Vembu BDR 4.2.01 Review
October 02, 2020

Vembu BDR 4.2.01 Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Vembu BDR Suite

Vembu is very simple to install and manage, etc. And thankfully, creating job schedules and viewing reports, etc. is also easy enough to set up. However, I do find the user interface to be a little outdated and hard to navigate, which (for me) is the biggest drawback of the software and could do with some improvement.
We currently use Vembu BDR to backup some of our less-critical servers. It ticks all the boxes for us, in that it's easy to use, provides email notifications on the job status, is easy to install, configure, and manage, and finally, the support team (when needed) has been super-efficient to help assist and resolve the odd issue that arises.

Pros

  • Easy To Install and Manage
  • Support Team is Efficient
  • Free!
  • Regularly Updated

Cons

  • User Interface
  • Editing Existing Job Schedules
  • Better Reports
  • Free!
  • Email Reports Mean Less Time Manually Checking Job Logs
Vembu BDR Suite is best suited for any company/organization that is searching for a low-cost backup solution for their servers. We currently use it for less-critical physical servers, and it works really well. I can't comment on when/where it will be less suited, but from what I've seen, Vembu has a range of solutions for small to large corporations, so it looks as if there's a product suitable for every business, regardless of size.

BDRShield Feature Ratings

Universal recovery
10
Instant recovery
Not Rated
Recovery verification
10
Business application protection
Not Rated
Multiple backup destinations
Not Rated
Incremental backup identification
10
Backup to the cloud
Not Rated
Deduplication and file compression
Not Rated
Snapshots
Not Rated
Flexible deployment
10
Management dashboard
5
Platform support
10
Retention options
10
Encryption
10

Comments

  • Bhavani Shanmugam | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Thank you for your review. We are working on improving the Vembu BDR Suite user interface and reports which will be generally available in our next release - Vembu BDR Suite v5.0 scheduled in December 2020. For further updates, please get in touch with our team through vembu-support@vembu.com.

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