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.
"The product allows us to use data more efficiently, reducing the cost of storage and backup time. It is vital to have data available in the shortest possible time."
"The whole replication aspect of the solution is excellent because it compresses the data so well."
"The initial setup was not overly complex."
"The solution is very easy to deploy."
"Features with the most value are Instant VM Recovery, SQL Explorer and Exchange Explorer."
"The most valuable feature is the internal recovery."
"Provides lots of reporting and visualization of how much data has been transferred."
"Veeam is easy to use."
"The solution is consistent."
"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."
"It eliminates the need for complex compliance requirements, making it a highly effective solution."
"If you want to do failover, it works without any problem."
"The solution helps to improve business continuity processes. Its automatic failover and failback policies have been wonderful."
"I like how VMware SRM is able to automate and orchestrate disaster recovery."
"The solution is very flexible."
"The replication is the solution's most valuable feature. If we have some issues on the VM in the main site we can migrate it to another site automatically."
"The stability could be better, specifically in the cloud."
"It needs to offer an automatic check for backups."
"The patching can be quite difficult at times."
"The cost needs to be considered."
"They can improve the features and Veeam Enterprise Manager. The interface and features are kind of limited. It would be good if they can provide more features and a better interface. For example, if I want to provide certain users with the privilege to back up and restore and do day-to-day tasks, I cannot do it in the current version. It is like you either give everything to everyone or no user can have access to anything. In version 9, a lot of features were missing, and it wasn't clear. Version 10 is easier from the communication perspective, and the disk backup option is very clear."
"I would like to have the capability of backing up a physical machine, as opposed to just a VM."
"We struggled to stabilize the application. We had an incident which resulted in a loss of data and have terminated this solution due to lack of support from the Veeam team."
"I don't see much room for improvement except that the price could be better."
"VMware SRM needs to improve its pricing."
"It would be better if we could get more reporting features in VMware SRM."
"The technical support is not very good and needs to make an effort to improve."
"The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated."
"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 product's stability could be better."
"The configuration process could be improved."
"The back sites sometimes are very, very complicated."
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, 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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