We performed a comparison between Rubrik 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."Rubrik has brought all of our backups under a single pane of glass and made recovery extremely simple."
"Instant recovery is a good feature."
"Rubrik is a very scalable and high-performing backup restore solution."
"When it comes to saving time managing our backups, Rubrik has saved us a lot of time compared to what we were using. It feels like it has saved us lifetimes of time because the process used to be difficult. It's not just the day to time savings. When something goes wrong, that's where the real time savings comes into play. We are able to get back to where we need to be more confidently and with much fewer steps."
"Live Mount is where we do the majority of our big recoveries, unless it is a file recovery. A file recovery takes a few minutes to restore to where the file in the event a file was accidentally deleted by a user, etc. There has been at least a 90 percent reduction in recovery time based on our previous solution, from the need to recover something to when it's actually recovered went from hours to minutes."
"They have a great PowerShell module and easy mediums to speak to the people who create and enhance them."
"Its reporting is most valuable. I like how it reports that everything is successfully backed up. It provides a summarized report that I can give to auditors and management."
"The user interface (UI) is great. It is very lightweight and intuitive."
"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."
"I like how VMware SRM is able to automate and orchestrate disaster recovery."
"SRM's best feature is automation."
"The most valuable feature is the automation, where you press a button and everything fails over seamlessly."
"VMware SRM's most valuable features are its convenience and its use of stretched clusters."
"The solution is consistent."
"The thing I like the most about SMR is the reduced cost of management."
"It is a very stable solution...I was involved in VMware SRM's deployment phase two years ago, and it was an easy process."
"Better integration for complex NAS structures having to mount at root adds time and workload to the process of NDMP."
"It is a lot more expensive than other solutions, but you get what you pay for."
"I don't like Rubrik's user interface because it's not intuitive, and I find it hard to get the information I need."
"Rubrik is expensive."
"Improving PowerShell integration would greatly simplify Rubrik management."
"User interface could be improved."
"Global management of multiple systems is lacking, as is reporting across multiple installed units."
"Rubrik's disaster recovery capabilities could be improved."
"The technical support is not quick enough to respond when a user tries to contact them."
"Technical support needs improvement, they are not very responsive."
"The technical support is not very good and needs to make an effort to improve."
"There is room for improvement in the automation and orchestration aspects of this solution."
"The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated."
"Lacks stability and as a result requires continuous monitoring."
"Sometimes it can cause a bit of downtime during switchovers."
"The solution currently has a five-minute RPO, meaning if the VM goes down we can lose up to five minutes of data which is a big deal when it relates to database replication."
Rubrik is ranked 4th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 82 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 71 reviews. Rubrik is rated 9.2, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". 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". Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery and HPE Disaster Recovery Services. See our Rubrik vs. VMware SRM report.
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