--- description: Review of Veritas Backup Exec Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Veritas Backup Exec | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Backup Software](/directory/4294/backup/software) > [Veritas Backup Exec](/software/262539/backup-exec) # Veritas Backup Exec Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/262539/backup-exec Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/262539/backup-exec?page=2) > Veritas Backup Exec is a backup and recovery platform that assists businesses with protecting data across hybrid, physical, cloud and virtual infrastructures. The application integrates with VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V environments, allowing professionals to create recovery copies from VM backups using agents or agentless methods, track changes and execute automated recovery. Features of Veritas Backup Exec include ransomware resilience, automated disaster recovery testing, GDPR compliance, encryption, and more. IT administrators can utilize Azure Site Recovery integration to facilitate recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs) processes across critical sites and data. It allows integration with several in-house and third-party applications such as Veritas Usage Insights, Information Map, and more. Veritas Backup Exec is available on a perpetual and subscription basis and support is available via documentation, videos, phone and email. > > Verdict: Rated **4.2/5** by 12 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.2/5** | 12 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 3.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 70% | (7/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Veritas Technologies ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$39.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Silver $49 per FETB per month\* Gold $69 per FETB per month\* - **Target Audience**: 51–200 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Linux (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Escalation - Backup Log - Backup and Recovery - Cloud Backup - Compliance Management - Compression - Data Recovery - Data Replication - Disaster Recovery - Encryption - Local Server Options - Monitoring ## Category - [Backup Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4294/backup/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[Cove Data Protection](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/171880/solarwinds-backup) — 4.7/5 (217 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Reviewing Veritas Backup Exec" — 5.0/5 > **Kevin** | *26 November 2023* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: great console, relevant features and easy of deploying agents across a network. > > **Cons**: the product has become un attainable for most SME's with the start cost in excess of £1K > > Great of the existing clients we have so long as the annual subscription doesn't continue to climb well in excess of inflation. ----- ### "Veritas Backup Exec work all time" — 5.0/5 > **Jesus** | *19 November 2024* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: -Big compatibility with storages and tape libraries. -We can list a big quantity of backups and see what backups failed or not. -We can backup a complete VM to restore in a specific point. -We can send a lot of backups with a high volume of data and still work without problems. -We can see the backups in real time and see with file is backing in real time. -A lot of specifications to restore data (path, permissions, overwrite, etc...) > > **Cons**: The support is bad and very frustrate because to open a ticket the support team request a big information to start to help us. > > Very nice experience to backup files, DBs, and Virtual Machines ----- ### "Veritas Backup Exec is a backup product that, when we used it, was not without flaws." — 3.0/5 > **Russell** | *5 August 2024* | Wholesale | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: Once configured the product ran well enough to create good backups and was not difficult to setup. > > **Cons**: Backups had frequent failures and issues, support was not what it should have been for an enterprise level product. > > We used Backup Exec for several years to push backups to tape and to physical hard disks. Failures were frequent and frustrating. ----- ### "Why I left Veritas" — 5.0/5 > **Zalman** | *21 January 2024* | Apparel & Fashion | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: I used it for years and it was always reliable. However, I can't recommend the product any more. Read the cons. > > **Cons**: In July \& Aug 2023, I tried for 2 months get a demo of the latest version. I only had one return phone call and the person didn't follow up. No reply to emails even though I had this persons email address. I was totally ignored. The sales agent said that they are understaffed because of COVID from the last 2 years. It wasn't possible to see a demo of the latest version. I gave up after 2 full months. I had older versions that stopped working once the server NetframeWork was upgraded. Veritas said one could only buy a newer version. They were not going to fix the older versions. > > It served me well for 25 years. However, I don't know what the current version can do. They were not able to show me a demo. In the end I bought Veeam. There are a few features that I use. There is the normal backup and restore. Replication on to the cloud. The 2 capabilities that I found important was (1) an IMMUTABLE Backup. It is a local secondary backup that can't be over written. Good protection against ransomware. It requires a Linux OS. (2) If the server crashes, I can bring up a backup and have people continue working until a new server is created. The only issue is that this can't be backed up while being accessible to the end user. Unitrend offers (2),but not (1). They only have Cloud Backup. ----- ### "Data Recovery Zone" — 4.0/5 > **Theint Zarchi** | *4 April 2024* | Computer & Network Security | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Cost savings Less storage and bandwidth Enhanced backup security Fast recovery > > **Cons**: Upgrading version Full and incremental backup sizing is the same suddenly ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/262539/backup-exec?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/262539/backup-exec) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data