LiveVault vs. Cove Data Protection

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LiveVault
Score 10.0 out of 10
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LiveVault is a data backup and recovery option acquired by J2 Global from Iron Mountain.N/A
Cove Data Protection
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Cove Data Protection (formerly N-Able Backup) is designed to cover servers, datacenters, applications, and workstations, and is provided to ensure business continuity and at-a-glance assessment and fast issue resolution via customizable dashboard.N/A
Pricing
LiveVaultCove Data Protection
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LiveVaultCove Data Protection
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
LiveVaultCove Data Protection
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
LiveVault
8.5
1 Ratings
5% above category average
Cove Data Protection
8.3
16 Ratings
2% above category average
Universal recovery6.01 Ratings8.413 Ratings
Instant recovery9.01 Ratings9.213 Ratings
Recovery verification6.01 Ratings8.314 Ratings
Business application protection9.01 Ratings8.413 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations9.01 Ratings6.715 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.01 Ratings8.015 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.01 Ratings9.915 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.01 Ratings9.215 Ratings
Snapshots9.01 Ratings7.211 Ratings
Flexible deployment8.01 Ratings8.514 Ratings
Platform support9.01 Ratings8.115 Ratings
Retention options9.01 Ratings9.116 Ratings
Encryption9.01 Ratings7.915 Ratings
Management dashboard00 Ratings7.816 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
LiveVaultCove Data Protection
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.3
(16 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
LiveVaultCove Data Protection
Likelihood to Recommend
Ziff Davis Inc
Our company was originally with VaultLogix which was taken over by LiveVault. The transition to the new product was not as smooth as expected and presented us with issues especially with a restore. Restore and what files needed to be included in the backup policy were not communicated to us correctly and it was not until a customer's server failed that we found out we couldn't do a restore because we were missing files that were needed for a complete restore.
I don't believe it works very well for backups of virtual servers. Installation of the product is user-friendly.
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N-able
Solarwinds Backup is ideal for individuals looking to keep a consistent backup of devices in their environment. We used it primarily for networking equipment. It is easy to set up, as it is one of the steps available when adding a new device to solarwinds. It is probably not an ideal product to use for long-term (1 month+) backups.
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Pros
Ziff Davis Inc
  • Easy to install the client piece.
  • Easy to setup the backup policies.
  • Data encryption and security.
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N-able
  • Backup Reporting: Email alerts, and a great, easy to read Dashboard with detailed error logs and an easy to search Solarwinds FAQ for a lot of them.
  • Restores: So far I have restored files, full VMs, and VMs to other hardware, and so far it has not only been flawless, but so flexible that I can't imagine going back to any other software.
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Cons
Ziff Davis Inc
  • It does not play very well with virtual servers.
  • Support is not always responsive.
  • Issues with failed backups have cost our company time and money.
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N-able
  • Restore complete settings: IP settings, the setting of CPU/Memory for VMs, etc. would decrease management during a restore.
  • Individual file backup: more granular settings for backup.
  • Change of device name after setup: at times, computer names change after restore so it would be great to rename the device name.
  • Option to recovery security key.
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Usability
Ziff Davis Inc
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N-able
Because is a flexible, easy-to-use, complete solution.
it has a complete support site, you can find everything you need.
it can script everything on your network,
it can remote control the pc's and server of your customers.
it can restore from everywhere files and databases.
it can backup quickly and compress finely every kind of data
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Support Rating
Ziff Davis Inc
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N-able
We have an Italian support partner, they are been very good b7y the first moment.
All the partners are followed with a lot of attention, even the little ones.
there is a site where you can learn everything, the single parts of the product are described perfectly.
Every it specialist should evaluate it.
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Alternatives Considered
Ziff Davis Inc
LiveVault is the only product we have used. The reason is that we chose it initially was the fact you can restore individual files. Also that the data is transferred offsite to a secure data center and data is backed up again, providing a second offsite copy.
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N-able
Cove is able to cover all aspects of backup in a single package. From the same dashboard I can check servers, workstations, and even Office 365. Cove is a much better solution in terms of overall management for a company such as ours. It also provides integration options with N-Able's RMM and Take Control solutions. This allows us to offer our customers with a full service suite in a single package.
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Return on Investment
Ziff Davis Inc
  • LiveVault has initially cost us more labor time than we anticipated for our IT staff.
  • Installing cloud backup has given us a piece of mind that our data and our customer's data is safe.
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N-able
  • There has been NO negative impact to out ROI, but it definitely helps our bottom line. Affordable pricing and solid support make Solarwinds Backup almost a no brainer. That interprets to a growing ROI.
  • The best thing to happen to our ROI is the growth brought in by very happy clients.
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