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.
"This solution is very flexible and user-friendly — it's very good. It's very good with our virtual and physical infrastructure."
"It lets you verify a backup with the least amount of effort."
"Veeam Backup Replication has good performance and can do location-to-location backups. Additionally, it is user-friendly and easy to manage."
"The whole replication aspect of the solution is excellent because it compresses the data so well."
"Initially setting up the product is easy."
"I like that the solution is very simple to install."
"Veeam Backup & Replication is a great alternative to what is out there. Some of the backups just allow an agent backup to the cloud. You can back up a thousand different ways, but this is a great way to keep a customer and a company in compliance in that they've got their data secure onsite and offsite. The data being transferred to the NAS at the customer's location and also the data being sent to the cloud is encrypted in transit and it's also encrypted at rest so that nobody is going to be able to hack into that. No one will have the keys to do that."
"Veeam Backup Replication's snapshotting and cloning are the most valuable features."
"The solution is strong when it comes to protection and analytics, with the latter being added later on."
"It's very reliable. The solution is stable."
"It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation."
"My impression is that the initial setup process is relatively straightforward."
"The UI is very user-friendly and testing is easy."
"In terms of resiliency, the most valuable aspect of SRM has been its effectiveness."
"I like how VMware SRM is able to automate and orchestrate disaster recovery."
"It eliminates the need for complex compliance requirements, making it a highly effective solution."
"They can improve the features and Veeam Enterprise Manager. The interface and features are kind of limited. It would be good if they can provide more features and a better interface. For example, if I want to provide certain users with the privilege to back up and restore and do day-to-day tasks, I cannot do it in the current version. It is like you either give everything to everyone or no user can have access to anything. In version 9, a lot of features were missing, and it wasn't clear. Version 10 is easier from the communication perspective, and the disk backup option is very clear."
"The virtual sandboxes seem complex to setup, so I have not invested time in leveraging this feature. It would be nice if this feature was more user-friendly."
"I would like them to move back to host licensing."
"The orchestration feature can be improved. They can improve the virtual machine orchestration to make it similar to VMware. They can also provide an option to automate the backup and recovery and schedule a backup."
"Physical backup is always where room for improvement could be but Veeam has always stated they are not going in that direction."
"The initial setup is not always easy, and customers often need a lot of help to get Veeam up and running successfully."
"I would like to see the Veeam cloud solution and Microsoft Office 365 included all in one platform."
"The replication process is very slow. It takes too long to replicate a virtual machine."
"The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated."
"The technical support is not quick enough to respond when a user tries to contact them."
"We've had configuration issues on occasion. We start to fail over, and then we have to call it off because the configuration is not right, or the data stores aren't configured correctly in the secondary data center. Oftentimes, it is just the experience level of the team, and we have to bring in the vendor to help and validate our configuration."
"There is room for improvement in the automation and orchestration aspects of this solution."
"In my view, if VMware comes up with an appliance-based solution like vCenter Server (which was also Windows-based), it will be much easier for deployment. I"
"The configuration process could be improved."
"This product is not appropriate for those moving to a broader cloud footprint."
"The administration guides can be complicated and difficult to use, so it would be helpful if it was made easier."
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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