We performed a comparison between Veeam Backup & Replication and VMware SRM based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Veeam Backup & Replication comes out on top in this comparison due to its robust performance and user-friendly interface. Veeam Backup & Replication also has a significant ROI.
"Veeam Cloud Connect has helped us to reduce the cost of cloud storage for an offsite solution using their archive storage feature."
"Veeam Backup & Replication is definitely very useful and simple to learn, and the restoring processes are very straightforward, making it a very solid product."
"Most of the features that we can use with HPE products are directly integrated with the Veeam. This is very important for the customers to have only one pane of glass to manage the backups and also use the HPE products for the backups."
"Instant recovery, ease of use, and integrations are some of the valuable features."
"Features with the most value are Instant VM Recovery, SQL Explorer and Exchange Explorer."
"We get a lot of features with Veeam and we are happy to use this solution. After shutdown, the servers here automatically turn off and Veeam is keeping up all this. It's tension free work."
"Instant Backup is an useful feature."
"Pricing is fairly reasonable and not overly expensive."
"VMware SRM's most valuable features are its convenience and its use of stretched clusters."
"The solution is strong when it comes to protection and analytics, with the latter being added later on."
"Virtual Machine Recovery during DR situation, with automation and easy to use menus and options."
"It's very reliable. The solution is stable."
"Combined with RecoverPoint, it offers zero RPO and zero RTO."
"The solution runs well in the background, just in case we need it."
"It is a very stable solution...I was involved in VMware SRM's deployment phase two years ago, and it was an easy process."
"This SRM solution can improve your footprint within a data center."
"There needs to be more integration with VMware and the virtual machine."
"The stability for AIX machines could be better."
"The initial setup is complex."
"It could use DR features similar to Zerto."
"They need a better solution for backend storage."
"The stability could be better, specifically in the cloud."
"The remote SQL server has had multiple sizing issues within the logs and SQL backup space and sharing with other database apps."
"The initial setup can get complex."
"The initial setup of VMware SRM isn't straightforward because many customizations are required since it helps in the recovery of your IT environment."
"The two vCenters have to be synchronized, which sometimes gives us problems because Keberos does not tolerate more than five minutes in time difference."
"One thing which is lacking from the SRM is reporting."
"In my view, if VMware comes up with an appliance-based solution like vCenter Server (which was also Windows-based), it will be much easier for deployment. I"
"Timing issues arise due to replication lags in multiple areas. When this happens, we encounter errors."
"The back sites sometimes are very, very complicated."
"The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated."
"Technical support can take some time to respond."
Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 17 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 27 reviews. Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Simple deployment, exceptional restore capability, and seamlessly data recovery". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SRM writes "Robust reliability tool ensuring high availability and disaster recovery for virtualized environments". Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery, VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery and Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service . See our VMware SRM vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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