Then you realize: "Crap, our NAS is backing up 400 file shares." You add a NAS license. The price jumps again.
Veeam offers —the modern, portable, subscription-based model—and legacy Perpetual (socket-based) licensing. veeam pricing calculator
The calculator is the sticker price on a car. It gives you the vocabulary to talk to a reseller. You go to the calculator, generate a "Quote ID," and send it to CDW, SHI, or Insight. That is where the real discounting happens (usually 30-50% off the calculator’s initial output). Then you realize: "Crap, our NAS is backing
And that is the one variable the calculator doesn't need to compute. Always toggle the "Include Support & Maintenance" box. The calculator allows you to turn it off to make the number look smaller. Never turn it off. You will call support at 2 AM during a restore. Trust the calculator on this one. The calculator is the sticker price on a car
But it is the most honest tool in the backup industry. It forces you to map every hypervisor host, every NAS share, and every cloud bucket before you sign a PO.
Don't open the Veeam Pricing Calculator unless you have a recent discovery scan of your environment. If you guess, you will overpay. If you prepare, you will realize that data protection isn't cheap—but losing data is infinitely more expensive.
In the world of IT, backup is a bit like insurance or plumbing. You hate paying for it, but you absolutely despise the mess that happens when it fails.