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Cutover vs VMware Live Recovery comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Cutover
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
10th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Live Recovery
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Disaster Recovery as a Service category, the mindshare of Cutover is 1.3%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Live Recovery is 9.3%, down from 22.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Disaster Recovery as a Service Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware Live Recovery9.3%
Cutover1.3%
Other89.4%
Disaster Recovery as a Service
 

Featured Reviews

Sayed Basha - PeerSpot reviewer
IT platform engineer at Infosys via consign Space Solutions pvt ltd
Automation has transformed complex cloud migrations and now saves significant operational time
From what I have experienced with Cutover, it is a fantastic and very productive tool for things like disaster recovery, migration, or repetitive API tasks. All these things can be automated and save a lot of time. However, Cutover is available only at the enterprise level and is not available for startups or as an open-source tool. If Cutover were available to small teams who want to use it for disaster recovery or migration purposes on a small scale, not at the enterprise level, that would be great. If there were a free or limited version of Cutover for startups, it would spread awareness of what Cutover is across the IT industry and help IT admins or organizations understand how it can benefit them from a business perspective.The user interface I have used in the last twenty-one months is very good, but it could be a little more feature-rich. There are a very small number of features available in the user interface, such as user management, runbook management, and runbook creation. These are the kinds of features that could be improved with respect to the Cutover user interface. Also, regarding documentation, from what I have used online or in Google searches, I find there is limited documentation regarding how to install it locally. If a startup or small-scale organization wants to use Cutover for disaster recovery, migration, or automation, there is a lack of documentation available online. That is something that can be improved with respect to Cutover.
SuhailAkhtar - PeerSpot reviewer
Integration Architect at App In Snap (Pvt) Ltd
Has enabled seamless VM management and automated failover while support response needs improvement
For support issues, they help with the issue, but it takes a very long time. The reason is that they engage a very initial resource and then escalate to another level, and during these level escalations, our time is wasted. They do not understand the severity of the issue. They go through step-by-step and then go to the upper level. This may be their SOP, but we require instant support and instant resolution of the problem, so here VMware Live Recovery is lacking. They follow their SOP, but they initially engage very low-level personnel who are not able to answer or resolve the issue, so they escalate or take a very long time to resolve the issue. The main issue is to improve the approach of resolving solutions. I may not be able to suggest new features because in these recent months, I have not been very close to it as we are exploring different solutions.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Cutover has positively impacted my organization by largely reducing cycle time."
"Cutover is the best artificial intelligence-enabled tool that can be used for automation, migration, and disaster recovery."
"VMware SRM is very effective between two sites with identical twin storage, you can have synchronization between the two sites."
"The solution helps to improve business continuity processes. Its automatic failover and failback policies have been wonderful."
"It is a very stable solution...I was involved in VMware SRM's deployment phase two years ago, and it was an easy process."
"Combined with RecoverPoint, it offers zero RPO and zero RTO."
"Testing failover capabilities."
"I give VMware Live Recovery a rating of ten out of ten."
"Our systems fail over using SRM. So, we do a big bang DR, which is biannual, and we fail over our fairly massive Epic electronic health record (EHR) and our core applications. It takes us about 30 minutes to fail over using SRM, which is pretty good. In most hospitals that have Epic installed, Epic does the audit to make sure that we can fail over if something were to happen. Normally, sites will have a DR solution specific to the EHR, but right now, our pain point is the third-party tier-one clinical applications."
"The UI is very user-friendly and testing is easy."
 

Cons

"However, Cutover is available only at the enterprise level and is not available for startups or as an open-source tool."
"The primary site lacks adequate equipment, such as power backup and cooling, which can lead to downtime during issues like power outages or overheating."
"VMware SRM does not have the capacity to do DR tests."
"In general, the drawbacks of VMware SRM, where improvements can be made, stem from the fact that it is an expensive and complex product."
"It would be ideal if they added advanced analytics or AI to the solution."
"Not really for use and operation, but a version upgrade is a real problem."
"The product has an insufficient method of logging, an insufficient level of operability, and an insufficient level of detailed technical tracing."
"The configuration process could be improved."
"Technical support needs improvement, they are not very responsive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The level of licensing required for this solution is dependent on the server instances in use."
"Licensing costs explode after 75 VMs."
"VMware SRM is a little bit pricey."
"I rate the tool's pricing an eight to nine out of ten."
"Compare to hardware-based replication, I think software based replication is best and cheap."
"It is about $3,000 a year for the 25 pack. The package gives you the ability to protect up to 25 virtual machines."
"The pricing is good."
"VMware SRM is an expensive solution, and users need to pay extra costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
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Comparison Review

it_user159711 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Nov 9, 2014
VMware SRM vs. Veeam vs. Zerto
Disaster recovery planning is something that seems challenging for all businesses. Virtualization in addition to its operational flexibility, and cost reduction benefits, has helped companies improve their DR posture. Virtualization has made it easier to move machines from production to…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise41
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Cutover?
As of now, I believe that if an offline survey were provided, I could think of improvements for Cutover. I do not have anything regarding needed improvements or any other suggestions for Cutover at...
What is your primary use case for Cutover?
I have been using Cutover for over five years. The main use case for Cutover is shifting between tools and the data center. Cutover is a complex base which we executed for shifting between data cen...
What advice do you have for others considering Cutover?
I purchased Cutover through the AWS Marketplace. My advice for others looking into using Cutover is to adopt it at the initial time of the migration plan rather than putting it in at the last momen...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?
We have been using VMware Live Recovery since 2015, and most of our effort relies on it. I personally feel that it is very easy to use, easy to manage, and provides many features compared to other ...
What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?
For support issues, they help with the issue, but it takes a very long time. The reason is that they engage a very initial resource and then escalate to another level, and during these level escala...
What is your primary use case for VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?
We are the partner as well as the integrator, and we mostly work in the integration industry. Integration is our core business, but we also do partnership activities. Most of our projects are based...
 

Also Known As

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VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, Datrium DRaaS , VMware SRM
 

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Sample Customers

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Certainty Home Loans, VPay, ZEON
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