Precisely Assure MIMIX vs VMware Live Recovery comparison

Precisely and Broadcom are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Precisely is ranked #14 with an average rating of 9.0, while Broadcom is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.1. Precisely holds a 1.8% mindshare in DRS, compared to Broadcom’s 7.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Precisely users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

Precisely Assure MIMIX

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 15, 2024

Precisely Assure MIMIX and VMware Live Recovery compete in the disaster recovery and business continuity category. VMware Live Recovery often has an advantage due to its advanced features and integration capabilities.

Features: Precisely Assure MIMIX provides automated monitoring and management of IBM i environments, ensuring minimal downtime and focusing on IBM-centric strengths. VMware Live Recovery offers robust integration with VMware environments, quick failover capabilities, and seamless virtualization support.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: VMware Live Recovery is known for intuitive deployment in virtual infrastructures, enabling efficient recovery with minimal oversight, and provides responsive customer service. Precisely Assure MIMIX offers straightforward setup in IBM i systems but may require specialized knowledge and provides targeted support along with comprehensive documentation.

Pricing and ROI: Precisely Assure MIMIX features a competitive initial setup cost appealing to IBM i focused businesses, ensuring solid ROI by minimizing downtime. VMware Live Recovery's higher initial cost is justified by its extensive features and reduced recovery times, offering a strong ROI for businesses invested in VMware environments.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Precisely Assure MIMIX

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

14th

Average Rating

8.6

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

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery as a Service (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Precisely Assure MIMIX is 1.8%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Live Recovery is 7.4%, down from 9.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
VMware Live Recovery	7.4%
Precisely Assure MIMIX	1.8%
Other	90.8%

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Rob

Cyber Security Team/Governance, Risk, Compliance at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has enabled seamless disaster recovery with virtual rollovers and rapid failovers between systems

Improving Precisely Assure MIMIX is going to be a really hard one; over the years, the tech support started off kind of rough but gradually got better and better as I used it often, being on a first-name basis with many of the customer service reps because of having to call with issues that they were always able to resolve fairly quickly. I would have liked to see more reporting, maybe automation of reports, but as far as integration with other systems, I always used Precisely Assure MIMIX on an AS/400, iSeries, IBM iSeries machine, and I cannot speak to using it on any other device.

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SuhailAkhtar

Integration Architect at App In Snap (Pvt) Ltd

Has enabled seamless VM management and automated failover while support response needs improvement

For support issues, they help with the issue, but it takes a very long time. The reason is that they engage a very initial resource and then escalate to another level, and during these level escalations, our time is wasted. They do not understand the severity of the issue. They go through step-by-step and then go to the upper level. This may be their SOP, but we require instant support and instant resolution of the problem, so here VMware Live Recovery is lacking. They follow their SOP, but they initially engage very low-level personnel who are not able to answer or resolve the issue, so they escalate or take a very long time to resolve the issue. The main issue is to improve the approach of resolving solutions. I may not be able to suggest new features because in these recent months, I have not been very close to it as we are exploring different solutions.

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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 product's initial setup phase was straightforward and simple."

"Database replication is most valuable. It is multi-platform, so it can replicate from a variety of different database types to a variety of different database types."

"Precisely Assure MIMIX has positively affected our organization by reducing downtime because it takes 30 minutes from swapping from one box to another; production is back up and running within 30 minutes, and a lot of times, I could get it down to 20 minutes."

"The solution runs well in the background, just in case we need it."

"Site Recovery Manager is valuable because it helps with the difficult problem of failing a group of virtual machines over to your DR site and bringing them up."

"Automated recovery is one good feature, SRM also offers simplified management. It has a centralized interface for configuring, testing, and executing disaster recovery plans across multiple sites. This means management from a single point, even for many sites."

"It is quite good on ROI and year on year it is about 50%."

"It works great, and does what it’s supposed to."

"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 find the back up feature of this solution to be particularly valuable."

"Initial set-up was straightforward."

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Cons

"It does data manipulation language (DML) replication, but it does not do data definition language (DDL) replication. In my opinion, it is a disadvantage. It would be nicer if it was able to do both DML and DDL. I'm not 100% certain of this, but it seems Oracle Golden Gate does both DML and DDL. MIMIX only does DML, and it would be very nice if they included DDL replication. This is one feature that would be very helpful to have."

"The high cost of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"The pricing was a little steep; I believe it could have been lower, but for what I received as far as the service, the price is pretty close."

"Smaller sites or sites with mixed storage platforms rely on vSphere replication for DR purposes so additional scalability in this tool would benefit from this."

"We have had an issue when some customers have traditional designs and sites. For example, on one another site, they are using hyper-converged, using VMware, or Nutanix. We have a problem with the synchronization between the storage for site to site. This is the main issue. We are adding some other tools to support the synchronization to allow the movement of the workload from site to site easily."

"The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated."

"Automatic guest customizations through a GUI is a missing feature. Also the new version of SRM is web-only and is not that stable as the old client version."

"In my opinion, the integration with Peer Persistent Storage could be improved."

"Timing issues arise due to replication lags in multiple areas. When this happens, we encounter errors."

"VMware SRM lacks certain functions that other platforms have, such as better prioritization of allocation of resources and Boot profiles."

"What I think can be improved is the data replication aspect."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing provides the access to support. I do know that there's an annual charge for being able to call into their support line and get a technical team from Precisely to assist with any issues we may have. I don't think there are any additional costs other than what we incur internally in terms of the infrastructure that we need to run and operate the product."

"The cost of the product is too high."

"VMware sells in bundles of 50 VMs, so if we want to expand, we have to buy the whole bundle."

"The software is expensive. There is a one-time cost involved in purchasing the license."

"There is an annual license to use this solution."

"The price of VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery should be lowered in order to compete better in the market."

"The price of VMware SRM depends on how many VMs the customer has to move. There is a difference between the standard and enterprise license. I'm presenting the standard license to my customers because the total of VMs is not more than 50. The customer needs only the standard license and the cost is very effective for him."

"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."

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

"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."

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Nov 9, 2014

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	36
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	40

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Precisely Assure MIMIX?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Precisely Assure MIMIX is that the pricing was a little steep; I believe it could have been lower, but for what I received as far as the se...

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What needs improvement with Precisely Assure MIMIX?

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What is your primary use case for Precisely Assure MIMIX?

My main use case for Precisely Assure MIMIX is for a backup in case of disaster or a recovery or an outage. A quick specific example of how I have used Precisely Assure MIMIX for disaster recovery ...

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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 have been using VMware Live Recovery since 2015, and most of our effort relies on it. I personally feel that it is very easy to use, easy to manage, and provides many features compared to other ...

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Also Known As

MIMIX Availability, Syncsort MIMIX Availability, Syncsort Assure MIMIX

VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, Datrium DRaaS , VMware SRM

Overview

Assure MIMIX DR protects your business from lost data and extended downtime by maintaining a real-time replica of your production server on a recovery server located on-site, off-site, or in the cloud.

Precisely

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.

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Sample Customers

Toyota Material Handling Australia, Westpac Pacific Banking, Symphony Health, Wimbledon, OCBC Bank

Certainty Home Loans, VPay, ZEON

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