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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    NAKIVO Backup & Replication

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ANAKIVO Backup & Replication now also supports Proxmox VE, alongside VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, and AWS EC2. It offers replication, failover, cloud backup, backup copy, size reduction, screenshot verification, and site recovery.

    $2.50

    per month per workload

    Pulseway

    Score7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Pulseway is an IT monitoring and management solution that enables users to monitor, manage and control all systems and servers from a smartphone, tablet or browser. For system administrators, Pulseway sends a notification, so they can see an issue and sort it in seconds. Pulseway features: Automation: Auto-remediation workflows, so that IT issues are fixed before users even notice them. Mobile Access: Customers can monitor, manage, connect with…

    $0.80

    per month per installation

    Pricing
    NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationPulseway
    Editions & Modules
    Enterprise Essentials/Enterprise (Perpetual)
    Starting at $329 per CPU socket
    Indefinite use. Includes technical support during business hours. CPU sockets
    Enterprise Essentials/Enterprise
    Starting $76 per server and $25 per workstation
    Indefinite use. Includes technical support during business hours. Server Workstation
    Enterprise Plus
    Contact vendor
    Enterprise Essentials/Enterprise (Subscription)
    Starting at $3.5 per workload/month
    Billed yearly for up to 5 years. Includes 24/7 Support. Workload/Month
    Pro Essentials/Pro (Perpetual)
    Starting at $239 per CPU socket
    Indefinite use. Includes technical support during business hours. CPU Socket
    Pro Essentials/Pro (Subscription)
    Starting at $2.5 per workload/month
    Billed yearly for up to 5 years. Includes 24/7 Support. Workload/Month
    Pro Essentials/Pro
    Starting at $58 per server and $19 per workstation
    Indefinite use. Includes technical support during business hours. Server Workstation
    NAKIVO Backup for Microsoft 365
    Starting at $0.80 per user/month
    Billed yearly for up to 5 years. Includes 24/7 Support. Microsoft 365 User/Month
    Enterprise
    $0.80
    per month per installation
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationPulseway
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA workload is a VMware vSphere VM, Microsoft Hyper-V VM, Nutanix AHV VM, a physical machine (01 server and 03 workstations), an Oracle database, or an Amazon EC2 instance.No hidden fees or contracts. Term-based discounts.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    60%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
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    80%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    118 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    126 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationPulseway
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of NAKIVO Backup & Replication and Pulseway
    Feature
    NAKIVO Backup & Replication
    8.4
    153 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pulseway
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    Ratings
    Universal recovery7.5128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery7.5131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification7.4137 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection7.3116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations8.2139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification7.8143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud10.0110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression8.9138 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots7.7129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.2104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard9.2116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support9.6113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options9.8111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption8.2102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of NAKIVO Backup & Replication and Pulseway
    Feature
    NAKIVO Backup & Replication
    8.5
    45 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Pulseway
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection8.738 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication9.044 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics7.844 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection8.331 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities8.439 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery8.738 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationPulseway
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (159 ratings)
    6.4
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (56 ratings)
    7.8
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (48 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.2
    (32 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationPulseway
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Nakivo Inc.
    NAKIVO Backup & Replication is well suited for a variety of scenarios. Firstly, it is ideal for businesses with virtualized environments, such as VMware or Hyper-V, as it offers seamless backup and recovery solutions tailored to these platforms. Secondly, organizations with a mix of virtual, physical, and cloud environments can benefit from NAKIVO's ability to provide unified data protection across these platforms. Additionally, businesses requiring fast and reliable disaster recovery capabilities will find NAKIVO Backup & Replication valuable, thanks to its site recovery and orchestration features.However, there are scenarios where NAKIVO may be less appropriate. For organizations with exclusively physical infrastructure and no virtualized environments, the full range of NAKIVO's features may not be utilized to its fullest potential. Similarly, companies with limited data storage requirements may not fully benefit from NAKIVO's deduplication and compression capabilities.
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    Kaseya
    If you have to manage a large number of computers, especially spread over multiple clients or a large physical area. This is one of the main products that allows us to act as a Managed Service Provider (MSP) and actually manage our clients devices and not just react to issues as clients call them in. Clients really love the proactive approach it allows us to take. Sadly as we became more familiar with options out there we found this area lacking and what was actually holding us back.
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    Pros
    Nakivo Inc.
    • Can be installed natively on nas appliances leveraging the use of underutilized appliances. No need to install the software on Windows or Linux Servers.
    • Backup natively Vmware Virtual Machines and File Shares (you need to buy the right license modules).
    • Destination storage for backups (or of the backup copies) can be Microsoft shares, Amazon S3, Wasabi, Backblaze and remotely to other sites using their transporter vm.
    • To not overload the system with overlapping jobs, they can be chained one after the other.
    • Rapid add/remove/reorder priority of vm to backup and their backup archive. Jobs can be easily changed or chained.
    • Quick support service
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    Kaseya
    • It monitors computers and notifies us of any issues with any computer.
    • It allows remote control of computers, such as requesting a computer to reboot itself.
    • It is very highly configurable to monitor exactly what we need to monitor. For example, on server, we can have it notify us any time the server is shutdown or rebooted. On the other hand, for a desktop computer, we don't have to be bothered with notifications when a user decides to reboot his computer.
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    Cons
    Nakivo Inc.
    • Backups have the option of "screenshot verification". Screenshot verification doesn't always work for us when our vmtools is out of date. If we are on an older version of VMware and that version of vmtools is up to date, NAKIVO still thinks it is out of date.
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    Kaseya
    • It would be nice if they increased their scope of supported third-party apps.
    • It would be great if they would create an ios app for their ticket system.
    • If they could possibly build in a location service for tracking devices, that would be helpful.
    • If they had two-factor authentication, it would be nice.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Nakivo Inc.
    It is a product that contains most of the features of its big competitors but at an affordable price for small businesses. In addition, the support is very good even if they only have support in English. Another important factor is its compatibility with NAS devices, which greatly simplifies deployment. The implementation is simple and in a matter of minutes you can define the first copy Jobs
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    Kaseya
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    Usability
    Nakivo Inc.
    NAKIVO Backup & Replication is very easy to set up. I did it by myself, and it went perfectly. Online documents are very well written, and also the tech support asked to help me set it up. I want to do it by myself and the setup process is very easy to do. The connection to your VM and servers is very easy to do.
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    Kaseya
    The tool is easy to use however it is can be daunting with the amount of features available in it. Last I checked, their knowledge base was not very expansive and they relied a lot on the changelog for how to do some stuff. This can make it hard to learn how to do some more advanced things like the automation.
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    Support Rating
    Nakivo Inc.
    The support is fast and perfect. If u have any questions, you can contact the support team via mail or chat and you always get a fast answer. You can also find a lot of help in the FAQ in the help center to resolve your problems. Anytime I had to contact the support, they helped me and solved my problem.
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    Kaseya
    I have never had to use the support for Pulseway. However, when initially starting out, we would receive emails every so often asking how we are doing and if there is any support that they can provide. I would imagine that any request would be supplied with the same great support!
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    Implementation Rating
    Nakivo Inc.
    It is very easy to do in all the formats in which it is implemented, whether as an appliance, in a windows machine, or an implementation in NAS. I only use the appliance one, but I have tried all of them in trial mode to know which one interested me more.
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    Kaseya
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    Alternatives Considered
    Nakivo Inc.
    NAKIVO Backup & Replication stands out as a more cost-effective and robust solution compared to Veeam ONE. With competitive pricing and a comprehensive feature set including incremental backups, global deduplication, LAN-free data transfer, and built-in WAN acceleration, NAKIVO offers efficient data protection and optimized storage usage. Its user-friendly interface and streamlined setup process make it appealing for organizations with limited IT resources. Additionally, NAKIVO's support for VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Nutanix AHV further enhances its versatility. When evaluating data protection solutions, NAKIVO's affordability, robustness, and ease of use make it an attractive choice for businesses seeking a comprehensive and cost-effective backup solution.
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    Kaseya
    Pulseway has the most features, the best looking app with the best design and better usability than any others we evaluated. We liked the uniformity of the app design across all platforms (Windows, Android, Apple) and the notifications displayed on each platform. The price was a major contributor to our selection of Pulseway compared to the competition.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Nakivo Inc.
    The pricing for VM backups is good value for money as it does not limit how many VM's per socket. This works well for smaller sites with simple backup requirements. Physical machine backup pricing would more attractive with a sliding scale based on the number of physical machines.
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    Kaseya
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Nakivo Inc.
    I contacted a few times Nakivo representatives, once for technical doubt and the other ones for commercial ones. Both support services are fast and reliable.
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    Kaseya
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    Return on Investment
    Nakivo Inc.
    • One of our contributors has permanently deleted worksheets from our file server. From Nakivo, we were able to recover all the data in less than 10 minutes.
    • An authentication server was encrypted by ransomware, through NAKIVO Backup & Replication, we recover the entire server within 1 hour.
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    Kaseya
    • Problems can be dealt with more rapidly because I have access to systems from anywhere. I don't have to carry a computer with me nor do I have to find a location with potentially non-secure wifi to gain access to my systems.
    • I can handle 99% of my system admin tasks using Pulseway and never have to touch a system or connect to the console.
    • Pulseway gives so much control over a system that I don't need to spend extra money on other software to perform management tasks.
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    Pulseway Screenshots

    Screenshot of Cross-device functionalityScreenshot of Auto-Remediate IT IssuesScreenshot of Visibility Across the Entire NetworkScreenshot of Remote Control to Any SystemScreenshot of Systems and Application patchingScreenshot of Detailed Custom Report