Editions

Comparison

Veeam Backup Free Edition

Free vs. paid: What’s the difference?
Veeam® offers a free version of its award-winning Veeam Backup &
What is Veeam Replication™ software. The free version, Veeam Backup Free Edition,
Availability Suite? provides a subset of the functionality in the paid editions of Veeam
The free and paid editions of Backup & Replication.
Veeam Backup & Replication use
the same download and install, The Availability gap and the Always-On Business
with functionality controlled by the
Veeam® offers a free version of its award-winning Veeam Backup & Replication™
presence or absence of a license key.
software. The free version, Veeam Backup Free Edition, provides a subset of the
• Operates in free mode when no functionality in the paid editions of Veeam Backup & Replication.
license key is present, or when an
expired trial license key is present. • Full backups of individual VMs only — no scheduled, incremental or multi-VM backups
There are no limits on the number • No vPower® capabilities (however, you can import VeeamZIP™ backups into the
of hosts, sockets or VMs. paid editions and use vPower capabilities there)
• The paid editions require a valid
• No VM replication
trial or full license key, and are
limited to the number of host • No scripting
CPU sockets specified for each
hypervisor (vSphere or Hyper-V) The following chart details the differences between Veeam Backup Free Edition and
in the license key. Veeam Backup & Replication Enterprise Plus Edition. Learn more about all of the paid
editions of Veeam Backup & Replication in our Editions Comparison.
You can easily upgrade to
a paid version — simply
install a license key.

Feature Free Edition Enterprise Notes

Plus
High-Speed Recovery
Entire VM recovery
Full VM recovery Recover an entire virtual machine (VM) on the original host or on
a different host; includes quick rollback functionality to restore
changed blocks only.
Instant VM Quickly restore service to users by starting a VM directly from a
Recovery® backup file on regular backup storage.
VM file and virtual Recover individual VM files (such as VMX) and virtual disks.
disk recovery
Direct Restore Restore or migrate on-premises, Windows-based or Linux-based
to Microsoft Azure VMs, physical servers and endpoints directly into Microsoft Azure.
File-level recovery
Instant File-Level Recover files from 19 common file systems used by Windows, Linux,
Recovery BSD, Mac OS, Novell, Solaris and Unix.3
Item-level recovery
Veeam Explorer™ for Restore individual VMs, guest files and application items from EMC
Storage Snapshots VNX, VNX2 and VNXe snapshots, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) 3PAR
(HPE, NetApp, EMC StoreServ, StoreVirtual and StoreVirtual VSA snapshots, as well as from
and Nimble)1 NetApp Data ONTAP-based storage, including FAS, FlexArray, Data
ONTAP Edge and Nimble CS-series and AF-series snapshots.

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Comparison

Feature Free Edition Enterprise Notes

Plus
Veeam Explorer Search and restore for all Active Directory object types, including users,
for Microsoft Active groups, computer accounts, contacts, passwords and Primary GroupID.
Directory Free Edition supports single user and computer account restore via
export in LDIFDE format or restore back to Active Directory, as well
as the ability to restore passwords.
Enterprise Plus editions includes multi-select restore and container
restore, Group Policy Objects (GPO) restore, Active Directory-integrated
DNS records restore and Configuration Partition objects restore.
Veeam Explorer for Get instant visibility into Microsoft Exchange 2010, 2013 and 2016
Microsoft Exchange backups for item recovery of individual Exchange items (emails,
appointments, notes, contacts, etc.), Online Archive mailboxes
and hard-deleted (i.e., permanently deleted) items. Leverage
comprehensive eDiscovery functionality including query result size
estimation and detailed export reports.
Enterprise Plus Edition also supports restore back
to the original mailbox.
Veeam Explorer for Restore individual SQL databases easily, without needing
Microsoft SQL Server an extensive SQL background or having to search for database
and transaction log files.
Free Edition only supports local database restores.
Enterprise Plus Edition includes agentless transaction log backup and
replay, transaction-level recovery of databases and SQL objects (tables,
stored procedures, views, etc.) back to the original or new SQL server.
Veeam Explorer for Get instant visibility into SharePoint backups with advanced search
Microsoft SharePoint and browse capabilities for quick recovery of individual SharePoint
items, entire sites.
Free Edition supports SharePoint item restore via save, send and export.
Enterprise Plus Edition also supports entire site restore, as well
as restore to original location.
Veeam Explorer Restore individual Oracle databases with ease, without needing an
for Oracle extensive Oracle background or having to search for database and
transaction log files.
Enterprise Plus Edition includes agentless transaction log backup,
archived log management and transaction-level recovery of
databases back to the original or new Oracle server.
U-AIR® (Universal Recover individual objects for ANY virtualized application including
Application-Item PostgreSQL and MySQL databases by starting up the VM directly
Recovery) from a backup file in an isolated environment and accessing the
application with native management tools.
Self service
1-Click file and VM Restore guest files and VMs with a single click through a web UI.
recovery portal for
help desk operators
Microsoft Exchange Restore missing mailbox items back to the original mailbox
item recovery with a single click through a web UI.
portal for help desk
operators
Database recovery Restore individual databases back to the original server,
portal for Microsoft or a new SQL server, with a single click through a web UI.
SQL DBAs

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Comparison

Feature Free Edition Enterprise Notes

Plus
Self-service file File restore portal with automatic VM detection, and automatic
restore portal for delegation based on Local Administrator group membership.
application owners
Recovery delegation Enable full self-service for all web UI recovery features
by delegating recoveries for individual VMs, and groups
of VMs, to specific users or groups such as local IT staff,
application owners, department members, etc.
Data Loss Avoidance
Backup
Application-aware, Create application-consistent image-level VM backups with advanced
image-based application-aware processing (including transaction log truncation).
backups
VeeamZIP Streamline ad hoc backups of live VMs for archival purposes.
Free Edition supports individual VeeamZIP backup creation. Enterprise
Plus Edition supports simultaneous VeeamZIP backup creation.
Quick Backup Perform quick incremental backups of individual VMs
with the existing backup job.
ROBO Guest Reduce the load on the central backup server and simplify
Interaction Proxy scalability for enterprise-level businesses with a large number of
remote office/branch office (ROBO) deployments when performing
application-aware processing and guest file system indexing.
Backup I/O Control Allows you to set the maximum acceptable I/O latency level for
production datastores to ensure backup and replication activities
do not impact storage availability to production workloads.
Enterprise Plus Edition includes a global latency setting and
provides setting customization on a per-datastore basis.
Backup from Create image-based backups and replicas from EMC VNX, VNX2 and
Storage Snapshots VNXe snapshots, HPE 3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual and StoreVirtual
(HPE, NetApp, EMC VSA snapshots, as well as from NetApp Data ONTAP based storage
and Nimble)2 including FAS, FlexArray (V-Series), Data ONTAP Edge, IBM N series
and Nimble CS- and AF-series snapshots, as often as necessary with
little to no impact on production.
Backup from NetApp Eliminate additional impact from backup activities on production
SnapMirror and storage by retrieving VM data from NetApp SnapMirror or SnapVault
SnapVault¹ and and Nimble Replicated Copies secondary storage systems, instead
Nimble Replicated of from the primary storage system.
Copies1
Secondary backup SnapShot Create a second, application-consistent, storage-snapshot-based
to NetApp or Nimble SnapMirror backup to NetApp Data ONTAP-based storage, including FAS,
storage1 SnapVault FlexArray (V-Series), Data ONTAP Edge VSA and IBM N series or
Replicated copy Nimble CS- and AF-series arrays.
Storing backups
Synthetic full backup Eliminate the need for periodic full backups by creating “forever
incremental” backups that save time and storage.
Built-in Decrease backup storage requirements and network traffic with built-in
deduplication, deduplication. Multiple compression options let you balance storage
compression and consumption with performance and backup proxy load. Swap exclusion
swap exclusion reduces backup footprint and improves performance.

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Comparison

Feature Free Edition Enterprise Notes

Plus
BitLooker Analyzes the NTFS Master File Table (MFT) to identify blocks belonging
to deleted files, and skips those blocks from image-level processing to
reduce backup file sizes and replication bandwidth consumption.
Free Edition supports only non-scheduled full backups.
Backup Copy jobs Copy all or selected VM backups to your disaster recovery (DR)
storage location of choice automatically. This includes validation
and remediation to ensure copies are available and reliable.
Veeam Cloud Get your backups off site with fully integrated, fast and secure backup
Connect Backup to, and restore from, the cloud through a service provider of your choice.
End-to-end Secure backup data and network transfers with end-to-end
encryption AES 256-bit encryption without any negative impact on built-in
compression and WAN acceleration data reduction ratios.
Free Edition allows you to encrypt your backup files as you create
them and/or move them to tape. Enterprise Plus Edition includes
lost password protection.
Native tape support Back up and archive files and VM backups to standalone tapes,
tape libraries and virtual tape libraries connected to any Microsoft
Windows server in your environment.
Free Edition supports copying Windows, Linux and VM backup files
to tape, parallel processing, Unknown Media Changer (via native
SCSI commands), Failover to SCSI and Global Media Pools (GMPs).
Enterprise Plus Edition adds tight integration with backup jobs and
supports full tracking of VMs and restore points on tape as well
as in media vaults. It also supports GMPs spanning multiple tape
libraries, and a dedicated media pool type to simplify Grandfather-
Father-Son (GFS) retention.
Proxy affinity Simplify job creation and map direct connections between proxies
and backup repositories.
Deduplicating Get faster backup performance by backing up to deduplicating
storage integrations storage integrations (EMC Data Domain Boost, HPE StoreOnce
Catalyst and ExaGrid Accelerated Data Mover).
Per-VM backup files Store each VM in a separate backup file to enhance backup
for deduplicating performance when backing up to deduplicating storage. This
storage is accomplished by leveraging parallel VM processing to enable
multiple, concurrent write streams.
File-selective image- Exclude individual files and folders during backup and replication,
level processing reducing the amount of data that needs to be transferred and stored.
Built-in WAN Get backups off site up to 50x faster and save bandwidth with
Acceleration agentless Backup Copy jobs.
Enterprise Plus Edition supports Built-in WAN Acceleration to any
target, including Veeam Cloud Connect targets.
Scale-out Backup Provide an abstraction layer over individual storage devices to
Repository™ create a single virtual pool of backup storage for your backups.
Enterprise Plus Edition supports unlimited extents.
Replication
Image-based VM Replicate VMs on site for high availability or off site for disaster recovery.
replication
Veeam Cloud Ensure Availability of your mission-critical applications with fully
Connect Replication integrated, fast and secure cloud-based DR through a DRaaS
(Disaster Recovery as a Service) provider of your choice.
Assisted failover and Replica rollback and assisted failover and failback.
failback

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Feature Free Edition Enterprise Notes

Plus
Replication from Create replicas directly from VM backup files
a backup without impacting production.
Planned Failover Facilitate data center migrations with zero data loss.

1-Click Failover Built-in failover plan orchestration enabling easy 1-click

Orchestration site failover to minimize unplanned downtime.
Built-in WAN Get replicas off site 50x faster and save bandwidth.
Acceleration Enterprise Plus Edition supports Built-in WAN Acceleration
to any target, including Veeam Cloud Connect targets.
Verified Recoverability
SureBackup® Automatically test and verify every backed-up VM for recoverability
by running the VM directly from the backup file (no full VM restore is
required). This includes support for custom application test scripts.
SureReplica1 Automatically test and verify every replica VM for recoverability.
This includes support for custom application test scripts.
Leveraged Data
On-Demand Run one or more VMs directly from a backup in an isolated environment
Sandbox™ and the ability to troubleshoot, test and train on a working copy
of the production environment without impacting business operations.
On-Demand Use storage snapshots to quickly create complete isolated copies of your
Sandbox for Storage production environment, for fast and easy testing and troubleshooting.
Snapshots
Complete Visibility
Support for VMware Support for VMware vSphere 4.1 or later, and Microsoft Hyper-V
vSphere and 2008 R2 SP1 or later. View both hypervisors from a single console.
Microsoft Hyper-V
vSphere Web Perform VeeamZIP and Quick Backup. Monitor backups, easily
Client Plug-in1 identify unprotected VMs and simplify capacity planning —
all directly from the vSphere Web Client.
Standalone console Install the console separate from the backup server for installation on
laptops and desktops, eliminating Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
sessions to a backup server.
Centralized Get a web-based, consolidated view of your distributed deployment
Management Web in a single pane of glass without having to log into individual
UI (Veeam Enterprise backup servers. This includes federation of multiple backup servers,
Manager) centralized reporting and consolidated alerting.
Enterprise Plus Edition also includes full job management
functionality, and the ability to perform restores.
Guest file system A catalog of guest files enabling effortless search of individual files,
indexing to find and restore a file without knowing the precise file location
or the time when it was deleted.
Enterprise Plus Edition also provides a catalog of archived backup files,
and integrate with 1-Click to enable restore directly from search results.
vCloud Director Back up vApp and VM metadata and attributes. Restore vApps and
support1 VMs directly to vCD, and also restore fast-provisioned VMs.
Enterprise Plus Edition also supports scheduled incremental backup
jobs of vCD VMs, customer portal integration via RESTful API, self-
service tenant-managed backup and restore via Enterprise Manager,
and native vCloud Director authentication.

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Feature Free Edition Enterprise Notes

Plus
Other capabilities
Multiple storage Backup and replicate directly from SAN, directly from NFS storage,
access options through hypervisor I/O stack, or over LAN.
Changed block Minimize backup time and allow for more frequent backup
tracking and replication.
Supported on both VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V.
Free Edition does not support VM replication.
File Manager Integrates file management (Veeam FastSCP™) into the
operator console.
Quick Migration1 Migrate vSphere VMs between hosts and/or data stores using
VMware vMotion, Storage vMotion and/or Veeam-provided
migration technology.
Task automation All editions support PowerShell.
Enterprise Plus Edition also supports RESTful API.
1
VMware vSphere only
2
VMware vSphere only; supported natively for Microsoft Hyper-V
3
Some file systems supported for VMware vSphere only

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