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Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery vs VMware Aria Operations 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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.7
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery improves ROI with fast recovery, reduced costs, enhanced efficiency, and minimized business disruptions.</p>
Sentiment score
7.2
VMware Aria Operations enhances VM efficiency, reduces costs, optimizes performance, and improves infrastructure with initial investment and substantial returns.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery's support is highly praised for its responsiveness, expertise, and proactive assistance despite minor challenges.</p>
Sentiment score
6.6
VMware Aria Operations is praised for customer service but faces mixed reviews on technical support efficiency and responsiveness.
The right expertise, a timely response, and being able to get to the right person to help you resolve the problem are very important.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
Their average mean time to resolve open tickets is an hour.
President at IT1 Service
The most valuable aspects of Infrascale’s support for my company are the turnaround time and the resolution time.
President at LET US DEAL WITH IT, LLC
They remain in the top 25% of vendors.
IT Solution Architect at DCS
I rate the customer service and support for VMware very highly, at nine out of ten.
Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech
I would rate technical support around eight or nine.
Owner at Micronet Systems
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.0
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery efficiently supports scalable business continuity for SMBs, despite some concerns over hardware limitations.</p>
Sentiment score
7.4
VMware Aria Operations is praised for its scalability, efficient resource management, and seamless integration with various VMware solutions.
One person can manage hundreds and hundreds of endpoints without any issues.
President at IT1 Service
I consider VMware Aria Operations to be very scalable, earning a high rating of nine out of ten.
Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech
I find VMware Aria Operations to be quite scalable for my needs.
IT Solution Architect at DCS
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery offers high stability, minimal maintenance, and reliable performance with resolved past concerns through excellent support.</p>
Sentiment score
7.8
VMware Aria Operations is reliable and stable, with minor issues occasionally arising, often linked to improper setup.
I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.
President at IT1 Service
There was a recent announcement in terms of moving Infrascale to the cloud, which makes it easier for the customer in terms of usability.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
The solution is not very stable.
IT Solution Architect at DCS
I have never experienced any downtime or lost connectivity.
Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa
I find the stability of VMware Aria Operations to be impressive, rated as a stable nine out of ten.
Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech
 

Room For Improvement

<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery needs improvements in UI, analytics, platform integration, security, pricing, and geographic coverage.</p>
VMware Aria Operations faces user interface complexity, integration issues, high costs, steep learning curve, and needs better documentation.
Many customers do not rely on just one cloud provider and want to work with multiple clouds.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
Having more advanced dashboards and executive-level reporting would help with compliance tracking and management visibility.
Cloud Security Architect at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees
When the product works, there is really nothing to fix, but they can allow different types of backups, such as differential or incremental backups.
President at IT1 Service
Stability is a significant area that needs improvement as I experience frequent disconnections and interruptions in data collection.
IT Solution Architect at DCS
Customers have commented on the pricing issues, noting that doubling the price is not normal.
Founder and CEO at Zed
The primary issue is the pricing, which is very expensive for my company's budget.
Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa
 

Setup Cost

<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery offers flexible pricing with monthly options, unlimited clients, and negotiation for discounts despite complexity.</p>
Enterprise reviewers find VMware Aria Operations costly, exceeding budgets, prompting some to consider alternatives for better value.
To someone considering Infrascale but is concerned about the price, I would say that they should get Infrascale's service no matter what it costs because any downtime or any loss of data is substantially worse than any cost for backup.
President at IT1 Service
We recently renewed one of our agreements with them, and even though we were going to renew anyway, they added more margin in terms of a discount for us for renewing early.
Co-Founder | Director | CTO | vCISO | Lead Consultant Infrastructure & Cloud at UBIQUITY Ltd
The per-terabyte pricing is very competitive compared to the others.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
The pricing is very expensive for my company's budget.
Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa
The pricing and cost of VMware Aria Operations increased significantly after Broadcom acquired VMware.
IT Solution Architect at DCS
This makes the cost complex to determine individually.
Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech
 

Valuable Features

<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery offers centralized management, fast recovery, ransomware defense, and data encryption for enhanced business continuity.</p>
VMware Aria Operations offers comprehensive monitoring, management, and scalability with predictive analytics, real-time visibility, and vCenter integration.
Performing backup and recovery can be done very intuitively with the solution and the interface that is part of the solution.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
What I like the most about it is that backups and restores are simple, straightforward, and clean.
President at IT1 Service
It allows me to perform deep monitoring and logging of the entire environment, providing a quick alarm and warning system through email.
Team Lead Virtualization at Hybrid Tech
The valuable features of VMware Aria Operations include the single pane of glass for all my environments, which allows a deep dive into the metrics.
IT Solution Architect at DCS
The most valuable features of VMware Aria Operations are its stability, ease of use, and extensive range of features.
Founder and CEO at Zed
 

Categories and Ranking

Infrascale Backup & Disaste...
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (17th), Cloud Backup (14th), Disaster Recovery as a Service (5th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (12th), SaaS Backup (8th)
VMware Aria Operations
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
376
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (2nd), Virtualization Management Tools (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

Vivek_Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at LTI Mindtree
Cloud backups have strengthened ransomware recovery and now protect critical business data
I see several areas where Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery could be improved. First is the architectural design and configuration, along with operational maturity, as well as security integration. The performance of support can definitely be improved with easier on-call support features for P1 and P2 incidents. Getting quick support from the vendor during major recoveries or disasters would be greatly appreciated. Additionally, improving the strength of ransomware protections, addressing critical gaps in deployments, enforcing backup immutability policies, and making disaster recovery testing routine instead of an ad hoc process are important. Validating that I can quickly recover data should be a priority, and improved runbooks or operational maturity platforms would be beneficial for data recovery from critical incidents.
AldoDomini - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa
Have faced limitations due to high costs but have maintained reliability over time
The primary issue is the pricing, which is very expensive for my company's budget. We cannot afford to pay such a large fee. We are not Microsoft or BMW; we are a small company. As a small company, I have no power to negotiate directly with VMware. Perhaps larger companies have more opportunity to contract directly with VMware, but I do not have that leverage. The only path I can follow is to change solutions. Net.spA is a company working in the field of waste management. We are not a technological company, so we do not have a large margin to justify purchasing and maintaining the VMware infrastructure at current costs.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
12%
Healthcare Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business66
Midsize Enterprise61
Large Enterprise281
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infrascale Platform?
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery have been handled by the account manager and leadership. The discussions regarding the pricing and licensing cos...
What needs improvement with Infrascale Platform?
In terms of how Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery can be improved, I can suggest using the recovery time objective system, where current state systems can be restored in about zero downtime...
What is your primary use case for Infrascale Platform?
My main use case for Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery is that day-to-day, we never use it; we use it only yearly once. I can give you a quick, specific example of a time when I used Infras...
What's the difference between VMware vRA (automation) and vROps (operations)?
vROP is a virtualization management solution from VMWare. It is efficient and easy to manage. You can find anything you need from the software interface. It provides complete visibility over applic...
Is VMware Aria Operations a user friendly solution?
In terms of user-friendliness, VMware Aria Operations is one of the best solutions out there. It is not overly complex to set up and you can rely on the technical support to provide you with assis...
What is the most useful new feature of VMware Aria Operations?
For me, the alerts features are the most unique part of this product, no matter the current name it uses. When they introduced the new version of VMware Aria Operations, they also introduced more a...
 

Also Known As

Infrascale Platform
VMware vRealize Operations (vROps), vCenter Operations Manager (VCOPS)
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

MSPs servicing small and mid-size companies VARs servicing mid-sized companies Direct SMB or mid-sized companies
Science Applications International Corporation, Tribune Media, Heartland Payment Systems, Telkom Indonesia, Columbia Sportswear, iGATE, CSS Corp, Angel Broking, Adira Finance, Hipskind, Beiersdorf Shared Services, Innovate Mas Indonesia, Adobe, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi , Join Experience S.A, Borusan Holdings, Department of Transport - Abu Dhabi
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