NetApp SnapCenter vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

NetApp and Veeam Software are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. NetApp is ranked #33 with an average rating of 8.0, while Veeam Software is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.3. NetApp holds a 0.5% mindshare in BRS, compared to Veeam Software’s 19.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of NetApp users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Veeam Software users who would recommend it.

NetApp SnapCenter

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 15, 2024

NetApp SnapCenter and Veeam Data Platform are robust data protection solutions competing in the data protection category. Veeam Data Platform has the upper hand due to its extensive feature set and higher user satisfaction.

Features: NetApp SnapCenter offers seamless integration with other NetApp products, centralized management, and efficient data recovery. Veeam Data Platform features advanced backup capabilities, speedy restores, and comprehensive data management, giving it an edge in user satisfaction.

Room for Improvement: NetApp SnapCenter requires better documentation, improved GUI performance, and enhanced scalability. Veeam Data Platform could benefit from lower licensing costs, more straightforward updates, and improved reporting features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetApp SnapCenter provides efficient deployment for NetApp ecosystems and adequate support. Veeam Data Platform offers a smoother setup process regardless of infrastructure and exceptional customer service, making it more user-friendly.

Pricing and ROI: NetApp SnapCenter is competitively priced but has high initial setup costs. Veeam Data Platform, while more expensive, delivers better ROI through its advanced capabilities, with users finding the benefits justifying the cost in the long run.

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Categories and Ranking

NetApp SnapCenter

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

33rd

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Veeam Data Platform

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

421

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (5th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (11th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2024, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of NetApp SnapCenter is 0.5%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Platform is 19.3%, down from 20.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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SysEngineer3401

Senior Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Dec 24, 2018

Gives you one console to monitor all your jobs, rather than going to different vCenters

The integration with the vCenter could be better in the sense that the only plain view you have is the data stores. In previous versions of the plugin for the VSC, before Snap Center, you could view the virtual machine that you wanted to snapshot. It would include all the data stores that were in part of that specific virtual machine. Now, you select the data store and it should tell you whether or not there's a virtual machine you're looking for included in that resource group or that data store. I don't know if the roadmap includes SnapCenter for Hyper-V. We tend to have a lot of Hyper-V and we also have a Hyper-V environment and that is backed up through SnapManager for Hyper-V. So now we have two management consoles and we would ideally like to leverage SnapCenter to include Hyper-V. I understand that restoring directly from SnapCenter would be a bit complex. And they have the plugin. For me, the two obvious features to add would be that the plugin in vCenter should be more granular, enabling you to select what you want to back up in the resource groups. And I would like to see a plugin for Hyper-V.

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AkankshnethiN

Senior Associate and cloud operations at Cloud4c

Feb 22, 2024

Offers data security measures including offsite backups, encryption, and redundancy features and responsive and effective customer support

With Azure backups, for example, I can only configure three policies and trigger them only three times a day. There's no such adaptive scheduling in Azure. Also, if I have multiple folders, I can't configure different policies for each one in Azure. Commvault, on the other hand, allows for this kind of flexibility. So, Commvault's adaptive mode seems better suited for cloud-native environments compared to Veeam. Like, Commvault is more adaptive than Veeam Data Platform. For the first thing, I would like to see the support for third-party data. Like, Oracle database. In Azure, you don't have release support for custom databases, like Oracle or other data. We cannot directly integrate with Azure Backup. There is only hardly any support for SQL and SAP HANA. That's a key area of improvement for Microsoft because we do manage all the databases, libraries, SAP libraries, and Oracle databases. And going with the latest features, So I feel Microsoft needs larger support there. The other thing is the retention policies. So I can configure the VM backup directly. However, if I wanted to configure the application-level backup, I could only do it on Windows, but not on Linux. But if I see Commvault, I can do it for any of the machines, even if the customer supports Commvault. But Azure has limited support, so even OS compatibility. It supports Windows and some flavors of Linux.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The way that it interconnects with VMware is really handy, because you can go right into your vSphere client, where you spend a lot of the day anyway, right-click on one of the VMs where you have backups running for however long, and you can restore either some files or restore the entire thing."

"It's very helpful because SnapCenter is already integrated with VMware Snapshot, so it's very easy to use."

"The centralized GUI is the best feature, that there is only one webpage where we can see the states of all the backup jobs. We can see all the tasks that are running and we can quickly see if one fails; if they are running or have any issues. We have all that in one place."

"The Exchange plugin is the most valuable because we have a lot of customers that use SnapManager Exchange and have to migrate to SnapCenter."

"Being able to add everything in as resource groups is a valuable feature... Having all the SQL servers put into specific buckets, based on their year of release - 2008, 2012, 2014 - allows us to get almost immediate backups that are easily seen and reported on."

"What is very handy for our clients is the consolidated view. They have a dashboard with everything, through a single pane of glass. This is what they really need because, within seconds, they can have a good overview and see if there are any errors or any issues."

"Most banks and financial institutions use the solution."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

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"The most valuable data protection features in Veeam are encryption and error handling."

"Integration with various applications, such as on-premises laptops and desktop backups, as well as applications and databases, is excellent."

"It is a rock-solid backup solution. That's all, and that's what we were asking for."

"The data backup replication has been the most useful feature. Previously, we copied the data hub to an external hard drive but now we are able to store the backup on one of the depository service."

"The user interface is good and it is very easy to use."

"For me, the most important feature is alerting."

"The most valuable features are the notifications, which give us failure alerts for some infrastructure within the backup, and the reporting is excellent."

"It's got a very good user-friendly interface. It's easy to use."

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Cons

"I want to see a few more features add that will help our team in managing solution better."

"We have experience some difficulties with our current support. We are engaging in engineering level support because some of our problems are more technical."

"My major issue is when I upgrade. I have to touch every last client that I have in SnapCenter, and right now I have 60... They said that in another release that will get better, but right now it's not better and I've had to do this three times."

"We have hundreds of servers and systems and hundreds of customers and they're separated in a multi-tenancy way in NetApp SVM. Right now, the problem is that it always scan all SVMs. If I backup Customer A, it scans all SVMs, or tries to scan all SVMs, if there is a backup relationship on the storage. But it doesn't have the permissions, so we run into timeouts or the backup just takes too long. They're fixing that in the upcoming release..."

"Plugins should be developed in shorter times. Performance generally could be a little bit faster."

"I'm waiting for SnapCenter for hybrid solutions. Right now, we only have SnapManager for hybrid. I need agents for that. People are looking to install SnapCenter in a SQL environment, but where they're running SQL on Hyper-V and using virtual files. Currently, we don't have support for hybrid."

"If it was possible to create backups on non-NetApp storage, that would be helpful."

"The UI, the User Interface, needs to be improved. It's not as clean or modern as it could be."

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"Even though the speed has improved over the years, I think that there are some instances where it still takes a while."

"I would like for them to develop the ability to fix the way it does backups. We can't pick a backup for one database. We have to do a backup on the whole Exchange VM. I'd like for them to change it to where we can do individual backups."

"Limited support for environments other than VMware or Microsoft."

"Its import and export processes for information and policies could be better."

"When you have to renew the licenses you sometimes have some trouble getting rid of the old one and reassigning it to the new one. That's an aspect that could run smoother and could be better."

"One common customer complaint is that Veeam, not just Veeam ONE, has become increasingly complex over time. This means that it is now very feature-rich, which can be challenging for some users to navigate and understand. There is a need for more education on how to use the GUI and all of the available features. Even regular users of Veeam may struggle to utilize the new features, which makes it more challenging for backup administrators to manage their backups. The platform is not becoming simpler, but rather, it is becoming more complicated over time."

"The virtual sandboxes seem complex to setup, so I have not invested time in leveraging this feature. It would be nice if this feature was more user-friendly."

"There is a bug that prevents enabling the restore button, which is hectic."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We see a financial value with SnapCenter because we don't have to license Commvault, which is pretty expensive."

"It comes free with the amount of equipment we purchase from NetApp. In terms of pricing, zero is my favorite number."

"We have a site license, so it comes with the product."

"Pricing is very good because if you already have NepApp controllers, then it's included."

"It's free. The license is included with other NetApp products."

"The licensing is well-designed because it's already included in some packages with NetApp storage. Therefore, for most customers, it's okay as the SnapCenter license is already included in some NetApp bundles."

"The license for SnapCenter was included with the storage array."

"The product is inexpensive."

"The price of the solution could improve when comparing it to competitors. The market is very competitive and they should have some discounts or special offers."

"It is relatively cheap."

"This is an expensive solution and came at a higher cost than expected."

"The product is not that expensive."

"I rate the pricing a five, depending on the application and environment."

"Since pricing is per socket, it is not expensive to add capacity as you go along."

"Veeam Backup Replication can be quite expensive for Office 365 because its license is per user and not for the space that you use. You need one license for each user. If the user only uses a few files on one hard drive, you need a license to back up these files. It was better to have a license model, such as in the Cohesity solution. Cohesity has a license for a space that you use. It's more useful in this case because the license for backup data is on-premises is for CPU. The license is based on how many CPUs you have but it does not depend on how many users use the CPU."

"Its price is reasonable for a big company or a big client. It is not too much. It is cheaper than VMware."

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Nov 9, 2014

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about NetApp SnapCenter?

Most banks and financial institutions use the solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp SnapCenter?

If you have a license, you don't need to buy anything extra. If you have multiple storage systems and want to manage them with a central tool, you are covered.

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What needs improvement with NetApp SnapCenter?

There is always a chance for improvement. One thing that might be improved is the ease of management. It might be made a little less complicated.

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Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?

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How do the backup solutions of Veeam and Veritas compare?

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How does Nakivo compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

SnapCenter

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Veeam Software

Overview

Unified, scalable platform for application-consistent data protection and clone management. This software simplifies backup, restore, and clone lifecycle management with application-integrated workflows.

Veeam Data Platform backs up and replicates virtual machines, protects server farms, provides database backup, and delivers disaster recovery solutions. Users utilize it for protecting Office 365 data, ensuring business continuity, monitoring environments, migrating snapshots, and securing data in offsite locations or the cloud.

Veeam Data Platform is recognized for its ease of setup, reliability, and ability to handle diverse IT infrastructures. It is popular among users for its data replication efficiency, fast virtual machine restoration, and robust reporting. With strong integration with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, it ensures scalability and adaptability across environments. The platform supports incremental backups, a comprehensive dashboard for monitoring and reporting, and a smooth recovery process. New features such as malware detection and an immutable Linux repository enhance its security offerings. However, there's room for improvement in full cloud integration, user interface, and support for more storage systems, as well as better documentation, additional automation, detailed reporting, and enhanced technical support. Users also ask for improved data recovery features, reduced pricing, and greater compatibility with non-Windows systems, Oracle, and SAP systems.

What are the most valued features?

Data replication efficiency: Ensures quick and reliable data replication.
Fast VM restoration: Enables quick recovery of virtual machines.
Easy user interface: Simplifies the backup and recovery process.
Robust reporting: Provides comprehensive reporting and monitoring capabilities.
Scalability: Adapts to growing infrastructure needs with ease.
Backup verification: Ensures the integrity of backups.
Adaptability: Works across different environments seamlessly.
Cloud integration: Integrates with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Incremental backup: Supports reliable incremental backups.
Malware detection: Enhances security with new malware detection features.
Immutable Linux repository: Offers an extra layer of security for backups.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Ease of setup: Reduces deployment time and effort.
Reliability: Ensures consistent backup and recovery performance.
Scalable solution: Grows with the business without hassle.
Comprehensive monitoring: Provides full visibility into backup operations.
Cost-effectiveness: Optimizes backup and recovery costs.
Data security: Enhances protection with features like malware detection and immutable repositories.
User-friendly: Removes complexity from backup management.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and education, Veeam Data Platform provides critical data backup and disaster recovery solutions. Organizations in these sectors use Veeam for protecting sensitive data, ensuring compliance, and maintaining business continuity. By leveraging Veeam's robust features and integrations, companies can safeguard their IT infrastructures against data loss and cyber threats.

Sample Customers

All for One Steeb AG, Accenture

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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