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.
"Instant recovery, ease of use, and integrations are some of the valuable features."
"I'm pleased with the ability to search for documents; it's very useful."
"Enables us to restore the VM when the needs arises and for disaster recovery."
"The solution is easy to use and have good performance."
"It's relatively easy to use and the ability to recover in a short period of time has been great."
"I like all the backup features in Veeam."
"Recovery of backup data is the most valuable feature."
"Initially setting up the product is easy."
"In terms of recovery, if you have a test job script, you can put it on top of it. You can create custom steps so that it will be more granular. It will be an easy, one click solution when it comes to the recovery application."
"The solution runs well in the background, just in case we need it."
"The installation and initial setup are straightforward."
"VMware SRM is a very nice tool for disaster recovery for virtual environments."
"The replication is a key feature."
"In terms of resiliency, the most valuable aspect of SRM has been its effectiveness."
"Our systems fail over using SRM. So, we do a big bang DR, which is biannual, and we fail over our fairly massive Epic electronic health record (EHR) and our core applications. It takes us about 30 minutes to fail over using SRM, which is pretty good. In most hospitals that have Epic installed, Epic does the audit to make sure that we can fail over if something were to happen. Normally, sites will have a DR solution specific to the EHR, but right now, our pain point is the third-party tier-one clinical applications."
"It's very reliable. The solution is stable."
"CDP also requires a lot of development, because there are a lot of restrictions now for CDP. There is a chance to improve CDP and make it much easier for the customers."
"I like the Acronis backup solutions on the block-based part of backups or snapshots. That's a nice functionality that Veeam doesn't have."
"I prefer a software backup solution that allows me to easily define my origin data, including data files, folders, and virtual machines."
"The scalability of the product in large organizations is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The Veeam portal should be better integrated with all the parts of the new release. But there's always a workaround to replicate the new solution. I'd like to have better integration with other solutions like SAP."
"I like the Acronis backup solutions on the block-based part of backups. That is a functionality that Veeam does not provide."
"Cross-hypervisor replication can be improved."
"Its import and export processes for information and policies could be better."
"Cost is definitely an area where the product could be improved."
"SRM may hit some OS issues related to IP changes, but they are usually OS related, especially in the 2008 realm."
"The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated."
"SRM has to be installed on two separate data centers, so both have to be coordinated very well, which becomes complicated when configuring the software for disaster recovery."
"The technical support is not quick enough to respond when a user tries to contact them."
"The product's stability could be better."
"There are many functionality problems with the product currently. It is also slow and unstable."
"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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