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.
"Veeam Backup Replication is stable I have not had any problems."
"Veeam Backup Replication has good performance and can do location-to-location backups. Additionally, it is user-friendly and easy to manage."
"The backups we have been receiving from Veeam Backup Replication on-premise have been good."
"Its performance is fine. It supports us very well. It is able to support our policy for RTO, RPO, and other things that we need."
"It is a stable product with useful snapshot and replication features."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The technical support is excellent. It's one of the best I've met so far."
"Recovery of backup data is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can independently run the disaster recovery without disturbing the production instances."
"It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation."
"It's very reliable. The solution is stable."
"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."
"My impression is that the initial setup process is relatively straightforward."
"The stability of SRM has been excellent. It gets a nine-out-of-ten."
"The solution is scalable."
"Testing failover capabilities."
"The data duplication should be improved."
"The Cloud version is not ready, they need maturity and ease of deployment in terms of management."
"The one downside to Veeam is that they don't have a cloud product of their own."
"I prefer a software backup solution that allows me to easily define my origin data, including data files, folders, and virtual machines."
"The initial setup of Veeam Backup Replication is straightforward. The process took approximately two days. The setup could be streamlined to take less time."
"Veeam needs to have more support for non-Windows systems and other databases. For example, I can do SQL with Veeam but not Informix or Oracle. This is unfortunate because we have many partners with Oracle systems and Informix databases, and Veeam does not yet have the agents we need for specific Oracle and UNIX operating systems."
"When you want to restore files, you first need to restore the machine, and then you have to mount it, and then restore the files."
"Physical backup is always where room for improvement could be but Veeam has always stated they are not going in that direction."
"You cannot use VMware SRM in conjunction with storage replication software."
"Technical support can take some time to respond."
"The two vCenters have to be synchronized, which sometimes gives us problems because Keberos does not tolerate more than five minutes in time difference."
"One thing which is lacking from the SRM is reporting."
"VMware SRM lacks certain functions that other platforms have, such as better prioritization of allocation of resources and Boot profiles."
"Technical support needs improvement, they are not very responsive."
"The initial setup of VMware SRM isn't straightforward because many customizations are required since it helps in the recovery of your IT environment."
"The version we are currently using is not the latest and greatest but it has buggy behavior in some browsers."
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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