We performed a comparison between Nakivo and Veeam Backup Replication based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Nakivo finishes ahead of Veeam. Users felt that Nakivo helped reduce costs, has excellent automation and is very scalable. Nakivo helped users save time due to its simplistic, reliable processes. However, Veeam users did feel that Veeam’s cloud version needs more maturity to be competitive in today's market.
"NAKIVO is easy to use and pretty easy to set up."
"We are able to take backups on a regular interval and restore data/VMs as we choose making the process work as advertised."
"It was also very easy to configure backups to be sent offsite to a separate repository for disaster recovery needs."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is a cheaper price and user-friendly."
"Creating a backup task in NAKIVO is fast and easy."
"Nakivo's backup and replication product has allowed us to implement a disaster recovery solution with a target repository in the cloud."
"Nakivo gives users confidence in knowing that if something happens with their application server, exchange server, or other applications, they can recover it easily and quickly."
"This enables us to do quick granular file recovery as and when required but also to do whole-site relocation in the case of a total loss scenario."
"Instant recovery, ease of use, and integrations are some of the valuable features."
"It integrates easily with third-party solutions compared to other vendors."
"The initial setup was not overly complex."
"I think that the scalability is very good. We can't compare it."
"Replication and restore object in Exchange boxes with possibility to select part of Microsoft directory."
"We have evaluated other solutions but Veeam is the best for virtualization."
"Its performance is fine. It supports us very well. It is able to support our policy for RTO, RPO, and other things that we need."
"The main feature for Veeam is that it's built primarily for virtualization, such as VMware or Hyper-V."
"While Nakivo delivers comprehensive solutions, there's room for enhancement, particularly regarding Proxmox support."
"We want the backup job to consume fewer resources, as the utilization is very high if we choose the best compression."
"Sometimes, for some VMs and some Windows Server versions, specifically old versions (aka server 12 or older) fail due to the VSS writer error or locking file system."
"I would like to have the option of creating a subfolder per job in the backup repository because we had an issue where some files were corrupted and we lost the backup of the majority of the VMs."
"While the solution provides mostly what we need, it would be ideal if there were some additional feature capabilities for the API."
"It would be a good thing to have some use case and architecture examples online to understand integration in complex infrastructure."
"We would like to back up File Shares to Amazon S3/Wasabi."
"At the moment I am pleased with what Nakivo does but I would like more reporting functions and if possible, integration with my RMM system."
"There is some complexity we have experienced when using the solution that should be simplified."
"The cost needs to be considered."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
"The backup and integration could be improved."
"In the future, I would like to see better support for direct backup to tape."
"During the initial setup especially, there's a bit of a learning curve."
"I have issues with the licensing."
"I think that Veeam could improve some performance issues when the backup itself is restored. I'm also using HPE StoreOnce, which has deduplication, and when I'm trying to test or run backups, it takes a lot of time. I think they could improve the testing for backup copies."
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery with 85 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik, Zerto and Commvault Cloud, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup and Veritas Backup Exec. See our NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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The functionalities are almost the same. Nakivo is available at a lower price.
If you don't need advanced storage integration there is no difference.
Nakivo offer almost the same functionality of Veeam at a lower price.
They have the same functionality except that Nakivo allows the backups to be immutable, thus, providing protection against malware (backups cannot be moved, deleted or changed) It has 1/3 of the price but sometimes there is a direct deal.
For me, Nakivo has all Veeam features and also supports Oracle RMAN backup.
Nakivo has a very flexible deployment compared with Veeam (it supports the deployment using Windows and SQL only). It can be installed on NAS, VA, and many more. Most of the things have a reasonable price.