Carbonite Safe vs. NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Carbonite Safe
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Carbonite Safe is a personal cloud backup solution offered on pricing tiers to backup a single computer to multiple computers, to an insfrastructure consisting of endpoints and servers. Users of the former Mozy product (an online data backup service which allows users to back up their hard drive and, in the event of a computer catastrophe, perform a full restore of all files) are migrated to Carbonite Safe. Mozy was acquired by Carbonite from Dell in March 2018.
$83.99
per year
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
NAKIVO Backup & Replication now also supports Proxmox VE, alongside VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, and AWS EC2. It offers replication, failover, cloud backup, backup copy, size reduction, screenshot verification, and site recovery.
$0.80
Billed yearly for up to 5 years. Includes 24/7 Support. Microsoft 365 User/Month
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Basic
$83.99
per year
Plus
$119.99
per year
Prime
$149.99
per year
Enterprise Essentials/Enterprise (Perpetual)
Starting at $329 per CPU socket
Indefinite use. Includes technical support during business hours. CPU sockets
Enterprise Essentials/Enterprise
Starting $76 per server and $25 per workstation
Indefinite use. Includes technical support during business hours. Server Workstation
Enterprise Plus
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Enterprise Essentials/Enterprise (Subscription)
Starting at $3.5 per workload/month
Billed yearly for up to 5 years. Includes 24/7 Support. Workload/Month
Pro Essentials/Pro (Perpetual)
Starting at $239 per CPU socket
Indefinite use. Includes technical support during business hours. CPU Socket
Pro Essentials/Pro (Subscription)
Starting at $2.5 per workload/month
Billed yearly for up to 5 years. Includes 24/7 Support. Workload/Month
Pro Essentials/Pro
Starting at $58 per server and $19 per workstation
Indefinite use. Includes technical support during business hours. Server Workstation
NAKIVO Backup for Microsoft 365
Starting at $0.80 per user/month
Billed yearly for up to 5 years. Includes 24/7 Support. Microsoft 365 User/Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA workload is a VMware vSphere VM, Microsoft Hyper-V VM, Nutanix AHV VM, a physical machine (01 server and 03 workstations), an Oracle database, or an Amazon EC2 instance.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Carbonite Safe
Chose Carbonite Safe
The competitors offer a cloud solution, but in more of a clouded document management way. There is no way to live edit files with Carbonite Safe. Dropbox and OneDrive offer you the ability to open the file and use it from the cloud.
Chose Carbonite Safe
Ease of use. Carbonite Safe is superior when it comes to this. Again customer service. You can not beat their staff or technicians.
Chose Carbonite Safe
Carbonite Safe is the only one that I know of that is autonomous. The other solutions require the user to place things in a certain spot or to copy it manually. Carbonite Safe is "set it and forget it".
Chose Carbonite Safe
We originally used a backup product from Microsoft. It was so glitchy and difficult to set up. We spent a lot of time on the phone with their tech team trying to get it to work. They would come up with different reasons and fixes but in the end, it couldn't do the job so we …
Chose Carbonite Safe
Carbonite Safe is a great solution for startup entities. It ranks nicely with Acronis and Carbonite Server Backup. Carbonite Safe is very good for backing up workstations including home computers. This is a good solution for home office users. Acronis does image level backups …
Chose Carbonite Safe
We use Mozy in this client setting because he was more familiar with the user interface and workflow than the other products.
Chose Carbonite Safe
Amazon Cloud Drive deleted TONS of photos I backed up years ago. I'll never trust it again. I liked Dropbox better than Box b/c of its interface and intuitiveness. Google Drive is easy but doesn't back up automatically.
Chose Carbonite Safe
Mozy Pro is a great product for entry level and small businesses. It provides simple, effective backups with little to no technical expertise being required by the end users to benefit from it. I found that Code42's CrashPlan, was better when our storage needs increased …
Chose Carbonite Safe
Mozy was the easiest to administer and setup.
Chose Carbonite Safe
Mozy provides more enterprise features such as AD integration, but Crashplan has better plans when backing up large amounts of data. Additionally when restoring data, Crashplan displays file versions as a drill down on each file making it easy to find a specific version you are …
Chose Carbonite Safe
While Mozy Pro gets the job done, Cloudberry is better for business. Cloudberry provides backing up to Amazon Web services, however, requires a higher level tech set it up. Crashplan has also been great and is unlimited.
Chose Carbonite Safe
I have used different products such as Carbonite, Unitrends and Datto. Mozy is on a very similar level as Carbonite but has been more reliable overall from my experience. Unitrends and Datto have more complete products that offer a strong combination for local and cloud backup …
Chose Carbonite Safe
I haven't used any other products in the cloud backup market. We chose Mozy because at the time they had the most robust central management console. Pricing with Mozy was going to be cheaper in the long run. Brand recognition also had something to do with it.
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Better licensing
Same features but easier to implement
No need for e=xtra licenses to run the server
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
We dont use only one of these, we combine the use of several of them to guarantee the data resilience.
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is way simpler and more flexible to deploy.
It has a much more clearer user interface.
The ability to deploy to a NAS to be backed up to and wide support for devices from different manufacturers.
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
We compared Nakivo with other solutions like Veeam. We have chosen Nakivo even if Veeam has more documentation mostly from the final users , because the product looks easier, cleaner and above all it has a really good price for perpetual licences.
For a lower price we prefer to …
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
It's been a while since I've used Veeam. Originally I found NAKIVO when I felt Veeam's pricing was starting to feel out of reach for our small business.
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
It's good in its UI, easy to configure, and offers very good performance. NAKIVO Backup & Replication stands on top with its UI, or we call it, Administration Console, and provides great performance of its core and modules. Awesome Backup App and a worthy one for its UI!
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is a the best option for backup and replication of virtual machines on Nas like Synology while Veeam agent is best for backup of windows servers on disk, or Nas
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Nakivo is an effective-cost solution that allows progressive use according to the needs of our company, in other companies, the cost vs. features are not comparable.

Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication Virtual Appliance on VMware vSphere is a great option for first steps in a Backup Solution and it no need some Windows Licenses, like others.
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
The positives of NAKIVO outweigh the negatives in comparison to the other solutions.
As an MSP we need the multi-tenant console, which NAKIVO does perfect for us.
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
I've tried Veeam and Vembu. I personally liked NAKIVO better because you can do a one time license purchase, which I see as a big advantage over subscription based. Their customer support was also better. I personally found the user interface to be easier to use as well. It …
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication provides a cost-effective solution without compromising on features and functionality. I selected NAKIVO Backup & Replication to benefit from its cost-effectiveness, user-friendly interface, versatile platform support, performance optimization, …
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is cheaper and it works as well as more expensive software
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
we had Veeam before purchasing NAKIVO Backup & Replication back in 2019. Veeam was too complicated for us and needed agents to operate. Also the price was higher than that of NAKIVO Backup & Replication. Meanwhile NAKIVO Backup & Replication is agentless. It uses SSH to …
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
synology active backup, qnap backup, buffalo - NOVA backup
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication stands out as a more cost-effective and robust solution compared to Veeam One. With competitive pricing and a comprehensive feature set including incremental backups, global deduplication, LAN-free data transfer, and built-in WAN acceleration, NAKIVO …
Features
Carbonite SafeNAKIVO Backup & Replication
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Carbonite Safe
8.8
Ratings
6% above category average
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
9.9
Ratings
17% above category average
Universal recovery10.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Instant recovery3.40 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Recovery verification9.80 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Business application protection9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.80 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.50 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Snapshots10.00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Flexible deployment8.80 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Management dashboard8.80 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Platform support8.80 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Retention options6.10 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Encryption9.90 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Carbonite Safe
8.5
Ratings
4% above category average
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
9.6
Ratings
16% above category average
Continuous data protection8.40 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Replication8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics6.90 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Malware protection9.00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities8.20 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery10.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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9.9
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Likelihood to Renew
5.9
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
As described earlier I would warn prospective users of their past behavior in terms of changing plan structures regardless of impact to their customers. But they did provide an expedited method to migrate your data to other backup service providers, and their product is high quality so it balances out somewhat. With that in mind Mozy has positioned itself well for both the individual and the corporate markets, and works well in both environments. Their integration with AD and administrative features do make them attractive as a corporate tool (enterprise version). In the end though, especially for the individual or small business, it may come down to how much data you need backed up. Mozy is definitely not the cheapest option on the market
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NAKIVO covers all features that we expect and demand from a backup software while keeping the management interface intuitive and straightforward. We can bet on its reliability and, in case we need to prove, there is an easy-to-use mock recovery option that allows VMs to be run directly from the backup (saves space on the virtualization datastore) and connected to dedicated recovery-test network.
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Pros
  • It is so easy to see what files are backed up according to the color dots next to the files. Green indicates backed up and brown indicates that it will be backed up on the next round.
  • We get email updates from Carbonite to help us stay current on our usage.
  • I am confident that our files are backed up and can be easily be recovered. I have been through the process and was able to regain just the files I needed.
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  • Can be installed natively on nas appliances leveraging the use of underutilized appliances. No need to install the software on Windows or Linux Servers.
  • Backup natively Vmware Virtual Machines and File Shares (you need to buy the right license modules).
  • Destination storage for backups (or of the backup copies) can be Microsoft shares, Amazon S3, Wasabi, Backblaze and remotely to other sites using their transporter vm.
  • To not overload the system with overlapping jobs, they can be chained one after the other.
  • Rapid add/remove/reorder priority of vm to backup and their backup archive. Jobs can be easily changed or chained.
  • Quick support service
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Cons
  • I would like to see backups for programs that I have installed on my machine. For instance I use Adobe CS6 and MS Office among other things. Instead of having to reinstall all these programs on my new machine, I would love for Mozy to be able to save the programs somehow and I can restore them as they were on the old machine with the same almost one-click process that I use to restore files. Basically like Time Machine, but for Windows.
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  • Backups have the option of "screenshot verification". Screenshot verification doesn't always work for us when our vmtools is out of date. If we are on an older version of VMware and that version of vmtools is up to date, NAKIVO still thinks it is out of date.
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Likelihood to Renew
For the clients we have using this service, we fully plan to renew the subscription. However, that may change as our client's business grows and they have a need to add visualization and other server types to their environment
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It is a product that contains most of the features of its big competitors but at an affordable price for small businesses. In addition, the support is very good even if they only have support in English. Another important factor is its compatibility with NAS devices, which greatly simplifies deployment. The implementation is simple and in a matter of minutes you can define the first copy Jobs
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Usability
Out of all the vendor we deal with they are one of the best when it comes to customers service. Reliable,you can reach them by telephone easily, Great overall can not say anything to the contrary. Usibility is excellent. I recommend them highly whether you need a simple backup ofr more complex for servers etc.
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NAKIVO Backup & Replication is very easy to set up. I did it by myself, and it went perfectly. Online documents are very well written, and also the tech support asked to help me set it up. I want to do it by myself and the setup process is very easy to do. The connection to your VM and servers is very easy to do.
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Support Rating
I have not had to utilize Carbonite Safe support too often, but they have always been very good. There are very few technical issues so their support does not come in handy, unless one needs assistance with installation or setup. In cases when it is needed, my support tickets with Carbonite Safe have always gone well.
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The support is fast and perfect. If u have any questions, you can contact the support team via mail or chat and you always get a fast answer. You can also find a lot of help in the FAQ in the help center to resolve your problems. Anytime I had to contact the support, they helped me and solved my problem.
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Implementation Rating
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It is very easy to do in all the formats in which it is implemented, whether as an appliance, in a windows machine, or an implementation in NAS. I only use the appliance one, but I have tried all of them in trial mode to know which one interested me more.
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Alternatives Considered
Mozy Pro is a great product for entry level and small businesses. It provides simple, effective backups with little to no technical expertise being required by the end users to benefit from it. I found that Code42's CrashPlan, was better when our storage needs increased dramatically, and users wanted a fresher interface than Mozy offered. We outgrew it, essentially. For small businesses, Mozy is tough to beat, but as you venture into the Enterprise market, Code42's product might be a better fit.
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NAKIVO Backup & Replication provides a cost-effective solution without compromising on features and functionality. I selected NAKIVO Backup & Replication to benefit from its cost-effectiveness, user-friendly interface, versatile platform support, performance optimization, advanced features, and storage efficiency.
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Return on Investment
  • Mozy is very affordable and pricing is very flexible and easy to add more space when needed. This allows us to only pay for what we need.
  • Having our critical files protected is the most important thing. The fact that it doesn't cost much for us to do that is just a bonus.
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  • One of our contributors has permanently deleted worksheets from our file server. From Nakivo, we were able to recover all the data in less than 10 minutes.
  • An authentication server was encrypted by ransomware, through NAKIVO Backup & Replication, we recover the entire server within 1 hour.
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