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 is stable and the performance is good."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"Provides lots of reporting and visualization of how much data has been transferred."
"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."
"A simple and stable solution for small businesses that use virtualization."
"It is cost-effective. A lot of times, people pick Veeam because of its price."
"What I like most about this solution are the simplicity and the price-performance ratio."
"Initially setting up the product is easy."
"It is a stable solution...The solution's technical support is excellent."
"The product functionality is fairly high-quality."
"The most valuable features are the disaster recovery and testing."
"The most valuable feature of VMware SRM is its integration with the VMware platform."
"VMware SRM is very effective between two sites with identical twin storage, you can have synchronization between the two sites."
"The solution is strong when it comes to protection and analytics, with the latter being added later on."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can independently run the disaster recovery without disturbing the production instances."
"I would like to see the replication and a recovery plan of the servers in the cloud. It's very important."
"They need a better solution for backend storage."
"Offering mobile apps that give engineers a global view of his backup regime would be a "nice to have" feature."
"Limited support for environments other than VMware or Microsoft."
"The solution needs more detailed reporting."
"The integration with other solutions should be improved."
"I would like to see better features for exporting to cloud-based repositories."
"Device backup could be improved."
"The back sites sometimes are very, very complicated."
"The biggest issue for us is that this product does not have any demo for customers."
"Lacks stability and as a result requires continuous monitoring."
"There needs to be better stability during heavy capacity in future releases."
"The administration guides can be complicated and difficult to use, so it would be helpful if it was made easier."
"They could enhance the automation features for the product."
"I would like to see this solution be more scalable."
"We've had configuration issues on occasion. We start to fail over, and then we have to call it off because the configuration is not right, or the data stores aren't configured correctly in the secondary data center. Oftentimes, it is just the experience level of the team, and we have to bring in the vendor to help and validate our configuration."
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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