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Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] vs Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 23, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veeam Agent for Microsoft W...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Juan LuisNuñez - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficient data protection with seamless integration for virtual environments
With the evolution of the product, I don't have to wait for a snapshot, a zero snapshot. It is more fully integrated with the hypervisor, particularly with VMware solution, and it is simple to create replica sets to our VR site. The solution is fully integrated. I have three products in one: PowerEdge Server, the software, and the compression and deduplication features of the data domain integrated in just one solution.
Salman Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Functional application availability
There are not many options available for AIX backup. They provide the agent for AIX, but it could be more mature, and they should improve that option. They also provide the AIX agent, which is similar to the Windows and Linux agents. Since we use AIX machines, we need to take backups of those machines. However, the options available in that agent are limited. Therefore, the new version should have improvements in that area.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Quest Rapid Recovery for our organization is the VM recovery functionality."
"The most valuable feature is the disaster recovery process from the data center."
"Probably the point-in-time recovery is most valuable. The other piece that is really nice is that you can mount a whole server at any point in time. So, you can mount the server with all the drives to a Z drive or something like that. It will just mount it all up, and your data is accessible right there on one drive, which is nice."
"The best feature of the solution is the user interface."
"The data protection strategy varies on a case-by-case basis, but overall, it's doing well."
"The solution offers a 100% guarantee that if it's backed up you will be able to restore it onto any platform you want."
"The compression and deduplication features have helped to save on storage costs."
"Built-in encryption helps to secure our data as it travels from our on-site server to our off-site backup server."
"The most valuable features of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows are the backups, ease of use, and report manager."
"It's powerful and user-friendly."
"The solution is very affordable for small businesses."
"It is a stable solution."
"User-friendly data backup and protection solution for a Windows environment. The Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is very scalable, stable, and has good compatibility and integration."
"Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows's most useful features is the ease of use and user-friendly."
"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."
 

Cons

"Rapid Recovery can only backup the machine or disc, but it can't back up from folders, and files, and things like that."
"It is quite surprising to me that the configuration cannot be backed up automatically, and I think that Rapid Recovery should have an option for scheduled configuration backup."
"There could be better space management for incremental data. When you use incremental data, the space in the appliance keeps on going up. There should be a better way to manage the space. You have to manage the incremental data to reduce the time."
"In terms of what needs improvement in Quest Rapid Recovery, though the solution is seamless, right now, they are just giving the software which means we'll need to arrange the hardware. If they can combine the appliance and software, that would be a great approach. In the next release of Quest Rapid Recovery, it would be great if they'd add a folder backup feature because only a snapshot backup feature is available at the moment."
"When you do a full backup, all of the memory resources on the server are used, which is something that should be improved."
"You can only take a snapshot from a virtual environment. It should have the ability to take snapshots from both a virtual and physical environment."
"In case, if there is anything, it would be the speed of the operation to be finished. Even then, I can easily work on the storing function before the operation is finished."
"For the most part, it is really good in terms of flexibility and choice of recovery methods. What we found lacking was being able to back up virtual volumes that are clustered. We ran out of luck there. There should be an option for backing up clustered virtual volumes."
"I've found a lot of difficulties on the initial setup and especially in terms of credentials. We really need a Window OS. It doesn't like the domain admin account. it's a primary permission issue."
"The compression ratio and application ratio could still be improved in this solution. Reporting could also be improved, for better monitoring."
"They should improve the solution's automation features."
"We need some sort of security for backups and archives."
"If they could let you can do replication to physical servers - a backup from physical servers and a replication to physical servers - that will be better."
"We can't use tape for primary storage on Veeam."
"In the next release, I would like to see it easier to implement."
"I can't think of anything that may be missing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price is okay. It is reasonable in terms of the way it works."
"When I purchased the change to the license, it was $1,600. I think that was for changing the license. I don't believe that I had to purchase technical support in a while, so I must've bought maybe for five years, but I don't feel there was a huge cost involved in technical support. Its cost was definitely worth it because we've had a fantastic experience with them."
"The pricing is on the higher end."
"I'm not aware of the exact cost of Quest Rapid Recovery because I'm from the technical team, but in general, the solution is quite competitive cost-wise."
"It is a little expensive. However, I haven't compared it to other solutions. Being a nonprofit, it is always good to have nonprofit discounts on products."
"I don't think the licensing for the product is very expensive."
"I believe the basic license comes with six terabytes, whereas a lot of the other ones are four terabytes. From the price point, it seemed a lot better than the comparative models, such as Datto, Barracuda, and some of the others. I believe Barracuda was about $15,000 for four terabytes, and Quest was around $12,000 for six terabytes. Pricing is based on the period. There is just the maintenance fee that you have to pay annually, or you can pay for a three-year or four-year contract. This includes Premier Support."
"It's very expensive which is why I want to drop it. They charge us per core and we have a six-core server. It's expensive to pay for maintenance charges. I want to switch to something cheaper."
"We have the Community Edition and I believe we bought a license for 200 instances. Veeam Agent is mainly used for our branch offices. Those only have one or two Hyper-V servers, so it's covered with the Community Edition. Basically, it's free. I remember Veeam 7.0 or 8.0 wasn't free, but the Community Edition is."
"The solution is inexpensive, more so than other products."
"The pricing is good."
"We have a license package."
"The cost for its licenses is reasonable and as per industry standards."
"The solution is free of cost for end users but for enterprise use, a license per user is required."
"We have a cloud provider agreement with Veeam. We are also paying for the agent."
"We pay for a three-year subscription to use Veeam Agent."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Performing Arts
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Non Profit
6%
Photography Company
25%
Performing Arts
24%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
5%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Quest Rapid Recovery?
The most valuable feature of Quest Rapid Recovery for our organization is the VM recovery functionality.
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Sample Customers

PRIME aerostructures GmbH, Tamworth Regional Council, Rhondda Housing Association, Stadtwerke Pforzheim GmbH & Co., Guangdong Aiyingdao Childrens Department Store, Nspyre, Tarrant Technology Partners, CloudRunner
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