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Veeam vs. Commvault
Say No to Complexity and Risk
- Unrivaled data security
- Complete data portability
- Comprehensive data recovery
- Lower TCO and faster ROI
- No backup administrator dependency
- Ransomware Recovery: A Comprehensive Guide
- Veeam vs. Commvault executive brief
- Veeam Data Platform feature comparison
Feature Comparison
Why Choose Veeam Over Commvault
| Feature | Veeam Benefits | Commvault Limitations |
| Data Security | ||
| Threat detection before and during backups |
Spot threats sooner with Veeam’s in-line backup scanning, which uses AI-driven entropy analysis, IoC detection, and signature analysis. Plus, Recon Scanner provides proactive alerts on suspicious events in the backup server. |
Commvault only detects anomalies in backups after they are finished, and AI-based scans can only be run ad-hoc (i.e. no scheduling or automation). Early detection mechanisms rely on a honeypot approach that wastes resources and is not proven. |
| Threat detection during recovery |
Ensure clean data restores with built-in signature-based malware detection, leveraging Veeam’s Threat Hunter or third-party engines, plus a YARA engine for tracking specific patterns—all integrated in the restore flow. |
Commvault cannot scan for malware during recovery. Before restoring, you must first complete a scan job and confirm that infected data was quarantined. Detection is limited to the built-in engine, and advanced scanning methods like YARA are not supported. |
| Clean room recovery |
Achieve clean room recovery to an isolated site or public cloud with automated malware scanning and end-to-end orchestration. Test recoverability, conduct forensics, and validate recovery plans without disruptions. |
With Commvault, setting up the clean room environment, conducting tests, and migrating data back to production are manual processes. In addition, it is licensed and billed as a costly add-on, and you must also pay for the storage and cloud infrastructure. |
| Cyber incident response services |
Get help recovering from cyber incidents with Veeam's broad set of in-house incident response services. These services combine patent-pending threat assessment technology, pre-incident educational sessions, and recovery services. |
Commvault relies on external incident response partners like CrowdStrike and Deloitte, leading to delayed response times, fragmented communication, and limited in-house expertise. This reactive approach means businesses face longer downtime and higher risks. |
| Data Portability | ||
| Cross-platform recovery and migration |
With cross-platform recovery and migration for the broadest set of platforms—seven hypervisors and three public cloud providers—data can be recovered even if the original hypervisor or cloud is unavailable. |
Commvault’s options for restoring or migrating workloads across different hypervisors or clouds are limited, increasing downtime during migrations or modernizations. |
| Portable backup file format |
Enjoy true data mobility and no single points of failure with self-contained backup files, which are independent of backup catalogs or databases, so you can restore anywhere, even if your backup server is lost. |
Commvault’s platform lacks a portable data format and ties backups to its deduplication database and catalog. If these components fail or are compromised, recovering your data becomes a complex, multi-stage process and may even be impossible. |
| Instant recovery anywhere |
Instantly recover any workload—VMs, physical servers, or cloud instances—to any dominating hypervisors, without rehydrating or waiting for lengthy conversions, so you minimize downtime and accelerate migrations. |
With Commvault, instant recovery is only available for limited scenarios, such as VMware or Hyper-V, on the same platform. Cross-platform instant recovery is not supported, so you face longer restore times and more manual work when moving between environments. |
| Data Recovery | ||
| Recoverability verification |
Ensure that recoveries will succeed with robust recoverability tests, including application tests, and recovery plan verifications for backup, storage snapshots, and periodic or continuous VM replication. |
Commvault’s recovery verification is available only for VMware backups and snapshots and is limited to basic boot tests and running scripts within the virtual machines, with default scripts being provided only for MS SQL and Oracle databases. |
| Recovery orchestration |
Validate the infrastructure, connectivity, and dependencies to create accessible and recoverable backup data and a reliable, orchestrated recovery process without disrupting the critical workloads that drive your business. |
Recovery orchestration in Commvault relies heavily on custom workflows that require scripting expertise or professional services. As it does not offer advanced orchestration plans like Veeam, this can delay critical recovery operations. |
| Automated documentation |
Effortlessly provide compliance reports to executives and board members with automated, detailed documentation of every step in your recovery plan, testing, validation, and processes. |
Commvault does not provide such detailed recovery orchestration reports or automated documentation. |
Is Veeam Better Than Commvault?
According to these users? Yes!
