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NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Score9.7 out of 10

182 Reviews and Ratings

What is NAKIVO Backup & Replication?

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.

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Top Performing Features

  • Universal recovery

    Universal recovery is the ability to restore backups to any machine regardless of the platform

    Category average: 8.7

  • Business application protection

    Protection of all applications running in the data center

    Category average: 8.5

  • Multiple backup destinations

    Multiple backup destinations is the ability to backup data to more than one location

    Category average: 9.1

Areas for Improvement

  • Retention options

    Provision of best-practice and customizable retention policies with reporting

    Category average: 8.9

  • Multi-location capabilities

    The product be deployed and managed across multiple separate locations

    Category average: 8.6

  • Operational reporting and analytics

    The product provides insights and analytics to help keep data secure

    Category average: 8.9

Good Product Quick Support

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Works for years without any problem. It's easy to install, easy to use, with reliable and fast-reacting support also available for remote sessions. It is great for our structure, where the backup storage is directly connected to a single server and not in the same network as our virtualisation machines.

Pros

  • Backup VM
  • Replicating backups to foreign site
  • Restoring VMs and files

Cons

  • Make it easier to restore single files from VMs
  • Performance of replication
  • Managing issues with errors at transporters

Return on Investment

  • Better solution
  • Cheaper solution
  • Working reliable

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Data Platform, Hornetsecurity VM Backup and Commvault Clumio

Unmatched Simplicity Exceeded all expectations in Enterprise Data Protection

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

All business critical systems are enabled with Automatic backup with schedule. Our systems have high RPO and RTO, accordingly we NAKIVO Backup & Replication to schedule system and data backups. Overall - It just works flawlessly.

Pros

  • Unmatched Simplicity
  • Speed and Reliability
  • Ease of Deployment & Management
  • Exceptional Customer Support

Cons

  • UI Modernization
  • admin console experience is great, easy to navigate but the design itself is outdated
  • Security

Return on Investment

  • Helped to achieve RPO & RTO targets for critical systems and infrastructure
  • Monitoring, Reports and insights Dashboard enables operations team very much, with less time spent on these tasks.
  • Reliability on backup schedules

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Arctera Backup Exec

Other Software Used

Arctera Backup Exec, Veritas NetBackup

Getting to know Nakivo's naturalness

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I'm currently using NAKIVO to back up our servers, and so far the backup process is running smoothly.

Pros

  • Back-end server backup
  • Instant inventory recording.
  • Fast ISO creation

Cons

  • NAKIVO cloud backup.
  • Works with any version of Proxmox.
  • Disaster recovery of NAKIVO itself.

Return on Investment

  • Reduced Licensing and Hardware Costs.
  • Saved Administration Time
  • Intuitive Interface

Usability

Alternatives Considered

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Other Software Used

NAKIVO Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Backup Magic

Easy to use robust cost-effective backup solution

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our company has used NAKIVO Backup & Replication as its backup solution for over seven years. From the beginning, I have appreciated how simple and intuitive the software is.

I have rarely needed to refer to the documentation when performing basic backup or restore operations. The online help for advanced features is well-organized and descriptive.

Support for Microsoft 365 and Proxmox are among the most important features added over the years.

Using the NAKIVO Backup & Replication solution for backup gives us peace of mind regarding data protection and business continuity.

Pros

  • Very easy to install, configure and use.
  • Fast recovery at VM and file level
  • Technical support

Cons

  • Backup to tape is slower than other available solutions, which is why it is not a viable option for us
  • Compression and data deduplication algorithms could be improved
  • Space reclaim is slow

Return on Investment

  • The ability to quickly recover information from backups has helped avoid project delays several times.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Data Platform

Other Software Used

Veeam ONE

Easy to Install Easy to Use. Cost Effective solution.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Actually we were looking for a more cost effective solution than the current one we use. Also another factor was to consolidate within one platform Virtual infrastructure backup and backup for Microsoft Office 365. We looking also for more deployment flexibility which is something that is offered by NAKIVO Backup & Replication solution.

Pros

  • Easy to deploy and manage
  • Very competitive pricing compared to equivalent solutions from VEEAM and Druva

Cons

  • MAC OS Support.
  • Monitoring additionally of other hypervisors like Hyper-V and Proxmox.
  • Provide storage capacity as well for each user (in License bundle) so it can be directly comparable with other Backup Vendors.
  • It would be nice at least for me to see smaller intervals which makes the monitoring more realistic.

Return on Investment

  • Less people to administer since it includes backup for MS365 also
  • Less cost so our ROI has been achieved within 6 months of operation
  • Deployment flexibility was a significant factor for selecting NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Usability