Veeam Backup & Replication vs Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring

Veeam Backup & Replication9.2Visit Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring9.0Visit

Higher score Veeam Backup & Replication #2 in AWS Marketplace Software 9.2/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial Visit Veeam

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Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring #7 in AWS Marketplace Software 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan Visit Splunk

• Veeam Backup & Replication fits best

  IT teams managing backup across mixed workloads

• Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring fits best

  Teams monitoring hosts and cloud infrastructure

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Side by side

Feature	Veeam Backup & Replication 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	9.0
Ranking	#2 in AWS Marketplace Software	#7 in AWS Marketplace Software
Best for	IT teams managing backup across mixed workloads	Teams monitoring hosts and cloud infrastructure
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	$15/device/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux	Web, Linux, Windows
Support	Tickets, Community, Docs	Docs
Integrations	10 integrations	300+ integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Specs
Delivery model	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Pricing model	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial length	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
AWS Regions	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Support level	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
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Our review
Pros	Image-level VM backup, replication, and instant recovery across supported targets Immutable storage, object-lock support, and clean-recovery verification Protects virtual, physical, NAS, cloud, and supported application workloads	Streams and analyzes metrics with dynamic thresholds and complex alert rules Dashboards cover hosts, services, cloud services, and containers Integrates with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes
Cons	Self-hosted deployment requires teams to manage backup infrastructure Essentials is licensed per workload, which may complicate cost planning Community Edition is limited to 10 workloads	Paid pricing is per host per month and billed annually Published plans bundle infrastructure monitoring with other capabilities Finer-resolution metric retention varies by edition
Our verdict	Veeam Backup & Replication is the backup and recovery engine within Veeam Data Platform. It is aimed at IT teams responsible for protecting virtual machines, physical servers, NAS, cloud workloads, and supported applications from… Read the review →	Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is part of Splunk Observability Cloud, built to visualize, analyze, and alert on infrastructure metrics. It is aimed at teams monitoring hosts, virtual machines, containers, databases, cloud services, and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Veeam Backup & Replication — where it wins

  • Image-level VM backup, replication, and instant recovery across supported targets
  • Immutable storage, object-lock support, and clean-recovery verification
  • Protects virtual, physical, NAS, cloud, and supported application workloads

  Where it doesn't

  • Self-hosted deployment requires teams to manage backup infrastructure
  • Essentials is licensed per workload, which may complicate cost planning
  • Community Edition is limited to 10 workloads

• Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring — where it wins

  • Streams and analyzes metrics with dynamic thresholds and complex alert rules
  • Dashboards cover hosts, services, cloud services, and containers
  • Integrates with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid pricing is per host per month and billed annually
  • Published plans bundle infrastructure monitoring with other capabilities
  • Finer-resolution metric retention varies by edition

• Veeam Backup & Replication9.2/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A self-hosted backup and recovery platform with broad workload and recovery coverage.

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• Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring9.0/10 · Free plan

  A cloud monitoring service for infrastructure metrics, dashboards, alerts, and log correlation.

  Visit SplunkFull verdict →