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Veeam Data Platform alternative: Tenvara
Veeam Data Platform (Veeam Backup and Replication at its core) protects virtual machines, physical servers, cloud and SaaS workloads, and MSPs run it across customers with Veeam Service Provider Console. It is deep and widely used. MSPs look at Tenvara when they want everyday backup of servers, PCs and Microsoft 365 inside the same app as their tickets and devices, without running a separate backup estate.
The tool today
What Veeam Data Platform does
Backup and recovery for virtual, physical, cloud and SaaS workloads, with a console for service providers. Made by Veeam Software. This is how the vendor describes it, in our words.
- Protects VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox and many other hypervisors, plus physical Windows, Linux and Mac machines.
- Instant recovery of workloads, and SureBackup to check restore points automatically.
- Hardened repositories for immutable backups, and malware scanning of backups before recovery.
- Backup of cloud workloads in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, and of Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Salesforce.
- Veeam Service Provider Console gives MSPs multi-tenant monitoring, agent deployment, customer portals and licence reporting.
Side by side
Tenvara vs Veeam Data Platform
The backup jobs that matter most, and how each product handles them. Then what else comes with Tenvara, such as a service desk, Microsoft 365 management and patching, in the same app.
Image backup of Windows and Linux machines
Physical Windows, Linux and Mac
Hyper-V and Proxmox VE guests
Hyper-V, Proxmox and more
Single files from image backups
File-level recovery
Microsoft 365 backup
Microsoft 365 and Entra ID
Multi-tenant view across customers
Service Provider Console
Instant recovery
Workloads restored in seconds
Automated restore testing
SureBackup
Immutable backups
Hardened repository
Application-aware SQL Server backups
Application-aware processing with log truncation
Restore search across backups
Guest file search in Enterprise Manager
Self-service restores for customers
Restore Portal in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Seeding a first backup on a carried disk
Backup copy seeding and mapping
Interrupted backups carry on
Veeam Agent continues a retried job where it stopped
Your own copy of the encryption key
Password, with key recovery through Enterprise Manager
Bulk backup actions
Start or stop jobs and assign policies for many agents
Backups held to an upload budget
Network traffic rules with throttling windows
Stored backups checked and repaired
Storage-level corruption guard health check
Second copy at another location
Backup copy jobs to a second repository
Also in Tenvara
What else you get with Tenvara, in the same app
PSA and service desk
Not included; integrates with ConnectWise PSA
Microsoft 365 management
Not included; Microsoft 365 backup only
Patching
Not included
IT documentation
Not included
Credentials vault
Not included
Quotes and proposals
Not included
Live chat
Not included
Compliance programmes
ISO 27001, ISO 9001, UK GDPR and Cyber Essentials programmes with policies, risks and evidence Guide
Not part of Veeam Data Platform
Add-on means the vendor sells it as a separate product or paid extra. Veeam Data Platform details come from the vendor's own website, see sources.
The one-app pitch
What else you'd replace
Most MSPs running Veeam Data Platform pay for several other tools beside it. Tenvara does these jobs too, on the same customer record, with one agent and one login.
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Moving from Veeam Data Platform
A calm move, not a big bang. Run both side by side until your team is happy.
How a gradual move to Tenvara works-
1
Choose storage and save the encryption key
Set a folder or S3-compatible storage in backup settings, and copy the encryption key somewhere safe.
Setting up backup -
2
Deploy the agent alongside
Install the Tenvara agent on the machines and hosts you want to protect. The backup helper arrives on its own when you protect a device.
Installing the agent -
3
Protect devices and guests
Tick volumes and virtual machines per device, and set schedules so they run at different times to your Veeam jobs.
Protecting devices -
4
Connect Microsoft 365 tenants
Connect each tenant once with admin consent or GDAP, and turn on protect new users automatically.
Microsoft 365 backup -
5
Run both side by side, then switch
Keep your existing Veeam restore points for their retention period while Tenvara builds up its own recovery points, then retire the old jobs.
Veeam Data Platform pricing
Veeam licenses per workload, by quote or through its online store. Service Provider Console is free for Veeam Cloud and Service Provider partners.
Vendor pricing pageTenvara pricing
One product with every feature included, hosted or self-hosted. Tenvara is new and in beta, and pricing is announced before launch.
See pricingQuestions
Veeam Data Platform vs Tenvara: FAQ
Windows and Linux volumes as images, chosen folders on Windows, Linux and macOS, Hyper-V and Proxmox VE guests, and Microsoft 365 mail, OneDrive, calendars, contacts, SharePoint sites and Teams.
Guests on a Proxmox VE node running the agent are backed up through Proxmox snapshot backup into your Tenvara storage, with the same restore flow as every other device.
The backup helper encrypts data before it leaves the device, and backups are stored encrypted and deduplicated in one repository per customer, in a folder or S3-compatible storage.
Search every backup at once or browse a recovery point like a file manager, with versions and deleted items. Then send what you picked back where it came from, to another folder or user, or to a download.
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Tenvara is coming soon.
Apply for the beta to run Tenvara side by side with Veeam Data Platform before you decide, or get launch updates and hear first when pricing is announced.
Comparison based on publicly available information as of September 2026. Veeam Data Platform is a trademark of its owner; Tenvara is not affiliated with it. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll correct it.
Sources
- Veeam Data Platform
- Veeam Service Provider Console
- Veeam pricing
- About Veeam Service Provider Console
- Veeam Agent for Windows application-aware processing
- Veeam transaction log handling for SQL Server
- Searching for guest OS files in machine backups
- Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Restore Portal scenarios
- Creating a seed for a backup copy job
- Veeam Agent job retry
- Veeam Enterprise Manager encryption keys
- Veeam Service Provider Console agent jobs
- Veeam Service Provider Console backup policies
- Veeam traffic throttling
- Veeam storage-level corruption guard
- Veeam backup copy