We performed a comparison between VMware SRM (Site Recovery Manager) and Zerto based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Zerto wins out in this competition. Its consistent sub-second response for RTO and RPO makes it one of the most responsive and fastest in the marketplace today. Users are able to easily run tests and change scenarios without any effect on an organization's production.
"It is a stable solution...The solution's technical support is excellent."
"It is easy to implement for my clients."
"VMware SRM is very effective between two sites with identical twin storage, you can have synchronization between the two sites."
"The replication is a key feature."
"The solution is consistent."
"The solution is strong when it comes to protection and analytics, with the latter being added later on."
"It's very reliable. The solution is stable."
"Virtual Machine Recovery during DR situation, with automation and easy to use menus and options."
"The replication feature and DR functionality are most valuable. Zerto has many options when a new server is being provisioned."
"With Zerto, we were able to replicate our virtual servers to a remote DR site across a WAN connection."
"The migration and ease of use are valuable. It is easy to set up and easy to flip. We just need to click on Move."
"In terms of continuous data protection, it's the best product that we've found that does this. It's not snapshot-based. It's continuous, so there are no specific points in time we have to worry about recovering to or from. It's pretty much any time, as long as it's within our replication window."
"It has enabled DR protection for virtual appliances with minimal administrator time."
"It does what it's purported to do, which is to provide continuous data protection. We have a five-second RPO. It's definitely doing its job."
"Moving the VPGs from one location to another is a valuable feature. You just click on it and move it and it's done."
"The ease of failover and test environments has proven invaluable."
"Cost is definitely an area where the product could be improved."
"Currently, there is a limitation of consolidating only 15 sites per SRM."
"There needs to be better stability during heavy capacity in future releases."
"The version we are currently using is not the latest and greatest but it has buggy behavior in some browsers."
"Timing issues arise due to replication lags in multiple areas. When this happens, we encounter errors."
"There are many functionality problems with the product currently. It is also slow and unstable."
"The price, in general, could be lower."
"The user experience could be more friendly."
"If I have to reboot a virtual machine host, I have issues with Zerto catching up afterward. That's about the only thing I would say needs improvement. Sometimes, when I have to do maintenance, Zerto takes a little bit to catch up. That's understandable."
"The limitation with Zerto is that you're required to have one Zerto Manager per virtual center, and this means that you're only able to replicate one way. Technical support for this product was fantastic, before they were acquired by HP. You're now able to tell that the company is becoming too big, in terms of the support they provide."
"We're an NSX-T shop, and if I could get an NSX-T integration where it could manage the networks a little tighter, that would be an improvement."
"The backup solution needs to be improved. From our perspective, Veeam and Zerto were competing products. They both do very unique things that they're very good at. For instance, Veeam can do replication well. However, it's really a backup product."
"Zerto can improve the dashboard by making it even more simple. Right now, there's a lot on the dashboard, and it can be overwhelming. If you're an experienced user, then you'll find it easy to use, but if you're a beginner, it will take you some time."
"The biggest pain points we have experienced are related to some of the SQL-intensive workloads just because the VPGs struggle a little bit to keep up. That might be because we are pushing too many transactions."
"Zerto is solid. However, they are working on a cloud workload protection and protecting virtual workloads to more than one site."
"I don't have any input for improvement or a critical feature request at this moment. If anything, a lower price is always better."
VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 71 reviews while Zerto is ranked 2nd in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 235 reviews. VMware SRM is rated 8.0, while Zerto is rated 9.0. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zerto writes "Gives us business continuity capabilities during hurricane season and in case of ransomware". VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery, VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery and Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service , whereas Zerto is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Commvault Cloud and VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery. See our VMware SRM vs. Zerto report.
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