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Azure Site Recovery vs NAKIVO Backup & Replication comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.2
Azure Site Recovery is cost-effective, time-saving, and reliable, optimizing virtual machine processes and offering an alternative to secondary data centers.
Sentiment score
8.0
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication users value its cost-effectiveness, quick ROI, and efficiency in business continuity and disaster recovery.</p>
Azure Site Recovery, while being pricier than some providers, has a sufficient service level to justify costs.
Azure Site Recovery is time-saving, and its features allow us to automate processes and save resources.
I have seen a return on investment through money savings and time efficiency.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.4
Microsoft's Azure Site Recovery support is knowledgeable but inconsistent, with mixed reviews on response times and communication efficiency.
Sentiment score
8.6
NAKIVO's customer support is praised for responsiveness and expertise, offering accessible, knowledgeable help, though emergency response could improve.
Microsoft support could be improved as it rates only a five out of ten, with slow response times and a preference for email over phone communication even in severity B cases.
During a global outage that affected our operations, there was no apology or in-depth follow-up from Microsoft.
We primarily rely on our Cloud Support Partner for support.
Their support is good and responsive when required.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Azure Site Recovery is scalable, excelling in cloud migration and disaster recovery for businesses, despite regional scalability variations.
Sentiment score
8.2
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication effectively scales, offering flexible deployment and straightforward licensing, suitable for various environments and growing demands.</p>
Scalability is provided because they are offering 99.95% availability.
I would rate the scalability of Azure Site Recovery as a nine out of ten.
Azure Site Recovery is a very scalable product and service mechanism.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Azure Site Recovery is highly rated for stability and scalability, frequently scoring between seven and ten by users.
Sentiment score
8.0
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication is praised for stability and reliability, with minimal issues and seamless backup and recovery operations.</p>
The system did go down a couple of times, which impacted our operations.
I would rate the stability of Azure Site Recovery at eight to nine out of ten.
They are built with newer technology and processes, needing less support.
 

Room For Improvement

Azure Site Recovery needs better integration, deployment, stability, security, and support, with improved logging, pricing, and platform compatibility.
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication can improve in restore capabilities, integration, speed, user experience, and support to enhance satisfaction.</p>
If their agent version is mismatched and the health status is critical, you will not be able to perform your Azure Site Recovery.
There is room for improvement in the release of patches, such as ensuring they are properly managed to avoid outages.
Azure can improve Azure Site Recovery potentially because the internals are not clearly available; we take Azure support for some of these things, which is not adequately provided.
They had given a feature of real-time replication which they stopped in NAKIVO.
 

Setup Cost

Azure Site Recovery offers cost-effective DR solutions despite complex billing, with average monthly site-to-site replication costs at $225.
NAKIVO offers affordable, flexible backup solutions with straightforward setup, often costing less than competitors like Veeam, enhancing enterprise appeal.
It was not the expensive part of our costs.
A major advantage is that you do not want to pay any more for huge costs to build a DR site.
The pricing of Azure Site Recovery is around a four out of ten, being somewhat cost-effective.
The product is affordable even for smaller organizations.
The pricing is very low, and the licensing process makes it easy to obtain any quote.
 

Valuable Features

Azure Site Recovery is praised for seamless failover, ease of use, compatibility, but may be costly for smaller clients.
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication excels in fast deployment, ease of use, strong security, affordability, and seamless integration for data protection.</p>
The most valuable features of Azure Site Recovery are its ease of use and speed of recovery.
Azure provides a 99.99% SLA for their uptime, ensuring that even during outages due to patch releases, there is no data loss, merely hindered accessibility.
The features I find most valuable in Azure Site Recovery include the test failover, which allows us to test our site recovery without bringing down the primary; disaster recovery provides that feature.
The VM, restore, and file recovery capabilities are considered gold standards.
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Site Recovery
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery as a Service (3rd)
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (12th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot reviewer
The time-saving aspects allow us to write PowerShell scripts to automate failover processes
First of all, we initially faced a challenge as Azure Site Recovery was not supporting shared disk options on SQL clusters with VMs, which are important for a Windows cluster mode. Additionally, the setup is quite easy, only requiring the creation of a vault. Its time-saving aspects allow us to write PowerShell scripts to automate failover processes.
EDERLEY TERRERO - PeerSpot reviewer
Has improved customer satisfaction through reliable replication and flexible deployment
NAKIVO Backup & Replication has positively impacted my organization and my customers because it is not expensive and easy to use. I can see all the backup and replication processes, and I can protect all my customer data. It's the best solution when compared with others. The time savings and customer satisfaction demonstrate specific positive outcomes. The customers are happy with the solution and appreciate that it is not expensive.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business79
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Azure Site Recovery?
Azure Site Recovery allows my company to save around 30 percent of the time on every VM that we need to back up and restore.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Site Recovery?
A major advantage is that you do not want to pay any more for huge costs to build a DR site. It is very flexible and will save your cost.
What needs improvement with Azure Site Recovery?
The flexibility of Azure Site Recovery regarding integration with different IT environments is limited; it is purely an Azure platform service for business continuity, not meant for integration wit...
How does Nakivo compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?
Nakivo is my favorite backup software. Below are the main benefits of Nakivo compared to Veeam 1. Low cost. 2. Backup storage with global deduplication (this is the main requirement of a backup sol...
What do you like most about Nakivo?
NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication is very easy to use.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nakivo?
The product is affordable even for smaller organizations.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Union Insurance, Rackspace
Coca Cola, Honda, 3M, University of Arizona, University of Maryland, University of Arkansas, Johns Hopkins University, Marriott, Radisson Hotels and Resorts, Fujifilm, Eiffage
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