We performed a comparison between Commvault Cloud 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."One valuable feature is unlimited backup. You can back up existing users and folders."
"We have VMware, Hyper-V, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL. We have a lot of different systems, and all of them are supported under one licensing agreement. That's one of the benefits."
"It is much more scalable and flexible than everything else in the market."
"There's no impact on the endpoint. It runs in the background and it's something that you install and then forget about."
"The convenience of backing up and restoring simultaneously is very valuable."
"Metallic is user-friendly, cost-effective, and the technical support is impressive."
"I'm a big fan of the reporting. You can build your own reports; it's very customizable. You can have individual reports going to groups of people or individuals. You can have them go out multiple times a day. It's basically a free-for-all as far as reporting goes. If anybody wants a specific job report every day, you can build it, schedule it, and have it go out and never touched it again. It's pretty nice."
"The 1-Touch recovery feature is helpful for all customers."
"This SRM solution can improve your footprint within a data center."
"The installation and initial setup are straightforward."
"VMware SRM replicates the VM from one site to another, and it helps us orchestrate the powering of VMs and DR when the DC goes down."
"It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation."
"The most valuable features are the disaster recovery and testing."
"Combined with RecoverPoint, it offers zero RPO and zero RTO."
"I like how VMware SRM is able to automate and orchestrate disaster recovery."
"The most valuable feature is the automation, where you press a button and everything fails over seamlessly."
"The initial setup was complex."
"It does not have an easy deployment. The deployment is not something that just anybody can go in and deploy."
"Getting my guys the right access has a learning curve. Sometimes, it is, "Oh, okay. I think I got it for you." Then, they say, "Oh, nope. I logged in but I can't see this." Then, it is, "Okay, hold on. Give me a second. Let me change that. Okay, it's this one." That learning curve has probably taken a little bit longer than some simpler things. So, Metallic has some granularity, and as a systems administrator, I appreciate that. At the same time, I also realize that I have to learn it."
"With respect to the cloud, they need to offer more integrations."
"We've run into some issues when attempting to restore very large numbers of files. Of course, that's more of a design issue."
"We've faced problems backing up our virtual machines."
"The initial setup was complicated."
"It takes a lot of steps to implement backups. We have to do a lot of planning to make the solution work properly. It takes some time to create every policy. It's an easy task, but there are many steps. It's not as easy as using Veeam."
"In general, the drawbacks of VMware SRM, where improvements can be made, stem from the fact that it is an expensive and complex product."
"SRM may hit some OS issues related to IP changes, but they are usually OS related, especially in the 2008 realm."
"Flexibility to choose different PITs would be nice."
"The user experience could be more friendly."
"The solution is on the expensive side."
"The back sites sometimes are very, very complicated."
"Technical support can take some time to respond."
"The initial setup of VMware SRM isn't straightforward because many customizations are required since it helps in the recovery of your IT environment."
Commvault Cloud is ranked 3rd in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 104 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 70 reviews. Commvault Cloud is rated 8.6, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Commvault Cloud writes "Provides excellent visibility and helps reduce costs and time". 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". Commvault Cloud is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery and Veritas Resiliency Platform. See our Commvault Cloud vs. VMware SRM report.
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