--- description: Review of VMware Cloud Director Availability Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: VMware Cloud Director Availability | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Endpoint Protection Software](/directory/4777/endpoint-protection-software/software) > [VMware Cloud Director Availability](/software/360132/vmware-cloud-director-availability) # VMware Cloud Director Availability Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/360132/vmware-cloud-director-availability Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/360132/vmware-cloud-director-availability?page=2) > VMware Cloud Director Availability is a secure data migration and business continuity solution that lets users handle disaster recovery processes to or between multi-tenant cloud sites. It provides simplified onboarding and ensures the continuous availability of VMware vSphere workloads and automates recovery operations. With the advanced Retention Policy, businesses can gain more control over replication cycles and the built-in DR \& migration plans help sequence and time failover. It is a pervasive multi-tenant self-service cloud infrastructure control plane for cloud providers’ service-delivery needs. The replicator service, manager service, cloud service, and tunnel service operate together to support the replication management, secure communication, and storage of the replicated data. Cloud providers can support recovery for multiple tenant environments that can scale to handle increasing loads for each tenant and for multiple tenants. In an on-premises environment, Replicator Service and a preconfigured instance of Tunnel Service support replication management by using both the VMware Cloud Director Availability vSphere Client Plug-In and the VMware Cloud Director Availability Tenant Portal, dedicated to tenants. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 81 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 81 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: VMware - **Founded**: 1989 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Usage Based (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: For details on pricing model: Please email us at: CloudProviderDRoffer@vmware.com - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Chromebook (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Traditional Chinese - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany and 68 more ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Escalation - Alerts/Notifications - Anomaly/Malware Detection - Application Security - Archiving & Retention - Audit Management - Automated Scheduling - Automatic Backup - Backup Log - Backup Scheduling - Backup and Recovery - Business Continuity Exercising - Compliance Management - Continuous Backup - Data Migration - Data Recovery ## Integrations (5 total) - Amazon S3 - Rubrik - VMware Cloud Director - Veeam Data Platform - Zerto Virtual Replication ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Endpoint Protection Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4777/endpoint-protection-software/software) ## Related Categories - [Endpoint Protection Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4777/endpoint-protection-software/software) - [Business Continuity Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4137/business-continuity/software) - [Backup Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4294/backup/software) - [Disaster Recovery Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4161/disaster-recovery/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The pricing is also affordable, it's up to you to pick a plan that favors you. > > **Cons**: VMware Cloud Director Availability as a whole is quite complex, (there are however simple functionalities) - we had to enroll our teams for additional VMware training first. > > The solution is undoubtedly powerful and offers the most reliable disaster recovery services. The software can accommodate very huge workloads which has been key in actualizing our cloud optimization success. ----- ### "Flexible and secure disaster recovery solution" — 5.0/5 > **Derek** | *29 March 2023* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: I really like its simplified and secure cloud migration capability. The implementation process was very straightforward and ran within the expected timeframe. The solution provides effective replication traffic compression and TLS encryption. The unified administration makes it easy to manage users based on roles. > > **Cons**: This is a flexible and cost-effective disaster recovery solution. There is nothing to dislike about it. > > This platform provides robust tools for secure disaster recovery. It has the ability to integrate seamlessly with our IT environment. ----- ### "VMware Cloud Director Availability is a Robust Disaster recovery solution" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *21 August 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is efficient in reversing failover of virtual apps. Has a comprehensive manual and playbook to facilitate smooth installation. It can facilitate migration of vCenter servers while maintaining great interoperability. > > **Cons**: Not seen any fault with VMware Cloud Director Availability since installation. > > Cloud backing and Disaster recovery has never been simpler. With a comprehensive guide for installation and operability, getting your head wrapped around how this DRaaS works is a downhill task. We use it to effectively reverse failovers and for successful VM migrations. ----- ### "Disaster Recovery Solution with amplified Efficiency" — 5.0/5 > **Sandrah** | *2 October 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's simple to use since the tools are very familiar with modern HTML interfaces. Deployment of VMware Cloud Director Availability comes with high stability. The solution also maintains peak performance with large workloads taking its effectiveness to top levels. > > **Cons**: I am not completely impressed with the tired service model since workloads differ in several different aspects, it is controversial for their costs to be tiered together. > > The VMware DRaaS integrates well with our cloud service provider to provide reliable disaster recovery solutions for all workloads in our company. The software is simple to set up but provides advanced endpoint protection and recovery services with top performance 24/7. ----- ### "Effective Data Protection and Multiple Activities Tracking Solution." — 5.0/5 > **Gianna** | *16 November 2022* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: This platform has the easiest interface to adapt and all the features capabilities is productive. The tool allows easy marketing project data recovering and to manage all our customers contacts and other information as been easy through this platform.The effective solution for access control and the replication tools are also functional and easy to backup various project data. > > **Cons**: VMware Cloud Director Availability is quite easy Cloud platform to implement and they offer a free trial to the new users. > > Monitoring system and very reliable data quality management product and its compliance management functionalities are very functional. ----- Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/360132/vmware-cloud-director-availability?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/360132/vmware-cloud-director-availability) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data