NAKIVO Backup & Replication Reviews

Our primary use case is for the backup of several virtual machines. We have deployed it for several customers, as it's a fantastic and cheap backup solution.

Implementing automation is simple and fast. It has also dropped down backup storage capacity on our systems.

The most valuable features are the simple installation and backup recovery. We spend less time to get data recovered.

An improvement would be to include a general data backup solution that is not only for virtual machines.

Translate and develop the user interface in other languages like Spanish, Catalan, Basque, etc.

We are having no trouble with the stability of this solution at the moment.

I feel that the scalability of this solution is good enough.

We did not use a solution prior to this one.

The initial setup is simple and easy.

Our return on investment has taken less than one year.

It's really cheap, and our company saves a significant amount of money on IT backup solutions per year.

Before choosing this product we evaluated the VMware backup solution.

This is a great solution. They are doing it well.

We are a cosmetics laboratory, hosting a Dell server with ESXi 6.5, six virtual machines, and two Synology NAS.

NAKIVO has given us confidence by reducing the possibility of having a failure in our virtual machines.

The virtual machines in the laboratory are fundamental for the daily functioning of the laboratory, and a great number of people work on them every day. A failure in a virtual machine would have a very damaging impact on the laboratory, and a great economic cost.

Creating a backup task in NAKIVO is fast and easy.

Until you see it, you do not get the idea of how simple and fast NAKIVO is. This is why I always recommend installing the NAKIVO trial version.

After knowing NAKIVO, it is difficult to understand how other solutions are successful. It is fast, simple, powerful, and has a price without competition.

I think it is important to work not only in replicating the virtual machines in Amazon AWS but in other cloud systems. I want to have replicas in the cloud at a more competitive cost.

The solution is very stable and has a direct support system from NAKIVO.

Scaling this product is very simple, as its licensing system is both clear and economical.

It can be implemented to match whatever the size of the infrastructure is.

Accessing technical support is very easy. I usually do it by means of a ticket from NAKIVO. They not only answer me quickly, but they do not close the ticket until it has been solved.

I did not use a different solution prior to this.

The basic configuration for NAKIVO is extremely simple. In addition, you have access to support in a very simple way, either by opening a chat in real time or by sending a ticket that you will have a response to in less than twenty-four hours.

It's a simple solution.

The first time I implemented NAKIVO, I did it without experience and without help from anyone. The implementation was a success.

I have not calculated the ROI because the solution is really economical.

What I advise everyone is to install the trial version of NAKIVO and see the potential it has, as well as how simple it is.

The price is not a problem in NAKIVO, as it is the most competitive in the market.

I was looking for information about other systems for copying virtual machines, such as Veeam Backup. I chose NAKIVO and did not fail in my decision.

My only advice is to try it.

We have a VMware environment that needed backup and replication. We run NAKIVO on a Synology NAS and replicate to another VMware Server.

This solution was surprisingly easy to configure. It has a much higher bang for the buck than other products we evaluated. The replication is very fast.

The most valuable feature for us is policy based replication, which lets you add a VMware Virtual Server and NAKIVO will automatically back it up provided that it fits the policy.

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.

We used Xackup with XenServer prior to this.

I found that this solution was surprisingly easy to configure.

I suggest downloading a trial copy from the website and take it for a spin. It has straightforward licensing.

We also evaluated Veeam Backup & Replication.

We use this product for host servers that need to back up offsite to Amazon AWS. We use it with Hyper-V servers.

Nakivo has helped us to send our backups offsite to Amazon AWS securely. Our customers really like that we can back up to Amazon.

To be able to send offsite backups to Amazon AWS. Amazon is very secure, and our customers are very satisfied with this product.

I like how it is, and I don't think it needs improvements. In your next release, you might want to include the different types of AWS backups that are included with Nakivo.

Very stable, we haven't needed to use the support team for this product.

Great performance and quick backups.

Customer service is very knowledgeable about their product.

We used to use Veeam for the Hyper-V servers, but Veeam is much more expensive than Nakivo.

Yes, very simple setup.

In-house.

Lots of our customers have used Nakivo after we introduced it to them.

Pricing is very affordable compared to other options like Veeam.

Yes, only Veeam.

No.

My company wants to evaluate Nakivo to offer a primary backup solution to our customers because it looks easy to implement and to use.

Nakivo is a cheap backup solution and at the level of technology in comparison with Veeam plays well. Now my company has activated just the trial.

• Deployable in one minute
• Instantly recovers entire VMs, individual files, or application objects (Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, and Active Directory)
• Save storage space with swap data exclusion, global data deduplication, and built-in compression.

I think the product should be improved on the integrations — for example, integration with HPE StoreOnce.

I think that it's stable.

I have no impressions of the scalability.

N/A.

Now my company offers another solution: Veeam. Nakivo is cheaper, but it's a good solution for PMI.

The initial setup was easy, not complex.

N/A.

N/A.

I advise making the product setup easier, for pricing because it is very cheap and for licensing.

No, I didn't.

Nakivo does the job it advertises that it does. Its ability to work with various data store repositories is nice. 

We are able to take backups on a regular interval and restore data/VMs as we choose making the process work as advertised. 

The ability to restore in a catastrophic event is priceless, since every company must use a backup solution of some sort.

• UI could use some upgrades. The UI is basic, but functional.
• The upgrade process is a bit dated and could use some changes. 

The support is good. 

There are plenty of options these days, but Nakivo is a strong contender.

We are testing and using Nakivo as a backup and replication solution for our VMware environment. 

We have been able to set up a failover site that has replicas of our critical VMs. These are then updated every hour with only changed data. The speed of the backup is excellent and allows for replicas to be updated without affecting production workloads. 

The ability to create a replica of all virtual machines is a great feature. The replicate feature is the most valuable, however second to it is not having to install clients on all VMs. 

It would be great if the product could be expanded to support other virtual technologies, like KVM or oVirt. Also, if it could support physical machine backup that would be helpful. 

We are in the process of switching for two main reasons:

1. Reducing costs.
2. Improving backups by not having to install clients on each VM.

The setup is very easy, and the flow follows a very logical process to configure.

Just try it. You can have it setup and running within a few minutes. 

We also looked into Acronis, however it seemed to have about the same functions at around three times the cost per host. 

• Good VM level backups
• File level and VM level restores
• Efficient deduplication data repositories

• Four times the reduction in the cost of our vSphere backups, which provides the base features required for our environment.
• Job copy features allows backup repositories to be replicated to a secondary data center.
• VM level replication jobs can be used to create DR strategies by replicating VMs to another datacenter.

• Lacks application brick-level restore capability, although 7.2 introduces it for the SQL Server.
• Lacks direct integration with common backup storage arrays, like Data Domain or HPE StoreOnce.

One year personally. More than two years for the company.

Some VM backup jobs hang periodically and cannot be stopped, except by restarting the Nakivo Director node.

The product scales well. Additional transporter virtual appliances or servers can be deployed to handle larger numbers of virtual machines. Additional repositories can be added to accommodate backup data with options of locally attached storage and remote storage.

Very good. It is as simple as sending an email with direct and easy questions/responses, which is received quickly. Usually, the first response is the resolution.

Extremely straightforward to set up:

1. Deploy a virtual appliance.
2. Simple configuration process.

While the feature set lags behind other vSphere backup products, Nakivo is a very inexpensive backup alternative which provides the basic features needed by many customers.

If hardware or software specific integrations are important for your business, this is probably not the best fit. The software is likely the best fit for small to medium business which does not need all the advanced features of competitors' software.