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.
"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."
"The ability of instant VM recovery, which means starting the backup VM and getting it online while the recovery is still happening is the most valuable feature."
"It is cost-effective. A lot of times, people pick Veeam because of its price."
"I like Veeam a lot because it solves problems, is stable, and runs very well."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be the new CDP features. It is very popular for my customer's needs."
"The ability to offload backup snapshots to the SAN helps with reducing the backup durations."
"One of the most valuable features is the simplicity of the solution's administration."
"The good thing about Veeam is that its initial setup and usage are straightforward."
"The product is evolving and the vendor is committed to change."
"Combined with RecoverPoint, it offers zero RPO and zero RTO."
"It has a good and effective user interface."
"It's easy to use and the interface is quite simple."
"The replication is a key feature."
"VMware is one of the best products in the industry when it comes to virtualization."
"VMware SRM is very effective between two sites with identical twin storage, you can have synchronization between the two sites."
"Testing failover capabilities."
"Could offer a better conclusion of the backups."
"Restoration takes about two to four hours with Veeam. Zerto can restore in about 10 seconds. That's the restoration speed I'm looking for now that we're dealing with ransomware."
"In the past, Veeam had a host-based license, but now it will be part of Microsoft's core license. I don't like this licensing model. Host-based licensing is better for my system. Maybe so other organizations prefer the core-based."
"When in a domain, the virus can easily attack the Veeam server, something which happened to us."
"The implementation of the features can be improved. Currently, there is no segregation of duty. Normally, any backup software or client service software is implemented in a way where one person is responsible for the implementation of the server, and one is responsible for the client, but Veeam Backup & Replication is not implemented in that way. Therefore, restores don't work like that. The backup guys have to do the restores, which is not a good thing. Its pricing should also be improved. It is quite expensive."
"The initial setup can get complex."
"Veeam Backup Replication could improve by having more comparably with other hardware with the immutable copy feature."
"If you upgrade too quickly, you may have issues."
"There are many functionality problems with the product currently. It is also slow and unstable."
"The back sites sometimes are very, very complicated."
"An improvement for SRM would be better interface compatibility with other products."
"The user experience could be more friendly."
"It would be good if this solution could integrate configuration management software such as Chef Infra."
"The technical support is not quick enough to respond when a user tries to contact them."
"The two vCenters have to be synchronized, which sometimes gives us problems because Keberos does not tolerate more than five minutes in time difference."
"VMware SRM lacks certain functions that other platforms have, such as better prioritization of allocation of resources and Boot profiles."
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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