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.
"Its portability and being able to back up between different platforms are the most valuable features."
"The granular restoration that it provides for a business application is most valuable. For example, for Exchange, we can restore a single mailbox or email. We can also do SQL Server restoration and bare-metal recovery for operating systems."
"The most valuable feature is the continuous backup."
"Veeam replication gives migration tools/options for VMware."
"Its stability and scalability were the main reasons for going for this solution. It is highly scalable, and its stability is also powerful. It has a friendly interface, and its monitoring and performance are the best in the market."
"It helps with process restoration. With Veeam, we never had backup or restoration issues."
"They introduced a new feature called the Immutable Repository feature, which helps protect environments from malware attacks that target backup file extensions."
"The initial setup was not overly complex."
"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."
"The solution is strong when it comes to protection and analytics, with the latter being added later on."
"Testing failover capabilities."
"The installation and initial setup are straightforward."
"The UI is very user-friendly and testing is easy."
"In terms of resiliency, the most valuable aspect of SRM has been its effectiveness."
"The solution is simple to use and has effective automation."
"It has a good and effective user interface."
"The parallel backup process from the Veeam server to Veeam has some limitations. The number of parallel backups should be increased and the compressional is very low. Sometimes it is half or one-third, but other backup solutions' compression levels are very high."
"Its licensing needs to be improved. Its licensing has become complex since last December. They have changed the way the product is licensed, and there is a lot of confusion. Sometimes, when a new version comes, it seems that it has not been tested enough because I usually find some bugs in it. It could also have more integration with other virtualization products, such as desktop virtualization products and open-source virtualization products."
"Device backup could be improved."
"I would like for them to develop the ability to fix the way it does backups. We can't pick a backup for one database. We have to do a backup on the whole Exchange VM. I'd like for them to change it to where we can do individual backups."
"In the next release, I would like replication directly to the cloud to be included."
"They need a better solution for backend storage."
"I would like to have them come up with more robust features when it comes to individual endpoint protection."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The user experience could be more friendly."
"This product is not appropriate for those moving to a broader cloud footprint."
"There needs to be better stability during heavy capacity in future releases."
"The technical support is not quick enough to respond when a user tries to contact them."
"In my opinion, the integration with Peer Persistent Storage could be improved."
"The biggest issue for us is that this product does not have any demo for customers."
"It would be better if we could get more reporting features in VMware SRM."
"In general, the drawbacks of VMware SRM, where improvements can be made, stem from the fact that it is an expensive and complex product."
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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