Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines vs VMware Live Recovery comparison

Dell Technologies and VMware are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Dell Technologies is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.3, while VMware is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.1. Dell Technologies holds a 3.8% mindshare in DRS, compared to VMware’s 7.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of VMware users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 15, 2024

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines and VMware Live Recovery are solutions in the virtualization recovery space. Dell RecoverPoint has an advantage in pricing and support, while VMware Live Recovery is favored for its feature set and value despite higher costs.

Features: Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines delivers robust data protection, rapid recovery, and continuous replication, ensuring efficient recovery points. VMware Live Recovery focuses on high availability, instant recovery, and seamless integration with VMware environments, providing advanced features that stand out in VMware-centric setups.

Room for Improvement: Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines could enhance its integration with non-VMware environments and improve advanced recovery features to compete better with feature-rich solutions. It may also benefit from refining its UI for easier navigation. VMware Live Recovery might improve its cost-effectiveness and simplify the deployment process for users outside the VMware ecosystem. Additionally, reducing the complexity of integration with third-party tools could be beneficial.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines offers a simpler deployment process backed by strong customer support, facilitating quick problem resolution. VMware Live Recovery's deployment is more complex but benefits from integration with VMware tools and strong technical support channels. Dell offers a user-friendly experience, while VMware provides advantages for existing VMware infrastructure users.

Pricing and ROI: Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines presents a cost-effective setup with strong ROI potential through resource efficiency and low operational overheads. VMware Live Recovery requires higher initial investment but provides comprehensive features and compatibility with VMware ecosystems, offering significant long-term benefits despite upfront costs. Dell is more immediately cost-effective, whereas VMware delivers returns in advanced feature priority environments.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtu...

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

9th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

VMware Live Recovery

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery as a Service (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is 3.8%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Live Recovery is 7.1%, down from 11.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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ClaudioSalgado

IT Architect Consultant at RTFM

Offers replication flexibility across multiple environments, including local centers and secondary sites

It offers key features like any point-in-time recovery without needing scheduled snapshots. It allows for automated VM protection during processes like failover and testing, and it offers replication flexibility across multiple environments, including local centers and secondary sites. It also provides IP address management when network configurations differ across sites.

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Yosevan Sinaga Sinaga

IT Infrastructure Manager at TMLI

The capability and the functionality of the features are very helpful for us

We use VMware Live Recovery for creating new hosts and new servers. We synchronize all of our software from our data center to our co-location in real time, so when a disaster happens, we switch to the co-location The functionality of the features is helpful for us. We find the resource…

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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 generalization of the journals allows us to go back in time and choose the snapshot suitable for us. We can grab it as needed."

"It is a point-in-time restore, which is quite handy."

"The speed and the footprint the solution uses regarding storage are great."

"The installation is straightforward if the version you have is compatible with your infrastructure."

"One of the standout features of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is its real-time data protection capability."

"The solution is quite stable. We haven't experienced any kind of bug or glitch. We haven't experienced crashes."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to change IP addresses when failing a server over."

"RecoverPoint replicates workloads fast."

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"The solution is scalable."

"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."

"We feel the ability to move virtual machines while they are still running to be the most valuable feature."

"I give VMware Live Recovery a rating of ten out of ten."

"The replication is a key feature."

"Every feature is quite good, and we haven't faced any issues or complaints."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the integration part, along with the subsequent hardware."

"Setting up VMs can be done quickly. It is easy to use."

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Cons

"The solution currently supports only VMware. There is increasing demand for compatibility with other hypervisors, such as Hyper V and KVM Proxmox. Additionally, licensing has become less flexible and more expensive."

"It would be good to have a critical application on the customer side."

"Maybe integration with Kubernetes for OpenShift would be helpful."

"Although we can change the IP address, it would be good to have some other sort of orchestration to make life easier to manage when we failover."

"I would like to see integration with EMC NetWorker in the next release."

"The solution could improve by being more easier to use. However, once you have used it for a while it becomes easier. Additionally, there could be better support and compatibility with management by having a command-line interface. This would be beneficial for the customers."

"In the next release of this software, I would like to see options that help to decrease the bandwidth required, such as compressing the data."

"The solution currently supports only VMware."

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"They could enhance the automation features for the product."

"An improvement for SRM would be better interface compatibility with other products."

"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."

"There are many functionality problems with the product currently. It is also slow and unstable."

"Flexibility to choose different PITs would be nice."

"We've had configuration issues on occasion. We start to fail over, and then we have to call it off because the configuration is not right, or the data stores aren't configured correctly in the secondary data center. Oftentimes, it is just the experience level of the team, and we have to bring in the vendor to help and validate our configuration."

"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."

"The user experience could be more friendly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is an expensive product."

"It was a part of a backup solution. So, it was free for us."

"There is a license required for this solution and the pricing depends on how many virtual machines you have."

"The tool is expensive. If one means cheaply priced and ten means expensive, I rate the tool's price as a seven."

"Pricing-wise, it is pretty much fair for any customer who only has a VMware environment. Licensing is based on the number of VMs that you want to protect at any given point in time. Licensing is not based on size."

"This is not a very cheap solution and compared to others, it is expensive."

"SRM is reasonably priced for the functionality it provides."

"It is reasonably priced, and its cost hasn't been a significant factor in our implementation."

"I rate the tool's pricing an eight to nine out of ten."

"VMware SRM is expensive when compared to Veeam and makes Veeam look cheaper. For support, some additional payments need to be made over the licensing costs of the solution."

"After Broadcom acquired the solution, the licensing cost increased drastically"

"Compare to hardware-based replication, I think software based replication is best and cheap."

"The cost of SRM is a little bit high, especially for smaller companies."

"It is about $3,000 a year for the 25 pack. The package gives you the ability to protect up to 25 virtual machines."

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Nov 9, 2014

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

12%

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Government

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?

One of the standout features of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is its real-time data protection capability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?

Most of the time, we buy perpetual license solutions.

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What needs improvement with Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?

Although we can change the IP address, it would be good to have some other sort of orchestration to make life easier to manage when we failover.

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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?

We use a three-year license, and the cost for VMware Live Recovery can be high. Previously, when acquiring a license for Ethiopian drug supply chains, the price was significantly high, especially a...

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What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

There is no ability to control the database itself, and it needs to be configured as active-active. Additionally, the price is not suitable for startup companies, which necessitates looking for alt...

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Comparisons

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Compared 19% of the time

Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service vs Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

Compared 5% of the time

Azure Site Recovery vs Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 23% of the time

HPE Zerto Software vs VMware Live Recovery

Compared 18% of the time

Azure Site Recovery vs VMware Live Recovery

Compared 7% of the time

Rubrik vs VMware Live Recovery

Compared 4% of the time

Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service vs VMware Live Recovery

Compared 4% of the time

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Overview

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines enables quick recovery of VMware virtual machines and allows you to efficiently test, manage and orchestrate operational backup and disaster recovery operations.

With tight integration with VMware, RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is storage and application agnostic, with built-in automation accessible via VMware vSphere web client plug-in.

When cloud becomes a vital part of your disaster recovery strategy, RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is also web-enabled, providing efficient replication to AWS and VMware Cloud on AWS.

RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite.

Dell Technologies

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.

VMware

Sample Customers

Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative, PCS Publishing, Noble Foods

Certainty Home Loans, VPay, ZEON

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