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's best features are its ease of use and replication."
"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 continuous backup."
"A simple and stable solution for small businesses that use virtualization."
"The integration of Veeam Backup Replication is very good."
"The technical support is excellent. It's one of the best I've met so far."
"The most important part is that you actually know you have a backup of the whole virtual server."
"The solution is a user-friendly interface."
"The solution can be deployed in a couple of hours."
"The thing I like the most about SMR is the reduced cost of management."
"VMware SRM replicates the VM from one site to another, and it helps us orchestrate the powering of VMs and DR when the DC goes down."
"The replication is the solution's most valuable feature. If we have some issues on the VM in the main site we can migrate it to another site automatically."
"SRM's best feature is automation."
"Virtual Machine Recovery during DR situation, with automation and easy to use menus and options."
"Incorporating non-disruptive testing capability in disaster recovery procedures has significantly benefited the overall recovery testing processes."
"The solution is simple to use and has effective automation."
"The pricing could be improved."
"Occasionally, in the course of upgrading one's virtualization platform, the backup can be ruined."
"The stability for AIX machines could be better."
"Could offer a better conclusion of the backups."
"There's a situation where VMs run on different locks. It's running on the VM while having a relationship with nearby solutions running on the same server and storage. This creates a bottleneck that needs to be eliminated."
"The price could be lower."
"The backup and integration could be improved."
"It would be beneficial to have enhanced solutions for database backup, particularly for Oracle databases in the context of SAP systems."
"They could enhance the automation features for the product."
"The solution is on the expensive side."
"The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated."
"The back sites sometimes are very, very complicated."
"In my opinion, the integration with Peer Persistent Storage could be improved."
"You cannot use VMware SRM in conjunction with storage replication software."
"Flexibility to choose different PITs would be nice."
"The price, in general, could be lower."
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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