# Veritas Backup Exec Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Veritas Backup Exec the right Backup solution for you? Explore 12 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/231491/Backup-Exec/reviews --- Veritas Backup Exec 4.2 (12) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/231491/Backup-Exec/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated December 14th, 2025 # Reviews of Veritas Backup Exec Ease of use 4.2 Customer Service 3.5 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-12 of 12 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Kevin H. Director Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Reviewing Veritas Backup Exec" November 26, 2023 5.0 Great of the existing clients we have so long as the annual subscription doesn't continue to climb well in excess of inflation. 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 Review Source JV Jesus V. Server Administrator Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Veritas Backup Exec work all time" November 19, 2024 5.0 Very nice experience to backup files, DBs, and Virtual Machines 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. Review Source RC Russell C. Systems Administrator Wholesale Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Veritas Backup Exec is a backup product that, when we used it, was not without flaws." August 5, 2024 3.0 We used Backup Exec for several years to push backups to tape and to physical hard disks. Failures were frequent and frustrating. 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. Review Source ZR Zalman R. IT Director Apparel & Fashion Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Why I left Veritas" January 21, 2024 5.0 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. 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. Reason for choosing Veritas Backup Exec At the time, Veritas was considered the best backup software in the market. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Technology Specialist Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Backup Exec is good product to backup servers for small, mid & large level of company." April 7, 2022 4.0 Pros I like below services, 1. it use snapshot technology for backup. 2. we can schedule job for full backup, incremental and diffractal backup as per the requirement. 3. we can also encrypt data through software. 4. it provides data compression. Cons There should be available tape test tool. Review Source Taryn F. Software Specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Veritas Backup Exec is most suited to Small / Medium Businesses." February 14, 2022 3.0 Veritas Backup Exec is a good choice for small to medium businesses with a relatively simple set up , not requiring many different agents to be backup up, and without excesses amounts of data. The licensing model is complicated and can be expensive, but I have seen great changes in the options supplied now - such as the Per VM model Pros Its great that Veritas Backup Exec has kept up to date with licensing, allowing per VM licensing via subscription. Ease of installation and use for those businesses without a very technical and dedicated IT Team. Compatible with most, if not all, tape libraries. Integrates well with Vmware Cons The licensing model is more complicated than others, ie Veeam - each agent needs to be licensed - makes for a complex licensing model. Backups are relatively slow. The dashboard is not as intuitive as its competitors interfaces. Alternatives considered [Acronis Cyber Protect](https://www.capterra.com/p/237140/Acronis-Cyber-Protect/) Reason for choosing Veritas Backup Exec Veritas remained in these environments as it was doing its job. The customers own the licensing, and are simply paying renewal each year, so it makes no sense to move to another product, when the current system is working and paid for. Review Source Girish S. Azure Solutions Engineer Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best in class Backup & Recovery Solution for any workload !!!" April 13, 2023 5.0 Overall I have been very satisfied with the product.Deployment is superfast and interface is user friendly Pros Ability to manage different environment from single interface .Flexibility of protection of SaaS application , Virtual , Cloud etc. Cons Ability for MSP to manage multiple customer will be a good add on Review Source CP Celeste P. Software Specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Veritas Back" March 1, 2022 3.0 Smooth transition and works well Pros Use friendly and quite easy to manage dash board easily accessible and looks and feels great , great alerts Cons Updated dont happen often the process is quite long not so easy to perform Review Source Fazal Ur Rehman F. Senior Consultant/Project Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Backup and recovery solution for SME" November 20, 2021 4.0 Pros Since our enterprise data was not that much initially, we got Backup Exec. It was easy to use. Offer3 Cons The limit on using the tape drive is a major disadvantage. The slow backup is another one. Reason for choosing Veritas Backup Exec The product was apt for the kind of environment and size of data we had. Review Source TZA Theint Zarchi A. system engineer Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Data Recovery Zone" April 4, 2024 4.0 Pros Cost savings Less storage and bandwidth Enhanced backup security Fast recovery Cons Upgrading version Full and incremental backup sizing is the same suddenly Review Source GR Grant R. Cloud Engineer Information Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Backup Exec Review" March 7, 2022 5.0 Pros It does decent backups, and when testing restores I haven't had a single failure. Cons UI needs a bit of work - it feels clunky and outdated. Review Source KP Kuberan P. Software Services Consultant Information Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A Very Veritas Reivew" March 7, 2022 4.0 Pros The tool is easy to setup and trial. Backups ran without issue Cons Not much integration Office 365 and other management tools such as Manage Engine Review Source Similar Products Featured