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 solution's best features are its ease of use and replication."
"It's relatively easy to use and the ability to recover in a short period of time has been great."
"The backup and replication features of this solution are most valuable."
"Veeam Backup Replication has good performance and can do location-to-location backups. Additionally, it is user-friendly and easy to manage."
"The initial setup for a simple environment is very easy. We just do next, next, next, next for the installation. It can be complicated in a complicated environment. It can be simple for a simple environment. I enjoy installing it. It has a lot of features."
"Simple and stable."
"Veeam Cloud Connect has helped us to reduce the cost of cloud storage for an offsite solution using their archive storage feature."
"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."
"Combined with RecoverPoint, it offers zero RPO and zero RTO."
"Testing failover capabilities."
"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."
"It's easy to use and the interface is quite simple."
"VMware is one of the best products in the industry when it comes to virtualization."
"It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation."
"The most valuable feature of VMware SRM is its integration with the VMware platform."
"VMware SRM's most valuable features are its convenience and its use of stretched clusters."
"The tech support needs improvement."
"I think that Veeam could improve some performance issues when the backup itself is restored. I'm also using HPE StoreOnce, which has deduplication, and when I'm trying to test or run backups, it takes a lot of time. I think they could improve the testing for backup copies."
"If you upgrade too quickly, you may have issues."
"Unfortunately, the software only runs on Windows."
"The documentation and communication could be better in Veeam Backup Replication."
"The cloud part of it can be improved. There should be an option for Veeam in your own cloud, as compared to the Veeam cloud offering that's currently there. The rest of it is easy."
"The solution requires a lot of bandwidth."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"We would like the patching management function of this product to be improved."
"This product is not appropriate for those moving to a broader cloud footprint."
"You cannot use VMware SRM in conjunction with storage replication software."
"The solution must provide better integration with third-party vendors."
"The two vCenters have to be synchronized, which sometimes gives us problems because Keberos does not tolerate more than five minutes in time difference."
"Technical support needs improvement, they are not very responsive."
"One thing which is lacking from the SRM is reporting."
"The interface is not easy to use and can be made more user-friendly."
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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