Torn between Synology Active Backup and Veeam for SMB
Both work. The split is about budget, scale and how much you want to manage.
Try this first
- 1Count your workloads: up to roughly 20 workstations and a few physical servers, Synology Active Backup ships free with the NAS, no licensing.
- 2For virtualisation (VMware, Hyper-V) or wanting M365 and SaaS backups in the same console, Veeam offers more mature options and better restore granularity.
- 3Look at who runs it. Active Backup is GUI-driven and relatively forgiving. Veeam wins when someone really learns the tooling.
- 4Plan for licence cost plus yearly support with Veeam. Active Backup only carries the NAS investment, no subscription.
When to bring us in
If you are hybrid (file server local, Exchange and SharePoint in M365), the choice is not binary. We can build a comparison including restore times for your workloads.
See also
- We have backups but we do not know if they workA backup that cannot be restored is not a backup. Testing matters as much as taking the backup.
- Suspected ransomware: what to do RIGHT NOWThe first 30 minutes are critical. One wrong move spreads the damage. Read before acting.
- Someone accidentally deleted an important folderUsually fine to recover. The trick: do not save anything new on that drive until you know how.
None of the above fits?
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