BDRSuite Backup &amp; Replication vs Oracle Data Guard comparison

BDRSuite Backup & Replication vs. Oracle Data Guard

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Categories and Ranking

BDRSuite Backup & Replication

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

12th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (7th), MSP Backup (1st)

Oracle Data Guard

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

16th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of BDRSuite Backup & Replication is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Data Guard is 0.8%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery

Featured Reviews

Redha Benlaksira

Technical Sales Director (Owner) at HSR IT Services SARL

The ability to maintain multiple restore points is critical because it lets customers choose to restore their data to an hour or a day ago

BDRSuite is better than competing solutions because it can protect, back up, and recover data. A feature called live migration allows you to recover the same data in different environments. For example, I can back up the data from a VMware machine and restore it to a Hyper-V. You can also create repositories and back up environments to a cloud platform like GCP and AWS S3 buckets. BDRSuite allows you to back up virtual machines hosted on an EC3 instance or Microsoft 365 mailboxes, SharePoint, etc. The solution allows us to recover data instantly. We can recover all our data in under 15 minutes. In a virtual environment, we can recover a virtual machine and all its data in under 15 minutes. It's the same for a NAS, SAN, or DAS disk. The ability to boot instantly enables customers to maintain their business operations without interruption. BDRSuite's ability to maintain multiple restore points is critical because it gives customers the option to restore their data to an hour or a day ago. They can choose a full, incremental, or synthetic backup. Incremental backup makes sense if you are backing up the same data daily and you want to save space and network resources. It only backs up the differences or updates in every block. I've worked with lots of backup solutions, and BDRSuite is the easiest to use. It's simple to install and create backup jobs. It doesn't require many tasks to install the solution. You can easily back up and restore from one console

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Azhagupandi Parthiban

Vice President Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers near-real-time replication for data consistency and continuously introducing new features through upgrades

There are various advantages. First of all, easy to deploy. The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. In other ways, the implementation is very, very important. Like, we have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product. Once you configure it, it goes through the rollback, and then Data Guard introduces this snapshot thing. So once the restoration happens, we can go back to the original thing, and we make that a standard. It's a pretty decent and key function for Oracle. So, enterprise organizations go for Oracle only for features like these.

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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

"Backup of the VMware server is the most valuable feature."

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

"It's easy to restore."

"It helps me with restores. I can repeat a test multiple times: Do the test, the restore, and then test again. It saves me time because I don't have to rebuild the VMs every time."

"The scalability is good. It can scale. Adding a new server to a foreign location is easy."

"The network solution is the most important feature, because we have our own backup server and are doing file backups for our customers."

"The most valuable feature is the Hyper-V backup - it's just one click. I don't have to worry about it."

"The smooth implementation is the most valuable aspect of BDRSuite."

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"The solution is really very stable. One good thing about it, compared to other products, is that you can just run it and forget about it. Unless you come across some interruptions in the network, it works like a charm."

"The most important feature is that if I want to test the database at the disaster recovery site, I can take a snapshot, test it, and then revert it back to the original state without needing to restore the complete database from the primary data center to the disaster recovery."

"It is a top-notch product, super stable, making it our go-to for internal operations."

"The solution is quite stable. We haven't experienced any bugs, glitches, or crashes. We find it to be quite reliable."

"Oracle Data Guard is scalable. I rate it a ten out of ten."

"We use Data Guard for online replication from data center, to data center for high availability. This is the most important feature."

"We have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product."

"The most valuable features are the backup and restore. With this in place along with the clustering, the database is safe from hacking, hardware failure, power failures, and system crashes."

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Cons

"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."

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

"The process is a bit cumbersome when you remove an agent, delete that job, and add the agent to the same server. Even though the agent is already installed in that server, the system does not recognize it. We have to uninstall the current agent, restart the server, install the push agent - a new agent - and then restart the server. I think they should try to avoid that."

"The API uses a common data image to store the data for the sets, but unfortunately, it's limited to consecutive sets only. That's the only limitation I have observed so far."

"The system died twice and it was apparently the result of corrupted disk sectors. I tried to work with tech support to fix it, but they essentially gave up. So twice, I had to rebuild our server."

"In the beginning, when we had some hiccups, I would chalk that up more to a learning curve for the product."

"Maybe they can add some features regarding working with the vCenter cluster to be able to have more power over the cluster overall, not just over a single or specific host. Also, I would like some enhancements in technology for the web interface, e.g., some interactive technologies to advance the interface of Vembu. Although the current interface is very good, maybe they can use more advanced technologies for its web development."

"There's a feature that does syncing with AWS Cloud backup online. It's not that straightforward to get it set up."

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"It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs."

"Overall, there are some operational issues that need to be dealt with."

"Sometimes, the technical support team takes time to respond."

"The deployment cost is expensive."

"The IP implementation and maintenance are a little bit hard to manage across Oracle solutions, including Oracle Data Guard."

"The initial setup is complex."

"The implementation is complex for anyone who's jumping into it without any experience. It's all command-line driven implementations. For some, that's a turn-off."

"We would like to be able to see the date time stamp when you execute DGMGRL commands."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Price-wise, it is much cheaper than its counterparts. I like its pricing, and its price is okay. The lesser they take, the more profit we can make, but we are happy with its price. It is very affordable. We were working with a client, and they were looking for backup software and had a very tight budget. When I told them that Vembu is only going to cost around $400 to $500, they were shocked. They didn't believe me, so I showed them the website so that they can check the price themselves. Of course, if they agree to that price, we get a 15% rebate as a managed service provider."

"The product's pricing is a good value. Vembu is cost-effective versus using VMware Essentials. Regarding licensing, make sure you find the right workstation or server that you're going to install it on, and know the number of sockets it has, since the price depends on that."

"I think it is a good value for the price."

"It's more affordable than Veeam, so smaller companies can afford to have a solution like this in place, which is very nice."

"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."

"I've purchased and been licensed for one aspect of it, which is my preferred method, but the pricing and licensing will not work for the short-term and I can't draw back."

"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 cost is expensive."

"It's a cost-effective solution."

"The pricing is on the higher side."

"It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product."

"This is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive than Oracle Grid."

"Oracle Data Guard is a feature available only in Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and is available for extra cost."

"If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses."

"The licensing cost is significantly high."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

86%

Educational Organization

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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.

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...

What needs improvement with BDRSuite?

I had a small problem integrating VMware and Hyper-V when customers used a free VMware license to create VMs. This is a problem because many customers use the free version of VMware. There are also...

What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1...

What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs. I strongly recommend Data Guard. I've been using it for eight years and I would strongly recommend it. I'd rate Oracle Data Guard a se...

What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

We're Oracle partners. We've worked with databases 11G and 12C. If a company is planning to implement Oracle solutions, I would suggest they also implement Data Guard. I'd rate the solution nine ou...

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Also Known As

Vembu BDRSuite

Active Data Guard

Overview

BDRSuite by Vembu offers comprehensive and cost-effective Backup and Disaster Recovery software tailored to meet the diverse data protection requirements of Businesses and Service Providers. BDRSuite provides robust backup solutions for a wide range of IT workloads, including virtual machines, servers, endpoints, SaaS applications, cloud VMs, NAS/File Shares, and databases & applications. It offers the flexibility to store backups anywhere and centrally manage the entire backup infrastructure.

BDRSuite is designed to help businesses keep their data secure and ensure it is easily recoverable in the event of data loss or ransomware attacks. With BDRSuite, businesses can achieve reliable data protection and ensure business continuity – all at an affordable price.

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PRICING DETAILS

VMs, Servers & Cloud Backup at $48 per workload/year (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, oVirt, Proxmox, Windows, Linux, AWS, Azure, File Share-500 GB)

Endpoint/Workstation Backup at $12 per endpoint/year (Windows, Linux, Mac)

SaaS Backup at $12 per user/year (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace)

DBs & Applications Backup at $72 per application/year (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft Exchange Server, SharePoint Server)

Vembu Technologies

Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

Oracle

Sample Customers

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

Athenahealth, Discover Financial Services

BDRSuite Backup & Replication vs. Oracle Data Guard