We performed a comparison between Veeam Backup & Replication and Veritas NetBackup based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Veeam Backup & Replication comes out on top in this comparison. According to its users, it is easier to set up and more user friendly than Veritas NetBackup.
"I have found the most valuable feature to be the new CDP features. It is very popular for my customer's needs."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to restore the VMs into a test environment."
"Veeam is highly scalable. In one scenario, we started with 2,000 users and scaled up to 24,000."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"I'm pleased with the ability to search for documents; it's very useful."
"The setup was straightforward Veeam Backup Replication. NetBackup is a larger solution and takes more time to implement but Veeam Backup Replication takes approximately 40 days."
"The pricing of the solution is fair."
"Very reliable and easy to use."
"I think the support is fine. We haven't had issues with it."
"The feature that is most useful for us is that it backs up every application that we own."
"It has been around for so long, and it is very in-depth. It has a solution for everything that you can cover."
"It's durable — we achieve what we expect from it."
"It's a good product, it does what we want it to do."
"Veritas released a new feature in version 8 of NetBackup called VRP. It's kind of like replication management from VMware. The great thing about this feature is that Veritas gave it to us for free."
"Its most valuable features are flexibility and reliability."
"NetBackup is highly stable. We have more than 1,800 policies that run every day."
"The SME that helped us with the implementation would probably have more insight because he used it way more than we have. We just use it for making sure that our backups are done daily, and the replications are being performed between sites. We haven't had any issues at all with it other than the fact that there is a slight process to acquire additional licenses if we want to expand our number of hosts. That's because it is based on the number of cores and threads that are used."
"The documentation and communication could be better in Veeam Backup Replication."
"It would be preferable if they could introduce a complete Linux version instead of relying solely on Microsoft for management. There should be a unified integration of all their products. Currently, there are various products like cloud backup and others that exist separately. It would be better if they could create a single comprehensive platform or product, as opposed to having disparate products that lack proper communication between them."
"I would like a solution for SAP systems to be included."
"Veeam Backup is not enhanced. There aren't any enhancements yet and they are still using traditional methods for snapshots and to perform the backup, like many other vendors. Another improvement would be simplifying and integrating their software."
"I only ever found one error. It was when we were doing a file copy job. After using it for ten minutes, it would slow down and cause a bottleneck error."
"It could use DR features similar to Zerto."
"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."
"It would be better if it had a cloud integration feature. I would like to use a single product for the cloud instances and the on-premise instances. The price could also be better."
"The product must enable data migration from on-premise to the cloud."
"The deployment time is longer than it is with other products."
"We had some issues with the hardware backup appliance."
"NetBackup is expensive and should be cheaper. That is why we are moving on to another solution."
"Main area that could be improved is the pricing, to make it more competitive"
"Veritas NetBackup has some limitations and it would be a benefit if we had better documentation."
"The restoration method and the compression ratio need improvement."
Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 112 reviews. Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and NAKIVO Backup & Replication, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Azure Backup, Veritas Backup Exec and Dell NetWorker. See our Veeam Backup & Replication vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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