Kaminario K2 (discontinued) vs. SkyKick

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kaminario K2 (discontinued)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Kaminario 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
SkyKick
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
SkyKick headquartered in Seattle offers a total cloud migration solution, featuring cloud backup and cloud management features for control of customer access to cloud resources.
$249
per month
Pricing
Kaminario K2 (discontinued)SkyKick
Editions & Modules
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Basic
$249
per month
Standard
$549
per month
Professional
$1,149
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Kaminario K2 (discontinued)SkyKick
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Kaminario K2 (discontinued)SkyKick
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User Ratings
Kaminario K2 (discontinued)SkyKick
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Kaminario K2 (discontinued)SkyKick
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
EE
Eric Ellerman
Infrastructure Architect
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SkyKick
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.
PM
Pablo Magliola
IT Operations Manager
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Pros
Silk
  • Great performance
  • Great support
  • Super-simple to use
EE
Eric Ellerman
Infrastructure Architect
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SkyKick
  • Customer Interface for Backups
  • Migration support team
  • Comprehensive backup suite
Gregory McKiernan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Gregory McKiernan
President & CEO
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Cons
Silk
  • Not well known, so third-party support is lacking
  • Data reduction is good, but not as good as expected (actual 2.7:1)
EE
Eric Ellerman
Infrastructure Architect
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SkyKick
  • Response time and [ease] to get hold of
  • Integration with 3rd party apps for billing
PM
Pablo Magliola
IT Operations Manager
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Support Rating
Silk
No answers on this topic
SkyKick
Responsive, technically capable, and friendly. Ive always had a good experience working with SkyKick su[[ort.
Gregory McKiernan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Gregory McKiernan
President & CEO
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Alternatives Considered
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
EE
Eric Ellerman
Infrastructure Architect
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SkyKick
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.
PM
Pablo Magliola
IT Operations Manager
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Return on Investment
Silk
  • Installing K2 reduced runtime of one of our batch processes, freeing up one employee for other tasks.
  • Less time managing storage.
EE
Eric Ellerman
Infrastructure Architect
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SkyKick
  • Profitable migration business
  • Profitable backup solution
  • Delivers peace of mind to clients and improves our brand as trusted cloud vendor
Gregory McKiernan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Gregory McKiernan
President & CEO
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