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Azure Site Recovery vs NAKIVO Backup & Replication comparison

 

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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
6.5
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication offers quick deployment, cost-effectiveness, and significant savings, yielding high annual returns and user satisfaction.</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
7.4
NAKIVO's customer service is efficient, knowledgeable, and responsive, though minor delays in technical support are occasionally noted.
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 scalable and economical solutions, efficiently accommodating diverse infrastructures with flexible storage and transporter options.</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 reliable and stable, requiring minimal support, with strong performance and occasional node restart needs.</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.
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication needs improved UI, cloud integration, backup speed, physical support, automation, reporting, compatibility, and advanced features.</p>
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.
NAKIVO Backup's competitive pricing, flexible licensing, and low setup costs make it ideal for small to medium enterprises.
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 efficient backups, quick recovery, flexible deployment, robust security, and smooth user experience at competitive pricing.</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 (2nd)
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
92
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (6th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (6th)
 

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.
Wisdom Selom Quarshie - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at NetSolutions Ghana Ltd
Has improved disaster recovery with seamless server replication and reduced operational costs
NAKIVO Backup & Replication has been useful; in terms of licensing, it is way cheaper than other solutions, and setting it up in terms of implementation was easier and not difficult to do. The user interface is friendly and straightforward to use. The best features NAKIVO Backup & Replication offers in my experience include the VMware replication jobs, which allow us to schedule the replication of servers at specific times and move them as quickly as possible. The Change Block Technology (CBT) aspect helps us check if data has really moved without even turning on the server, by just looking at the reports that have been sent, making it a beneficial feature. NAKIVO Backup & Replication has positively impacted our organization by providing much cheaper pricing compared to other solutions, which means we have saved more money, and integrating it with our solution, the VMware vSphere, is not challenging.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

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 Business80
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise9
 

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?
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.
 

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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