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."
"This is very user-friendly."
"Features with the most value are Instant VM Recovery, SQL Explorer and Exchange Explorer."
"One of the most valuable features of Veeam is that the restoration is easy and reliable."
"The backups we have been receiving from Veeam Backup Replication on-premise have been good."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"We get a lot of features with Veeam and we are happy to use this solution. After shutdown, the servers here automatically turn off and Veeam is keeping up all this. It's tension free work."
"The most valuable features of Veeam Backup Replication are ease of use, dashboards, and reporting."
"Testing failover capabilities."
"The solution is very flexible."
"The most valuable feature is the simplicity of operations."
"The solution is consistent."
"It is a stable solution...The solution's technical support is excellent."
"VMware SRM's most valuable features are its convenience and its use of stretched clusters."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can independently run the disaster recovery without disturbing the production instances."
"It eliminates the need for complex compliance requirements, making it a highly effective solution."
"In the past, Veeam had a host-based license, but now it will be part of Microsoft's core license. I don't like this licensing model. Host-based licensing is better for my system. Maybe so other organizations prefer the core-based."
"Sometimes Veeam is not that effective when it comes to legacy environments."
"I would like to have the capability of backing up a physical machine, as opposed to just a VM."
"Some support replies for a broken backup task have been "rebuild the job from scratch" and this is a bad thing to do if you have many VMs and repositories."
"When you want to restore files, you first need to restore the machine, and then you have to mount it, and then restore the files."
"The cost needs to be considered."
"Occasionally, in the course of upgrading one's virtualization platform, the backup can be ruined."
"The initial setup can get complex."
"The product's dashboard is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The administration guides can be complicated and difficult to use, so it would be helpful if it was made easier."
"The configuration process could be improved."
"There are many functionality problems with the product currently. It is also slow and unstable."
"The solution currently has a five-minute RPO, meaning if the VM goes down we can lose up to five minutes of data which is a big deal when it relates to database replication."
"An improvement for SRM would be better interface compatibility with other products."
"The product's stability could be better."
"The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated."
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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