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.
"Very flexible, all-in-one solution."
"I like how Veeam intuitively integrates with Zerto."
"Integration with various applications, such as on-premises laptops and desktop backups, as well as applications and databases, is excellent."
"For virtualization it's perfect."
"Very user-friendly and easily recoverable."
"The most valuable feature is the internal recovery."
"The user interface is good and it is very easy to use."
"Veeam is highly scalable. In one scenario, we started with 2,000 users and scaled up to 24,000."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the automatic recovery of the virtual machine if it goes down."
"VMware is one of the best products in the industry when it comes to virtualization."
"The solution is consistent."
"VMware's tech support gets a nine-out-of-ten. They are responsive and get you a useful reply."
"The solution is simple to use and has effective automation."
"The installation and initial setup are straightforward."
"The solution runs well in the background, just in case we need it."
"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."
"They need to improve their technical side."
"I would like to see better features for exporting to cloud-based repositories."
"The only issue on which we would like to see for improvement would be, potentially, the ability to do some different things with recovery, like faster recovery onsite."
"I think that Veeam could improve some performance issues when the backup itself is restored. I'm also using HPE StoreOnce, which has deduplication, and when I'm trying to test or run backups, it takes a lot of time. I think they could improve the testing for backup copies."
"Veeam Backup & Replication should include a cloud solution."
"The initial setup is not always easy, and customers often need a lot of help to get Veeam up and running successfully."
"There should be better use of the external hard drives."
"Veeam Backup Replication could improve by making the monitoring system free. If I would like to have any monitoring system by Veeam I have to purchase it. It should come free with the solution. They should provide a monitoring system to make the work easier and smooth."
"In my view, if VMware comes up with an appliance-based solution like vCenter Server (which was also Windows-based), it will be much easier for deployment. I"
"The two vCenters have to be synchronized, which sometimes gives us problems because Keberos does not tolerate more than five minutes in time difference."
"It would be good if this solution could integrate configuration management software such as Chef Infra."
"What I think can be improved is the data replication aspect."
"Lacks stability and as a result requires continuous monitoring."
"The configuration process could be improved."
"The initial setup of VMware SRM isn't straightforward because many customizations are required since it helps in the recovery of your IT environment."
"There needs to be better stability during heavy capacity in future releases."
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 71 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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