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Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines vs NAKIVO Backup & Replication comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtu...
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
6th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
92
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is 4.4%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NAKIVO Backup & Replication is 2.8%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
NAKIVO Backup & Replication2.8%
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines4.4%
Other92.8%
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
 

Featured Reviews

AM
Senior Infrastructure Analyst at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Seamless data protection and IP address management streamline server failover
I recommend Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines. I work for a financial institution, and it does what we need it to do. I would rate the product eight out of ten. For improvement, I suggest better orchestration management for easier failovers. I would rate the overall solution an 8 out of 10.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"RecoverPoint replicates workloads fast."
"One of the standout features of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is its real-time data protection capability."
"The most valuable features are the data center recovery administration and the time of recovery."
"It is a very simple tool to use and offers flexibility in using the tool for recovery and transitioning from one state to another."
"The installation is straightforward if the version you have is compatible with your infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is that it is journal-based and you don't have to replicate a lot of data."
"The technical support from Dell is excellent."
"The generalization of the journals allows us to go back in time and choose the snapshot suitable for us. We can grab it as needed."
"Backups are working smoothly with Nakivo Backup."
"The updates are problem-free, so we can keep Nakivo up to date on the server and NAS too."
"It is easy-to-use."
"It is affordable."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of creating a backup copy job to get the backups to a second device."
"We really appreciate the simplicity of the solution."
"The product is easy to manage for any IT person who is new to backup, recovery, and replication."
"The solution is stable; there is no need to retry any sort of jobs in daily operations."
 

Cons

"In some cases, the response times could improve, but we haven't had issues with their support."
"The solution is not easy to use. It's actually quite hard. If it could be simplified it might be better for the end user."
"The biggest challenge we faced was attempting replication between two different kinds of storage systems, like IBM on one side and Dell EMC storage systems on the other, before opting for VPLEX."
"The solution currently supports only VMware. There is increasing demand for compatibility with other hypervisors, such as Hyper V and KVM Proxmox. Additionally, licensing has become less flexible and more expensive."
"In the next release of this software, I would like to see options that help to decrease the bandwidth required, such as compressing the data."
"The solution's technical team has enough skills, but the process can get complicated with the time you get connected with the L3 support."
"It should have features for recovering a group of virtual machines and full-scale security. For recovering all the VMs at once, they don't have a GUI option, and we have to use the command line."
"It can have better integration. It would be good if, in addition to VMware VM, it can also support other hypervisors. I also want to see support for Oracle databases. As of now, it supports only SQL and Exchange. It would be good to also support other databases."
"Recently, I found out about one disadvantage of the NAKIVO agent that works on physical servers; they certified that they do not have a block tracking mechanism for physical Windows servers, so if a server is huge, say several terabytes, it cannot perform incremental backups and reads all the drives each time, which has left several of my customers suffering from this issue."
"One of the things I liked least about this software is when an update was pushed to one of the servers we had, somehow we didn't receive the update and needed some quick troubleshooting."
"Updating VM Tools on a replicated VM could be better."
"In the press releases, it would be useful to make sure that the manual space reclaim procedure does not have to be performed but that it happens automatically, thus optimizing the use of space."
"I think it is important to work not only in replicating the virtual machines in Amazon AWS, but in other cloud systems."
"An improvement would be to give us more control over the email alerts, with different emails going to different addresses based on a set of rules."
"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."
"I would like to see some additional models in the next release to make backups more functional."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing-wise, it is pretty much fair for any customer who only has a VMware environment. Licensing is based on the number of VMs that you want to protect at any given point in time. Licensing is not based on size."
"There is a license required for this solution and the pricing depends on how many virtual machines you have."
"It was a part of a backup solution. So, it was free for us."
"This is an expensive product."
"This is not a very cheap solution and compared to others, it is expensive."
"The tool is expensive. If one means cheaply priced and ten means expensive, I rate the tool's price as a seven."
"The pricing, setup costs, and licensing are easy to understand, no matter how you want to implement it."
"From the perspective of Indian users, the cost is a little bit high."
"The licensing model is crystal clear on the website."
"The price could be lower."
"The price is not a problem in NAKIVO, as it is the most competitive in the market."
"You have a lot of different options when it comes to pricing and the pricing models are pretty flexible and affordable."
"It's really cheap, and our company saves a significant amount of money on IT backup solutions per year."
"We use a perpetual license that is priced well."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business80
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?
Although we can change the IP address, it would be good to have some other sort of orchestration to make life easier to manage when we failover.
What is your primary use case for Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?
I was actually just having a quick look to compare some solutions, but we are going to stick with what we currently have, which is Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines ( /products/dell-recoverpoi...
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 & 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.
 

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Sample Customers

Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative, PCS Publishing, Noble Foods
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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