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.
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Preferred
82%
of Fortune 500 1
Gartner Peer Insights
4.7/5
Star Distinction 2

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Get Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 — your boss will love you!

Cloud services have flaws, and it is ultimately the sys admin's responsibility to ensure data is safe. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 does exactly what it says on the box, by allowing the administrator to take control of their data.
IT Administrator
Staffing & Recruiting
1001‑5000 employees
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Veeam Backup for O365 keeps your data protected how you choose!

It allows us to address a major concern with Microsoft 365, and that's being in control of our data. With O365, you often don't know where your data is stored and if there's an issue, how you will recover from it. With Backup for O365, we're in charge of making sure our data is protected.
Systems Administrator
Moses Lake Industries
Semiconductors | 201‑500 employees
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Veeam is a solid and well‑built backup solution for organizations of all sizes

We currently use Veeam Backup across the whole organization. It is easy to use and a powerful tool that helps us ensure we have solid backups for DR purposes. We have used the restore functionality numerous times in my 5 years working with it, and it is easy to use and restores quickly.
Project Manager
Fort Financial Credit Union
Banking | 51‑200 employees
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A great Microsoft 365 Backup solution for peace of mind with a fantastic range of features

We are currently using it to back up the complete Microsoft 365 dataset (email, SharePoint, OneDrive) of department managers and directors, along with shared mailboxes and OneDrive or SharePoint power users. It addresses the problem of users clearing out loads of emails or files before realizing they'd deleted something they needed.
IT Manager
Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing
201‑500 employees
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Best product in the market for backup 365

We use it for the entire organization, and it greatly facilitates administration through the use of active directory security groups. It also facilitates the backup of the entire 365 suite, OneDrive, SharePoint, etc., in a single task which makes it easy to monitor any type of error.
IT Technician
Pharmaceuticals
1001‑5000 employees
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If you have O365, you must at least try Veeam 365 for your on‑premises backups!

Veeam 365 Backup is being used by our company to backup all mailboxes, SharePoint sites and OneDrive accounts. We moved into the cloud back in 2017 and have always felt more comfortable having a copy of our data in‑house so this product was just the ticket!
IT Manager
Telecommunications
51-200 employees
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  1. Veeam Leads Cloud Data Management Market as it Kicks Off 2019 with Q1 Double‑Digit Growth
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