We performed a comparison between VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery and VMware SRM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Disaster Recovery (DR) Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Technical support is very proactive and helpful."
"The initial setup is easy depending on the environment you are working with."
"The most valuable features are the backup and disaster recovery services."
"We feel the ability to move virtual machines while they are still running to be the most valuable feature."
"Setting up VMs can be done quickly. It is easy to use."
"The solution helps to improve business continuity processes. Its automatic failover and failback policies have been wonderful."
"The simplicity of VMware SRM is one of its most important features. SRM console is straightforward to manage. It offers simplicity in monitoring, managing, and deploying, making it a unique value proposition. Additionally, Nutanix solutions also provide a simple GUI, which helps in operational efficiency."
"It's very reliable. The solution is stable."
"The replication is a key feature."
"In terms of recovery, if you have a test job script, you can put it on top of it. You can create custom steps so that it will be more granular. It will be an easy, one click solution when it comes to the recovery application."
"The product functionality is fairly high-quality."
"It is easy to implement for my clients."
"It has a good and effective user interface."
"It would be ideal if they added advanced analytics or AI to the solution."
"VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery could improve by enhancing the network bandwidth from the storage."
"The improvements should be as per customer requirements."
"The automation should be simplified or improved."
"When starting up the replication and converting it to the virtual machine I had some problems. I had to start the process again and that is inconvenient."
"This product is not appropriate for those moving to a broader cloud footprint."
"The product's stability could be better."
"The technical support is not quick enough to respond when a user tries to contact them."
"Cost is definitely an area where the product could be improved."
"The solution must provide better integration with third-party vendors."
"Sometimes it can cause a bit of downtime during switchovers."
"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 solution is on the expensive side."
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VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery is ranked 4th in Disaster Recovery as a Service with 5 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 73 reviews. VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery is rated 9.2, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery writes "Application can be migrated from one host to another in respects of virtual machines without the user taking notice". 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". VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery is most compared with Zerto, Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Site Recovery, Rubrik and N-able Cove Data Protection, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery and Commvault Cloud. See our VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery vs. VMware SRM report.
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