Veeam

What is Veeam?

Veeam is the market leading backup and recovery platform, protecting virtual, physical, cloud and SaaS workloads with strong recovery, replication and ransomware protection, the all round standard for backup. Founded in 2006 and originally known for virtual machine backup, it has become the leading data protection platform, the Veeam Data Platform, backing up and recovering virtual (VMware, Hyper-V), physical, cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and SaaS (Microsoft 365, Salesforce) workloads, with fast, reliable recovery, replication for disaster recovery, and strong ransomware protection including immutable backups and clean recovery. Widely adopted across SMBs to large enterprises and highly rated, Veeam is the all round standard for backup and recovery, known for capability, value and usability. For all round enterprise backup, Veeam is a benchmark choice.

Veeam's distinction is being the all round backup leader, covering virtually any workload with strong recovery, value and usability. It protects virtual, physical, cloud and SaaS from one platform, with reliable, flexible recovery, replication and immutability against ransomware, and it is praised for capability and ease at good value, which is why it leads the market across sizes. That breadth, recovery strength and value set it apart.

Who Veeam is best for

Veeam is best for organisations of all sizes, from SMBs to large enterprises, that want all round backup and recovery across virtual, physical, cloud and SaaS, with strong recovery, replication, ransomware protection and good value. It suits almost any backup need. It is a weaker fit for those specifically wanting a capacity based modern data management platform, where Rubrik or Cohesity fit, fully managed SaaS only backup, where Druva fits, or integrated backup plus endpoint security, where Acronis fits.

Key features

The core strengths are backup and recovery across virtual, physical, cloud and SaaS workloads, fast and flexible recovery, replication for disaster recovery, and ransomware protection with immutable backups and clean recovery, from the Veeam Data Platform. Veeam offers broad storage and cloud integration, instant recovery, and strong usability. Its workload breadth, recovery strength and value are its defining advantages.

Veeam pricing

Veeam is priced per workload (instance) on subscription (Veeam Universal License) and quoted, scaling with the number of workloads protected, with free editions (Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition) for limited use. Pricing is competitive and flexible. Costs scale with workloads and modules, plus cloud storage for offsite backups. Confirm details via the Veeam site.

Integrations and ecosystem

Veeam integrates with virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V), clouds (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), SaaS (Microsoft 365, Salesforce), storage arrays, and a broad partner ecosystem, with a marketplace and APIs. Its broad integrations across virtual, physical, cloud, SaaS and storage, which let it protect almost any workload and store backups anywhere, are a signature strength and a key reason it leads.

Veeam and all round backup

All round coverage with strong recovery and value is the signature strength: Veeam protects virtually any workload, virtual, physical, cloud and SaaS, from one platform, with reliable, flexible recovery, replication and immutability against ransomware, at good value and with usability praised across sizes. For organisations wanting one capable backup platform for everything, this is the main reason to choose Veeam.

Ease of use and support

Veeam is highly rated for capability, recovery reliability, workload breadth, value and usability, with strong support and community, the all round backup leader. Its G2 reviews praise reliability, breadth and value, with capacity based modern platforms the main alternative for some enterprises.

Is Veeam worth it?

For organisations of all sizes that want all round backup and recovery across virtual, physical, cloud and SaaS with strong recovery, ransomware protection and value, Veeam is the benchmark choice. The main caution is that those wanting a capacity based modern data management platform may prefer Rubrik or Cohesity, SaaS only backup Druva, and integrated backup plus security Acronis, but for all round enterprise backup Veeam leads.