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 backup and replication capabilities are quite good."
"I like all of Veeam's features, but the most important ones are the tape backups and replication. Those are the two options available for us, and it's enough for our needs."
"There are many valuable features, for example how Copy Job is controlling the band with accelerators. The Enterprise Manager is a valuable feature. There are many very useful features. We can push in the market, because we have an advantage over the other solutions."
"Very reliable and easy to use."
"I consider the solution's technical support to be excellent, perfect."
"I enjoy the ability to quickly search for VMs through the Veeam console."
"It is way easier to take backup with Veeam Backup & Replication than the regular ones."
"The solution offers the normal benefits of a virtual machine versus a physical, actual machine. It doesn't take up space, for example."
"The solution is scalable."
"The installation and initial setup are straightforward."
"My impression is that the initial setup process is relatively straightforward."
"The thing I like the most about SMR is the reduced cost of management."
"It's easy to use and the interface is quite simple."
"We find the back up feature of this solution to be particularly valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with our Nutanix environment."
"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."
"I have also been struggling with the storage and in some cases I need to move things due to performance."
"Immutability could be improved."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The interface and cluster environments could be improved in the future as presently they are using agent interface instead of user interface. Also, the backup for the Oracle WAC environment can be improved."
"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."
"There is always some room for improvement, especially with some of the different technologies such as DB2. Commvault has a DB2 agent, but Veeam still doesn't have it. We have to use the universal one for it."
"The direct SAN backup integration can be perfected by improving the snapshot removal mechanism and process from the storage volumes."
"think backing up from physical servers and ransomware security needs some improvements."
"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."
"VMware SRM's platform agnostics should support on-cloud usage as well."
"Flexibility to choose different PITs would be nice."
"This product is not appropriate for those moving to a broader cloud footprint."
"The user experience could be more friendly."
"Sometimes it can cause a bit of downtime during switchovers."
"Currently, there is a limitation of consolidating only 15 sites per SRM."
"The price, in general, could be lower."
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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