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Azure Site Recovery vs VMware Live Recovery comparison

Microsoft and VMware are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery as a Service category. Microsoft is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2, while VMware is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.1. Additionally, 90% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of VMware users who would recommend it.
Azure Site Recovery
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90% willing to recommend
VMware Live Recovery
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  • 1,286 Comparison Views
88% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between Azure Site Recovery and VMware Live Recovery based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Disaster Recovery as a Service solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Site Recovery
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Live Recovery
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
79
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (5th)
 

Featured Reviews

Mike Douthitt - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2024
Useful for restoration purposes that ensures that the users get to save a lot of time
Speaking about how Azure Site Recovery has facilitated the migration of on-premises workloads to the Azure Cloud, I would say that my company is still in the testing phase, and we also use Veeam. My company is trying to find the best spot for recovery, disaster recovery, and migrations. Veeam plays a big part in what my company does in terms of backup and recovery, so we are just trying to figure out how a Microsoft tool will fit into our environment. I haven't faced any challenges using the product. I recommended the solution to those who plan to use it. I rate the overall tool a ten out of ten.
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Samuel Katwesigye - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 14, 2024
Simplifies data center application and failover processes and helps achieve Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
There is room for improvement in the replication interface and functionality. Every time you open a remote site, you need to sign in again. Ideally, single sign-on after integrating with vCenter should provide secure credentials that avoid re-entering passwords for every remote site access. It takes time every single time. It has a ton of features, but ease of use could be improved. It gets better with automatic configuration over time, adapting to access. If you bring in a storage test application, maybe an automatic plug-in to the adapter, say for HPE or other storage providers, would be helpful. We wouldn't have to go to the provider's sites to download them. The product itself is smooth, but timing issues arise due to replication lags in multiple areas. When this happens, we encounter errors. In our most recent environment, we left the virtual machines running at the recovery site, hoping to avoid redeployment.
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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

"The documentation is good, and it can be integrated with other products."
"They're moving a lot of their workload to cloud and aiming for a seamlessly integrated product."
"The most useful thing is that it provides a snapshot of your environment in about 15 minutes. It is stable, and it always works. It is also scalable and easy to set up."
"Azure Site Recovery allows my company to save around 30 percent of the time on every VM that we need to back up and restore."
"What I like best about Azure Site Recovery is that it's easier to use because my organization already has Azure as an Active Directory solution."
"Provides generally good performance, from protection to production to failover to data recovery."
"It is a very stable product and very scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the visibility of what is happening with our business as well as the good reporting and dashboards."
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"SRM's best feature is automation."
"Technical support is very proactive and helpful."
"It is a stable solution...The solution's technical support is excellent."
"My impression is that the initial setup process is relatively straightforward."
"The simplicity of VMware SRM is one of its most important features. SRM console is straightforward to manage. It offers simplicity in monitoring, managing, and deploying, making it a unique value proposition. Additionally, Nutanix solutions also provide a simple GUI, which helps in operational efficiency."
"The product functionality is fairly high-quality."
"Its capability to schedule, write and configure the recovery and scheduled steps, such that you don't have to come in and start manually trying to recover the entire machine. You just push a button to recover the VMware and everything is done."
"We find the back up feature of this solution to be particularly valuable."
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Cons

"The immutable backup could be better."
"It would be good if we could replicate the solution to multiple locations simultaneously because we are currently allowed to replicate to just a single location."
"Site Recovery's scalability could be improved."
"The pricing predictability and clarity around the final cost of the plan of this solution could be improved."
"we lack a straightforward method to automate the restart of services, which can be quite time-consuming."
"I conveyed the feedback to the agent, suggesting an increase in the agent count in our VNS in the USA. I also addressed notification concerns, as some issues didn't trigger alerts during a recent call."
"It is for site-to-site replication. When something goes wrong on your site, you only get 15 minutes before it also goes wrong on your replicated site. There should be some way to be able to say that we want to restore it, but we want to restore it to the version from yesterday. It should support versioning. I would also like to see real-time scanning for advanced threat protection, more straightforward billing, and quicker turnaround on the tech support."
"The tool should improve synchronization."
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"Flexibility to choose different PITs would be nice."
"It would be better if we could get more reporting features in VMware SRM."
"When starting up the replication and converting it to the virtual machine I had some problems. I had to start the process again and that is inconvenient."
"Technical support needs improvement, they are not very responsive."
"An improvement for SRM would be better interface compatibility with other products."
"The administration guides can be complicated and difficult to use, so it would be helpful if it was made easier."
"The technical support is not quick enough to respond when a user tries to contact them."
"The solution currently has a five-minute RPO, meaning if the VM goes down we can lose up to five minutes of data which is a big deal when it relates to database replication."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's licensing is yearly and not expensive."
"Azure Site Recovery is neither very expensive nor very cheap."
"Azure Site Recovery is affordable."
"They have a license to pay."
"I'm not sure about the Azure Site Recovery pricing, but my organization gets monthly bills from providers."
"The tool is expensive. What is expensive to me might not be expensive to you. As I mentioned, we seek ways to reduce our costs. If the price goes down, that would be great. I rate the tool's pricing a six out of ten."
"It should have more straightforward billing. The billing was what got funky. It was really cheap. We would pay based on the usage. We paid around $225 a month for site-to-site replication."
"Azure Site Recovery is a very reasonably priced product."
"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."
"The software is expensive. There is a one-time cost involved in purchasing the license."
"The price could be lower, in general. My clients pay for an annual license."
"I rate the tool's pricing an eight to nine out of ten."
"The level of licensing required for this solution is dependent on the server instances in use."
"We have a standard enterprise license for the solution."
"The licensing costs are increasing."
"I rate the product price a five to six on a scale of one to ten, where one is a very high price, and ten is a very low price."
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Comparison Review

it_user159711 - PeerSpot reviewer
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
21%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Insurance Company
6%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Azure Site Recovery?
Azure Site Recovery allows my company to save around 30 percent of the time on every VM that we need to back up and restore.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Site Recovery?
It is cost-effective.
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What needs improvement with Azure Site Recovery?
It can incorporate features related to monitoring the site to streamline the process. Personally, I often use automation for efficiency. This reduces dependency on support for those solutions, espe...
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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?
Mature products like VMware SRM often have higher costs. Their capabilities are extensive, but the licensing model can be complex.
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What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?
While there are no major drawbacks, some potential improvements could address complexities in implementing and maintaining SRM. The cost can be significant, and there's a resource overhead – meanin...
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Comparisons

Veeam Backup & Replication vs Azure Site Recovery Logo
Veeam Backup & Replication vs Azure Site Recovery
Compared 22% of the time
Zerto vs Azure Site Recovery Logo
Zerto vs Azure Site Recovery
Compared 19% of the time
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs Azure Site Recovery Logo
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs Azure Site Recovery
Compared 15% of the time
Commvault Cloud vs Azure Site Recovery Logo
Commvault Cloud vs Azure Site Recovery
Compared 6% of the time
Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service vs Azure Site Recovery Logo
Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service vs Azure Site Recovery
Compared 6% of the time
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Veeam Backup & Replication vs VMware Live Recovery Logo
Veeam Backup & Replication vs VMware Live Recovery
Compared 26% of the time
Zerto vs VMware Live Recovery Logo
Zerto vs VMware Live Recovery
Compared 25% of the time
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines vs VMware Live Recovery Logo
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines vs VMware Live Recovery
Compared 17% of the time
Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service vs VMware Live Recovery Logo
Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service vs VMware Live Recovery
Compared 7% of the time
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Rubrik vs VMware Live Recovery
Compared 3% of the time
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Azure Site Recovery
September 2024
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VMware Live Recovery
August 2024
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Also Known As

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VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, Datrium DRaaS , VMware SRM
 

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Overview

Help your business to keep doing business - even during major IT outages. Azure Site Recovery offers ease of deployment, cost effectiveness, and dependability. Deploy replication, failover, and recovery processes through Site Recovery to help keep your applications running during planned and unplanned outages. Site Recovery is a native disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS), and Microsoft been recognized as a leader in DRaaS based on completeness of vision and ability to execute by Gartner in the 2018 Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service.

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.
 

Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Union Insurance, Rackspace
Certainty Home Loans, VPay, ZEON
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