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 is a stable and scalable solution that's easy to operate and restore."
"Vendor integration for many of the enterprise features have allowed for us to have greater performance from our storage vendors further improving on our commitments to protect our clients' data."
"We get a lot of features with Veeam and we are happy to use this solution. After shutdown, the servers here automatically turn off and Veeam is keeping up all this. It's tension free work."
"The solution is a user-friendly interface."
"For virtualization it's perfect."
"The most valuable features of Veeam Backup Replication are ease of use, dashboards, and reporting."
"The most valuable feature of Veeam Backup & Replication is that we can back up in-house and multiple cloud providers' storage."
"Veeam Backup has many valuable features and every feature is different. I have created backups for file-level backup, VMware or hypervisor virtual machines, physical machines, and workstations as well. Every time, I learn something new."
"VMware's tech support gets a nine-out-of-ten. They are responsive and get you a useful reply."
"My impression is that the initial setup process is relatively straightforward."
"Combined with RecoverPoint, it offers zero RPO and zero RTO."
"The replication is the solution's most valuable feature. If we have some issues on the VM in the main site we can migrate it to another site automatically."
"It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation."
"The product is evolving and the vendor is committed to change."
"The replication is a key feature."
"The solution can be deployed in a couple of hours."
"It would be nice if it could be integrated with third-party solutions like ours. It has been supporting just Windows and virtual machines."
"Multithreading of health check process: This can take too much time to process on large jobs and/or large VMs."
"I would like to see more broad support for other applications such as databases, or other operating systems."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
"I have found that the reporting could improve in its structure."
"A backup and replication solution should be able to back up a system and do recovery very fast. Even though Veeam Backup & Replication is able to meet most of our needs, it would be better if they can make it faster for backup and restore."
"Veeam Backup Replication could improve by having better integration with the cloud. Additionally, they do not have direct integration to S3 or Azure storage for the backups of the VMs. This feature would be beneficial because we have to go through the scalable repository which I do not like."
"The price could be lower."
"What I think can be improved is the data replication aspect."
"The initial setup of VMware SRM isn't straightforward because many customizations are required since it helps in the recovery of your IT environment."
"Currently, there is a limitation of consolidating only 15 sites per SRM."
"VMware SRM's platform agnostics should support on-cloud usage as well."
"I would like to see this solution be more scalable."
"In my opinion, the integration with Peer Persistent Storage could be improved."
"The solution must provide better integration with third-party vendors."
"SRM may hit some OS issues related to IP changes, but they are usually OS related, especially in the 2008 realm."
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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