BDRShield vs Datto SIRIS comparison

Vembu Technologies and datto are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Vembu Technologies is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.0, while datto is ranked #19 with an average rating of 9.0. Vembu Technologies holds a 0.8% mindshare in BRS, compared to datto’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Vembu Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of datto users who would recommend it.

BDRShield

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91% willing to recommend

Datto SIRIS

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2025

BDRShield and Datto SIRIS compete in the backup and disaster recovery space. Datto SIRIS often has the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set, although BDRShield performs well with competitive pricing and robust customer support.

Features: BDRShield offers efficient data backup, quick recovery times, and a seamless experience. Datto SIRIS presents advanced cloud integration, real-time analytics, and high performance. BDRShield focuses on simplicity and speed, while Datto SIRIS delivers a wide range of sophisticated features for complex needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BDRShield provides straightforward deployment and responsive customer service, ensuring a hassle-free process. Datto SIRIS offers a scalable deployment model and robust support, suitable for businesses seeking in-depth service. BDRShield is known for intuitive setup, and Datto SIRIS for its scalability and comprehensive assistance.

Pricing and ROI: BDRShield provides competitive pricing with lower initial costs, appealing to budget-conscious organizations while delivering solid ROI. Datto SIRIS requires higher upfront expenses but offers significant long-term value and effectiveness leading to higher ROI. BDRShield attracts smaller enterprises, while Datto SIRIS appeals to those prioritizing extensive features over initial cost.

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Categories and Ranking

BDRShield

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

21st

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

10th

Ranking in MSP Backup

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Datto SIRIS

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

19th

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

13th

Ranking in MSP Backup

4th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disk Based Backup Systems (3rd), Disaster Recovery as a Service (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of BDRShield is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Datto SIRIS is 0.3%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Datto SIRIS	0.3%
BDRShield	0.8%
Other	98.9%

Backup and Recovery

Featured Reviews

Thomas Roes

Director at Switact

Ease of backup and restore improves data management with reliable support

The interface of BDRSuite Backup & Replication is pretty intuitive. Regarding their marketing strategy, I'm very bad at marketing. I always get a little edgy when people try to shove their product in my face. There are two sides to the story. If you don't know something exists, you might not even start to look for it unless you really know that you need it. If you are explicitly looking for a solution, then you'll find it. People that don't know that they should do backup don't have a place in IT. I rate BDRSuite Backup & Replication 8.5 out of 10.

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James Melton

Cyber Security Consultant

Reliable backups have protected email and servers and now enable rapid ransomware recovery

For the smaller Datto SIRIS devices that are made for backing up one or maybe two different machines, adding more RAM and giving it a better CPU would be phenomenal. Sometimes when dealing with entry-level Datto SIRIS products, you face an issue depending on how much storage there is on there when it's trying to parse through all of the data. It takes a while, and when it comes to data recovery, time is everything. Datto SIRIS should remove the ability to set it up as a NAS-based file share operation system. It seems counterintuitive for something that is made for immutable storage that is walled off so that it can't be destroyed to be allowed to be a local centralized file share that individuals have access to. This seems to be begging for a mishap. Datto SIRIS will require some maintenance when the hard drive gets past 50% capacity, which is Datto's statement on the capacity. You should never use past 50% of the storage locally. Then you have to reach out to Datto directly to get an external hard drive to transfer files to send off the data for it to be shot up to the cloud. We've had a couple of instances of devices not uploading to the cloud because either they were too full or there were failures in certain parts of the file upload to the cloud, which put it into a circle of death where it just kept trying to do the same thing over and over again and had to request assistance from Datto in those situations. Otherwise, if you store it in a dusty cabinet, you have to spray it with a computer duster every once in a while.

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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

"You can restore all your data or partial parts of it. You can restore a specific version of the data. It has a lot of options for restore, so you can have the correct data that you want to restore. This is very important. You must know what you are going to restore. Otherwise, you may be overwriting correct data with other data. You must know what specific files you are restoring as well as which version. Partial restore is very important because there might be some files which are newer than the backup and some files that are corrupted. You need to restore some files from the backup, but not all the files."

"Their technical support is very good to work with, as they are able to propose alternate solutions to problems that work well for us."

"I get my backups done."

"It was very difficult to find a product that supports Red Hat Virtualization natively and to take a snapshot of the VM or a full backup or a dump from the machine. The option that Vembu proposed, to take the machine as an image, take it from the system, is also good."

"Valuable features include Snapshots and the constant backup for SQL, application services, and Active Directory."

"I can choose a point in time and issue the command to back up and I don't need to go in and restore the last full backup and then apply iteratively, sequentially, all the incrementals... I can pick a point in time and tell it I want to go to that state and it's transparent to me. It happens in the background for me."

"The ability to map a drive and restore a separate file is most valuable. The restoration activity is good."

"The most valuable feature is its ability to copy quickly. We have about 12 terabytes, and trying to copy that volume size through the file structure would take a week. BDRSuite has a different approach to copying and is much faster."

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"The effectiveness of Datto SIRIS in ransomware recovery is fantastic; I would say it's the best, hands down."

"Datto SIRIS works out of the box and it is a key feature that we really appreciate."

"Since I started using Datto SIRIS, the time to recover data or servers has improved significantly; before, restoring a file or server was very long with the normal backup system, Datto reduced the time much more when I needed to recover a file or a machine."

"Datto SIRIS has positively impacted my organization by drastically reducing downtime, with recovery from server failures now taking just five to ten minutes."

"The best feature of Datto SIRIS is that we are just two clicks away from remoting into the client environment, and we can fetch all the information in one place."

"Previously, three hours were spent on troubleshooting and everything, but now with Datto SIRIS, issues are resolved in half an hour or less."

"Datto SIRIS has changed my recovery time objectives significantly, as it is excellent, taking minimal time, with a simple and smoother interface that allows for a shorter backup process compared to other applications I have used, such as Commvault."

"Instant Virtualization is the best feature of Datto SIRIS that we have liked so far, as it allows us to boot servers in minutes during outages."

Cons

"The product is co-branded, not white-labeled."

"The deduplication could be better. It doesn't give the level of deduplication that I would get with a product that's stored in a more standard file format. I would prefer to be able to use a non-deduplicated store on a third-party deduplicated medium."

"We do a lot of internal automation, so the Vembu API definitely has some gaps. The Vembu API could definitely use some improvement. We do rely a lot on automation outside of just the regular interface. We've noticed that the Vembu GUI is good, but we do leverage the APIs for a lot of stuff, and there's definitely some room for improvement there."

"One thing that I reported with the backups: When there are accentuated characters in a path, then we can't restore documents into a folder. There is a bug with the restoration and restoring files with accentuated characters in the path. Hopefully, they have repaired this because otherwise we will restore files and find out that they are not there."

"Vembu BDR currently supports backups of O365, although it does not currently have an email archiving function to the O365 backups."

"In the beginning, when we had some hiccups, I would chalk that up more to a learning curve for the product."

"The solution's UI and integrations could be better."

"With the new VMware licensing issues and price concerns, we are switching to the backup from within the virtual machine. This gives us fewer options, but it is necessary."

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"I have not seen any reduction in disaster recovery testing hours from Datto SIRIS."

"The backup of the Mac OS solution in Datto SIRIS doesn't exist at this moment."

"For improvements in Datto SIRIS, I would suggest enhancing large-scale virtualization performance and providing more transparent pricing, as that is often complex for MSPs and end customers."

"The pricing offered to MSPs for Datto SIRIS is okay, but the ability for MSPs, their upcharge when it comes down to small, medium businesses, SMB clients, is actually putting Datto out of the market for SMB clients, especially with the ability to purchase Dropbox and all these cloud-based storage solutions now."

"I was disappointed with the processing power and the storage capacity of the ALTO 5 device. Within two weeks of deploying it, I was getting emails that I need to upgrade it."

"In my opinion about Datto SIRIS, areas for improvement include increasing speed in recovery processes and strengthening security to enhance the product's overall effectiveness in backup and disaster management."

"The cost is higher compared to other platforms in the market like Veeam or Acronis."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"With the free version of Vembu, you receive three virtual machine backups. However, if you buy the NetworkBackup Enterprise version, you don't have access to the features seen in the free version. This is a situation that Vembu should solve. This caused a misunderstanding between sales and us. I was hoping if I buy the licenses, then after the trial I would not have to purchase virtual machine licenses. Maybe they should offer these three virtual machine backups as part of the Enterprise license."

"I've purchased and been licensed for one aspect of it, which is my preferred method, but the pricing and licensing will not work for the short-term and I can't draw back."

"At the moment, I am doing Vembu for one host. My costs are about $25 USD a month for a single host up to 100 VMs."

"It's very affordable. We are very satisfied with the cost. It's very affordable for us."

"The product is affordable, and we focus on SMBs for our customer base."

"Its price is reasonable as compared to other solutions. There are no additional costs. While increasing the count on the server-side, we have to take care of managing or optimizing the license."

"The price for BDRSuite is justified."

"The only thing with room for improvement, as everybody says, since I'm in a home lab, would be the price for the CPU; the cost... As far as competitors' prices go, Vembu was definitely better than all the competitors I found."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

19%

Manufacturing Company

Performing Arts

Marketing Services Firm

Media Company

19%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Legal Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	10

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	1

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BDRSuite?

The best part of BDRSuite is how user-friendly it is and how it does not require any maintenance after the initial setup.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BDRSuite?

BDRSuite is cost-effective because you can purchase a perpetual license that covers multiple environments. You only renew the support costs annually. It offers advanced features at roughly 75 perce...

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What needs improvement with BDRSuite?

I really don't know what could be improved about BDRSuite Backup & Replication. I've never had anything that I thought would be nice if that was possible. Every time I thought that, it was alre...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Datto SIRIS?

Thoughts on pricing indicate that it is handled by a different team, varies based on specific solutions and storage capacities selected by organizations, and is generally fairly priced for the valu...

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What needs improvement with Datto SIRIS?

For improvements in Datto SIRIS, I would suggest enhancing large-scale virtualization performance and providing more transparent pricing, as that is often complex for MSPs and end customers. Faster...

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What is your primary use case for Datto SIRIS?

My main use case for Datto SIRIS is for business continuity and disaster recovery, specifically for BCDR, data protection, and sometimes backups and failovers since I'm an MSP. In addition to my ma...

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Also Known As

Vembu BDRSuite, BDRSuite Backup & Replication

SIRIS

Overview

BDRShield offers seamless backup and recovery, catering to VMware and Hyper-V environments. It's designed for ease-of-use with high efficiency in data management and storage.

BDRShield offers a suite of capabilities designed for effective data protection and recovery. It is known for its user-friendly approach, allowing Java-free agentless backups, and high compression rates that optimize storage resources. central management provides straightforward setup and maintenance, reducing complications. Tailored to suit multi-tenant needs, it seeks to provide comprehensive backup solutions for managed service providers. Incremental backups and quick virtual machine recovery are standout features, alongside a focus on cost efficiency. While users find value in its core functionality, enhancements in customer support responsiveness and an intuitive dashboard are desired. Compatibility with technologies such as Red Hat Virtualization and improvements in data deduplication and cloud storage are areas of growth.

What are BDRShield’s main features?

User-friendly UI: Simplifies navigation for a better experience.
Efficient Backup & Restore: Ensures data security and swift recovery.
VMware & Hyper-V Compatibility: Supports leading virtualization platforms.
High Compression Rates: Saves storage space without sacrificing quality.
Centralized Management: Streamlines configuration processes.
Agentless Backup & Replication: Reduces overhead and simplifies deployment.
Encryption & Deduplication: Enhances security and storage efficiency.
Multi-tenant Support: Benefits managed service providers extensively.
Incremental Backups: Conserves storage and reduces bandwidth usage.

What benefits does BDRShield offer?

Cost Efficiency: Balances performance and value.
Quick VM Restoration: Minimizes downtime and accelerates recovery.
Disaster Recovery Options: Provides robust solutions for data protection offsite.

BDRShield is leveraged widely across industries to protect virtual and physical server environments. Its ability to back up crucial applications, databases, and files both on-premises and in the cloud makes it a versatile choice for various businesses. Small to medium-sized businesses benefit from file-level and image-level backups, ensuring data integrity across platforms like VMware, Hyper-V, and ESXi.

Vembu Technologies

Datto SIRIS is a reliable, all-in-one business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) solution built for MSPs to prevent data loss and minimize downtime for clients, while building margins to grow their own business.

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Sample Customers

NASA, Intel, CISCO, PHILIPS, Atos, HEXAWARE, Motorola

Datapac, Dynamic Business Technologies, SAX Technology Advisors

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