Veeam Recovery Orchestrator vs VMware Live Site Recovery
Veeam Recovery Orchestrator
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| Figure | Veeam Recovery Orchestrator | VMware Live Site Recovery |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 4 |
| Spec score · Disaster Recovery Software | 8.2 (#10) | 7.5 (#14) |
| Purpose | Veeam Recovery Orchestrator coordinates recovery processes and provides one-click recovery plans for critical applications, with documentation and testing features. | VMware Live Site Recovery automates orchestration and non-disruptive testing of centralized recovery plans for virtualized applications. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.6 out of 5 from 752 reviews for Veeam Data Platform; this listing covers the broader platform, not Orchestrator alone. | 4.5 out of 5 from 137 reviews |
| Rating on TrustRadius | 8.9 out of 10 from 2,148 reviews for Veeam Data Platform; this listing covers the broader platform, not Orchestrator alone. | 9 out of 10 from 33 reviews and ratings |
| Support | Veeam offers email and phone technical support to customers on maintenance and during the official evaluation period. | Production support is included in a VMware Live Recovery term subscription, and support requests go through the Broadcom Support Portal. |
| What it does | Veeam Recovery Orchestrator builds disaster recovery workflows on Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam ONE, with recovery plans, testing and documentation. | VMware Live Site Recovery orchestrates disaster recovery for virtual machines by automating recovery plans, failover, planned migration, testing and failback. |
Plans
Veeam Recovery Orchestrator
- Evaluation licenseFree
- NFR licenseFree
- Perpetual licensePrice not published
- Rental licensePriced on request
- Subscription licensePrice not published
- Veeam Recovery Orchestrator (licensed through Veeam Data Platform)Priced on request
VMware Live Site Recovery
- Advanced Cyber CompliancePriced on request
- Standalone Site Recovery ManagerPriced on request
- VMware Live Recovery CloudPriced on request
- VMware Live Recovery term subscriptionPriced on request
In their own words
Veeam Recovery Orchestrator
Veeam Recovery Orchestrator coordinates recovery processes for critical applications and provides one-click recovery plans. It uses Veeam Backup & Replication recovery capabilities to build disaster recovery workflows, automate recovery and document outcomes. Administrators can schedule plan checks and tests, including isolated test labs and readiness checks. Reports show recovery point and recovery time objective achievements, along with results for checks, tests and executions. Recovery locations support VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, storage systems and Microsoft Azure; Orchestrator 13 can recover machines to Azure IaaS as VMs. Supported workloads include VMware vSphere and Hyper-V VMs, Azure VMs and physical Windows. The product installs on a 64-bit Windows Server and its web interface is accessed through a browser. A Veeam Data Platform Premium license or an Advanced license with additional Orchestrator licenses is required; Foundation is unsupported. Pricing is on request, and an evaluation license is available for 30 days.
VMware Live Site Recovery
VMware Live Site Recovery has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.