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StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL] vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 26, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

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
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
433
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (1st), Cloud Backup (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1281621 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder/CEO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
An expensive next-generation data recovery and backup software solution with poor data restoration
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.
JitendraSadaye - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Technical Specialist at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Backup operations have become reliable and reporting now simplifies hybrid cloud protection
Veeam Data Platform has Veeam Enterprise Manager as well as Veeam ONE as valuable features, which allow us to generate various kinds of reports that are required for the customer. Instant VM Recovery is a good feature of the high-speed recovery features in Veeam Data Platform, and Continuous Data Protection (CDP) is also a good feature. Ransomware protection is a good feature added in Veeam Data Platform from version 12 onwards, and the ability to create immutable repositories is also a good feature in Veeam. The analytics part of Veeam Data Platform is a good solution because I have worked on various backup technologies such as EMC NetWorker and NetBackup. However, I have not used the analytical parts currently but will check it out. Streamlining processes as well as saving money are benefits that Veeam Data Platform provides for the end user, as it allows for application-aware backups and database backups without the need for various kinds of licenses that other backup software requires. Veeam offers socket-based licenses, instance-based licenses, and capacity-based licenses, which is a great feature.

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 technical support has been very good."
"The most valuable feature is the backups."
"As a manager, I find Veeam One's reporting service to be very helpful."
"We had a vendor screw up a financial accounting program at tax season, a critical time for one of our customers, and we were able to roll the VM back in under five minutes, and users were back on the software in under 10 minutes from restore."
"They are the second-best backup after Veritas, Veeam is easy to set up and they have a simple UI for users to set up and administer the Veeam console."
"Veeam Backup & Replication is definitely very useful and simple to learn, and the restoring processes are very straightforward, making it a very solid product."
"Veaam ONE is a very good product in virtualized environments."
"We thought it had the best integration with VMware."
"It is a good product, in regards to performance, as well as data protection."
"The backup features are valuable."
 

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."
"I wouldn't use it. It failed me every time I tried to use it in a real-life scenario."
"StorageCraft ShadowXafe should improve the on-premises console management controls and protection and recovery."
"They also do not monitor physical workloads, for example, physical Windows Servers and physical Linux Servers."
"One of the downsides to Veeam is that it's just software-based."
"The price can be a bit expensive."
"For our company's usage, the price of the product is considered to be one of the major drawbacks because we have a lot of infrastructure, and its services don't fit well with our needs."
"With Veeam v7 in conjunction with vSphere 5.5 using vSphere Flash Read Cache (vFRC), I started seeing issues with Veeam backups either failing or VM Snapshots constantly needing consolidation."
"If a single file is corrupt then the restoration of the entire backup will fail."
"I would like a solution for SAP systems to be included in the next release."
"The product must provide better security."
 

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."
"This is not an expensive solution. It's on the cheaper side."
"The product is inexpensive."
"Veeam's pricing is good. But compared to the past five years, it's constantly increasing."
"There is a license required for this solution and the price is a bit expensive but it depends on the environment that you have on how much it will cost."
"This solution requires a license and the organizations I was involved in were using an enterprise license."
"Veeam has been raising its prices in the last two years, so it's now lacking some competitiveness in pricing."
"The price of Veeam Backup Replication has been increasing their price and my customers are asking why. They have CPU-based licenses and a Universal License, the prices should be reduced."
"I don't have an issue with the price of Veeam Backup Replication."
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Comparison Review

it_user159711 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Nov 9, 2014
VMware SRM vs. Veeam vs. Zerto
Disaster recovery planning is something that seems challenging for all businesses. Virtualization in addition to its operational flexibility, and cost reduction benefits, has helped companies improve their DR posture. Virtualization has made it easier to move machines from production to…
 

Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

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Small Business220
Midsize Enterprise98
Large Enterprise141
 

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Also Known As

ShadowXafe
Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Veeam Backup & Replication
 

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