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Veeam Data Platform Essentials

Leading the Way in Small Business Data Protection

Secure and scalable data protection to empower your business

  • User-friendly interface for easy deployment, monitoring, and management 
  • Advanced security measures to safeguard sensitive business data 
  • Integration with existing IT infrastructure and cloud environments
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Benefits

Unlock the Value of Maximizing Your IT Potential 

Veeam Data Platform Essentials is a cost-effective, powerful, seamless data protection solution to empower your business. With true cyber resilience, you can take a stand against cyberthreats and get the data mobility you deserve, whether on-premises or in the cloud.

Veeam Data Platform Essentials allows you to secure the following workloads:

Virtual: Proxmox VE | Hyper-V | Nutanix AHV | VMware | Red Hat Virtualization
Physical: Windows | Linux | IBM AIX | Oracle Solaris | Mac | NAS
Cloud: AWS | Azure | Google
Applications: Microsoft | Databases | Kubernetes | Oracle | SAP Hana | PostgreSQL | MySQL

Advantages of Veeam Data Protection for Your Business

Effortless Data Protection

No more babysitting your backups – recover the data you need anytime, anywhere.

Freedom and Flexibility

Integrates seamlessly with existing IT infrastructure and cloud environments, while utilizing the Veeam Universal License (VUL) model for reallocation of data protection resources as your business needs evolve.

Processes Made Simple

Straightforward data protection without compromise, making it easy to deploy, monitor, and manage data protection operations.

Protect What You Have Built  

75%
of companies suffered a ransomware attack in the previous 12 months.
#1
cybersecurity incidents were the #1 source of server outages.
85%
of businesses recognize an availability gap between recovery time vs. what processes require.
Key Capabilities

Reliable, Simple Data Protection Tailored for You

Veeam is all about ease, which is why your data is protected by enterprise-grade backup and recovery technology. Get all the features you need at half the price of our enterprise solution.

Backup & Recovery

Guarantee Survival

Our powerful defense system ensures your backups are safe from unauthorized access, encryption, or deletion for their entire lifecycle.

Automate Fixes for Backup Issues

Eliminate the need for manual alarm responses by setting up automated, self-healing, and policy-based fixes for common backup and infrastructure-related issues.

Confidently Recover

Boost your recovery confidence with automated scans using the Security & Compliance analyzer – use best practices for insfrastructure hardening and data protection.

Monitoring & Analytics

Put the Spotlight on Malware

Highlight threats, identify risks, and measure your environment's security score in the Veeam Threat Center.

Know Your Protection Status

Generative AI insights from your environment help navigate complex questions, uncover gaps, and ensure compliance.

IoC Tools Scanning

Expand the hunt for IoC tools in your backups and mitigate attacks by identifying and responding to known software threats and data exfiltration tools.

HOW IT WORKS

Resilient Data Protection for Your Business

Protect your business from outages and cyber threats, including ransomware, by leveraging our comprehensive, easy-to-use platform.

Next-Gen Data Protection Engine 

Fast, reliable recovery that will keep your business productive and secure. 

Secure, Built-In Backup Replication

Replicate backup data and VM replicas for all your storage using enhanced data security.

Flexible Cloud Recovery 

Easily recover any Windows or Linux agent backup as a public cloud VM.

Cyber Threats You Can Measure

Mitigate threats in real time to instantly identify risks and prevent potential damage.

pricing

Protect Your Workloads With Confidence

Veeam Data Platform Essentials is available in one- to five-year annual subscription bundles. You can use your subscription to protect virtual machines (VMs), physical servers, NAS, cloud instances, and more!​ 

This product is licensed per workload as a  Veeam Universal License  (VUL), which means it is portable and can be used to protect different workload types as your environment grows or changes. Veeam Data Platform Essentials is sold in five-license bundles for a maximum of 50 workloads (i.e., 10 bundles), specially priced at a discount for small businesses. It is billed upfront and includes 24.7.365 production support.​ 

Veeam Data Platform​ Essentials​

Feature-rich solution designed for small businesses

$7.13 USDMSRP

/license/month​

 

$85.60 USD /license/year*

Veeam Data Platform​

Enterprise backup and recovery solutions

Need to cover more than 50 workloads?​

Managed Services​

Managed Backup and DR services delivered by Veeam partners​​

Backup as a Service​

* Annual subscription bundles ranging from one to five years

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Proven Success in Small Business Data Protection

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Resources

Keep Your Business Up to Date With Insights & Trends

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2024 Data Protection Trends: Big Insights for Small Business

The largest data protection industry report from 4K+ IT leaders.

3 Reasons to Adopt VUL

Learn how to protect all your applications and data with a portable license.

Assessing Your Small Business Cybersecurity Needs

Learn how to improve cybersecurity through the industry-recognized NIST framework.

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5 Ransomware Protection Best Practices

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FAQs

How does Veeam Data Platform Essentials provide data protection for small businesses?
Ideal for small businesses, Veeam Data Platform Essentials is a bundle that combines the powerful data protection features of Veeam Data Platform Foundation with the monitoring capabilities of Veeam ONE. When buying Veeam Data Platform Essentials, you'll gain a comprehensive protection, recovery, monitoring, and reporting solution for virtual, physical, and cloud workloads from a single console. This bundle is designed specifically for small businesses with fewer than 250 employees and 50 workloads.
What should a small business consider when buying licenses for data protection software?
When considering a data protection solution like Veeam Data Platform Essentials, understanding the licensing structure is crucial. A minimum of five licenses is required, and these are sold in packs of 5, allowing for scalability of up to 50 licenses as your business needs evolve. 
How does Veeam's data protection solution adapt to my small business' growing needs?
Veeam Data Platform Essentials offers flexible licensing options to cover a variety of workload scenarios, from virtual machines on different platforms (like VMware, Hyper-V, AHV, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) to physical servers, workstations, and NAS. This ensures that as your business grows, your data protection capabilities can grow with it.
Can Veeam protect my small business from ransomware attacks with Veeam Data Platform Essentials?
Veeam Data Platform Essentials is designed to identify and isolate ransomware threats swiftly, reducing the risk of data loss and downtime. This robust defense mechanism is critical in today's data protection landscape.
How easy is it to implement Veeam's data protection solution in a small business?
Veeam Data Platform Essentials is designed with ease of use in mind. The solution's installation and implementation are straightforward, eliminating the need for extensive training and onboarding. This means you can focus on what matters most – running your business.

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With Veeam by your side, you have the flexibility you want for today’s
hybrid cloud and the confidence you need for long-term success.
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