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 cost-effective. A lot of times, people pick Veeam because of its price."
"The solution works well in two different environments, whether it is on-premises, cloud, or a combination."
"From my experience, Veeam is very good. Its interface is user-friendly. We can restore it whenever. It's not complicated. It's very easy to manage and administration is very easy."
"Veeam Backup & Replication is a scalable solution."
"Sandbox feature is like a power tool for troubleshooting."
"The solution just works consistently. I never have issues with it."
"The product could be improved if they wrote more PowerShell scripts for controlling Veeam."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"It eliminates the need for complex compliance requirements, making it a highly effective solution."
"The product functionality is fairly high-quality."
"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 of SRM has been excellent. It gets a nine-out-of-ten."
"In terms of resiliency, the most valuable aspect of SRM has been its effectiveness."
"VMware SRM replicates the VM from one site to another, and it helps us orchestrate the powering of VMs and DR when the DC goes down."
"VMware SRM's most valuable features are its convenience and its use of stretched clusters."
"This SRM solution can improve your footprint within a data center."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It could be simpler to use."
"It needs to offer an automatic check for backups."
"The tech support needs improvement."
"Veeam currently lacks features for backing up to network-attached storage. Veeam Backup & Replication agents do not support S3 storage. Only Veeam Backup & Replication server supports S3 storage."
"The solution could improve by having a version to be compatible with the Linux system. They have improved the storage depository using the Linux proxy and Linux storage, but it can completely run on the Linux environment it would be much better."
"The orchestration feature can be improved. They can improve the virtual machine orchestration to make it similar to VMware. They can also provide an option to automate the backup and recovery and schedule a backup."
"There needs to be more integration with VMware and the virtual machine."
"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."
"VMware SRM's platform agnostics should support on-cloud usage as well."
"Lacks stability and as a result requires continuous monitoring."
"The version we are currently using is not the latest and greatest but it has buggy behavior in some browsers."
"You need a lot of knowledge to work with the interface because it is not really easy to use, and it would be great if the dashboard were simplified."
"It would be good if this solution could integrate configuration management software such as Chef Infra."
"The solution must provide better integration with third-party vendors."
"Technical support can take some time to respond."
"The product's dashboard is an area of concern where improvements are required."
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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