product's scalability features could be even better."
"Veeam Backup for Office 365 can improve by adding more features with Microsoft teams. We have many files that we are working on with Microsoft teams and there should be more integration and features."
"When you are working in the Cloud security is very important."
"The customer service and support response time can be improved."
"I'm very satisfied with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 and would continue using it if it were up to me. However, my management is considering alternative solutions due to issues with our storage solutions."
"Veeam's performance is inconsistent."
"This is a cloud solution, and the speed can be slow sometimes."
"The pricing model is unnecessarily confusing and could be simplified."
"Microsoft currently saves only two months of conversation history, and it would be better if Veeam could focus on backing up more than two months of conversation data."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
"As the company grew from business continuity—or what used to be called business BCDR—they brought on services. Certain services, such as SaaS protection, were a value-add, but you would expect to pay for them. They are not going to be free. It is just the life that you live when you're evaluating software vendors, partners, etc. There is going to be some form of a base offering, and then there are going to be different tiers that you need to get up to a better level."
"I think it's a fair price. It's around $36 per user, so I think it's a fair price for our customers."
"Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is expensive, and I rate it an eight out of ten."
"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."
"The solution is very, very, very, cheap."
"We decided on Altaro because, from the point of view of the total cost, Altaro looks cheaper than Veeam. Veeam has a lot of costs that are not clear when you start it, which makes it less flexible than Altaro, but only after half a year, you can be really sure that you made a good decision."
"It is strictly subscribed on a per-user basis."
"There is a license required for this solution and we pay annually."
"For the number of users and amount of storage you receive, it is not expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business38
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise17
 

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Also Known As

Datto Cloud Continuity for PCs
Veeam Backup for Office 365, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365, Cirrus Backup
 

Overview

Find out what your peers are saying about Datto Cloud Continuity vs. Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
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