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NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs Veritas NetBackup comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.8
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication is praised for cost-effectiveness, fast deployment, and delivering significant time and cost savings.</p>
Sentiment score
1.0
Veritas NetBackup provides value by ensuring rapid recovery, reducing costs, and effectively protecting data despite some cost concerns.
It is suitable for our nature of business because data is very critical, and we cannot compromise on backup.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.4
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication receives high praise for its fast, knowledgeable, and professional customer service, ensuring user satisfaction.</p>
Sentiment score
6.6
Veritas NetBackup's support is effective but inconsistent, with responsiveness issues and escalation needed; documentation is well-regarded.
They are equipped with newer technology, requiring less attention.
The support from Veritas NetBackup is very good.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication offers scalable licensing, effortless storage expansion, and cross-platform compatibility for adaptable, efficient workload management.</p>
Sentiment score
5.1
Veritas NetBackup is scalable but can be costly, with mixed reviews on handling large datasets and complex migrations.
The size of the catalog was an issue, but it was more about outgrowing our own architecture than a problem with Veritas NetBackup itself.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication is highly stable, frequently updated, and operates reliably across diverse environments without major issues.</p>
Sentiment score
8.4
Veritas NetBackup is highly stable and reliable on Linux, with minor issues, consistently rated between eight to ten.
They are built with newer technology and processes, needing less support.
Veritas NetBackup performs well in terms of stability.
In the last 10 years, I have never faced a single incident regarding stability with Veritas NetBackup.
 

Room For Improvement

NAKIVO needs better cloud integration, UI, application restores, virtual environment support, email alerts, updates, licensing, language, and encryption.
Veritas NetBackup needs UI improvements, better support, competitive pricing, enhanced cloud integration, scalability, and AI features.
They had given a feature of real-time replication which they stopped in NAKIVO.
Veritas NetBackup needs improvement in terms of integration with the cloud.
We would really appreciate if Veritas offers products by which we can secure our backups against these ransomware attacks.
 

Setup Cost

<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication is competitively priced and easy to manage, offering excellent value and features for enterprises.</p>
Veritas NetBackup is seen as costly, especially for SMEs, with complex licensing, though discounts may ease concerns.
The product is affordable even for smaller organizations.
 

Valuable Features

<p>NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication excels in efficiency, user-friendliness, integration, and security, enhancing data protection while minimizing resource usage.</p>
Veritas NetBackup provides reliable cloud integration, flexibility, scalability, and enhanced protection, making it ideal for efficient data management.
The VM, restore, and file recovery capabilities are considered gold standards.
Although we do not utilize its deduplication technology or cloud integration, we can trigger storage actions with NetBackup.
 

Categories and Ranking

NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
6th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (6th)
Veritas NetBackup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
117
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of NAKIVO Backup & Replication is 1.4%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup is 2.8%, down from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Veritas NetBackup2.8%
NAKIVO Backup & Replication1.4%
Other95.8%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Mattia Sangiorgio - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhances data protection strategies and ensures the reliability of backups with helpful support
The features we have found most valuable in NAKIVO Backup & Replication include its cost-effectiveness, seamless integrations, comprehensive functionalities, and ease of installation and management. The pricing model is very competitive, providing excellent value for the robust features offered. Its seamless integration with our VMware infrastructure ensures smooth operation without any compatibility issues. The wide range of functionalities, including incremental and full backups, storage optimization, and disaster recovery options, meets all our backup needs comprehensively. Moreover, the simplicity of installation and the intuitive user interface have made it easy for our team to quickly set up and manage the backups without requiring extensive training.
Rizwan Islam - PeerSpot reviewer
We optimize critical data management with versatile enterprise solutions while maintaining excellent user interface experience
The features of Veritas NetBackup that are most useful for us involve different backup scenarios such as huge contents, including our file server repositories. We have to write that backup on the tape media, which is why we observe that Veritas NetBackup is a very strong product in these areas. Regarding granular recovery, we sometimes use certain files, specifically accidentally deleted or required files from the backups, in maintaining data continuity. The feature is effective and works every time. The interface in Veritas NetBackup is very friendly and useful, and it has been standard during the last 10 years. We are very used to this interface and do not feel any complications. Veritas NetBackup is basically a single product which fulfills all the technical requirements specifically required for the backup job or the backup domain. It supports multi platforms, multi applications, and multiple hardware at the same time, so we generally feel it is a full feature solution. Most importantly, they have very tight integration at a very granular level, and recently we inducted another product Veritas File System in our environment because we have an issue with huge content data, so we have optimized the problem of that data by using the Veritas File System VxFS. Veritas NetBackup is a scalable solution for us. It is a very comprehensive solution that can manage numerous backups, and we already have a somewhat complicated environment in which backups are first written on the backup appliance and then moved to tape, and everything is managed through Veritas NetBackup very easily.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business78
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business32
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise65
 

Questions from the Community

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 &amp; Replication is very easy to use.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nakivo?
The product is affordable even for smaller organizations.
What is the best next generation backup tool?
Assuming you have an onprem ecosystem which runs the VMware, physical systems on Win, Linux and Unix and run both traditional DB's and nosql DB's like mongo, then Netbackup (NBU) will be the right ...
What do you like most about Veritas NetBackup?
The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achieved by integrating cloud tier options or other object storage solutions.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup?
Veritas NetBackup is quite expensive, and sometimes vendors do not suggest it and always recommend different other options, especially after certain points, which is a concern. As far as our core o...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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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