We compared Acronis Cyber Protect and Nakivo based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Acronis Cyber Protect is lauded for its versatility, comprehensive malware protection, and effortless data retrieval. Nakivo is praised for its offsite backup to Synology NAS and seamless cloud integration. Cyber Protect could improve its ability to back up SQL databases, reduce resource usage, resolve conflicts, and improve management features. Nakivo could benefit from improvements in its remote upgrade capabilities, SNMP features, and application backup.
Service and Support: Some users had positive things to say about Acronis customer service, while others were dissatisfied with delayed responses and limited real-time support options. Nakivo's support is praised for being quick, considerate, and attentive.
Ease of Deployment: Some users thought Cyber Protect was simple to deploy, but others considered it challenging. Nakivo's setup was described as straightforward. A few users said the deployment was somewhat complex but not excessively difficult.
Pricing: Reviewers say Acronis Cyber Protect is affordable, but some noted that the pricing could be more transparent. Nakivo offers lower licensing costs and a flexible pricing structure. Nakivo provides cost-efficient backups at a competitive price and even offers a free license for one year for up to five VMs.
ROI: Users say that Acronis Cyber Protect is a worthwhile investment, saving money while safeguarding critical data. Nakivo ensures a favorable return on investment with a reasonable total cost of ownership and reduced testing expenditures.
Comparison Results: Acronis Cyber Protect is a versatile solution that saves customers money and enables easy data recovery. While reviews of Cyber Protect were generally positive, there were mixed reviews about support, pricing, and setup. Users also said it could improve its SQL support and management capabilities. Nakivo is a powerful, cost-effective solution that seamlessly integrates with the cloud, but it could use some enhancements in its SNMP features and remote upgrading functionality.
"I've reimaged servers and been back up and running in exactly no time with the completely new hardware."
"The pricing is fine."
"Acronis Backup is valuable if your data is affected by ransomware, you are able to get it back."
"For me, the cost is a significant advantage."
"I have everything I need in the backup or in the partition. "
"All the necessary features required to set up a proper backup are already present in Acronis Backup."
"The performance has been fine so far."
"The backup timing and restoring process is great compared to other options."
"The main advantage from our perspective is the ability to plug this solution into an existing infrastructure on a cheap device and point the backup at the server targets and configure the backup options in a simple menu; linking to a cheap cloud resource for a simple solution for off-site storage."
"The price is much lower than competitors that do the same function."
"The back-up and restore functions work great and it's easy to use."
"The interface is basic and very easy to use which is what we are looking for."
"The VM Backup Verification is one of the features I appreciate the most."
"This product has a very clean and intuitive GUI."
"It uses all the bandwidth available if not limited and backs up entire servers with all data about four times faster than Windows Server Backup and EaseUS TODO Backup."
"The backup for physical machines and replication for the virtual environment are the most valuable aspects."
"I would like to have more hardware space. It would make it better. I would like to have two more terabytes."
"It could back up more things. I don't think it can back up Box and some of the other third-party ones. Not that we use them that much, but the more they can do, the better it would be. There could also be better integrations with RMM tools."
"If we could have a mass deployment option using Acronis, that would be helpful."
"Acronis Backup can improve on the virtualization backups because they are not as good as Veeam Backup."
"Acronis Backup isn't scalable at all."
"The licensing approach becomes intricate when dealing with SharePoint."
"It could have a better ability to manage backups over a longer period."
"The backing up of virtual machines in VMware and Nutanix needs better integration and the performance of the solution needs improvement."
"In the future, I would like to see support for backing up data to more cloud platforms, besides Amazon."
"While Nakivo delivers comprehensive solutions, there's room for enhancement, particularly regarding Proxmox support."
"Updating VM Tools on a replicated VM could be better."
"Their product is good and it meets our requirements, however, new features are also most welcome and we never hesitated to try new features."
"We are satisfied with Nakivo, but if anything could be improved, I think it would be more real-time as opposed to email support availability."
"It'll help if they offered some automation and more usability for partners."
"Implementing more comprehensive data deduplication and compression techniques could optimize storage utilization and reduce backup times, improving overall efficiency."
"So far, there is no version that supports Polish. If such a version existed, many customers in our region would decide to purchase and implement this solution."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 10th in Backup and Recovery with 117 reviews while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery with 84 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud and Azure Backup, whereas NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Commvault Cloud. See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. NAKIVO Backup & Replication report.
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