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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SugarSync

    Score3.5 out of 10
    N/ASugarSync is a cloud storage and backup solution designed for small businesses.

    $7.50

    per month

    VMware Live Recovery

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AVMware Live Recovery is a cyber and data resiliency platform designed for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and hybrid cloud environments. Developed by Broadcom, the platform unifies on-premises Disaster Recovery (DR) orchestration and cloud-based ransomware recovery into a centralized management architecture, enabling organizations to protect, validate, and restore virtual workloads across private data centers and public clouds.N/A
    Pricing
    SugarSyncVMware Live Recovery
    Editions & Modules
    100 GB
    $7.49
    per month
    250 GB
    $9.99
    per month
    500 GB
    $18.95
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SugarSyncVMware Live Recovery
    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
    SugarSyncVMware Live Recovery
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of SugarSync and VMware Live Recovery
    Feature
    SugarSync
    9.4
    8 Ratings
    11% above category average
    VMware Live Recovery
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    File search9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of SugarSync and VMware Live Recovery
    Feature
    SugarSync
    9.7
    8 Ratings
    12% above category average
    VMware Live Recovery
    -
    Ratings
    User and role management10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    File organization9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device management10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of SugarSync and VMware Live Recovery
    Feature
    SugarSync
    10.0
    8 Ratings
    14% above category average
    VMware Live Recovery
    -
    Ratings
    Performance10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reliability10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Reports10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SugarSyncVMware Live Recovery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SugarSyncVMware Live Recovery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ziff Davis Inc
    When doing daily jobs, if you’re sharing large files, I think Dropbox works a lot better but if you have a system where you’re working within that system and you want to be able to work with that system and have certain folders that you have access to all the time then SugarSync might be just the ticket.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Ziff Davis Inc
    • Sync files in any folder - rather than forcing you to store them in a certain place (Although this can be confusing too)
    • Works in the background - although this is true for all
    • You can share with others - including those who do not use SugarSync
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Ziff Davis Inc
    • Can only think of one thing. I have helped others to get going with SugarSync and they if they have problems it is understanding the cloud.... So maybe (if it dosen't exist already) I would like to have a animation of the proces with "flying" folders between desktops, clouds etc. Otherwise SugarSync is just great.
    Incentivized
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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
    Ziff Davis Inc
    1. Freemium model is the ideal marketing for an app like this. 2. Now their sync methods with Android are worse
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    VMware by Broadcom
    - easy to set up - easy to protect critical servers in case of disaster
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Ziff Davis Inc
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Ziff Davis Inc
    Customer service is amazing, they are always fast to respond and very helpful.
    Incentivized
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ziff Davis Inc
    SugarSync, like all solutions, has its place in the data storage stack within a company. The main reason SugarSync is better than the other solutions is that it enables me to leave my hard drive organized and keep my existing file trees. I don't have to constantly move or copy files to a specific folder if I want them backed up.
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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
    Ziff Davis Inc
    • There were some opensource alternatives but we wanted something with better support which SugarSync offers.
    • We achieved faster project collaboration with SugarSync.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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