Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service vs VMware Live Recovery comparison

Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service vs. VMware Live Recovery

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Disaster Recovery a...

Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service

4th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

VMware Live Recovery

Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Disaster Recovery as a Service category, the mindshare of Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service is 13.0%, down from 13.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Live Recovery is 22.8%, down from 30.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Disaster Recovery as a Service

Featured Reviews

Jaimin Mehta

Senior Server and Cloud Engineer at Ertech

Affordable, highly scalable, and outstanding support

For moving the data for DR, we are using Megaport. We are using a Megaport link between the data centers, so we have a third party for the site-to-site connectivity between the data centers. If such connectivity is available from the Nutanix side, it would be helpful for us. Currently, Nutanix is providing the remote snapshot, and on the data center side, there is one cluster, and on the DR side, there is another cluster. We have synchronized both clusters with the same environment. For connectivity, we are using a Megaport link, and we have to pay a third party for that. If Nutanix can provide such connectivity, it will be helpful.

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Yosevan Sinaga Sinaga

IT Infrastructure Manager at TMLI

The capability and the functionality of the features are very helpful for us

We use VMware Live Recovery for creating new hosts and new servers. We synchronize all of our software from our data center to our co-location in real time, so when a disaster happens, we switch to the co-location The functionality of the features is helpful for us. We find the resource…

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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

"Hyper-convergence gives me the ability to patch my firmware, software, and hypervisors with a single click. That is extremely useful."

"The tool's most valuable feature is ease of use."

"The solution is stable."

"It is a very secure and scalable solution, and their support is also outstanding."

"The most valuable feature is its simplicity."

"It offers synchronous data replication, allowing us to sync our recovery data every hour and efficiently send applications to remote sites."

"We haven't needed anyone to maintain or deploy the solution. The traditional Nutanix administrator can administer the solution."

"I like how VMware SRM is able to automate and orchestrate disaster recovery."

"The stability of SRM has been excellent. It gets a nine-out-of-ten."

"Setting up VMs can be done quickly. It is easy to use."

"The non-disruptive testing feature is a mature technology in the solution"

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can independently run the disaster recovery without disturbing the production instances."

"In terms of recovery, if you have a test job script, you can put it on top of it. You can create custom steps so that it will be more granular. It will be an easy, one click solution when it comes to the recovery application."

"It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation."

"In terms of resiliency, the most valuable aspect of SRM has been its effectiveness."

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Cons

"The pricing could be better."

"The solution needs improvement in cost."

"I think that Nutanix should support public clouds instead of the Nutanix data centers."

"They need better reporting on the environment."

"For moving the data for DR, we are using Megaport. We are using a Megaport link between the data centers, so we have a third party for the site-to-site connectivity between the data centers. If such connectivity is available from the Nutanix side, it would be helpful for us."

"The product is more costly than other platforms. The price could be better."

"They could enhance the automation features for the product."

"The version we are currently using is not the latest and greatest but it has buggy behavior in some browsers."

"The technical support is not very good and needs to make an effort to improve."

"The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated."

"The product's stability could be better."

"Cost is definitely an area where the product could be improved."

"The infrastructure of the solution needs to be more software-based"

"It would be good if this solution could integrate configuration management software such as Chef Infra."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I always want it to be cheaper."

"One-time costs may initially seem high, but they reflect the quality of the service received."

"It is a little bit cheaper than the other products in the market. It is affordable."

"Besides the license, there are additional costs with the network connection. The customer may want a direct connection between the two data centers and that has an extra cost."

"Compare to hardware-based replication, I think software based replication is best and cheap."

"The price could be lower, in general. My clients pay for an annual license."

"It is about $3,000 a year for the 25 pack. The package gives you the ability to protect up to 25 virtual machines."

"We pay a yearly licensing fee for VMware SRM, which is not very expensive."

"The price of VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery should be lowered in order to compete better in the market."

"VMware SRM is expensive when compared to Veeam and makes Veeam look cheaper. For support, some additional payments need to be made over the licensing costs of the solution."

"VMware SRM is a little bit pricey."

"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

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…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

24%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Nutanix Xi Leap?

The tool's most valuable feature is ease of use.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Xi Leap?

Pricing is average. I rate the product’s pricing a nine out of ten, where ten is good.

What needs improvement with Nutanix Xi Leap?

The solution needs improvement in cost.

What do you like most about VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

Setting up VMs can be done quickly. It is easy to use.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

We use a three-year license, and the cost for VMware Live Recovery can be high. Previously, when acquiring a license for Ethiopian drug supply chains, the price was significantly high, especially a...

What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

There is no ability to control the database itself, and it needs to be configured as active-active. Additionally, the price is not suitable for startup companies, which necessitates looking for alt...

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Compared 24% of the time

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Compared 20% of the time

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Compared 18% of the time

Azure Site Recovery vs VMware Live Recovery

Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

Nutanix Xi Leap

VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, Datrium DRaaS , VMware SRM

Overview

Nutanix Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) is a fully managed DR service that eliminates the need for a dedicated DR site, minimizes data loss and downtime, and helps organizations meet RTO/RPO SLAs confidently.

Nutanix

VMware Live Recovery is a disaster recovery solution that protects and recovers virtual machines (VMs) across on-premise and public clouds. Key features include rapid ransomware recovery, an on-demand recovery environment for testing procedures without affecting production, live behavioral analysis to detect threats, push-button VM network isolation to contain threats, guided restore point selection, and immutable, air-gapped recovery points to prevent tampering. VMware Live Recovery provides a comprehensive solution to safeguard critical data and applications from cyberattacks and other disasters.

VMware

Sample Customers

JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen

Certainty Home Loans, VPay, ZEON

Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service vs. VMware Live Recovery