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.
"It integrates easily with third-party solutions compared to other vendors."
"With Replication, Veeam allows us to have a duplicated VM on standby."
"The product is very simple in its design. We don't need it to perform complicated tasks."
"While I do not recall whether the latest version is 10.0 or 11.0 I do know that it allows one to make a back up repository that is very scalable and simple."
"It's streamlined the backup and recovery for my customers in the sense that it has an easy management console that's easy to set up any type of instant recovery."
"It's got a very good user-friendly interface. It's easy to use."
"The features that I have found most valuable are its ease of management, it is not complicated, it is very reliable, has good support and a lot of knowledge on the market for integrators."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to verify that backups are valid."
"The product functionality is fairly high-quality."
"Incorporating non-disruptive testing capability in disaster recovery procedures has significantly benefited the overall recovery testing processes."
"The most valuable feature of VMware SRM is its integration with the VMware platform."
"It's easy to use and the interface is quite simple."
"The stability of SRM has been excellent. It gets a nine-out-of-ten."
"Combined with RecoverPoint, it offers zero RPO and zero RTO."
"The product is evolving and the vendor is committed to change."
"It has a good and effective user interface."
"It needs to support more applications. In terms of supported applications, Oracle SQL and Office 365 are supported, but I am not sure if it supports Linux-based applications. That's why I'm looking for an alternative. I am currently testing Commvault. The advantage of Commvault is that a lot of applications are supported with it. I am not sure if CIFS is currently supported. It would be nice to have this feature in case it is not already supported"
"The one downside to Veeam is that they don't have a cloud product of their own."
"Even though the speed has improved over the years, I think that there are some instances where it still takes a while."
"The recovery and integration features of Veeam Backup Replication could improve. For example, all VM integration could improve, such as with Hyper-V and VMware."
"I would like to see more broad support for other applications such as databases, or other operating systems."
"Recovery speed is slow. Full recovery on large machines (1TB+) takes too long"
"In the future, I would like to see better support for direct backup to tape."
"They need a better solution for backend storage."
"Lacks stability and as a result requires continuous monitoring."
"The technical support is not quick enough to respond when a user tries to contact them."
"VMware SRM's platform agnostics should support on-cloud usage as well."
"We would like the patching management function of this product to be improved."
"In general, the drawbacks of VMware SRM, where improvements can be made, stem from the fact that it is an expensive and complex product."
"The interface is not easy to use and can be made more user-friendly."
"The primary site lacks adequate equipment, such as power backup and cooling, which can lead to downtime during issues like power outages or overheating."
"SRM has to be installed on two separate data centers, so both have to be coordinated very well, which becomes complicated when configuring the software for disaster recovery."
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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