We compared Dell NetWorker and Nakivo based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Dell NetWorker is recognized for its intuitive graphical user interface, integration with Data Domain, and impressive speed. Nakivo is praised for its offsite backup to Synology NAS and seamless cloud integration. Dell NetWorker needs improvements in reporting, integration, and documentation. Nakivo could benefit from improvements in its remote upgrade capabilities, SNMP features, and application backup.
Service and Support: Dell NetWorker received mixed reviews, with some customers expressing frustration about delayed responses and unresolved problems. Nakivo's support is praised for being quick, considerate, and attentive.
Ease of Deployment: Some users consider Dell NetWorker's setup to be effortless, but some said it was somewhat complex. Nakivo's setup was described as straightforward. A few users said the deployment was somewhat complex but not excessively difficult.
Pricing: Some reviewers consider Dell NetWorker to be expensive, while others find it to be reasonable and cheaper than other options with similar features. 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: Users have provided no feedback about Dell NetWorker’s ROI so far. Nakivo ensures a favorable return on investment with a reasonable total cost of ownership and reduced testing expenditures.
Comparison Results: Dell NetWorker is regarded as a reasonably priced, high-performing backup solution with a user-friendly GUI. At the same time, many users were dissatisfied with Dell’s support and asked for improvements in reporting and documentation. 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 solution is scalable."
"The full backup is a great feature. Restoration is also good and very quick."
"It is an extremely stable product."
"The support for legacy products is very good."
"The software’s best feature is data backup for any system."
"Dell NetWorker's valuable feature is its ability to configure the network for immutability, specifically for backups."
"Data domain is a good feature."
"The feature that offers the greatest benefits in ensuring data integrity is its backup capability."
"NAKIVO is easy to use and pretty easy to set up."
"It uses all the bandwidth available if not limited and backs up entire servers with all data about four times faster than Windows Server Backup and EaseUS TODO Backup."
"The features that we like the most are the Backup Copy and Active Directory Integration. They have helped us to save a lot of time since we do not have to make the backup copies “by hand”."
"The ability to create a replica of all virtual machines is a great feature."
"We have been able to set up a failover site that has replicas of our critical VMs."
"The backup for physical machines and replication for the virtual environment are the most valuable aspects."
"It is affordable."
"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 UI needs some enhancement to be more user-friendly."
"We are looking forward to better stability in future versions."
"Reporting and support for this product need to be improved. There are multiple bugs that need to be fixed."
"Its console UI should be better. It should also have more out-of-the-box reporting functionalities. It should also have easier cloud integration. They have got cloud boost and things like that, but if you want to directly back up to the cloud, I'm not too sure whether you can do it. For example, you can easily send data from Commvault to AWS, Azure, or a container, but it seems to be not so easy in NetWorker."
"The user interface of this solution could be improved. It is not user friendly and is difficult to understand for new users. New users struggle to understand the logic."
"They need to be compatible with the cloud because EMC NetWorker cannot compete with other products at the moment. EMC focuses only on their own cloud and do not take into consideration other cloud vendors."
"We are able to do direct backups, but analyzing the logs is not straightforward."
"NetWorker sometimes has issues with the backup not starting and with connecting to the Oracle servers."
"It could be a little bit faster in terms of backup and offer more reliable SQL server backups."
"It would be a good thing to have some use case and architecture examples online to understand integration in complex infrastructure."
"There are some errors requiring support to correct and bugs and glitches should be addressed."
"While Nakivo delivers comprehensive solutions, there's room for enhancement, particularly regarding Proxmox support."
"I would like to see support for backing up from other platforms, such as physical machines."
"We'd like to see a legacy environment backup, like AIX, etc."
"Sometimes, for some VMs and some Windows Server versions, specifically old versions (aka server 12 or older) fail due to the VSS writer error or locking file system."
"Nakivo's implementation documentation could use a little beefing up."
Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery with 84 reviews. Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8, while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup and Commvault Cloud, whereas NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and Zerto. See our Dell NetWorker vs. NAKIVO Backup & Replication report.
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