N2W vs Oracle Data Guard comparison

N2WS and Oracle are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. N2WS is ranked #29 with an average rating of 10.0, while Oracle is ranked #14 with an average rating of 9.3. N2WS holds a 0.3% mindshare in BRS, compared to Oracle’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of N2WS users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 3, 2025

Oracle Data Guard and N2W Cloud Protection Manager are both competitors in the data protection and disaster recovery industry. N2W seems to have the upper hand due to its superior feature set and better value for cloud-native environments.

Features: Oracle Data Guard offers automated failover, role management, and diverse configuration options for high availability. N2W includes offsite backup, disaster recovery, and extensive scheduling and reporting capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Oracle Data Guard's complexity requires skilled personnel for effective management, enhancing its ease of use is desirable. It could improve setup cost efficiency for budget-constrained operations. N2W might expand its feature set beyond AWS to widen appeal and strengthen its non-cloud disaster recovery capabilities, adding more granular control for scalability would be beneficial.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: N2W offers straightforward deployment with seamless AWS integration and responsive support, favoring those prioritizing ease of management. Oracle Data Guard's deployment process is more complex and requires skilled personnel for managing configurations, which can be a challenge for some organizations.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Data Guard incurs significant setup costs due to its comprehensive infrastructure but offers high ROI in mission-critical scenarios. N2W provides a cost-effective alternative with predictable pricing structures, yielding significant ROI in cloud-based operations through reduced overheads and flexible scalability.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

N2W

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

29th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (24th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (19th)

Oracle Data Guard

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of N2W is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Data Guard is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle Data Guard	0.9%
N2W	0.3%
Other	98.8%

Backup and Recovery

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George Philippakos

Cloud Manager at St. John's University

Backup process and monitoring become simple and effective while seamless instance recovery and cost optimization ensure business continuity

Policy creation is straightforward, with automatic backups of new resources enabled through tagging. Instance recovery is seamless, whether within the same VPC or across different VPCs. File-level restores are intuitive and easy to manage, while full VPC backups provide critical protection and peace of mind in the event of a disaster. In addition, lifecycle management and automated transitions to lower-cost storage tiers have been instrumental in optimizing costs while meeting compliance and retention requirements. The ability to create immutable backups further strengthens our business continuity strategy by ensuring an additional layer of protection against accidental or malicious data loss.

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Azhagupandi Parthiban

Vice President Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers near-real-time replication for data consistency and continuously introducing new features through upgrades

There are various advantages. First of all, easy to deploy. The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. In other ways, the implementation is very, very important. Like, we have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product. Once you configure it, it goes through the rollback, and then Data Guard introduces this snapshot thing. So once the restoration happens, we can go back to the original thing, and we make that a standard. It's a pretty decent and key function for Oracle. So, enterprise organizations go for Oracle only for features like these.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."

"We had a ransomware event in 2023, and we were able to recover every machine with minimal effort."

"The product is successful with the SMB market."

"The backup and restore functionality is very easy to use and manage."

"N2WS Backup & Recovery is very easy to use and configure backup for AWS instances."

"N2WS is a perfect backup solution for AWS EC2 instances and VPC backups, and it has made our backup process and monitoring simple and effective."

"Having multiple policies and schedules handled for me takes the burden out of managing backups across multiple departments."

"The initial setup is easy."

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"Oracle Data Guard is a free solution. When you apply for Enterprise Manager, it comes for free with the solution."

"The solution is really very stable. One good thing about it, compared to other products, is that you can just run it and forget about it. Unless you come across some interruptions in the network, it works like a charm."

"Another valuable feature is the possibility of backing up the database from the standby database instead of the primary database, to avoid backup process overhead in the primary system."

"Oracle Data Guard has a nice feature called the DataGuard snapshot to open the solution in the read-write mode and make some changes to the database."

"We have found the replication feature the most useful. We use this feature the most. The ability to recover a database with less effort and the use of Oracle Data Guard Broker to administer the complete environment are also very useful features."

"With Data Guard, Oracle guarantees zero data loss, providing peace of mind for organizations relying on their data for critical operations."

"Backup and application continuity are most valuable."

"Snapshot and Data Guard Manager are awesome features."

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Cons

"They could expand their offering to include Lambda function backups and other native AWS services, as these can be recreated through CloudFormation or Terraform."

"The GUI could be slightly improved."

"More documentation would be helpful, especially some step-by-step documents for recovery scenarios."

"It's a global feature that the customer thinks they don't have enough tools to manage, to copy, to delay, and to classify the object file in the backup directory. So they need more tools to manage files in object directory."

"Improved disaster recovery options and expanded multicloud support are two areas where N2WS has already made significant advancements in the latest version."

"The solution has the option to take backup on-prem servers, but it's not very efficient."

"The reporting engine could be easier to use, but it does a good enough job for what is needed."

"Improved disaster recovery options and expanded multicloud support are two areas where N2WS has already made significant advancements in the latest version."

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"The implementation is complex for anyone who's jumping into it without any experience. It's all command-line driven implementations. For some, that's a turn-off."

"The IP implementation and maintenance are a little bit hard to manage across Oracle solutions, including Oracle Data Guard."

"For Italian medium-sized companies, the main challenge lies in the cost associated with licenses."

"For every standby server you have, you must pay a licensing fee, which is the main disadvantage."

"We would like to be able to see the date time stamp when you execute DGMGRL commands."

"I think it would be great to have a graphical interface assistant (like DBCA, ASMCA, NETCA, etc.) for initial configuration, monitoring, configuring Oracle Data Guard Broker and all the Data Guard Broker commands, without needing Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control installed."

"Overall, there are some operational issues that need to be dealt with."

"One thing that can be improved is the GUI. It would be good to have a very nice GUI to easily configure and administer, providing different presentations to the database administrator. The feature that can be included is the integration with third-party monitoring systems, that is, monitoring systems from other vendors, not only from Oracle."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is not cheap, nor is it costly."

"AWS adds more features and offer things for free, or cheaply. Therefore, we will be evaluating AWS Data Lifecycle Manager, because it will probably do backups. Thus, make sure the product that you are using is competitive or adds more value than AWS."

"The purchasing process through the AWS Marketplace is easy. Just click the button."

"The pricing and licensing on AWS is fine, because you can do it for smaller tiers depending on your number of instances, so it's not that scary."

"It has very good pricing per instance and comes with three options, for both small and large environments, to fit your needs."

"It's very economical and worth the cost."

"It's a cost-effective solution."

"The pricing is on the higher side."

"The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle."

"The cost is expensive."

"This is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive than Oracle Grid."

"If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses."

"The licensing cost is significantly high."

"Oracle Data Guard is a feature available only in Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and is available for extra cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Healthcare Company

11%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

20%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	22

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about N2WS Backup & Recovery?

N2WS Backup & Recovery is very easy to use and configure backup for AWS instances.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for N2WS Backup & Recovery?

I believe N2WS offers a highly competitive pricing model, delivering excellent value. It is certainly a worthwhile investment, providing a strong return on investment (ROI).

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What needs improvement with N2WS Backup & Recovery?

Improved disaster recovery options and expanded multicloud support are two areas where N2WS has already made significant advancements in the latest version. I am eager to upgrade and take full adva...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs. I strongly recommend Data Guard. I've been using it for eight years and I would strongly recommend it. I'd rate Oracle Data Guard a se...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

We're Oracle partners. We've worked with databases 11G and 12C. If a company is planning to implement Oracle solutions, I would suggest they also implement Data Guard. I'd rate the solution nine ou...

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N2WS Backup & Recovery, N2WS Cloud Protection Manager, N2W Backup & Recovery for AWS Free Trial/BYOL

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Overview

N2W provides a cloud-native platform for AWS and Azure environments, delivering rapid and secure backup and recovery. With its simplicity and efficiency, N2W addresses modern IT needs for managing diverse workloads.

N2W empowers IT teams with a platform built for real-world AWS and Azure demands. It allows effortless scaling, managing workloads ranging from a single app to thousands. Offering policy-based backups, it ensures rapid recovery, achieving operations under 60 seconds. Its features include ransomware protection, smart data management, seamless low-cost archival, and comprehensive reporting. Trusted by over 1,000 diverse organizations, N2W simplifies protection and reduces complexity.

What features make N2W stand out?

Ridiculously easy to use: Intuitive interface enhances efficiency.
Seriously fast to recover: Recovers data swiftly, reducing downtime.
Highly secure: Built-in security gives users peace of mind.
Immutable backups: Protects against ransomware effectively.
Smart data lifecycle management: Ensures cost efficiency through smart strategies.

What benefits and ROI make N2W attractive?

Time efficiency: Quick recovery minimizes downtime.
Cost savings: Effective data management reduces expenses.
Scalability: Adapts to diverse workload sizes seamlessly.
Reliability: Provides a dependable backup repository.
Security: Networking safeguards enhance data protection.

N2W serves a range of industries by backing up EC2 instances, RDS, virtual machines, and applications like SQL. It supports disaster recovery through automated backup scheduling and integrates cloud repositories for added security. Often used with Veeam, N2W provides an offsite copy for redundancy.

N2WS

Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

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Sample Customers

Deloitte, NASA, Johnson & Johnson, Dyson, Deuthsche Bahn, Skechers, Allan Gray, Hewlett Packard, St. John's University, City of Oakland

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