We performed a comparison between NAKIVO Backup & Replication 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."The easy management and a good overview are the most important aspects."
"Backups are working smoothly with Nakivo Backup."
"The implementation of Nakivo made it possible to implement the information security policies currently in force in the company and to meet the statutory requirements in the field of IT security."
"The chat functionality with Nakivo Support in the web interface is very unique and we love it."
"The backups, especially of the incremental type, are really quick (ranging from five to 10 to 45 to 50 minutes depending on the size of the VM)."
"NAKIVO is easy to use and pretty easy to set up."
"Most valuable for DimenXional Cloud is the API provided by Nakivo which allows us to implement the software in all types of solutions."
"Nakivo is an easy-to-use, robust and cost-effective backup solution. I highly recommend it."
"It is easy to implement for my clients."
"This SRM solution can improve your footprint within a data center."
"It's very reliable. The solution is stable."
"In terms of resiliency, the most valuable aspect of SRM has been its effectiveness."
"We find the back up feature of this solution to be particularly valuable."
"It is a stable solution...The solution's technical support is excellent."
"The solution can be deployed in a couple of hours."
"The most valuable features are the disaster recovery and testing."
"While the solution provides mostly what we need, it would be ideal if there were some additional feature capabilities for the API."
"Their product is good and it meets our requirements, however, new features are also most welcome and we never hesitated to try new features."
"The upgrade process is a bit dated and could use some changes."
"We'd like to see a legacy environment backup, like AIX, etc."
"It would be helpful to be able to have a custom footprint so that only the required features are installed."
"My first thought was maybe the GUI could be improved, although it works."
"We would like to back up File Shares to Amazon S3/Wasabi."
"Updating VM Tools on a replicated VM could be better."
"VMware SRM needs to improve its pricing."
"SRM may hit some OS issues related to IP changes, but they are usually OS related, especially in the 2008 realm."
"Currently, there is a limitation of consolidating only 15 sites per SRM."
"The solution must provide better integration with third-party vendors."
"The initial setup of VMware SRM isn't straightforward because many customizations are required since it helps in the recovery of your IT environment."
"An improvement for SRM would be better interface compatibility with other products."
"The user experience could be more friendly."
"You need a lot of knowledge to work with the interface because it is not really easy to use, and it would be great if the dashboard were simplified."
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 5th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 84 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 73 reviews. NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". 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". NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect and Rubrik, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery and Nutanix Disaster Recovery. See our NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs. VMware SRM report.
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