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 solution is a user-friendly interface."
"In Veeam backup, the most valuable feature for me is the recovery. It allows me to recover almost immediately while I continue fixing the problem of the affected machine."
"It is way easier to take backup with Veeam Backup & Replication than the regular ones."
"A quick-working solution that is very user friendly."
"It is cost-effective. A lot of times, people pick Veeam because of its price."
"The most valuable features are the backup and restoration of our VMs. Additionally, they add features regularly."
"Get only one interface to manage all backup sites, secure them with replication, and manage outside LTO media."
"The most valuable feature is how reliable Veeam Backup is. It has the normal expected features that allow you to ensure that everything is backed up completely."
"The solution is consistent."
"The solution can be deployed in a couple of hours."
"If you want to do failover, it works without any problem."
"SRM's best feature is automation."
"It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation."
"The most valuable features are the disaster recovery and testing."
"The solution runs well in the background, just in case we need it."
"The solution is strong when it comes to protection and analytics, with the latter being added later on."
"In the next release, I would like replication directly to the cloud to be included."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in the application backups, particularly for Oracle and SaaS systems. Veeam Backup & Replication offers a plugin specifically designed for Oracle and SAP HANA databases. In version twelve, they introduced enhancements that allow deploying the plugin from the backup server. However, manual configuration is still required on each server to schedule the backup and specify the backup repository. Additionally, transitioning from a Windows server to a Linux server requires converting the existing model. Previously, Veeam heavily relied on Windows and Microsoft SQL databases for their solution. Fortunately, in version twelve, they introduced an enhancement by offering the option to use a Postgres SQL database, which is an open-source alternative."
"If you upgrade too quickly, you may have issues."
"The remote SQL server has had multiple sizing issues within the logs and SQL backup space and sharing with other database apps."
"The stability for AIX machines could be better."
"It's a great product, but only if you have everything virtualized."
"The stability could be better, specifically in the cloud."
"Sometimes it can cause a bit of downtime during switchovers."
"The technical support is not quick enough to respond when a user tries to contact them."
"VMware SRM lacks certain functions that other platforms have, such as better prioritization of allocation of resources and Boot profiles."
"Cost is definitely an area where the product could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the automation and orchestration aspects of this solution."
"The back sites sometimes are very, very complicated."
"The solution is on the expensive side."
"The product's dashboard is an area of concern where improvements are required."
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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