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.
"It is a stable product with useful snapshot and replication features."
"It's relatively easy to use and the ability to recover in a short period of time has been great."
"I have found the backup call feature very good."
"The main feature for Veeam is that it's built primarily for virtualization, such as VMware or Hyper-V."
"They introduced a new feature called the Immutable Repository feature, which helps protect environments from malware attacks that target backup file extensions."
"I like Veeam a lot because it solves problems, is stable, and runs very well."
"The most valuable features of Veeam Backup Replication are efficient backup and replication. Additionally, Veeam Backup Replication supports all products and vendors."
"Veeam Backup Replication is stable I have not had any problems."
"Virtual Machine Recovery during DR situation, with automation and easy to use menus and options."
"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."
"Incorporating non-disruptive testing capability in disaster recovery procedures has significantly benefited the overall recovery testing processes."
"The most valuable feature is the automation, where you press a button and everything fails over seamlessly."
"The product is evolving and the vendor is committed to change."
"The solution is strong when it comes to protection and analytics, with the latter being added later on."
"In terms of resiliency, the most valuable aspect of SRM has been its effectiveness."
"My impression is that the initial setup process is relatively straightforward."
"Veeam Backup Replication could improve by making the monitoring system free. If I would like to have any monitoring system by Veeam I have to purchase it. It should come free with the solution. They should provide a monitoring system to make the work easier and smooth."
"The ease of use could be improved, but I don't have a very deep amount of experience in Veeam, so it's difficult to say what could be improved."
"I would want them to improve some technical features that are still missing because we are working with NetApp NVMe and they're not fully supporting it yet. But both NetApp and Veeam know about it and they're working on it."
"The replication functionality only works for VMware environments. Veeam has a backup agent for AIX operating systems, and we will like to see the replication functionality available for the AIX operating system. Additionally, if the backup functionality for AIX to be included in the Veeam console would be an advantage."
"Some of the best practice documentation could be improved."
"Lacks online training."
"Veeam Backup & Replication should include a cloud solution."
"I think that Veeam could improve some performance issues when the backup itself is restored. I'm also using HPE StoreOnce, which has deduplication, and when I'm trying to test or run backups, it takes a lot of time. I think they could improve the testing for backup copies."
"They could enhance the automation features for the product."
"In my opinion, the integration with Peer Persistent Storage could be improved."
"The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated."
"SRM may hit some OS issues related to IP changes, but they are usually OS related, especially in the 2008 realm."
"VMware SRM's platform agnostics should support on-cloud usage as well."
"The technical support is not very good and needs to make an effort to improve."
"The configuration process could be improved."
"We would like the patching management function of this product to be improved."
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 70 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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