We performed a comparison between Acronis Cyber Protect and VMware SRM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Commvault, Zerto and others in Cloud Backup."The solution is stable and reliable."
"Universal Restore is valuable to us."
"The most valuable features of Acronis Backup are cloning and many other capabilities. For example, you are able to clone the whole operating system and drive. Additionally, the solution is a complete package."
"The tool’s licensing and pricing are economical for SMB customers."
"The most valuable feature is its consistency."
"One of the most valuable features of Acronis is its AnyData Engine which allows any device to connect to any other device for the purpose of data restoration."
"For me, the tool proved most valuable in scenarios where it offered easy setup, fast backups, and recognition of SQL logs on virtual machines."
"The most valuable features of Acronis Backup are instant restore, antivirus, and ransomware protection. Additionally, the documentation is good."
"The UI is very user-friendly and testing is easy."
"VMware's tech support gets a nine-out-of-ten. They are responsive and get you a useful reply."
"It is a stable solution...The solution's technical support is excellent."
"The solution helps to improve business continuity processes. Its automatic failover and failback policies have been wonderful."
"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."
"In terms of resiliency, the most valuable aspect of SRM has been its effectiveness."
"It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation."
"It is a very stable solution...I was involved in VMware SRM's deployment phase two years ago, and it was an easy process."
"I would like to see better centralized management, because I use it across multiple clients. To have a console that centrally manages them would be nice."
"The solution's error handling can be improved specifically for Linux errors."
"We would always support better pricing."
"The licensing approach becomes intricate when dealing with SharePoint."
"The pricing could be improved."
"There are some limitations to the backup."
"Some of the default settings out-of-the-box should already be set up for the novice user. For instance, the warnings that say a hard drive has bad sectors and stops the backup from performing."
"It supports Microsoft SQL and Microsoft Exchange, but it does not support Oracle databases or Postgres."
"SRM may hit some OS issues related to IP changes, but they are usually OS related, especially in the 2008 realm."
"The primary site lacks adequate equipment, such as power backup and cooling, which can lead to downtime during issues like power outages or overheating."
"The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated."
"We would like the patching management function of this product to be improved."
"The technical support is not quick enough to respond when a user tries to contact them."
"I would like to see better integration with other storage solutions. I would hope to see that within the next two or three years."
"VMware SRM lacks certain functions that other platforms have, such as better prioritization of allocation of resources and Boot profiles."
"Technical support can take some time to respond."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 5th in Cloud Backup with 117 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 71 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". 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". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Azure Backup 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 VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery.
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