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.
"This is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is how reliable Veeam Backup is. It has the normal expected features that allow you to ensure that everything is backed up completely."
"The features that I have found most valuable are its back up and recovery. It is a simplified backup because you can do both databases - VM and HyperV. It's a faster backup than the conventional methods because it takes up the bare metal."
"What I like most about this solution are the simplicity and the price-performance ratio."
"I'm satisfied with tech support, because the solution is so stable that I haven't had the need to engage any of the engineers yet."
"The product could be improved if they wrote more PowerShell scripts for controlling Veeam."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to restore the VMs into a test environment."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"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."
"I like how VMware SRM is able to automate and orchestrate disaster recovery."
"The most valuable feature is the automation, where you press a button and everything fails over seamlessly."
"The replication is a key feature."
"VMware's tech support gets a nine-out-of-ten. They are responsive and get you a useful reply."
"VMware SRM is very effective between two sites with identical twin storage, you can have synchronization between the two sites."
"The product functionality is fairly high-quality."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can independently run the disaster recovery without disturbing the production instances."
"There is some complexity we have experienced when using the solution that should be simplified."
"Device backup could be improved."
"I have found that the reporting could improve in its structure."
"In the future, Veeam should release a hardware backup appliance that can be integrated with their software."
"The solution requires a lot of bandwidth."
"I like the Acronis backup solutions on the block-based part of backups. That is a functionality that Veeam does not provide."
"There is a lot of room for improvement, but the primary issue we have is that it's not built for the cloud."
"While the Veeam Backup Replication tool can mostly back up all the data in the environment, the AIX from IBM backup capabilities nowadays could stand improvement as they are not featured on a single pane of glass."
"Timing issues arise due to replication lags in multiple areas. When this happens, we encounter errors."
"An improvement for SRM would be better interface compatibility with other products."
"The solution currently has a five-minute RPO, meaning if the VM goes down we can lose up to five minutes of data which is a big deal when it relates to database replication."
"The version we are currently using is not the latest and greatest but it has buggy behavior in some browsers."
"Cost is definitely an area where the product could be improved."
"It would be good if this solution could integrate configuration management software such as Chef Infra."
"In my opinion, the integration with Peer Persistent Storage could be improved."
"You cannot use VMware SRM in conjunction with storage replication software."
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 71 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, Zerto and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, 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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