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.
"I have found the backup call feature very good."
"The WAN accelerator feature has been the most valuable for me. That feature reduced the time needed to complete the task from 25 days to less than a week! This is compared with the original tools used: ntbackup, robocopy and Windows Server Backup."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to restore the VMs into a test environment."
"The most valuable feature is that I can back up the whole machine and then restore it relatively fast."
"Veeam is easy to use."
"While I do not recall whether the latest version is 10.0 or 11.0 I do know that it allows one to make a back up repository that is very scalable and simple."
"I can't think of any improvements yet for Veeam because they are very good. It integrates very well with Microsoft applications. It is very easy to integrate. Micro Focus can also integrate but it's more complex. You have to know the product very well to be able to integrate. While Veeam, it's very user-friendly. You don't need to have certifications or anything to work on Veeam."
"This solution is very flexible and user-friendly — it's very good. It's very good with our virtual and physical infrastructure."
"I would rate the ease of setting up and configuring my recovery plan in VMware SRM, a ten out of ten, with ten being the easiest."
"SRM's best feature is automation."
"The most valuable features are the disaster recovery and testing."
"It has a good and effective user interface."
"The solution is consistent."
"It is a stable solution...The solution's technical support is excellent."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution is strong when it comes to protection and analytics, with the latter being added later on."
"Veeam Backup & Replication could improve by making it more user-friendly."
"The replicating from Veeam Backup Replication to Azure cloud could be improved."
"During the initial setup especially, there's a bit of a learning curve."
"The patching can be quite difficult at times."
"It would be nice if it could be integrated with third-party solutions like ours. It has been supporting just Windows and virtual machines."
"I have used NetBackup. For heavy workloads or if I need consistent backup and restore, I prefer NetBackup over Veeam Backup Replication."
"It is always nice to get products cheaper."
"They need to improve their technical side."
"The administration guides can be complicated and difficult to use, so it would be helpful if it was made easier."
"It would be good if this solution could integrate configuration management software such as Chef Infra."
"VMware SRM's platform agnostics should support on-cloud usage as well."
"If you have a failover case, you need to work on it manually. It would be helpful if this could be automated. It would simplify things."
"You need a lot of knowledge to work with the interface because it is not really easy to use, and it would be great if the dashboard were simplified."
"The biggest issue for us is that this product does not have any demo for customers."
"VMware SRM lacks certain functions that other platforms have, such as better prioritization of allocation of resources and Boot profiles."
"The version we are currently using is not the latest and greatest but it has buggy behavior in some browsers."
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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