Nasuni vs Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 comparison

Nasuni and Veeam Software are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. Nasuni is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.4, while Veeam Software is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.1. Nasuni holds a 0.9% mindshare in CB, compared to Veeam Software’s 5.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Nasuni users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of Veeam Software users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 12, 2025

Nasuni and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 compete in the file management and backup software category. Nasuni appears to have an edge in disaster recovery and unlimited storage capabilities, while Veeam excels in Microsoft cloud integration and data restoration precision.

Features: Nasuni stands out with continuous file versioning, global file locking, and a unified platform with a 360-degree view of data. These features support disaster recovery, data auditing, and offer unlimited on-demand storage. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 highlights strong Office 365 integration, ease of data restoration at various granular levels, and support for cloud backup solutions from different providers.

Room for Improvement: Nasuni could enhance replication speed, cross-platform feature support, and provide better monitoring capabilities and data retention policies. Challenges include visibility on caching file locations and more intuitive support tools. Veeam is critiqued for initial setup complexity and backup storage costs. Improvements could include support for native deduplication, more cloud service integrations, and scalability enhancements for large environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nasuni provides broad support across hybrid, private, and public cloud environments, and is appreciated for effective deployment and management, despite some delayed responses. Veeam exhibits strong on-premises and hybrid cloud presence, with customer support praised for responsiveness, though setup complexity may require additional guidance.

Pricing and ROI: Nasuni’s pricing is based on terabyte storage, cloud platform choice, and related infrastructure access. It offers good ROI through reduced labor and infrastructure costs by eliminating traditional backup expenses and optimizing cloud storage. Veeam is priced per user and mailbox, with some users finding the structure complex but generally reasonable. It provides ROI via enhanced data security and reliability, though large-scale scalability may be cost-challenging.

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Categories and Ranking

Nasuni

Ranking in Cloud Backup

8th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

File System Software (1st), NAS (5th), Cloud Migration (2nd), Cloud Storage (3rd), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (8th), Cloud Storage Gateways (1st)

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Ranking in Cloud Backup

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SaaS Backup (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Nasuni is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is 5.9%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Richard McGregor

Global Server & Storage Manager at Conde Nast Publications

Removes a lot of infrastructure, allows us to restore files instantly, and is simple to work with

I particularly like the restore process. Our financial teams make changes to spreadsheets and other files, and we've got teams using Photoshop files. They make mistakes and need to recover files, and we can do that instantly. We also have users who manage to delete folders, and we can bring them back instantly within a few seconds. Knowing that it's all protected from ransomware is also a very big advantage at the moment with the number of ransomware attacks that you see out there. Nasuni is being very protective of that, which is quite good to hear. There were times when we had to replace the filers we've had issues with, and because we know all our data is protected in AWS, we could just turn them off and spin them up. As quickly as in an hour or so, we were back working with zero downtime. That area of functionality is really good. In terms of ease of management, it's the easiest one you can use. It's very simple. It's very easy to set up, very easy to configure, and very easy to manage.

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MehmetAksoy

System Administrator at Gates Corporation

Reliable rollback features for smooth IT operations and an easy setup

We are using Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to take backups of shop floor PCs. I use it for clients locally, particularly for critical machines. It is also used globally for server-side backups and includes scheduling features like taking ten backups every Sunday when the factory is closed. This…

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"We've used it to provide file source capacity for VDI environments. The security of it is important and the fact that it's object storage, it's immutable and that it can't be held for ransom. It's a lot smoother than our previous processes that weren't Nasuni-based. A lot of it is done automatically just by the system being in place."

"Nasuni has helped to eliminate on-premises infrastructure. We were using about eight to 10 different types of vendors or small storage boxes for provisioning and shared access for users. We got rid of all those. That has eliminated operational overhead and footprint at our data center. We don't have to worry about any hardware or monitoring particular devices, and hundreds of devices have been decommissioned. Now, for provisioning, everything is on Nasuni. I assume this has made a big difference in costs."

"It has the ability to do end-user recovery, or a user can simply contact an admin who can perform a recovery from the management console. The versioning has simplified everything. Now we don't have to worry about those components."

"I like the unlimited snapshotting."

"We like Nasuni's snapshot technology. The snapshot and recovery features are the things we use most frequently. Ideally, I would recommend NFS or CFS, which gives you more benefits for clients or anyone who wants to access FTP protocol, FTP utilities, SAN, and MSS."

"Nasuni is tremendously easy to manage. It eliminates many of the administrative challenges associated with physical hardware storage, and you don't need to worry about any hardware failure or products reaching the end of their lives."

"The snapshot functionality and the unified file system are definitely the most valuable features for us. The UFS allows everybody across the organization to see the exact same data at the same time, instead of having different file servers with different structures on them, and that's mission-critical. We have different branches throughout our organization that have to act on that data."

"The global file locking feature is valuable. The ability to quickly deploy new sites is also valuable."

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"The most valuable features of Veeam Backup for Office 365 are the ease of use and instant back and restore."

"Its absolute functionality and intuitiveness are the most valuable features."

"The most valuable feature is the integration with our Teams environment."

"The most critical feature of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is its ability to back up and protect data on cloud services."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the replication functionality."

"One of the main features of the solution is it is easy to use."

"Veeam Backup does backup and restore very well."

"It is very easy to integrate. You can do it very fast."

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Cons

"It would be helpful to have more built-in analytics tools to compare the storage costs between the various cloud providers. I would also like some graphing capabilities. We had a tool called Grafana that we used for graphing. I think some more visual analytics like that would be nice."

"One area that we've recently spoken to Nasuni about is single sign-on. Another is integrating Nasuni with Azure Active Directory. In our particular case, that would allow for third-party consultants to access our Azure Active Directory environment as opposed to coming to our on-premises environment."

"As administrators, we are used to having control equal to managing an on-prem device. In terms of log analysis and other things we want to do, Nasuni has some limitations limitation on what you do on the Nasuni. Nasuni could add some features to the GUI that make administration a little easier. It's tough when I have to move from one filter to another because there is no way to search it. We have to scroll up and down to find the name of it."

"Some of their cross-platform features are really good, but it could always use more."

"Nasuni provides enough reporting to see what's happening. You can see the number of shares, total volume, issues, conflicts, etc., but it doesn't provide much visibility from a content perspective. For example, it doesn't tell you the data age. When you're trying to sort and filter information, the data creation date is a critical factor. Nasuni doesn't give you that. You can't get a count of all the file types, like the number of PDFs, Word docs, and PPT files."

"The Nasuni file storage platform doesn't work well when there are a high number of small files. This is the case when a directory structure contains more than 10,000 or 20,000 small files, e.g., 5 KB, 10 KB, or 15 KB. When the user is accessing these files from another geographical location, they might face a slow response or timeouts when connecting to the shares, and then to the files. This is because the file size is small. There is a scope of improvement with this solution when it comes to accessing a large number of small files."

"Nasuni does not support different retention policies within the same volume, so you have to keep creating volumes for retention policies. When you create a new volume, it means you're starting from zero all over again. You can't move data between two volumes. You have to move them from your physical device to Nasuni or your cloud device to Nasuni."

"There are some issues with multiple users accessing the same file simultaneously. There would be times when the global file would lock when several people tried to access it, so that could be optimized more."

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"One area that needs improvement is the pricing of Veeam Backup, as it can be expensive at $28 per user for one year."

"The license pricing can be reduced."

"It requires quite an amount of infrastructure. You have to set up the instance, and you need to know quite a bit about Microsoft 365 authentication. For some customers, it is a challenge."

"This solution does provide the option to choose a different target of storage."

"They could include WAN acceleration to compress the traffic to make things faster."

"Veaam Backup can be confusing for customers when they start trying to understand how to use the product in multiple environments."

"Pricing is an area for improvement, and I would rate it at five out of ten."

"The solution could improve by having the ability to back up without an agent installed on the system."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's cheaper than a lot of alternatives but it's not cheap."

"There are cheaper forms of storage, but Nasuni is fairly priced for the functionality it offers. I can get basic file shares provisioned in Azure and pay for the storage and the CPU. The overall cost would be much less than Nasuni, but I would need to build the management console and encryption process, so it would cost a lot to develop that kind of functionality."

"It is around $850 per terabyte per year. Any additional costs that you would incur are for the local caching devices that you'll need to access Nasuni. You kind of provide your own virtual machines or compute to access the data. You also pay for the object storage. So, there are three parts to it. There is the Nasuni license per terabyte. You would also pay for the actual object storage in the cloud, and then you would pay for virtual machines to access the storage."

"I would not say it is economically priced, but it is affordable. If you can afford to pay for it, it is worth the money, but it is definitely not overpriced. It is priced about where it needs to be in the market. We were satisfied with the way they did their licensing and how they handled it. I believe they actually license by data size. It is based on how much data is being held on the machine and replicated, and that's completely understandable. So, for us, their pricing was as expected and affordable."

"The pricing is on par with everybody else, and fair."

"Nasuni should provide small-scale licenses, like a 20 TB license. Currently, the smallest is a 30 TB license."

"Nasuni pricing is average; it's not too high or too low."

"The cost is based on the capacity, which is approximately $100 USD per terabyte."

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"The solution is very, very, very, cheap."

"I think it's a fair price. It's around $36 per user, so I think it's a fair price for our customers."

"Its cost is pretty high. I would rate it a three out of five in terms of pricing."

"There is a license required for this solution and we pay annually."

"The cost of Veeam Backup for Office 365 is $19 for one mailbox."

"We are talking about a third party solution, so there is a licensing fee."

"The cost of Veeam Backup is $28 per user for one year."

"The licensing price is quite high. It's expensive."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

19%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Computer Software Company

20%

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Questions from the Community

Does Nasuni have a good pricing model?

Based on the experience of my organization, Nasuni is definitely worth the money, since it gives you an all-in-one solution where you'd usually need several programs. About the cost, there isn't a ...

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Is it easy to restore files with Nasuni?

As someone who has used this feature of Nasuni I can tell you - yes, it's good for file recovery and you'll definitely benefit from very quick times. I can't tell you if it's the best one because I...

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What features and services does Nasuni offer?

Hi, if you pick Nasuni, you'll be benefiting from many services for a good price. Well, it's a personalized price you get after an agreement with the company but in my organization's case, it is a ...

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How does AvePoint Cloud Backup compare with Veeam Backup for Office 365?

AvePoint Cloud Backup for MS Office 365 is a SaaS backup whose features include secure storage and unlimited and automated backups. The storage is saved in AvePoint’s Azure storage or it can also b...

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What do you like most about Veeam Backup for Office 365?

The tool is easy to use and straightforward regarding restoration and creating backups. It's user-friendly, providing results and sending alerts when something goes wrong.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veeam Backup for Office 365?

The pricing for Veeam Backup is fair for our infrastructure when used solely for backup, yet transitioning to a cloud solution was not cost-effective for us.

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Overview

Nasuni is a file data services enterprise focused on assisting firms with their digital transformation, global expansion, and information awareness. The Nasuni File Data Platform is a suite of cloud-based services designed to enhance user productivity, ensure business continuity, provide data intelligence, offer cloud options, and simplify global infrastructure. This platform and its auxiliary services are projected to replace conventional file infrastructure such as network attached storage (NAS), backup, and Disaster Recovery (DR), with an expandable cloud-scale solution. By storing file data in scalable cloud object storage from multiple providers, Nasuni positions itself as a cloud-native alternative for traditional NAS and file server infrastructure. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Nasuni serves sectors like manufacturing, construction, technology, oil and gas, financial services, and public sector worldwide, offering its services in more than 70 countries.

Reviews from Real Users

James J., IT Manager at a marketing services firm, says Nasuni’s management dashboard is helpful because he's able to view all of the different filers at once rather than check each one of them individually. He values the software’s security, reliability, good performance, helpful alerting, and responsive support.

According to a Server Engineering Services Lead at a mining and metals company, Nasuni offers good OR and DR capabilities, performs well, offers data security, and continuous file versioning helps recover from hardware failures.

The Managing Director of IT at a construction company appreciates Nasuni because it eliminates a lot of work that was previously done when managing backing up and restoring data files.

Nasuni

Veeam® Backup for Microsoft 365  aims to eliminate the risk of losing access and control over Microsoft 365 data including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business and Microsoft Teams – so that data is always protected and accessible. Veeam can securely backup Microsoft 365 to any location, including on premises, a hyperscale cloud, or a service provider and:

Protects Microsoft 365 data from accidental deletion, security threats and retention policy gaps
Quickly restores individual Microsoft 365 email, files and sites with recovery flexibility
Meet legal and compliance requirements with eDiscovery of Microsoft 365 items

NEW in Version 7: Advanced monitoring and reporting through an integration with Veeam ONE v12. This is available as a separate installation and comes at no additional cost to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 customers. V7 also includes: Backup copy between ANY object storage systems with immutability for ransomware protection, and Microsoft Teams support for self-service restores via the Restore Portal.

The vendor offers a 30-day trial and a demo on Microsoft 365 backup.

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Sample Customers

American Standard, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, E*TRADE, Ithaca Energy, McLaren Construction, Morton Salt, Movado, Urban Outfitters, Western Digital

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