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Alphabet vs Veeam

Alphabet sells a full suite of security products and services to protect workloads and meet digital sovereignty requirements. Veeam sells backup and recovery software and services, including Veeam Data Platform, which is self-managed, and Veeam Data Cloud, which is a SaaS solution. CISO Tribune files both under Incident response and forensics. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Alphabet vs Veeam: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
AlphabetAlphabet sells a full suite of security products and services to protect workloads and meet digital sovereignty requirements.cloud.google.comVeeamVeeam sells backup and recovery software and services, including Veeam Data Platform, which is self-managed, and Veeam Data Cloud, which is a SaaS solution.veeam.com
What it sells
  • Google Threat Intelligence[1][2]Threat intelligence for understanding threat actors and potential attack vectors.
  • Mandiant Consulting Services[2]Consulting services for understanding threat actors and potential attack vectors.
  • Security Command Center[1][3]A platform for defending against threats to Google Cloud assets.
  • Identity Platform[3][5]A customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform for apps.
  • reCAPTCHA Enterprise[3][5]Helps protect a website from fraudulent activity, spam and abuse.
  • Google Cloud Armor[3]Helps protect applications and websites against denial of service and web attacks.
  • Veeam Data Platform[5][7][13][16][17]Self-managed data protection backup software for managing your own infrastructure and storage.
  • Veeam Data Cloud[13][21]SaaS backup service that includes backup software, infrastructure and storage.
  • Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)Discovers and classifies sensitive data across a hybrid estate.
  • Coveware by Veeam[1][5]Cyber extortion incident response service.
  • Veeam DataAI Command Platform[5]Maps which AI can reach what data.
  • Veeam Intelligent ResOps[21]Add-on for Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365.
  • Veeam Recovery Orchestrator[14][19]Option for automating recovery workflows.
  • Veeam Incident API[20]RESTful interface for reporting incidents and anomalies to Veeam Backup & Replication.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesSeattle, United States[2]
Founded
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesOwned by Insight Partners[3][4][24]
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • December 22, 2025Alphabet said it would buy clean energy developer Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash, plus assumed debt.[7]
  • July 9, 2026Veeam appointed Michelle Graff as Senior Vice President of Global Partners and Channel.[25]
  • May 12, 2026Veeam launched its Data and AI Trust Maturity Model, a framework for organizations to assess and benchmark how they govern and operationalize AI.[11]
  • February 4, 2026Veeam appointed Piero Gallucci as Regional Vice President for UK and Ireland.[12]
  • December 11, 2025Veeam completed its acquisition of Securiti AI, a data security posture management and privacy company.[24]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[4]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Google Cloud addresses organisations that own intellectual property in the form of highly sensitive data or that handle sensitive data subject to data protection regulations such as PCI DSS. Our reading is that Google Cloud addresses organisations migrating from on-premises to the cloud that want to replicate their on-premises network based security architecture as they move data to Google Cloud. Alphabet addresses customers that, as part of a migration to the cloud, may need to validate its compliance documentation, certifications and controls. Alphabet publishes regional compliance papers on the telecommunications industry. Alphabet's industry solutions range from improving retail product discovery to detecting bank fraud.For small businesses, Veeam describes recovery from common incidents like accidental deletion, corruption, outages and ransomware. For lean teams, Veeam describes guided setup and workflows for deployment and day-to-day management. For enterprises, Veeam describes expert-led incident response, strategic advisory services and flexible purchasing programs.
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November 2, 2026November 2, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Alphabet and Veeam are both filed under Incident response and forensics.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Alphabet's primary category is SIEM; Veeam's is Backup and cyber recovery.
  • Alphabet is also filed under Threat intelligence and Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP). Veeam is also filed under Data security posture management.
  • Alphabet lists Google Threat Intelligence, Mandiant Consulting Services, Security Command Center, Identity Platform, reCAPTCHA Enterprise and 1 more. Veeam lists Veeam Data Platform, Veeam Data Cloud, Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), Coveware by Veeam, Veeam DataAI Command Platform and 3 more.
  • Veeam is headquartered in Seattle, United States.
  • Veeam is owned by Insight Partners.

What it sells: Alphabet

What Google Threat Intelligence does[1][2]
Google Threat Intelligence is used to understand threat actors and potential attack vectors. Google Threat Intelligence is offered alongside Mandiant Consulting Services.
What Mandiant Consulting Services does[2]
Mandiant Consulting Services is offered to understand threat actors and potential attack vectors. Mandiant Consulting Services is offered alongside Google Threat Intelligence.
What Security Command Center does[1][3]
Security Command Center is a platform for defending against threats. Security Command Center covers Google Cloud assets.
What Identity Platform does[3][5]
Identity Platform is a customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform for adding identity and access management to apps. Identity Platform integrates with the reCAPTCHA Enterprise API to enhance security for users. With bot protection, Identity Platform provisions score-based reCAPTCHA keys in the customer's project.
What Google Cloud Armor does[3]
Google Cloud Armor helps protect applications and websites against denial of service attacks. Google Cloud Armor covers web attacks against applications and websites.

What it sells: Veeam

What Veeam Data Platform does[5][7][13][16][17]
Veeam Data Platform is a self-managed data protection backup software where customers manage their own infrastructure and bring their own storage. One Veeam package includes Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE and Veeam Recovery Orchestrator. Veeam Data Platform is available in three editions.
What Veeam Data Cloud does[13][21]
Veeam Data Cloud provides data protection and data recovery for multicloud data, delivered through cloud-native backup and storage services. Veeam Data Cloud currently supports Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Salesforce and Azure. Veeam Data Cloud can be purchased through the Microsoft Marketplace, a Veeam Reseller or a Veeam Cloud & Service Provider Partner.
What Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) does
Veeam says DSPM covers structured, unstructured or streaming data. DSPM graphs how data, access, policy and AI usage connect.
What Coveware by Veeam does[1][5]
Coveware by Veeam has handled 1,000’s of cyber extortion matters. Veeam offers end-to-end incident response services backed by Coveware.
What Veeam Intelligent ResOps does[21]
Veeam Intelligent ResOps is an add-on for Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 that helps organizations get their data ready for AI, audits and incidents. The DataAI Command Graph maps data, AI agents, permissions, access and protection status across the Microsoft 365 tenant and backup estate.
What Veeam Recovery Orchestrator does[14][19]
Veeam Recovery Orchestrator is named as an option for automating recovery workflows. One Veeam package includes Veeam Recovery Orchestrator with Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam ONE.

Questions about Alphabet and Veeam

What do Alphabet and Veeam sell?
Alphabet sells Google Threat Intelligence, Mandiant Consulting Services, Security Command Center, Identity Platform, reCAPTCHA Enterprise and 1 more. Veeam sells Veeam Data Platform, Veeam Data Cloud, Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), Coveware by Veeam, Veeam DataAI Command Platform and 3 more.
Are Alphabet and Veeam in the same category?
They share Incident response and forensics. Alphabet's primary category is SIEM and Veeam's is Backup and cyber recovery.
Where are Alphabet and Veeam headquartered?
Veeam is headquartered in Seattle, United States.
Who owns Alphabet and Veeam?
Veeam is owned by Insight Partners.
Who are Alphabet and Veeam sold to?
From its own pages, Google Cloud addresses organisations that own intellectual property in the form of highly sensitive data or that handle sensitive data subject to data protection regulations such as PCI DSS. For small businesses, Veeam describes recovery from common incidents like accidental deletion, corruption, outages and ransomware.
What have Alphabet and Veeam announced recently?
December 22, 2025: Alphabet said it would buy clean energy developer Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash, plus assumed debt. July 9, 2026: Veeam appointed Michelle Graff as Senior Vice President of Global Partners and Channel.

About Alphabet

Alphabet sells a full suite of security products and services to protect workloads and meet digital sovereignty requirements. Alphabet offers security products that help customers meet policy, regulatory and business objectives. Google Threat Intelligence and Mandiant Consulting Services are offered to understand threat actors and potential attack vectors. Google Security Operations is used to detect, investigate and respond to threats.[1][2][3]

Security Command Center is a platform for defending against threats to Google Cloud assets. Assured Workloads provides compliance and security controls for sensitive workloads. Identity and Access Management is a permissions management system for Google Cloud resources. Google Cloud Armor helps protect applications and websites against denial of service and web attacks. Cloud Key Management is used to manage encryption keys on Google Cloud. Confidential Computing encrypts data in use with Confidential VMs. Cloud NGFW is a global firewall to protect cloud resources. Shielded VMs are virtual machines hardened with security controls and defenses. Secret Manager stores API keys, passwords, certificates and other sensitive data.[1][3]

Cloud Data Loss Prevention is a platform for inspecting, classifying and redacting sensitive data. Sensitive Data Protection is a fully managed sensitive data protection service. Access Transparency provides cloud provider visibility through near real-time logs. Cloud Asset Inventory is used to view, monitor and analyze Google Cloud and Anthos assets across projects and services. Secure Web Proxy monitors and secures egress web traffic to help protect cloud workloads. Web Risk detects malicious URLs on a website and in client applications. Chrome Enterprise Premium is a zero-trust platform with integrated threat and data protection. Assured Open Source Software lets developers incorporate the same OSS packages that Google uses into their own developer workflows. Sovereign Controls by Partners provides partner-operated sovereignty controls for Google Cloud to meet digital sovereignty requirements.[3]

VPC Service Controls protects sensitive data in Google Cloud services using security perimeters. VPC Service Controls helps protect against accidental or targeted action by external or insider entities, to minimize data exfiltration risks from Google Cloud services such as Cloud Storage and BigQuery. VPC Service Controls is used to create perimeters that protect the resources and data of services that are explicitly specified. By allowing private access only from authorized VPC networks, VPC Service Controls helps protect against data exfiltration by clients using stolen OAuth or service account credentials. VPC Service Controls adds a layer of security defense for Google Cloud services that is independent of Identity and Access Management (IAM). Google Cloud provides a restricted virtual IP that is integrated with VPC Service Controls. VPC Service Controls lets administrators monitor resource access patterns across service perimeters using Cloud Audit Logs. VPC Service Controls can run in dry run mode to monitor requests to protected services without preventing access. VPC Service Controls configurations are managed at the organization level by default.[3]

Identity Platform is a customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform for adding identity and access management to apps. Identity Platform integrates with the reCAPTCHA Enterprise API to enhance security for users. With bot protection, Identity Platform provisions score-based reCAPTCHA keys in the customer's project. In audit mode for email-password sign-in, Identity Platform creates reCAPTCHA keys that assess traffic to Identity Platform APIs without blocking any requests. For phone authentication, Identity Platform blocks a request that fails the toll fraud assessment and does not send an SMS verification code. reCAPTCHA Enterprise helps protect a website from fraudulent activity, spam and abuse. Identity-Aware Proxy uses identity and context to guard access to applications and VMs. Cloud Identity is a unified platform for IT admins to manage user devices and apps.[3][5]

Google Cloud creates and shares mappings of its security, privacy and compliance controls to standards from around the world. Alphabet regularly undergoes independent verification to achieve certifications, attestations and audit reports. An independent third-party auditor has granted formal certifications, attestations or audit reports covering Alphabet's compliance offerings. Alphabet's certifications and attestations include ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27701, ISO/IEC 42001, PCI DSS, SOC 1, SOC 2 and SOC 3. Alphabet's compliance offerings include FedRAMP, FIPS 140-2 Validated and HITRUST CSF. Alphabet's compliance offerings include Protected B in Canada, StateRAMP, TruSight and the U.S. Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). Cloud service providers cannot formally certify a customer's compliance with laws and regulations. Alphabet reviews laws and regulations and, where possible, provides guidance documents, mappings and papers that outline its technical capabilities and legal commitments.[6]

Alphabet's industry solutions range from improving retail product discovery to detecting bank fraud. Gemini platform is a fully managed AI development platform for building and managing AI applications and agents, with access to Agent Studio and 200+ foundation models.[1][2][6]

Alphabet on the record

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Alphabet full record

  1. [1]SecurityGoogle Cloud · cloud.google.com · undated page, accessed November 2, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]AI and Cloud Computing Services | Google CloudGoogle Cloud · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Security and identity products | Google CloudGoogle Cloud · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Overview of VPC Service Controls | Google Cloud DocumentationGoogle Cloud Documentation · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Integrate Identity Platform with the reCAPTCHA Enterprise API | Google Cloud DocumentationGoogle Cloud Documentation · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Cloud compliance and regulations resources | Google CloudGoogle Cloud · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Alphabet to buy clean energy developer Intersect in $4.75 billion deal amid AI pushReuters · published December 22, 2025 · Tier B

Veeam full record

  1. [1]veeam.comVeeam Software · veeam.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Veeam software extends winning partnership with seattle orcas through 2027Veeam Software · veeam.com · published June 3, 2025 · Tier A
  3. [3]Insight partners to acquire veeamVeeam Software · veeam.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Veeam Data Platform Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier C
  5. [5]Veeam: Solving Impossible AI & Data ChallengesVeeam · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Veeam Cyber Secure: Elite Services for Full Data ResilienceVeeam · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Free Backup Software For Windows, VMware, & More - VeeamVeeam · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Kubernetes Pricing for Backup SolutionsVeeam · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Government Data Backup & ProtectionVeeam · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Veeam Trust CenterVeeam · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Veeam Launches New Data and AI Trust Maturity Model to Help Organizations Benchmark AI ReadinessVeeam Software · published May 12, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Veeam Appoints Piero Gallucci as Regional Vice President for UK&I, Empowering Organisations for Data Resilience and AI InnovationVeeam Software · published February 4, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Veeam Data Cloud | Secure & Scalable Backup as a ServiceVeeam · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Veeam Software Downloads and Product Tours | VeeamVeeam · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]#1 Data Protection | Veeam Data PlatformVeeam · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]VMware Backup and Recovery - How to Backup VMware DataVeeam · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]AWS Backup & Recovery Solutions | VeeamVeeam · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]On-prem and Cloud Backup Solutions for Small BusinessVeeam · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  19. [19]Cyber Security and Threat Detection | Veeam Data PlatformVeeam · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  20. [20]Veeam + Everpure: Backup, Data Management & Cyber ResilienceVeeam · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  21. [21]Veeam Intelligent ResOps for Microsoft 365: AI Data ProtectionVeeam · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  22. [22]Enterprise Backups Solutions and SoftwareVeeam · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  23. [23]Salesforce Backup & Recovery | Secure & Automated ProtectionVeeam · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  24. [24]Veeam Completes Acquisition of Securiti AI to Create the Industry’s First Trusted Data Platform for Accelerating Safe AI at ScaleVeeam · published December 11, 2025 · Tier A
  25. [25]Veeam Appoints Michelle Graff as Senior Vice President of Global Partners and ChannelVeeam · published July 9, 2026 · Tier A

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