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N2W vs Unified Vulnerability Management comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 9, 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

N2W
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (6th), Cloud Backup (5th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (4th)
Unified Vulnerability Manag...
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

N2W and Unified Vulnerability Management aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. N2W is designed for Cloud Backup and holds a mindshare of 1.6%, up 0.5% compared to last year.
Unified Vulnerability Management, on the other hand, focuses on Risk-Based Vulnerability Management, holds 2.6% mindshare, down 2.9% since last year.
Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
N2W1.6%
Veeam Data Platform6.9%
Commvault Cloud4.8%
Other86.7%
Cloud Backup
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Unified Vulnerability Management2.6%
Qualys VMDR9.8%
Rapid7 InsightVM8.1%
Other79.5%
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2802048 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Delivery Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Automated backups have transformed our multi-account recovery and now streamline compliance reporting
While N2WS has served us well, there are areas for improvement. The user interface feels somewhat dated and could benefit from modernization. Navigation between sections could be more intuitive, and the dashboard design could be more streamlined compared to contemporary AWS tools. The initial setup process has a steeper learning curve than we’d prefer, especially for complex multi-account configurations. More guided setup wizards would help new team members get up to speed faster. Reporting capabilities could be more granular, particularly around cost optimization metrics and backup performance analytics. Currently, we need to gather information from multiple screens to get comprehensive insights. For future releases, we’d value enhanced integration with AWS native services like Config and CloudTrail for better compliance reporting. More advanced scheduling options that adjust based on application load would also be beneficial. Better support for newer AWS services as they’re released would help us maintain comprehensive coverage as our infrastructure evolves. Additionally, native integration with popular ITSM tools beyond email notifications would improve our workflow automation.
ADEOYE-AFOLABI - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Network And Security at Nigeria LNG Limited
Unified visibility has strengthened zero trust decisions but reporting and skills still need work
Regarding the ability of Unified Vulnerability Management to generate customizable compliance reports, it is adequate, but sometimes you still need to be able to filter whatever the report generates to ensure accuracy and have a baseline on what the report provides. You should be able to filter and also take action on critical and non-critical reports. You get a lot of reports, but filtering them is essential. The negative side of Unified Vulnerability Management is that you need a skill set that is not readily available. You require a lot of training and personnel that understand the technology, so getting the skill set is a major issue for managing the technology.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Having multiple policies and schedules handled for me takes the burden out of managing backups across multiple departments."
"Overall, N2WS has transformed our backup operations from a manual, error-prone process into a reliable, automated system that scales with our growing AWS infrastructure."
"N2WS has significantly improved our organization’s data protection and disaster recovery capabilities"
"The recovery time is fantastic and proven. Also, by providing a simple interface, the solution lowers the cost."
"N2W has significantly improved our operational efficiency and our confidence in our business continuity plan."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The backup and restore functionality is very easy to use and manage."
"After acquiring two additional products in 2018, which we migrated from data centers to the cloud, N2W allowed us to streamline our backup process for three products within one tool."
"The best feature of Unified Vulnerability Management is that it never shows actual details publicly and provides different virtual information to those coming from outside the company."
"Based on my experience, the visibility and zero trust that Unified Vulnerability Management provides brings the biggest benefit."
"Unified Vulnerability Management gives a good overview and detailed visibility of all traffic, which allows me to easily find bottlenecks or issues."
 

Cons

"Pricing can increase as backup volumes grow, so it is important to balance the level of protection with cost-optimization strategies such as tiering snapshots to S3 or Glacier."
"An additional feature within resource control would be to automatically downgrade volumes to a cheaper storage tier through a policy or when instances are stopped via the resource manager."
"Deployment is one area that could use improvement."
"The process for version upgrades, which sometimes requires deploying a new instance, could be streamlined to allow for a more seamless in-place update."
"S3 backups, which I know is already in the feature pipeline, would be a useful improvement."
"The solution has the option to take backup on-prem servers, but it's not very efficient."
"There is room for improvement in stability."
"More documentation would be helpful, especially some step-by-step documents for recovery scenarios."
"Improvements are necessary because Unified Vulnerability Management has been in the market for only seven or eight years, and a lot of improvement must be required for performance."
"The negative side of Unified Vulnerability Management is that you need a skill set that is not readily available."
"More AI features would be welcome, and the price should be lower because it is becoming more expensive, and customers are already looking for alternatives because of the pricing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It has very good pricing per instance and comes with three options, for both small and large environments, to fit your needs."
"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."
"The price is not cheap, nor is it costly."
"The purchasing process through the AWS Marketplace is easy. Just click the button."
"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."
"It's very economical and worth the cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Healthcare Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Construction Company
21%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise12
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for N2WS Backup & Recovery?
The N2W pricing model is based on how many resources you protect. The bulk of your costs will come through as infrastructure costs, however, such as snapshots, AMIs, storage, etc.
What needs improvement with N2WS Backup & Recovery?
An additional feature within resource control would be to automatically downgrade volumes to a cheaper storage tier through a policy or when instances are stopped via the resource manager.
What is your primary use case for N2WS Backup & Recovery?
We have been using N2W Backup & Recovery for six years to manage snapshots, AMIs, and for scheduled resource control.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Unified Vulnerability Management?
I purchased Unified Vulnerability Management directly from Zscaler, not from AWS Marketplace.
What needs improvement with Unified Vulnerability Management?
Improvements are necessary because Unified Vulnerability Management has been in the market for only seven or eight years, and a lot of improvement must be required for performance. Automatic scalin...
What is your primary use case for Unified Vulnerability Management?
We integrated Unified Vulnerability Management with the FortiGate firewall, and as of now, there are no challenges found. It is very easy to implement Unified Vulnerability Management with the Fort...
 

Also Known As

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