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.
"The most valuable aspects are the latest features in version 12.1, which introduced enhanced security features."
"I'm pleased with the ability to search for documents; it's very useful."
"The user interface is good and it is very easy to use."
"Veeam Backup & Replication is definitely very useful and simple to learn, and the restoring processes are very straightforward, making it a very solid product."
"Veeam Backup Replication is stable I have not had any problems."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be the new CDP features. It is very popular for my customer's needs."
"Good compression when storing data."
"The features I find most valuable are probably the VMware snapshot backups and the Veeam replication. Their replication is very good. It can easily be used for disaster recovery in a number of situations."
"The thing I like the most about SMR is the reduced cost of management."
"The most valuable feature is the simplicity of operations."
"SRM's best feature is automation."
"The solution is strong when it comes to protection and analytics, with the latter being added later on."
"It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation."
"In terms of recovery, if you have a test job script, you can put it on top of it. You can create custom steps so that it will be more granular. It will be an easy, one click solution when it comes to the recovery application."
"The most valuable feature is disaster recovery testing."
"This SRM solution can improve your footprint within a data center."
"Add an archive option to support legal obligations."
"Veeam doesn't have the reporting part quite right. Its data visualization isn't as slick as other solutions like Veritas. For example, in Veritas, you can see a calendar that shows you which days are backed up. Veeam lacks features like that."
"Lacks online training."
"The solution could improve by having a version to be compatible with the Linux system. They have improved the storage depository using the Linux proxy and Linux storage, but it can completely run on the Linux environment it would be much better."
"Sometimes Veeam is not that effective when it comes to legacy environments."
"The cloud backups from Veeam Backup Replication have not been good. Addiotnaally, the backups of Office 365 and the overall performance can always be improved."
"I would want them to improve some technical features that are still missing because we are working with NetApp NVMe and they're not fully supporting it yet. But both NetApp and Veeam know about it and they're working on it."
"Pricing can be improved."
"The product's dashboard is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Currently, there is a limitation of consolidating only 15 sites per SRM."
"I would like to see this solution be more scalable."
"VMware SRM lacks certain functions that other platforms have, such as better prioritization of allocation of resources and Boot profiles."
"The user experience could be more friendly."
"Flexibility to choose different PITs would be nice."
"VMware SRM's platform agnostics should support on-cloud usage as well."
"You cannot use VMware SRM in conjunction with storage replication software."
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 69 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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