We performed a comparison between Acronis Cyber Protect and VMware SRM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Commvault, Zerto and others in Cloud Backup."The interface is easy to use. They keep on adding new features. Acronis recently added multi-platform support."
"The main reason we went with Acronis Cyber Protect is because it provides a virtual machine backup feature."
"Our customers can backup to local storage and they can back up or replicate to the cloud."
"Since the last version, everything has been improved."
"The solution is exceptional for desktop backup."
"It has simple buying options and deployments. You can buy on-cloud, on-premises, or hybrid solutions. Acronis Backup is very easy to deploy. It also does not consume much hardware. The administrator's tasks are very simple. It is very user friendly, and it also has good security features with low-level encryption and data encryption."
"I like Acronis Cyber Protect's backup process and its management console is intuitive."
"I have everything I need in the backup or in the partition. "
"The solution is simple to use and has effective automation."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the automatic recovery of the virtual machine if it goes down."
"The thing I like the most about SMR is the reduced cost of management."
"The UI is very user-friendly and testing is easy."
"VMware SRM's most valuable features are its convenience and its use of stretched clusters."
"The most valuable feature is disaster recovery testing."
"It is a stable solution...The solution's technical support is excellent."
"VMware's tech support gets a nine-out-of-ten. They are responsive and get you a useful reply."
"One improvement that could be made is adding the option to download files in a PST format when doing a 365 or Google Cloud to cloud backup."
"The product needs to have a simple DR process."
"It would be nice to have a partition that I can boot and reinstall when taking a backup image from the operating system."
"We have issues with the SQL databases which are a little shaky."
"No technical support and minimal documentation."
"In some cases, at the time of reinstallation, some disasters happen. For the licensing on the computer the name of the computer and domain, everything is removed from the registry level. Then we have to install the Acronis from the start for it to work properly. Otherwise, the Acronis software will cause a lot of trouble at the time of reinstallation. That's where they need to improve the product. In the case people want to install the same software with the same hardware, it should not stop me."
"It would be nice to have it on the cloud platform without using third-party equipment."
"It could have a better ability to manage backups over a longer period."
"They could enhance the automation features for the product."
"You cannot use VMware SRM in conjunction with storage replication software."
"Sometimes it can cause a bit of downtime during switchovers."
"In general, the drawbacks of VMware SRM, where improvements can be made, stem from the fact that it is an expensive and complex product."
"Cost is definitely an area where the product could be improved."
"In my opinion, the integration with Peer Persistent Storage could be improved."
"Timing issues arise due to replication lags in multiple areas. When this happens, we encounter errors."
"Technical support can take some time to respond."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 5th in Cloud Backup with 117 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 73 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SRM writes "A scalable solution that integrates well with the VMware platform, but its platform agnostics do not support on-cloud usage". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Azure Backup and Commvault Cloud, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery and Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service .
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