We performed a comparison between Commvault Cloud and VMware SRM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Disaster Recovery (DR) Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Global deduplication and the indexing of the data object are the most valuable features. It saves costs on the product side by doing compression and deduplication. It will help you and make your life easy to reach the data that you need within the minimum downtime when it's required."
"Commvault helps to ensure broad coverage with the discovery of unprotected workloads. This is important. From the moment that we set it up, we mostly have customers telling us what they need to back up. Then, you can list the machines that are not yet protected. Sometimes, we can see that they are unaware of this, and say, "We didn't know that those servers were not protected yet," or "We did not back them up yet.""
"It provides us a good holistic view of everything that we have backed up so far. It also provides us all the recovery points. If we look at an an object that has been backed up, we can tell how many retention copies it has, how far we can go, and recover any data, if needed."
"I'm a big fan of the reporting. You can build your own reports; it's very customizable. You can have individual reports going to groups of people or individuals. You can have them go out multiple times a day. It's basically a free-for-all as far as reporting goes. If anybody wants a specific job report every day, you can build it, schedule it, and have it go out and never touched it again. It's pretty nice."
"The solution is scalable."
"Whoever has an Endpoint license can store unlimited data on the cloud."
"A very stable and scalable platform (you can backup/restore/protect a couple of MBs or hundred of TBs as well from the same console/platform)."
"It never fails. Sometimes we miss a backup, but there's always a reason for it, and it's not the fault of Commvault. In the last three years, we've never had to open a ticket with Commvault."
"Combined with RecoverPoint, it offers zero RPO and zero RTO."
"It is a very stable solution...I was involved in VMware SRM's deployment phase two years ago, and it was an easy process."
"VMware SRM replicates the VM from one site to another, and it helps us orchestrate the powering of VMs and DR when the DC goes down."
"It eliminates the need for complex compliance requirements, making it a highly effective solution."
"It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation."
"The most valuable feature is disaster recovery testing."
"I would rate the ease of setting up and configuring my recovery plan in VMware SRM, a ten out of ten, with ten being the easiest."
"Virtual Machine Recovery during DR situation, with automation and easy to use menus and options."
"We are using a production environment with customer-sensitive data on it. As per our central bank rules and regulations, we can't keep our customer's sensitive data in the cloud."
"The solution needs better Office 365 data backup management."
"There could be improvements to the backup failures."
"The initial installation is straightforward and took approximately two days. However, the process could be more simple."
"The tool should revise its licensing."
"The initial setup is rather complex, especially when switching versions."
"The pricing could be more flexible in terms of licensing."
"There is room for improvement in the data center application running on the cloud for the platform."
"The two vCenters have to be synchronized, which sometimes gives us problems because Keberos does not tolerate more than five minutes in time difference."
"The product's stability could be better."
"If you have a failover case, you need to work on it manually. It would be helpful if this could be automated. It would simplify things."
"The price, in general, could be lower."
"There needs to be better stability during heavy capacity in future releases."
"There are many functionality problems with the product currently. It is also slow and unstable."
"Technical support can take some time to respond."
"The solution is on the expensive side."
Commvault Cloud is ranked 3rd in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 104 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 73 reviews. Commvault Cloud is rated 8.6, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Commvault Cloud writes "Provides excellent visibility and helps reduce costs and time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SRM writes "A scalable solution that integrates well with the VMware platform, but its platform agnostics do not support on-cloud usage". Commvault Cloud is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup and Zerto, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery and Veritas Resiliency Platform. See our Commvault Cloud vs. VMware SRM report.
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