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Veeam

The #1 Data Protection & Ransomware Recovery Platform

Founded 2006Columbus, OH5,000+ employees

Veeam is the global leader in data protection and ransomware recovery, with over 450,000 customers worldwide. Its platform provides backup, replication, and recovery for virtual, physical, cloud, and SaaS environments from a single console.

Analyst Findings

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Veeam is the #1 data protection platform by market share

Confirmed by IDC and multiple third-party market share reports. Veeam holds approximately 28-32% of the enterprise backup software market globally. This is a legitimate market leadership claim backed by independent data.

Marcus Williams
Reviewed 2026-01-10
Caveat

Veeam provides complete ransomware protection and guaranteed recovery

Veeam offers strong ransomware detection and immutable storage options, but "guaranteed recovery" is marketing language....

Caveat

Veeam Data Cloud is a cloud-native SaaS platform

Technically true for the SaaS delivery model, but Veeam's architecture was originally built for on-premises environments...

Disputed

Veeam supports Continuous Data Protection (CDP) across all hypervisors

CDP in Veeam is limited to VMware vSphere only. Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, and physical workloads are not supported for CDP. ...

Feature Specifications

GAGenerally AvailableBetaPublic BetaRoadmapOn Roadmap

Recovery

Instant VM Recovery
GA
Instant Recovery to Any Platform (cross-hypervisor)
GA
Granular Item-Level Recovery (Exchange/SharePoint/AD)
GA
Continuous Data Protection (CDP)

VMware vSphere only; Hyper-V not supported

GA
Disaster Recovery Orchestration (VONE)
GA

Backup

Agentless VMware & Hyper-V Backup
GA
Physical Server & Workstation Backup
GA
Microsoft 365 Backup (Exchange/Teams/SharePoint)
GA
Salesforce Backup

Via Veeam Backup for Salesforce

GA
Kubernetes Backup

Via Kasten K10 (Veeam acquisition)

GA
SAP HANA / Oracle Backup
GA

Cloud

AWS / Azure / GCP Backup
GA
Cloud Tier (object storage archive)
GA
SaaS Delivery (Veeam Data Cloud)

Generally available 2024

GA

Security

Immutable Backups (object lock)

Requires compatible object storage target

GA
Ransomware Detection (inline)

Entropy-based detection during backup

GA
WORM Repository Support
GA
4-eyes Authorization (backup delete)
GA
Malware Scanning (YARA rules)
GA

Analytics

Veeam ONE (monitoring & reporting)
GA
Capacity Planning
GA
Chargeback Reporting
GA

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Deployment Options

On-premises (software)

Primary deployment model — installs on Windows Server

Virtual Appliance (VBA)
SaaS (Veeam Data Cloud)

Generally available 2024; Microsoft 365 and Azure workloads

Managed Service Provider (VCSP)

Large VCSP partner ecosystem

Air-gapped

Supported via hardened Linux repository or tape

Government / FedRAMP

No FedRAMP authorization; government customers use on-prem

Compliance & Certifications

SOC 2 Type II

Covers Veeam Data Cloud (SaaS) only; on-prem customers inherit their own environment controls

ISO 27001
HIPAA

BAA available for Veeam Data Cloud

GDPR
FedRAMP

No FedRAMP authorization; not on roadmap per last public statement

PCI-DSS

Veeam can protect PCI-in-scope systems; Veeam itself is not PCI certified

Integrations

Hypervisor

VMware vSphereMicrosoft Hyper-VNutanix AHV

Cloud

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud

SaaS

Microsoft 365Salesforce

Kubernetes

Kasten K10

ITSM

ServiceNow

SIEM

Splunk

Storage

Pure Storage