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Veeam Data Platform vs Veritas NetBackup comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 15, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Veeam Data Platform
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
421
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (5th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (11th)
Veritas NetBackup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
112
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2024, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Veeam Data Platform is 19.3%, down from 20.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup is 5.0%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

KS
Jun 16, 2021
Easy to set up with good features but file copy jobs result in errors
We primarily used the solution for backups and replication.  For the most part, all of the features are very good. The initial setup was very easy. 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…
NJ
Oct 15, 2021
Backs up every application we own, scales quite well, and has excellent stability
If you are a pure cloud place or if you are running a pure cloud enterprise where you have no on-premise solutions, I would advise other products. If you are running hybrid, like many of the data centers are still running hybrid, and you have a lot of on-premise workloads or very large Oracle workloads like we do, you can run Veritas. You will have no issue. If you're a new green site or you're a startup or a green site, I would run Veeam or Rubrik because it is all-new. I would rate Veritas NetBackup an eight out of 10.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The technical support is excellent. It's one of the best I've met so far."
"As a manager, I find Veeam One's reporting service to be very helpful."
"It is a straightforward solution. There is no need for a dedicated technical person to do the backup and replication. Veeam is very straightforward when it comes to doing the replication."
"The peace of mind of the backup is very important. Incremental backups make it fast and easy to use. We can recover from any failures in case of any hardware failures or malware attacks. We can do a rollback and recover our services with a little downtime. We can rollback even in the case of unsuccessful updates."
"Once you get it set up, everything is smooth, and the recovery is excellent."
"What I like most about this solution are the simplicity and the price-performance ratio."
"The backup and replication capabilities are quite good."
"The most valuable feature of Veeam Backup & Replication is the ease of use."
"Veritas NetBackup is very user-friendly and has some good quick recovery features."
"I like NetBackup's anomaly detection and Linux storage features."
"The features are good."
"Good graphical user interface. It's easy to create policies and to do installs."
"NetBackup is very easy for end-users."
"We have an issue with the last version on the latest backup of the solution as it is not compatible with Sybase 16.5."
"The main features of this solution are deduplication, compression, ease of use, simplistic user interface, and compatibility with all the backup service systems."
"The most valuable feature is that you don't need any special connectivity - you just need to give your seller name, and then it automatically discovers all your virtual machines, which is a great benefit, especially in a bigger environment."
 

Cons

"The endpoint protection console is not centralized."
"The initial setup is not always easy, and customers often need a lot of help to get Veeam up and running successfully."
"They fixed everything that I was hoping for. It is pretty good. There were a few things in 9.x that I was wishing for, and they came true in version 10. We were looking for retention without having to make a copy job. We're getting ready to migrate m365 to the cloud. I haven't dived into it to make sure, but I wish the m365 backup would integrate into the current console so that we don't have to use two different consoles."
"The licensing models, from a reseller's perspective, could be better."
"The solution could improve the performance. We are not able to check the status of any system. Additionally, if there was an option to monitor server clusters it would be helpful."
"The implementation of the features can be improved. Currently, there is no segregation of duty. Normally, any backup software or client service software is implemented in a way where one person is responsible for the implementation of the server, and one is responsible for the client, but Veeam Backup & Replication is not implemented in that way. Therefore, restores don't work like that. The backup guys have to do the restores, which is not a good thing. Its pricing should also be improved. It is quite expensive."
"The price can be better."
"In the future, Veeam should release a hardware backup appliance that can be integrated with their software."
"The restore tool is not friendly to newcomers."
"There could be granular control over metadata components, specifically in the context of JSON data for the product."
"I would advise not to use this tool. I think between the licensing issues and the older solution mentality it is not a great solution."
"What needs to be improved in Veritas NetBackup is its interface, e.g. they should make it more user friendly. Scalability for this product could still be improved, particularly its hardware appliance scalability."
"The solution is not that stable because it has to be monitored and administered every day. The stability could be improved."
"The pricing is a bit of a concern. If could be lower."
"The biggest additional features needed are more cloud capabilities and security from ransomware."
"The user interface could improve, it seems a bit out of date."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Setup cost and licensing of Veeam are nothing to complain about when compared to similar products for enterprise backup recovery solutions."
"The licensing fee depends on the licensing model we choose."
"I would rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten. The licensing costs are yearly."
"We pay on an annual basis. We pay roughly $12,000 for our software subscription."
"It's expensive and costs about 4000 a year."
"We have a yearly perpetual license."
"The pricing is on the higher side, so I think they have to think about the price. It's a stable product and there was no requirement to keep in touch with the support team, so the renewal license was too expensive."
"The subscription-based pricing of Veeam Backup Replication is competitive."
"The licensing model is cost-prohibitive as you scale out."
"The price is okay."
"I rate the product's pricing a seven out of ten."
"Veritas NetBackup is more expensive than other backup solutions like Dell Power Protect and Veeam Backup."
"The price of Veritas NetBackup is high, it should be reduced."
"The software and license are very expensive."
"Price-wise, most of the backup products are similarly priced, and NetBackup is the same."
"The pricing, of course, can always be better."
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Comparison Review

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?
Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four ...
How do the backup solutions of Veeam and Veritas compare?
Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file system backups inside VMs., support for tape library & FC too. But Veritas Netbac...
How does Nakivo compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?
Nakivo is my favorite backup software. Below are the main benefits of Nakivo compared to Veeam 1. Low cost. 2. Backup storage with global deduplication (this is the main requirement of a backup sol...
What is the best next generation backup tool?
Assuming you have an onprem ecosystem which runs the VMware, physical systems on Win, Linux and Unix and run both traditional DB's and nosql DB's like mongo, then Netbackup (NBU) will be the right ...
What do you like most about Veritas NetBackup?
The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achieved by integrating cloud tier options or other object storage solutions.
 

Also Known As

Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE
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Sample Customers

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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