Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service vs VMware Live Recovery comparison

Nutanix and Broadcom are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery as a Service category. Nutanix is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.7, while Broadcom is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2. Nutanix holds a 9.0% mindshare in DRS, compared to Broadcom’s 16.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Nutanix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 14, 2024

Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service and VMware Live Recovery compete in the business continuity category. VMware is perceived as superior due to its advanced features and capabilities.

Features: Nutanix offers seamless integration with existing cloud ecosystems, automated failover, and simplicity, making it cost-efficient. VMware Live Recovery provides advanced recovery options, real-time data synchronization, and high customization, catering to complex disaster recovery needs.

Room for Improvement: Nutanix could improve its feature set to compete with more comprehensive solutions. Customization options for complex environments may enhance user experience. Greater automation in recovery processes would be beneficial. VMware could simplify its deployment process to reduce setup complexities. Streamlining real-time data synchronization for faster performance is an area for improvement. Enhancing cost-effectiveness without sacrificing features could attract more customers.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nutanix emphasizes streamlined deployment with native cloud integration and provides efficient support, facilitating rapid implementation. VMware requires a more detailed setup process, supported by comprehensive customer service, which can cater to intricate configurations.

Pricing and ROI: Nutanix is recognized for competitive pricing and strong ROI due to lower setup costs and operational efficiency. VMware demands higher upfront costs, but its expansive features provide significant ROI through long-term benefits, appealing to those prioritizing robust disaster recovery infrastructure.

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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

5.6

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

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Disaster Recovery as a Service category, the mindshare of Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service is 9.0%, down from 13.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Live Recovery is 16.3%, down from 28.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Disaster Recovery as a Service Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
VMware Live Recovery	16.3%
Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service	9.0%
Other	74.7%

Disaster Recovery as a Service

Featured Reviews

MukundKambli

Lead Solutions Architect at Team Computers

Real-time synchronization optimizes disaster recovery processes with minimal manual intervention

As for the drawbacks or downsides, there is currently no room for improvement in this solution. They have clearly mentioned that on the licensing part. If you select a normal starter license, then you have to give the RTO, RPO two hours. Apart from this, we can deliver real-time 15 minutes. In future updates, there is currently no feature I would like to see in the product. We already discussed with the technical team and product engineering team because I'm a part of the partner technical advisory board of Nutanix. Monthly and weekly, we connect with them for the product features map.

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SuhailAkhtar

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.

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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

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

"One-Click Disaster Recovery improves the overall business processes within an organization, I am very satisfied with its performance, and our customers are equally satisfied."

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

"The solution is stable."

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

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

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

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"It is a stable solution...The solution's technical support is excellent."

"VMware SRM is very effective between two sites with identical twin storage, you can have synchronization between the two sites."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the automatic recovery of the virtual machine if it goes down."

"The initial setup is easy depending on the environment you are working with."

"The product functionality is fairly high-quality."

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

"We mostly prefer to recommend this to customers due to ease of use, abundant features, and support."

"The product is evolving and the vendor is committed to change."

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Cons

"It needs to work more to comply with all available certificates for compliance, including healthcare, financial sector, and Aramco-specific requirements."

"The pricing could be better."

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

"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 need better reporting on the environment."

"The solution needs improvement in cost."

"The configuration process could be improved."

"We have had an issue when some customers have traditional designs and sites. For example, on one another site, they are using hyper-converged, using VMware, or Nutanix. We have a problem with the synchronization between the storage for site to site. This is the main issue. We are adding some other tools to support the synchronization to allow the movement of the workload from site to site easily."

"Lacks stability and as a result requires continuous monitoring."

"The price, in general, could be lower."

"It has a lot of dependencies on VMware infrastructure, and testing can be complex. Testing often requires extensive approval at the organizational level."

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

"In my opinion, the integration with Peer Persistent Storage could be improved."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"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."

"I always want it to be cheaper."

"SRM is reasonably priced for the functionality it provides."

"The licensing costs for the product are perpetual in nature. A person needs to buy the license only once there is a need to buy support on a yearly basis. The licensing cost for VMware SRM is expensive."

"I rate the solution's pricing a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is the lowest and ten is the most expensive."

"I would say VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery is very expensive in comparison with other available virtualization solutions."

"Licensing costs explode after 75 VMs."

"There is an annual license to use this solution."

"VMware SRM is an expensive solution, and users need to pay extra costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

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

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Nov 9, 2014

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

23%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	3

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	36
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	39

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Nutanix Xi Leap?

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

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

Regarding the pricing of Nutanix compared to the competition, currently there is only one OEM competitor in VMware. There are other vendors, but the feature functionality is not available on their ...

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Xi Leap?

I previously faced some issues with Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service, but currently, we are not experiencing any compatibility issues. For future updates, incorporating AI capabilities would ...

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What do you like most about VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

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

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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...

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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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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.

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Sample Customers

JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen

Certainty Home Loans, VPay, ZEON

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