Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines vs VMware Live Recovery comparison

Dell Technologies and VMware are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Dell Technologies is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.3, while VMware is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.1. Dell Technologies holds a 4.0% mindshare in DRS, compared to VMware’s 8.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of VMware users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 15, 2024

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines and VMware Live Recovery are solutions in the virtualization recovery space. Dell RecoverPoint has an advantage in pricing and support, while VMware Live Recovery is favored for its feature set and value despite higher costs.

Features: Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines delivers robust data protection, rapid recovery, and continuous replication, ensuring efficient recovery points. VMware Live Recovery focuses on high availability, instant recovery, and seamless integration with VMware environments, providing advanced features that stand out in VMware-centric setups.

Room for Improvement: Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines could enhance its integration with non-VMware environments and improve advanced recovery features to compete better with feature-rich solutions. It may also benefit from refining its UI for easier navigation. VMware Live Recovery might improve its cost-effectiveness and simplify the deployment process for users outside the VMware ecosystem. Additionally, reducing the complexity of integration with third-party tools could be beneficial.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines offers a simpler deployment process backed by strong customer support, facilitating quick problem resolution. VMware Live Recovery's deployment is more complex but benefits from integration with VMware tools and strong technical support channels. Dell offers a user-friendly experience, while VMware provides advantages for existing VMware infrastructure users.

Pricing and ROI: Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines presents a cost-effective setup with strong ROI potential through resource efficiency and low operational overheads. VMware Live Recovery requires higher initial investment but provides comprehensive features and compatibility with VMware ecosystems, offering significant long-term benefits despite upfront costs. Dell is more immediately cost-effective, whereas VMware delivers returns in advanced feature priority environments.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtu...

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

12th

Average Rating

8.2

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

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery as a Service (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is 4.0%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Live Recovery is 8.5%, down from 11.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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ClaudioSalgado

IT Architect Consultant at RTFM

Offers replication flexibility across multiple environments, including local centers and secondary sites

It offers key features like any point-in-time recovery without needing scheduled snapshots. It allows for automated VM protection during processes like failover and testing, and it offers replication flexibility across multiple environments, including local centers and secondary sites. It also provides IP address management when network configurations differ across sites.

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ErmiasGirma

System and Cloud Deployment Engineer at Safaricom Ethiopia plc

Ensures data availability and enables efficient migration between data centers

In our organization, we have deployed VMware Live Recovery for disaster recovery purposes. We have two data centers, and VMware Live Recovery is used for data replication between these centers. It is used to ensure data availability and for migration purposes when the primary data center is down…

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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

"It is a very simple tool to use and offers flexibility in using the tool for recovery and transitioning from one state to another."

"The speed and the footprint the solution uses regarding storage are great."

"The most valuable feature is that it is journal-based and you don't have to replicate a lot of data."

"The technical support from Dell is excellent."

"The generalization of the journals allows us to go back in time and choose the snapshot suitable for us. We can grab it as needed."

"The product's initial setup phase was quite easy to install."

"Continuous replication with lower RTO and RPO is the most innovative feature. Its tight integration with VMware for VMware VMs is also valuable."

"One of the standout features of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is its real-time data protection capability."

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"I like how VMware SRM is able to automate and orchestrate disaster recovery."

"In terms of recovery, if you have a test job script, you can put it on top of it. You can create custom steps so that it will be more granular. It will be an easy, one click solution when it comes to the recovery application."

"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."

"The solution is simple to use and has effective automation."

"The replication is the solution's most valuable feature. If we have some issues on the VM in the main site we can migrate it to another site automatically."

"It has a good and effective user interface."

"It is a stable solution...The solution's technical support is excellent."

"If you want to do failover, it works without any problem."

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Cons

"I would like to have the HTML 5 interface working because it is currently not functioning with the VMware environment."

"The biggest challenge we faced was attempting replication between two different kinds of storage systems, like IBM on one side and Dell EMC storage systems on the other, before opting for VPLEX."

"Maybe integration with Kubernetes for OpenShift would be helpful."

"The biggest challenge we faced was attempting replication between two different kinds of storage systems, like IBM on one side and Dell EMC storage systems on the other, before opting for VPLEX."

"Although we can change the IP address, it would be good to have some other sort of orchestration to make life easier to manage when we failover."

"It can have better integration. It would be good if, in addition to VMware VM, it can also support other hypervisors. I also want to see support for Oracle databases. As of now, it supports only SQL and Exchange. It would be good to also support other databases."

"The solution is not easy to use. It's actually quite hard. If it could be simplified it might be better for the end user."

"In the next release of this software, I would like to see options that help to decrease the bandwidth required, such as compressing the data."

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"Cost is definitely an area where the product could be improved."

"The user experience could be more friendly."

"VMware SRM needs to improve its pricing."

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

"An improvement for SRM would be better interface compatibility with other products."

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

"In my view, if VMware comes up with an appliance-based solution like vCenter Server (which was also Windows-based), it will be much easier for deployment. I"

"Technical support needs improvement, they are not very responsive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is expensive. If one means cheaply priced and ten means expensive, I rate the tool's price as a seven."

"This is an expensive product."

"It was a part of a backup solution. So, it was free for us."

"There is a license required for this solution and the pricing depends on how many virtual machines you have."

"Pricing-wise, it is pretty much fair for any customer who only has a VMware environment. Licensing is based on the number of VMs that you want to protect at any given point in time. Licensing is not based on size."

"This is not a very cheap solution and compared to others, it is expensive."

"It is about $3,000 a year for the 25 pack. The package gives you the ability to protect up to 25 virtual machines."

"Mature products like VMware SRM often have higher costs."

"We have a standard enterprise license for the solution."

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

"The licensing costs for the product are perpetual in nature. A person needs to buy the license only once there is a need to buy support on a yearly basis. The licensing cost for VMware SRM is expensive."

"I would say VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery is very expensive in comparison with other available virtualization solutions."

"VMware SRM is quite expensive."

"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."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?

One of the standout features of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is its real-time data protection capability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?

Most of the time, we buy perpetual license solutions.

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What needs improvement with Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?

Although we can change the IP address, it would be good to have some other sort of orchestration to make life easier to manage when we failover.

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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 use a three-year license, and the cost for VMware Live Recovery can be high. Previously, when acquiring a license for Ethiopian drug supply chains, the price was significantly high, especially a...

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What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

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.

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Overview

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines enables quick recovery of VMware virtual machines and allows you to efficiently test, manage and orchestrate operational backup and disaster recovery operations.

With tight integration with VMware, RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is storage and application agnostic, with built-in automation accessible via VMware vSphere web client plug-in.

When cloud becomes a vital part of your disaster recovery strategy, RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is also web-enabled, providing efficient replication to AWS and VMware Cloud on AWS.

RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite.

Dell Technologies

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.

VMware

Sample Customers

Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative, PCS Publishing, Noble Foods

Certainty Home Loans, VPay, ZEON

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