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.
"Sandbox feature is like a power tool for troubleshooting."
"The advantage of Veeam Backup and Replication is that it is very economical. The price is affordable and the cost benefit is good."
"It most valuable features are seeding and faster backups over small links."
"The technical support is excellent. It's one of the best I've met so far."
"This is very user-friendly."
"It is a powerful software for communicating with the storage and for redundancy."
"The solution can work for companies no matter the size or scope."
"Vendor integration for many of the enterprise features have allowed for us to have greater performance from our storage vendors further improving on our commitments to protect our clients' data."
"It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation."
"We find the back up feature of this solution to be particularly valuable."
"It is a very stable solution...I was involved in VMware SRM's deployment phase two years ago, and it was an easy process."
"The solution is very flexible."
"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."
"VMware SRM's most valuable features are its convenience and its use of stretched clusters."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can independently run the disaster recovery without disturbing the production instances."
"The installation and initial setup are straightforward."
"The initial setup can get complex."
"There is a lot of room for improvement, but the primary issue we have is that it's not built for the cloud."
"The only improvement I could think of is it could be cheaper—cheaper is always good. Sometimes the product is just finished. Cheaper is always nice for the customer, but the company needs to benefit so that they can keep maintaining the product. New Windows versions, etc., always take some work. At the moment, I wouldn't switch to another solution because of the money."
"In Linux, I suggest you backup for a PostgreSQL database."
"The documentation and communication could be better in Veeam Backup Replication."
"Multithreading of health check process: This can take too much time to process on large jobs and/or large VMs."
"The VMotion feature is not reliable enough to ensure a successful migration operation."
"Could be improved with hybrid cloud integration backup."
"There is room for improvement in the automation and orchestration aspects of this solution."
"The initial setup of VMware SRM isn't straightforward because many customizations are required since it helps in the recovery of your IT environment."
"Cost is definitely an area where the product could be improved."
"One thing which is lacking from the SRM is reporting."
"They could enhance the automation features for the product."
"It would be good if this solution could integrate configuration management software such as Chef Infra."
"In general, the drawbacks of VMware SRM, where improvements can be made, stem from the fact that it is an expensive and complex product."
"The solution is on the expensive side."
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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