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Backup and disaster recovery · September 2026 Edition

Veeam vs Veeam Data Platform

Five of twelve models named Veeam first on the direct prompt; one named Veeam Data Platform. Veeam was named by ten of the twelve models and Veeam Data Platform by eight and Veeam carries 23 labels and Veeam Data Platform 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Veeam

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Veeam Data Platform

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share18%15%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2313A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Veeam reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Veeam vs Acronis Cyber Protect · Veeam Data Platform vs Acronis Cyber Protect

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the backup and disaster recovery page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
VeeamFirst choices, of twelve modelsVeeam Data Platform
Direct51
Paraphrase15
Comparative43
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained10
Negative102 against Veeam
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Veeam and Veeam Data Platform stood in it.

Veeam first, Veeam Data Platform not the choice

5 of 12 modelsVeeam Data Platform was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniVeeam alternatives: Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Cohesity, Rubrik
Perplexity SonarAcronis, Veeam alternatives: Datto SIRIS/ALTO, Druva
DeepSeek V4 FlashDatto SIRIS, Veeam alternatives: Acronis Cyber Protect
Llama 4 MaverickAcronis Cyber Protect, Arcserve UDP, Veeam
MiniMax M2.5Veeam alternatives: Arcserve Unified Data Protection, Cohesity

Veeam Data Platform first, Veeam not the choice

1 of 12 modelsVeeam was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashVeeam Data Platform alternatives: Acronis Cyber Protect, Axcient, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security Cloud

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.1 FastAcronis Cyber Protect alternatives: Arcserve Unified Data Protection, Veeam Data Platform
Kimi K2Datto SIRIS alternatives: Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik, Veeam Data Platform

Neither was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Mistral SmallAcronis Cyber Protect, Datto SIRIS alternatives: Arcserve UDP
Qwen 3.7 FlashVeeam Backup & Replication alternatives: Arcserve UDP, Datto, Unitrends
GLM 4.7 FlashXVeeam Backup & Replication alternatives: Acronis Advanced Disaster Recovery, Arcserve Unified Data Protection, Datto

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Veeam leads by four points.
Veeam4%#4 of 8
Veeam Data Platform0%#7 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Veeam leads by two points.
Veeam18%#1 of 13
Veeam Data Platform15%#2 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Veeam Data Platform leads at enterprise.
Veeam Data Platform22%#1 of 8
Veeam20%#2 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Veeam

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Veeam may be overwhelming for small teams without dedicated IT staff due to extensive configuration options.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Widely targeted: Used by 82% of Fortune 500 companies, making it a high-value target” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“The best backup and disaster recovery solution for a mid-market B2B company is Veeam, Acronis Cyber Protect, or Arcserve UDP.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“the best backup and disaster recovery solution is usually Veeam if you want the strongest general-purpose platform” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Veeam, Commvault, or Rubrik if you want broad enterprise backup with strong recovery options.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Veeam Data Platform

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“Veeam Data Platform (The Overall Market Leader)... Veeam is the dominant player in the mid-market because of its unmatched flexibility” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“The Best Overall for Hybrid Cloud Environments: Veeam Data Platform ... widely considered the gold standard for modern backup” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Often recognized as the number one solution globally, Veeam is the "safe default" choice for most organizations” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.