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Azure Site Recovery vs NAKIVO Backup & Replication comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

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
5.5
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication is cost-efficient, easy to manage, and delivers quick returns, saving time and costs significantly.</p>
Azure Site Recovery, while being pricier than some providers, has a sufficient service level to justify costs.
Client Relationship Manager at Infomag
Azure Site Recovery is time-saving, and its features allow us to automate processes and save resources.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at MIC Global
In terms of money, we have saved more, and because we are able to replicate everything from production to DR, we can now seamlessly work in any environment we want.
System Engineer at NetSolutions Ghana Ltd
I have seen a return on investment through money savings and time efficiency.
Business Consulting at Gestion IT
 

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
7.7
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication support is praised for responsiveness, expertise, and availability, despite occasional slower weekend response.</p>
During a global outage that affected our operations, there was no apology or in-depth follow-up from Microsoft.
Chief Technology Officer at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
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.
IT Manager at NTT DATA
Issues frequently require escalation.
Client Relationship Manager at Infomag
They are equipped with newer technology, requiring less attention.
Co-Owner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

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
7.7
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication offers robust scalability, supporting diverse environments with flexible licensing, storage options, and streamlined expansion.</p>
Scalability is provided because they are offering 99.95% availability.
IT Manager at NTT DATA
I would rate the scalability of Azure Site Recovery as a nine out of ten.
Chief Technology Officer at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
Azure Site Recovery is a very scalable product and service mechanism.
Client Relationship Manager at Infomag
 

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
7.9
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication is stable and reliable, with minor issues like VM backup hangs requiring occasional restarts.</p>
The system did go down a couple of times, which impacted our operations.
Chief Technology Officer at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
I would rate the stability of Azure Site Recovery at eight to nine out of ten.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at MIC Global
They are built with newer technology and processes, needing less support.
Co-Owner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Azure Site Recovery needs better integration, deployment, stability, security, and support, with improved logging, pricing, and platform compatibility.
NAKIVO needs improved restore, cloud support, UI, integrations, reporting, speed, support, AI, SNMP, legacy compatibility, and mobile features.
If their agent version is mismatched and the health status is critical, you will not be able to perform your Azure Site Recovery.
IT Manager at NTT DATA
There is room for improvement in the release of patches, such as ensuring they are properly managed to avoid outages.
Client Relationship Manager at Infomag
Currently, Azure Site Recovery does not support shared disk options.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at MIC Global
They had given a feature of real-time replication which they stopped in NAKIVO.
Co-Owner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

Azure Site Recovery offers cost-effective DR solutions despite complex billing, with average monthly site-to-site replication costs at $225.
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication provides cost-effective, easy setup and flexible licensing, appealing to small to medium enterprises.</p>
It was not the expensive part of our costs.
Chief Technology Officer at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
A major advantage is that you do not want to pay any more for huge costs to build a DR site.
IT Manager at NTT DATA
The pricing of Azure Site Recovery is around a four out of ten, being somewhat cost-effective.
Client Relationship Manager at Infomag
The product is affordable even for smaller organizations.
Co-Owner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The pricing is very low, and the licensing process makes it easy to obtain any quote.
Business Consulting at Gestion IT
 

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 offers user-friendly, cost-effective data protection with strong VMware integration, efficient recovery, and seamless cloud support.</p>
The most valuable features of Azure Site Recovery are its ease of use and speed of recovery.
Chief Technology Officer at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
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.
Client Relationship Manager at Infomag
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.
Vice President of Delivery & Deployment at TekFriday Inc
The VM, restore, and file recovery capabilities are considered gold standards.
Co-Owner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

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
7.5
Number of Reviews
93
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (12th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (9th)
 

Featured Reviews

AP
IT Manager at NTT DATA
Long-term user praises cost savings and reliability of disaster recovery solutions
There is only one thing to note: the agent has to be up-to-date when SCCM or any third-party tools are doing patching activities. If their agent version is mismatched and the health status is critical, you will not be able to perform your Azure Site Recovery. Recently, I worked with a mass issue related to Recovery Services Vault, and the VM support engineers are taking a lot of time to extend support to the customer. When you raise a call, they wait too long, and even if you request an engineer to set up a call for severity B cases, they are not ready to communicate over the phone, preferring email instead.
EDERLEY TERRERO - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Consulting at Gestion IT
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
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Insurance Company
7%
University
7%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business81
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

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...
What is your primary use case for Azure Site Recovery?
My main use case for Azure Site Recovery is that we are doing cross-region disaster recovery and processing.
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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nakivo?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is very positive. The pricing is very low, and the licensing process makes it easy to obtain any quote.
What needs improvement with Nakivo?
NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication has been improving lately as they have released many updates, and it seems to work excellently at this moment. There will always be emerging needs, such as AI, which...
 

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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