We compared Azure Backup and Nakivo based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Azure Backup is commended for its scalability, comprehensive security options, and non-disruptive backup process. Users also like its seamless integration with various Azure services. Nakivo is praised for its offsite backup to Synology NAS and seamless cloud integration. Azure Backup needs to improve its backup and file-level restoration procedure. Nakivo could benefit from improvements in its remote upgrade capabilities, SNMP features, and application backup.
Service and Support: Azure's customer service is generally considered helpful and proactive, but a few users have reported longer wait times and slow issue resolution. Nakivo's support is praised for being quick, considerate, and attentive.
Ease of Deployment: Azure Backup's setup is easy, quick, and can be completed with minimal user involvement. Nakivo's setup was described as straightforward. A few users said the deployment was somewhat complex but not excessively difficult.
Pricing: Azure Backup is a cloud-based solution, so its pricing depends on factors like storage and data consumption. Azure offers competitive pricing and is considered more cost effective than many competing solutions. Nakivo offers lower licensing costs and a flexible pricing structure. Nakivo provides cost-efficient backups at a competitive price and even offers a free license for one year for up to five VMs.
ROI: Azure Backup offers a solid return on investment with its affordable pricing and low initial costs, particularly when upgrading solutions. Nakivo ensures a favorable return on investment with a reasonable total cost of ownership and reduced testing expenditures.
Comparison Results: Azure Backup is an affordable, scalable solution that features an effortless deployment and native integration with Azure services. While reviews of Azure Backup’s features were generally positive, some users reported unsatisfactory experiences with Azure support. Nakivo is a powerful, cost-effective solution that seamlessly integrates with the cloud, but it could use some enhancements in its SNMP features and remote upgrading functionality.
"The daily backups have become easier since we no longer need to handle large backups. The use of Azure Backup as a service has proven reliable and simplified our daily operations. Previously, we relied on LTO backups for data retention, but after migrating to the cloud and adopting Azure Backup, the delivery process has become smoother."
"This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed."
"This solution is easy to configure and restore. It is a Microsoft product so is easily compatible with other solutions."
"It is a stable solution...The product is worth the money you pay for it."
"I have no issues with the stability at all. So I don't necessarily care about the stability of the product. I look more at whether or not can I recover. And I haven't had a failed recovery yet. I've got no failed recoveries of all my years."
"Enables immediate recovery and immediate restoration."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the file recovery and file vault."
"All of the core features are valuable to us."
"The user interface in general is very good. I"
"This product has helped to centralize backups and made it easy to recover data."
"Nakivo's reporting features have helped a lot. They give my boss high visibility into what's going on, which is crucial because we had a data breach in the past where we lost about 12 years of data. That's why we bought several appliances, and we replicate the same backup twice a day to three different depositories."
"The virtual appliance for VMware vSphere is easy to deploy, easy to manage, and we have no need for additional Windows licenses."
"It is flexible."
"We are able to take backups on a regular interval and restore data/VMs as we choose making the process work as advertised."
"The ability to create a replica of all virtual machines is a great feature."
"Nakivo's backup and replication product has allowed us to implement a disaster recovery solution with a target repository in the cloud."
"On-prem can be complex to set up but the cloud is simple."
"The support for Office365 backup is atrocious and is something that has to be improved."
"Azure Backup could improve the backup data copies because they are not immutable."
"The tool's backup should be faster. Azure Backup's support should be faster."
"Lacks an AI system that would enable easier upgrading of the hardware."
"The length of time it takes to restore is our main source of frustration. It would be beneficial to shorten the time it takes."
"The solution is still in its infancy; it's not a mature product yet."
"The monitoring and tagging features could be improved."
"Updating VM tools on a replicated VM could be better."
"An additional feature that would be appreciated is disaster recovery automation."
"We are satisfied with Nakivo, but if anything could be improved, I think it would be more real-time as opposed to email support availability."
"Their product is good and it meets our requirements, however, new features are also most welcome and we never hesitated to try new features."
"Personally, I would like to have the ability to backup older legacy systems on the new versions as well."
"So far, there is no version that supports Polish. If such a version existed, many customers in our region would decide to purchase and implement this solution."
"The only thing we have encountered that we would like to see improved in the future are error messages. They could be more detailed and helpful, without the need to send logs to support. Failing that, the part of the log related to the error could be displayed alongside the error message, so I can investigate the error without looking through all of those logs that I'm able to download."
"Automatic updates do not work, and every update has to be done manually."
Azure Backup is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 50 reviews while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery with 84 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Veritas NetBackup, whereas NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and Zerto. See our Azure Backup vs. NAKIVO Backup & Replication report.
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