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VMware Live Recovery vs Xopero ONE comparison

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Categories and Ranking

VMware Live Recovery
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery as a Service (2nd)
Xopero ONE
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
44th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (63rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of VMware Live Recovery is 6.7%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Xopero ONE is 0.7%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware Live Recovery6.7%
Xopero ONE0.7%
Other92.6%
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
 

Featured Reviews

SuhailAkhtar - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Baudilio Garcia - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Platforms at Shalion
Seamlessly integrated backup solution with clear UI and affordable pricing
We wanted a backup on an external provider of our old code repository and we chose this solution Thanks to the solution, we have more control for ISO 27001, which is equivalent to SOC 2 in America. It is required for all security compliance. The seamless integration, the clear and easy-to-use…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We had not achieved our RTO before the SRM implementation, but now we have achieved our RTO for DR drill."
"VMware's tech support gets a nine-out-of-ten. They are responsive and get you a useful reply."
"It's easy to use and the interface is quite simple."
"The most valuable feature is the automation, where you press a button and everything fails over seamlessly."
"Our systems fail over using SRM. So, we do a big bang DR, which is biannual, and we fail over our fairly massive Epic electronic health record (EHR) and our core applications. It takes us about 30 minutes to fail over using SRM, which is pretty good. In most hospitals that have Epic installed, Epic does the audit to make sure that we can fail over if something were to happen. Normally, sites will have a DR solution specific to the EHR, but right now, our pain point is the third-party tier-one clinical applications."
"I like how VMware SRM is able to automate and orchestrate disaster recovery."
"All of its components are very competitive compared to other solutions."
"The AC replication is integrated with a software base, set up cost, and easy installation and configuration."
"The seamless integration, the clear and easy-to-use UI, and the pricing, which is fairly cheap, are all valuable aspects of the product."
 

Cons

"The licensing area needs improvement as the cost per virtual machine is high. If they offered discounts or minimized their prices, it would be more beneficial."
"I would like to see this solution be more scalable."
"Deployment is fairly straight forward but it still requires a good amount of VMware experience on the architecture side to properly deploy and scale."
"There is room for improvement in the automation and orchestration aspects of this solution."
"It would be better if we could get more reporting features in VMware SRM."
"You cannot use VMware SRM in conjunction with storage replication software."
"The infrastructure of the solution needs to be more software-based"
"The solution must provide better integration with third-party vendors."
"They force you to use the web UI or SaaS platform to restore the backup."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"VMware SRM is a little bit pricey."
"Compare to hardware-based replication, I think software based replication is best and cheap."
"VMware SRM is an expensive solution, and users need to pay extra costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"The level of licensing required for this solution is dependent on the server instances in use."
"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 sells in bundles of 50 VMs, so if we want to expand, we have to buy the whole bundle."
"Licensing costs explode after 75 VMs."
"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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Comparison Review

it_user159711 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Nov 9, 2014
VMware SRM vs. Veeam vs. Zerto
Disaster recovery planning is something that seems challenging for all businesses. Virtualization in addition to its operational flexibility, and cost reduction benefits, has helped companies improve their DR posture. Virtualization has made it easier to move machines from production to…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
19%
Healthcare Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise41
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Questions from the Community

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 ...
What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?
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 escala...
What is your primary use case for VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?
We are the partner as well as the integrator, and we mostly work in the integration industry. Integration is our core business, but we also do partnership activities. Most of our projects are based...
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Also Known As

VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, Datrium DRaaS , VMware SRM
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