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ConnectWise Cloud Backup vs. Kaminario K2 (discontinued)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ConnectWise Cloud Backup

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/ASkyKick is a cloud migration solution, from ConnectWise since the late 2024 acquistion. It features cloud backup and cloud management features for control of customer access to cloud resources.

    $200

    per month for MSPs

    Kaminario K2 (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AKaminario K2 was an on-premise flash array storage. Silk updated its brand and focus to reflect the move of customers to the cloud. The former Kaminario K2 product is no longer available.N/A
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    ConnectWise Cloud BackupKaminario K2 (discontinued)
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    Pricing Offerings
    ConnectWise Cloud BackupKaminario K2 (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    ConnectWise Cloud BackupKaminario K2 (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    ConnectWise Cloud BackupKaminario K2 (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ConnectWise
    SkyKick does a great job on migrations to Office 365. Their technicians are very helpful in planning the whole process, and the tool itself is quite reliable and resilient. Their cloud backup works OK but it does not provide the most friendly or fastest recovery. It also sits on the expensive side as they charge separately for Exchange and Onedrive/Sharepoint backups.
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    Silk
    K2 works well in our mixed-use virtual environment. I would not hesitate to place any workload on K2, it has always performed well. We use fiber-channel connectivity as it replaced our large legacy storage array, replacing one rack of spinning disks with 4U of flash.
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    Pros
    ConnectWise
    • Customer Interface for Backups
    • Migration support team
    • Comprehensive backup suite
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    Silk
    • Great performance
    • Great support
    • Super-simple to use
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    Cons
    ConnectWise
    • Response time and [ease] to get hold of
    • Integration with 3rd party apps for billing
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    Silk
    • Not well known, so third-party support is lacking
    • Data reduction is good, but not as good as expected (actual 2.7:1)
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    Support Rating
    ConnectWise
    Responsive, technically capable, and friendly. Ive always had a good experience working with SkyKick su[[ort.
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    Silk
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    Alternatives Considered
    ConnectWise
    For migration purposes, we have chosen SkyKick over and over again. Their tool just works and does a great job with multiple different sources. Their support team is awesome albeit could be somewhat faster sometimes. Regarding cloud backup, it seems like that space is quite commoditized as every vendor offers the same. SkyKick does have some good promotions on migration costs when signing up for cloud backups as well which makes them more competitive than other vendors.
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    Silk
    We performed a bake-off with K2 and one other vendor and they performed identically. K2 pricing was aggressive, performance was great, and it offered the features that we needed at a price that we could afford
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    Return on Investment
    ConnectWise
    • Profitable migration business
    • Profitable backup solution
    • Delivers peace of mind to clients and improves our brand as trusted cloud vendor
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    Silk
    • Installing K2 reduced runtime of one of our batch processes, freeing up one employee for other tasks.
    • Less time managing storage.
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