We performed a comparison between Veeam Backup & Replication and VMware SRM based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Veeam Backup & Replication comes out on top in this comparison due to its robust performance and user-friendly interface. Veeam Backup & Replication also has a significant ROI.
"It's streamlined the backup and recovery for my customers in the sense that it has an easy management console that's easy to set up any type of instant recovery."
"The most valuable feature is adaptability, where it automatically adapts to the environment that it's being installed on."
"Veeam Backup Replication's most valuable features are it is easy to use and manage."
"The solution is very easy to deploy."
"The most valuable feature is that I can back up the whole machine and then restore it relatively fast."
"Sandbox feature is like a power tool for troubleshooting."
"Recovery of backup data is the most valuable feature."
"It is cost-effective. A lot of times, people pick Veeam because of its price."
"It is a very stable solution...I was involved in VMware SRM's deployment phase two years ago, and it was an easy process."
"It is easy to implement for my clients."
"The solution is very flexible."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the automatic recovery of the virtual machine if it goes down."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can independently run the disaster recovery without disturbing the production instances."
"Its capability to schedule, write and configure the recovery and scheduled steps, such that you don't have to come in and start manually trying to recover the entire machine. You just push a button to recover the VMware and everything is done."
"Virtual Machine Recovery during DR situation, with automation and easy to use menus and options."
"Testing failover capabilities."
"The pricing could be better."
"I would like to see the licensing model improved. They have recently changed the model and have made it more complicated."
"The stability for AIX machines could be better."
"Veeam needs to have more support for non-Windows systems and other databases. For example, I can do SQL with Veeam but not Informix or Oracle. This is unfortunate because we have many partners with Oracle systems and Informix databases, and Veeam does not yet have the agents we need for specific Oracle and UNIX operating systems."
"The implementation was straightforward. However, we used an integrator, the process could be easier for us to do it ourselves."
"Needs better integration with cloud service providers."
"We struggled to stabilize the application. We had an incident which resulted in a loss of data and have terminated this solution due to lack of support from the Veeam team."
"Recovery speed is slow. Full recovery on large machines (1TB+) takes too long"
"We would like the patching management function of this product to be improved."
"The product's dashboard is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"In general, the drawbacks of VMware SRM, where improvements can be made, stem from the fact that it is an expensive and complex product."
"The version we are currently using is not the latest and greatest but it has buggy behavior in some browsers."
"There needs to be better stability during heavy capacity in future releases."
"VMware SRM needs to improve its pricing."
"Flexibility to choose different PITs would be nice."
"SRM has to be installed on two separate data centers, so both have to be coordinated very well, which becomes complicated when configuring the software for disaster recovery."
Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 328 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 71 reviews. Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". 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". Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery, VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery and Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service . See our VMware SRM vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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