BDRShield vs Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines comparison

Vembu Technologies and Dell Technologies are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Vembu Technologies is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.0, while Dell Technologies is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.3. Vembu Technologies holds a 1.6% mindshare in DRS, compared to Dell Technologies’s 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Vembu Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2025

BDRShield and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines compete in the data protection and disaster recovery market. BDRShield seems to have an upper hand in small business environments due to its ease of use and cost efficiency, while Dell RecoverPoint offers advanced features more suited for large enterprise needs.

Features: BDRShield offers automatic backup replication, MSP rebranding support, and an intuitive GUI. It provides data compression, deduplication capabilities, and fast restoration, making it efficient for virtual environments. Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines provides real-time data protection, continuous replication, and flexible point-in-time recovery, minimizing RTO and RPO, which is vital for high-stakes environments.

Room for Improvement: BDRShield can improve customer support availability and response times, reduce internet dependency, and simplify its licensing model and setup process. Dell RecoverPoint users find the initial configuration challenging and the pricing model expensive. They seek wider hypervisor support and easier deployment.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BDRShield deploys across hybrid, private, and public clouds, offering users flexibility, though accessibility and timely technical support are areas for improvement. Dell RecoverPoint’s deployment is on-premises, providing a controlled environment, while support is knowledgeable but slow, especially on weekends.

Pricing and ROI: BDRShield is cost-efficient with a straightforward licensing model, appealing to small businesses. Dell RecoverPoint is more expensive, with licensing based on VM count and data capacity, yet offers substantial ROI through advanced features suited for enterprises requiring robust data recovery.

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Categories and Ranking

BDRShield

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (19th), MSP Backup (2nd)

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtu...

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

10th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of BDRShield is 1.6%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is 3.7%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
BDRSuite Backup & Replication	1.6%
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines	3.7%
Other	94.7%

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Thomas Roes

Director at Switact

Ease of backup and restore improves data management with reliable support

The interface of BDRSuite Backup & Replication is pretty intuitive. Regarding their marketing strategy, I'm very bad at marketing. I always get a little edgy when people try to shove their product in my face. There are two sides to the story. If you don't know something exists, you might not even start to look for it unless you really know that you need it. If you are explicitly looking for a solution, then you'll find it. People that don't know that they should do backup don't have a place in IT. I rate BDRSuite Backup & Replication 8.5 out of 10.

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ClaudioSalgado

IT Architect Consultant at RTFM

Offers replication flexibility across multiple environments, including local centers and secondary sites

It offers key features like any point-in-time recovery without needing scheduled snapshots. It allows for automated VM protection during processes like failover and testing, and it offers replication flexibility across multiple environments, including local centers and secondary sites. It also provides IP address management when network configurations differ across sites.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"I can choose a point in time and issue the command to back up and I don't need to go in and restore the last full backup and then apply iteratively, sequentially, all the incrementals... I can pick a point in time and tell it I want to go to that state and it's transparent to me. It happens in the background for me."

"The most important feature, in terms of the hypervisor, is the ability to restore a virtual machine in a matter of minutes. We can take the backup of a virtual machine and we can restore it to the actual Vembu Backup server as a temporary solution, in a matter of minutes. We can just spin up a VM in no time; different hardware, even different processors. It's pretty dynamic in that sense."

"Vembu provides us with a way to instantly recover data. It offers instant data recovery through a local backup server deployed at the customer's site. We can quickly recover data either by copying it back to the main server or if the backup server is powerful enough, we can also directly start a virtual machine from the backup."

"The best part of BDRSuite is how user-friendly it is and how it does not require any maintenance after the initial setup."

"It has improved our business continuity."

"Adding and removing backup jobs using BDRSuite is easy and also includes great documentation."

"The ability to map a drive and restore a separate file is most valuable. The restoration activity is good."

"The initial setup is easy and very nice."

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"One of the standout features of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is its real-time data protection capability."

"The most valuable feature is that it is journal-based and you don't have to replicate a lot of data."

"The speed and the footprint the solution uses regarding storage are great."

"It is a very simple tool to use and offers flexibility in using the tool for recovery and transitioning from one state to another."

"The solution is quite stable. We haven't experienced any kind of bug or glitch. We haven't experienced crashes."

"The most valuable features are the data center recovery administration and the time of recovery."

"The generalization of the journals allows us to go back in time and choose the snapshot suitable for us. We can grab it as needed."

"Point-in-time recovery and ease of deployment are valuable."

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Cons

"We are still exploring its features, but we want to see more features that we desire over time."

"Scheduling backups is challenging due to the poor quality of the UI."

"The phone [support] system is a negative five on a scale from one to ten, where one is the worst. They wanted me to leave a message. When there is a problem with the product and you call in, you want to talk to somebody or wait to talk to somebody, not leave a message."

"The reporting can use some improvement. I still use the old StoreGrid Cloud while I'm migrating the rest of my clients over. I am able to export all of my clients' usage for the month, which I then import into my billing program. It helps me speed up the billing process. Also, I can generate a report that gives me statuses of everyone's backup, which I don't get from Vembu Backup Online either. I would like to have something similar where I can export everyone's usage at any time for all their backups, so I can use that to import them to my billing program."

"They need to improve their marketing because not many people are aware of it. People ask me what is Vembu, and I have to explain to them it is a good tool for backup and other things."

"The reports are at a basic level and there is room for improvement there. It only has historical reports and VM backup job-level reports."

"I don't know if it exists, but it would be helpful to get email notifications when there are issues with the backup. I'm sure it probably exists, but I just don't know how to do it. They also have an Azure proxy feature where you can restore to Azure. It's not really well documented. I think they should document how to do that a little better."

"Vembu software runs on a Windows Server. The Windows Server has to be connected to the internet so it can connect with Vembu’s servers. It has to connect with Vembu. For some reason, if it doesn't connect, it stops working, and I don't know why on earth they do that. They require it to connect to the internet and connect with Vembu for it to continue to function. If the internet is down or if the server can't reach the internet, it stops working after a few days. That's not great because there are some people who want to do backups but they don't want to have their server accessible on the internet."

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"The solution currently supports only VMware."

"Maybe integration with Kubernetes for OpenShift would be helpful."

"The biggest challenge we faced was attempting replication between two different kinds of storage systems, like IBM on one side and Dell EMC storage systems on the other, before opting for VPLEX."

"I would like to see integration with EMC NetWorker in the next release."

"It would be good to have a critical application on the customer side."

"It should have features for recovering a group of virtual machines and full-scale security. For recovering all the VMs at once, they don't have a GUI option, and we have to use the command line."

"It can have better integration. It would be good if, in addition to VMware VM, it can also support other hypervisors. I also want to see support for Oracle databases. As of now, it supports only SQL and Exchange. It would be good to also support other databases."

"The biggest challenge we faced was attempting replication between two different kinds of storage systems, like IBM on one side and Dell EMC storage systems on the other, before opting for VPLEX."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I do remember that the pricing was based on a VMware or Hyper-V license, whereas on our end, it should be regarded as a VM-based license. I don't know why they make a difference at the Vembu level. We are currently on VMware migrating to Hyper-V, and we didn't want to buy licenses for VMware, but still have to buy them for Hyper-V. This the only thing which does not seem fully adequate."

"I prefer the way Vembu is licensed. When you look at Veeam or any other product, they price per node. Vembu is licensed per host. You just buy a host license and it backs up unlimited VMs within that host. The others charge per VM."

"We were able to take advantage of a promotional pricing campaign."

"The pricing structure is in line with other solutions. However, the option to replicate offsite to a unit at another office or at home is a big cost benefit. Instead of paying monthly for cloud storage, you replicate offsite for free."

"BDRSuite, although cost-efficient, is more expensive than most other providers."

"The pricing is pretty reasonable."

"The price point of this software is good, and I can do everything I need. In terms of the affordability of the solution for businesses with a tight budget, we're on a small business enterprise package, which is half the price of the regular enterprise package. It's super affordable. The features you get for it are enterprise-level. I'm very happy with the pricing."

"At the moment, I am doing Vembu for one host. My costs are about $25 USD a month for a single host up to 100 VMs."

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"The tool is expensive. If one means cheaply priced and ten means expensive, I rate the tool's price as a seven."

"This is an expensive product."

"This is not a very cheap solution and compared to others, it is expensive."

"Pricing-wise, it is pretty much fair for any customer who only has a VMware environment. Licensing is based on the number of VMs that you want to protect at any given point in time. Licensing is not based on size."

"It was a part of a backup solution. So, it was free for us."

"There is a license required for this solution and the pricing depends on how many virtual machines you have."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

88%

Educational Organization

Performing Arts

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	10

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BDRSuite?

The best part of BDRSuite is how user-friendly it is and how it does not require any maintenance after the initial setup.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BDRSuite?

BDRSuite is cost-effective because you can purchase a perpetual license that covers multiple environments. You only renew the support costs annually. It offers advanced features at roughly 75 perce...

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What needs improvement with BDRSuite?

I really don't know what could be improved about BDRSuite Backup & Replication. I've never had anything that I thought would be nice if that was possible. Every time I thought that, it was alre...

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What do you like most about Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?

One of the standout features of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is its real-time data protection capability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?

Most of the time, we buy perpetual license solutions.

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What needs improvement with Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?

Although we can change the IP address, it would be good to have some other sort of orchestration to make life easier to manage when we failover.

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Also Known As

Vembu BDRSuite, BDRSuite Backup & Replication

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Overview

BDRShield offers seamless backup and recovery, catering to VMware and Hyper-V environments. It's designed for ease-of-use with high efficiency in data management and storage.

BDRShield offers a suite of capabilities designed for effective data protection and recovery. It is known for its user-friendly approach, allowing Java-free agentless backups, and high compression rates that optimize storage resources. central management provides straightforward setup and maintenance, reducing complications. Tailored to suit multi-tenant needs, it seeks to provide comprehensive backup solutions for managed service providers. Incremental backups and quick virtual machine recovery are standout features, alongside a focus on cost efficiency. While users find value in its core functionality, enhancements in customer support responsiveness and an intuitive dashboard are desired. Compatibility with technologies such as Red Hat Virtualization and improvements in data deduplication and cloud storage are areas of growth.

What are BDRShield’s main features?

User-friendly UI: Simplifies navigation for a better experience.
Efficient Backup & Restore: Ensures data security and swift recovery.
VMware & Hyper-V Compatibility: Supports leading virtualization platforms.
High Compression Rates: Saves storage space without sacrificing quality.
Centralized Management: Streamlines configuration processes.
Agentless Backup & Replication: Reduces overhead and simplifies deployment.
Encryption & Deduplication: Enhances security and storage efficiency.
Multi-tenant Support: Benefits managed service providers extensively.
Incremental Backups: Conserves storage and reduces bandwidth usage.

What benefits does BDRShield offer?

Cost Efficiency: Balances performance and value.
Quick VM Restoration: Minimizes downtime and accelerates recovery.
Disaster Recovery Options: Provides robust solutions for data protection offsite.

BDRShield is leveraged widely across industries to protect virtual and physical server environments. Its ability to back up crucial applications, databases, and files both on-premises and in the cloud makes it a versatile choice for various businesses. Small to medium-sized businesses benefit from file-level and image-level backups, ensuring data integrity across platforms like VMware, Hyper-V, and ESXi.

Vembu Technologies

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines enables quick recovery of VMware virtual machines and allows you to efficiently test, manage and orchestrate operational backup and disaster recovery operations.

With tight integration with VMware, RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is storage and application agnostic, with built-in automation accessible via VMware vSphere web client plug-in.

When cloud becomes a vital part of your disaster recovery strategy, RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is also web-enabled, providing efficient replication to AWS and VMware Cloud on AWS.

RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite.

Dell Technologies

Sample Customers

NASA, Intel, CISCO, PHILIPS, Atos, HEXAWARE, Motorola

Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative, PCS Publishing, Noble Foods

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