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IBM Disaster Recovery Services vs NAKIVO Backup & Replication comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

IBM Disaster Recovery Services
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery as a Service (6th)
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

Şefik Mert Polatay - PeerSpot reviewer
Ease of use, performance, availability, and scalability
The initial setup is very easy, user-friendly, and not complex. It mostly comes with all installed, an operating system, database, and security, all included in Power Systems. So users can easily install, configure, and use it. It's integrated with other systems. You can run different systems from IBM Power Systems, AIX Linux, or IBM I operating system. It's also integrated into Windows systems and other databases and servers.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Disaster Recovery Services is stable."
"The solution works well for very large organizations. It can scale quite well."
"The initial setup is very easy and user-friendly."
"The product is good for protecting very low-budget offices, whereas other solutions fail in terms of cost and footprint of the VMs involved."
"Backup jobs are running smoothly every day with job reports sent to email after they finish each job. That gives us peace of mind."
"NAKIVO gives us the security to retain valuable data backups and recover them in case of emergency."
"The updates are problem-free, so we can keep Nakivo up to date on the server and NAS too."
"The solution offers reliable copying and fast recovery."
"The interface is basic and very easy to use which is what we are looking for."
"We are able to take backups on a regular interval and restore data/VMs as we choose making the process work as advertised."
"Nakivo makes our backs-ups more reliable and easy to recover in case of full damage or partial retrieval of files - all at a convenient cost."
 

Cons

"Stability could always be better."
"The infrastructure level of IBM's recovery systems could be improved."
"Disaster Recovery Services could provide better value for money."
"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."
"At the moment I am pleased with what Nakivo does but I would like more reporting functions and if possible, integration with my RMM system."
"It would be a good thing to have some use case and architecture examples online to understand integration in complex infrastructure."
"The only thing I could say is maybe some more options for job scheduling are needed."
"It would be great if they had a Let's Encrypt integration."
"Due to the fact that we are HP and Fugit partners as well, it would be nice if Nakivo would allow support for HP and Fugit storage."
"They need to add a failover feature to the Essential Pro license in case the environment is a simple virtual environment and the client does not need to upgrade."
"The interface can be a little clunky at times."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing of the solution is based on the scale of the project or business. It's based on the server amount and the amount of data being stored. For our client, based on the amount of data they have, it may be around $20,000 USD. It could get much more expensive on the customer side."
"Disaster Recovery Services is expensive."
"The licensing model is crystal clear on the website."
"This product is cheaper than other big rivals."
"The price could be lower."
"The licensing currently allows for host-based licensing, which is advantageous if you have a lot of data on a few hosts."
"The pricing, setup costs, and licensing are easy to understand, no matter how you want to implement it."
"The prices are high."
"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."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Disaster Recovery Services?
The pricing is perfect. It's not expensive because it's all-inclusive. The operating system, database, security, different file systems. So, overall, it's cheaper than Oracle or UNIX systems with O...
What is your primary use case for IBM Disaster Recovery Services?
The use case is for high availability and disaster recovery.
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?
The product is affordable even for smaller organizations.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

i-Virtualize, QD, Continuum Managed Services LLC, Royal Arctic Line, Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of the Philippines, Idwala Industrial Holdings Limited, A-Plant c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Hannover, eASPNet Taiwan Inc., Mobile Mini Inc., TriDatum Solutions Inc., M7 Managed Services Ltd., Hospital de la Concepci‹n
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