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StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL] vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 15, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL]
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veeam Data Platform
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
421
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (1st), Cloud Backup (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (5th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (12th)
 

Featured Reviews

KB
Sep 9, 2021
An expensive next-generation data recovery and backup software solution with poor data restoration
I like that they have some new devices that are simpler to use because they kind of tie right into the cloud.  Their restoration protocols could be better. I pulled all my clients out of their cloud mostly because I wasn't confident that they could restore out of the cloud. This was backed up by…
Tommy Myo Min Aung - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 24, 2021
Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features
We use Veeam Backup Replication for the data center, desktop recovery, daily backups, and for storage offline The solution is a user-friendly interface. The solution could improve by having a version to be compatible with the Linux system. They have improved the storage depository using the…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like that they have some new devices that are simpler to use because they kind of tie right into the cloud."
"The most valuable feature is the backups."
"I don't have to go back and forth between different applications to get the report I need."
"The initial setup is simple to do in Veeam Backup Replication."
"Nearly all of Veeam's features are beneficial, particularly standard backup functionalities, application-specific backup capabilities, and the ability to create backups in Azure and our data center for disaster recovery purposes."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"It's streamlined the backup and recovery for my customers in the sense that it has an easy management console that's easy to set up any type of instant recovery."
"The ability to offload backup snapshots to the SAN helps with reducing the backup durations."
"The most valuable feature is the instant recovery."
"The interface is very user-friendly."
 

Cons

"Their restoration protocols could be better. I pulled all my clients out of their cloud mostly because I wasn't confident that they could restore out of the cloud. This was backed up by friends who had been burned by stuff like that. We moved away because of the lack of resources to restore from a potential catastrophic failure. It's challenging, and in some cases, they couldn't do it because they didn't have enough resources. For example, if there was a major disaster, and everybody needed their images out of the cloud, they couldn't give them to everybody."
"StorageCraft ShadowXafe should improve the on-premises console management controls and protection and recovery."
"The initial setup can get complex."
"The replication process is very slow. It takes too long to replicate a virtual machine."
"Veeam ONE should improve its UI."
"There's a lot of room for improvement surrounding the backup process."
"Add an archive option to support legal obligations."
"They could include better automation features for migrating VMs without further configuration for the product."
"Granular-level backup is difficult."
"Its reporting feature could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They are more expensive than some of the others out there. We have gone away from their cloud due to pricing."
"Veeam has been raising its prices in the last two years, so it's now lacking some competitiveness in pricing."
"A nice aspect of Veeam's pricing is that the cost benefit is good. It's very economical."
"The licensing fee depends on the licensing model we choose."
"This is not an expensive solution. It's on the cheaper side."
"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."
"The product is expensive."
"It is more expensive than other solutions."
"The cost is based on the number of core servers."
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Nov 9, 2014
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
8%
 

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Also Known As

ShadowXafe
Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE
 

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Sample Customers

Kawasaki, NASA, Amazon, Sonic, Callaway
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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