Although SaaS‑based backup vendors provide benefits such as easy deployment and management,
these benefits come at a sacrifice. They do not offer the flexibility or functionality
necessary to tailor data protection to specific business needs.
Top reasons organizations choose Veeam® over SaaS‑based backup vendors for Microsoft 365
Veeam benefits
SaaS‑based backup vendors limitations
Infrastructure freedom
Complete flexibility
Choose any infrastructure that fits a business need and change it whenever
required with support for nearly any cloud or hardware platform.
Vendor lock‑in
SaaS vendors typically limit the cloud options and may force customers to use
their cloud. Changes are rarely possible after setup.
Backup flexibility
Customizable backup
Deliver the appropriate level of protection to different users according
to the business value of their data.
Non‑customizable backup
Backup frequency is rarely flexible with SaaS vendors, preventing organizations
from delivering the right level of protection to their different
users.
Recovery flexibility
Many recovery options
Minimize business downtime by recovering data in the way that makes the most
sense, no matter the kind of data loss.
Limited recovery options
Limited ability to minimize downtime after data loss, as data may not be
recoverable exactly as needed by an organization.
Disaster recovery
Simple disaster recovery
Recover from a disaster with minimal downtime and a few clicks,
no matter the amount of data or number of users to recover.
Poor disaster recovery
Inability to minimize downtime after a disaster due to labor‑intensive
restore operations for large groups of users.
Reliable vendor
Complete vendor
Simplify data protection by protecting all your workloads with a single
platform.
Get lots of user resources and unmatched customer services, thanks to a team
of 4,500 backup experts.
Limited vendor
Unnecessary complexity, as these vendors typically require separate 3rd party
tools to protect workloads beyond SaaS.
Few, if not rare, customer resources or services, due to a very
limited staff.