Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 vs Zerto comparison

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Zerto and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 are crucial competitors in the data protection category. Zerto appears to hold an advantage in deployment ease and cost-effectiveness, while Veeam is superior regarding features and long-term ROI.

Features: Zerto is valued for its effective disaster recovery, reliable performance metrics, and cost efficiency. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is praised for its extensive features including data recovery options, scalability, and comprehensive service environment.

Room for Improvement: Zerto users desire better reporting, enhanced analytics, and more customization. Veeam users seek speedier data retrieval, less complexity in setup, and reduced resource consumption during operations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zerto is noted for its straightforward and quick deployment process, with responsive customer service. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 may involve a more complex deployment but provides robust customer support to assist users throughout the setup process.

Pricing and ROI: Zerto is recognized for competitive pricing and immediate cost benefits, making it attractive for businesses with budget constraints. Veeam, while having higher initial costs, delivers significant long-term ROI, justified by its feature-rich environment.

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Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 vs. Zerto

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Categories and Ranking

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Ranking in Cloud Backup

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SaaS Backup (2nd)

Zerto

Ranking in Cloud Backup

3rd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

282

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (2nd), Cloud Migration (4th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is 6.3%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zerto is 4.2%, down from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

MehmetAksoy

System Administrator at Gates Corporation

Oct 4, 2024

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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Girish Agarwal

Security Architect at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Aug 29, 2023

Easy to use, quick to understand, and simple to set up

It's easy to use. It wasn't too difficult to start with. With most vendors, initially, you have a learning curve or configurations. In this case, Zerto was quick to understand. The dashboard was easy and the UI was simple. The experience is comparatively good with Zerto. The near-synchronous replication has not been used much. That said, it does help when talking about storage layers. The availability of the VMs is good. In terms of resiliency, there are a lot of benefits to it. Most have a recovery of 24 to 48 hours; Zerto has gotten recovery down to four hours. We've done a POC with a DR to AWS. It was limited, however, it worked well and there was support. We didn't run into any challenges. The effect on the RPOs has been excellent. It's been impacted greatly. Customers enjoy the shorter timeline to recovery. The customer confidence is high.

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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

"This covers the areas of backing up Office 365 that Microsoft does not include in its standard routine."

"It is easy to set up. You can use some functions to make sure you get the maximum bandwidth to do the backup. It has an option to bypass Microsoft network limitations and things like that."

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

"The solution is stable and reliable."

"The support offered by both Veeam and our third party supplier is excellent."

"It's user-friendly, especially for taking incremental backups."

"I want an additional copy of my data in the Office cloud and it works."

"The solution is stable."

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"The mobile application is very useful as a real-time monitoring, reporting tool. When asked the status of our machine backup and recovery ability, an easy answer is to display the status on the real-time application or browser. The Zerto Analytics tool helps predict future storage needs by tracking trends in space, journal size, and I/O rate. These are reportable statistics making quantifiable tracking easy and accurate. Having a web interface simplifies access by other system administrators."

"The recovery speed is much faster and less complicated."

"The most valuable feature is the customization that allows me to set my protection group myself."

"Since the log files are continuously transmitted, the granularity of restores is amazing."

"Its automation and the ability to replicate and keep an RTO of just seconds is valuable. It is all automatic. Everything is pretty transparent on the backend. It is just point-and-go."

"The continuous data protection is great. We love it because I can see exactly how many seconds behind real-time we are, which is usually under 10 seconds. It keeps things up to date. We love the product."

"The ability to quickly bring up VMs within a test environment allows us to test our disaster recovery functions and ensures that they would function just as well in an actual disaster scenario."

"Zerto's ability to test failovers with a record of how long it takes to fail the motor is beneficial, as it allows us to know the timing in the event we have to do it live."

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Cons

"They need more documentation, awareness, and assistance."

"If you use a device to back up with compression and duplication, the solution doesn't work."

"Its price could be improved."

"It's a new product. It's not mature."

"If Veeam could offer backup as a service for data backup and recovery, that would be great. We'd like something like what Druva is offering at the moment."

"A while back, I had some trouble using the agent. It might be a problem with older versions. Sometimes, I also have issues installing or making backups from the console to that type of operating system."

"The solution should provide more integration with Teams and SharePoint Online to perform other tasks."

"The solution could improve scalability, both in terms of more storage and users. These two attributes are quite important when you talk about good scalability."

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"There's one feature that SRM had that Zerto doesn't have, and it's one that we've been asking for. With the orchestration part of the failover, with our DR and our primary sites, the IP addresses are almost identical. The only difference is one octet. With SRM, we could say during a failover change. With Zerto, we keep hearing that it's coming, but we haven't received it yet. It's a feature that would be very beneficial. It would reduce the time a little bit more."

"It works only for a virtual platform, it does not support bare metal."

"The amount of storage that it takes up for the journals could use improvement. Outside of that, it's been great."

"It would also be nice if you could update without having to download a new installation file for Zerto Virtual Manager. Within the app, it could prompt you to install and perform the installation from within the application. Generally, it's relatively easy to use, but it gets a little complex when customers have special network requirements and need to customize how long they want the save points to be retained. We need to work with the storage team on the backend to see what makes the most sense for the client."

"The performance was generally good, but occasional lag disrupted the flow, leaving room for improvement."

"I would like for them to support additional hypervisor options. They support VMware but if they supported Hyper-V or Nutanix, it would be beneficial."

"The only thing we've noticed that needs improvement is the backend cleanup within VMware. There are some little issues there. I would like to see tighter integration with Vmware... orphan data is an issue within VMware. It doesn't clean up properly when you're moving stuff around."

"There are quite a few elements in the long-term retention areas that I wish were better. The bio-level recovery indexing of backups is the area I struggle with the most. That's probably because I desire to do tasks that ordinary users wouldn't do with the solution. The standard medium to large customer would probably never ask for anything like I ask for, so I think it's pretty good the way it is. I'm excited to see some of the new improvements coming in the 9.5 version. Some of the streamlines and how the product presents itself for some of the recovery features could be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing model makes this solution more expensive than it needs to be."

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

"Veeam Backup for Office 365 is a subscription-based solution."

"We looked at a few cloud options. When we did the comparison, we found it to be a cost-effective solution, and it included everything."

"For the number of users and amount of storage you receive, it is not expensive."

"We decided on Altaro because, from the point of view of the total cost, Altaro looks cheaper than Veeam. Veeam has a lot of costs that are not clear when you start it, which makes it less flexible than Altaro, but only after half a year, you can be really sure that you made a good decision."

"It is an expensive product, and there is an additional cost involved in purchasing hardware. I rate the pricing an eight out of ten."

"I'm not sure about the price, but I think it could be lower."

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"It is not the cheapest option on the market, but it offers a number of features that make it a good value for businesses that need a comprehensive disaster recovery plan."

"The pricing is slightly above average, but the immediate and comprehensive support makes the price acceptable."

"Zerto's price is reasonable enough."

"I do not have anything to compare it to. It is expensive, but I am not going to squabble about the price when I bring the system up in a disaster. It is what it is."

"It's very reasonably priced. It's a little more than $3,000 annually. That works out to about $20 per server per month."

"We paid a big investment upfront with renewal fees each year."

"We find the Zerto pricing fits our budget."

"Zerto is pretty reasonable. I haven't checked to see how much Rubrik is going to quote us for their solution. At least for us, the price doesn't play a big factor in the decision-making because it is a pretty small deployment for our use case."

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Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Nov 9, 2014

VMware SRM vs. Veeam vs. Zerto

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

20%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Government

Computer Software Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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

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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.

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

The initial cost can be high as IT solutions are generally expensive, however, the solution is worth it due to its functionality and reliability. I would recommend revisiting the pricing structure,...

What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

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What do you like most about Zerto?

The most valuable feature of Zerto for us is its DR capability.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zerto?

Zerto is priced high.

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Veeam Software

Overview

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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Zerto is used for disaster recovery, business continuity, data migration, and ransomware recovery, providing continuous data protection and near real-time replication. Valued for ease of use, efficient failover processes, and versatile integration, it enhances organizational efficiency, reduces errors, and boosts productivity.

Sample Customers

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United Airlines, HCA, XPO Logistics, TaxSlayer, McKesson, Insight Global, American Airlines, Tencate, Aaron’s, Grey’s County, Kingston Technologies

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