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Axcient x360Cloud vs. VMware Site Recovery Manager

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Axcient x360Cloud

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AAxcient CloudFinder (formerly from eFolder) is a cloud service (e.g. Office 365) backup service.N/A

    VMware SRM

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AVMware's Site Recovery Manager (VMware SRM) is a disaster recovery option, used to automate orchestration of failover and failback to minimize downtime and improve availability with VMware Site Recovery Manager.N/A
    Pricing
    Axcient x360CloudVMware SRM
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Axcient x360CloudVMware SRM
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Axcient x360CloudVMware SRM
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Axcient x360Cloud and VMware Site Recovery Manager
    Feature
    Axcient x360Cloud
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    53% below category average
    VMware Site Recovery Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Management dashboard5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Axcient x360Cloud and VMware Site Recovery Manager
    Feature
    Axcient x360Cloud
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    45% below category average
    VMware Site Recovery Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    SaaS Backup
    Comparison of SaaS Backup features of Axcient x360Cloud and VMware Site Recovery Manager
    Feature
    Axcient x360Cloud
    5.0
    2 Ratings
    53% below category average
    VMware Site Recovery Manager
    -
    Ratings
    SaaS Product Integration5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Data Restoration Options5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Auditing and Search5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Axcient x360CloudVMware SRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Axcient x360CloudVMware SRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ConnectWise
    Axcient x360Cloud is a good product if a backup solutions is needed for 365 products. If the backup is constantly being used and restores need to happen frequently I can see how Axcient x360Cloud could be annoying as the search functionality is lacking. It is also difficult to find specific files or emails as well as subfolders.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    It's quite well suited for a medium to large size VMWare virtualization infrastructure where your production infrastructure can be failed over to a disaster recovery site. There are other cheaper options for a smaller budget business. Also, for a non mission critical virtual infrastructure, you can simply use VM backups such as Veeam backups for restoring failed VMs
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    Pros
    ConnectWise
    • Good visibility over backup status and protected users and data
    • Audit log activity information
    • Support requests
    • Smart Search
    • Reports
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • Easy configuration and setup.
    • Testing of a particular VM or datastore with several VMs is easy.
    • Auto configuration of IPs makes the process even easier.
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    Cons
    ConnectWise
    • Nightly backup boot verification
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • It’s unfortunate, but more and more, the quality of VMware’s products and the technical support teams behind them has degraded significantly. We have opened several support requests within the last few months and ended up resolving a large majority ourselves due to the poor performance of their remote teams.
    • VMware is suffering from the same illness that’s affecting multiple U.S. technology firms, in that their focus has shifted completely away from their customers and moved to pleasing investors. In doing so, clients suffer because they do not get properly tested products and the support teams behind them are very weak and overwhelmed.
    • We worked close to a month trying to get SRM V6.5 to work. We have worked with many previous versions of SRM in the past while using HP EVAs, NetApps and Hitachi arrays, and we can honestly say that we are greatly disappointed with this release and the company.
    • We escalated right up to engineering, but their response times were brutally slow; the technicians were juniors at best.
    • As a technology leader, the last thing you want during a DR is to be dealing with a company that just can't deliver. SRM is not cheap, and you would expect much better products and support from VMware.
    • If you are comparing products, try other companies like Veeam... We ended up using them instead, the setup and execution was easy and seamless, and they answered all our questions quickly and efficiently. They actually do care about their clients.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    VMware by Broadcom
    - easy to set up - easy to protect critical servers in case of disaster
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    Usability
    ConnectWise
    This is because the product does what it advertises but does not go above and beyond. It is perfectly usable for what it does but it is still a little confusing and awkward to use.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    VMWare SRM is very easy to use and configure. You don't have to be a virtualization expert to learn SRM configuration and execution.
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    Support Rating
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    VMware by Broadcom
    Sometimes we have to struggle explaining the problem and getting it resolved on priority. The overall quality of support team is not as good as it used to be in past.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ConnectWise
    As an MSP, we have been able to provide protection for cloud documents to our customer. With Axcient x360Recover, we can feel confident that we are providing a service that is commonplace today but reliable with Axcient. This protection comes at a reasonable price that makes profit margins obtainable without scarifying quality.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    Entertained Veeam, however with SRM's tight integration and "brand" it was an easy decision. The cost for a 25 server license also weighed in the decision for using a VMware product. Plus I am a VMware fan and feel this option to go with SRM will transcend jobs.
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    Return on Investment
    ConnectWise
    • Compared to the previous vendor, Axcient is saving us $1,000 per month and providing better value
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • The biggest positive is that we have a data recovery solution that we can test and verify in a live condition. Prior to this we were only hoping we could recover from a disaster.
    • We've been only running for 4 months and haven't had to use SRM.
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