NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs. Arcserve ShadowProtect

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
NAKIVO 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
month per workload
Arcserve ShadowProtect
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
ShadowProtect, from Arcserve company StorageCraft (merged in March of 2021), supports business continuity with data backup and system protection; the vendor boasts fast system restore capabilities relative to other similar solutions.N/A
Pricing
NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationArcserve ShadowProtect
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
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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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationArcserve ShadowProtect
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
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.
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Community Pulse
NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationArcserve ShadowProtect
Considered Both Products
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Run on several operating systems and with less ressouces and is cheaper.
Chose NAKIVO Backup & Replication
a very complete and effective low-cost solution
Arcserve ShadowProtect

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationArcserve ShadowProtect
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
9.2
139 Ratings
8% above category average
Arcserve ShadowProtect
7.4
1 Ratings
6% below category average
Universal recovery9.0115 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Instant recovery9.0117 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Recovery verification9.2123 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Business application protection9.0107 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations9.3125 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.2129 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.399 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.0125 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Snapshots9.3118 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.590 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Management dashboard9.0102 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Platform support9.199 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Retention options9.599 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Encryption9.089 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
8.8
29 Ratings
8% above category average
Arcserve ShadowProtect
8.0
1 Ratings
3% below category average
Continuous data protection9.024 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Replication9.128 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics8.228 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware protection8.618 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities9.125 Ratings00 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery8.725 Ratings00 Ratings
Disaster Recovery
Comparison of Disaster Recovery features of Product A and Product B
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
-
Ratings
Arcserve ShadowProtect
7.0
1 Ratings
6% below category average
Disaster Recovery Planning00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Hot Sites00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Disaster Recovery Testing00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Automated Disaster Recovery00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.7 out of 10
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.7 out of 10
Zerto
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationArcserve ShadowProtect
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(143 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(43 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(47 ratings)
8.0
(3 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 & ReplicationArcserve ShadowProtect
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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Arcserve
In situations where business continuity needs are high, ShadowProtect backups provide the ability to keep operations running with very minimal downtime, even in situations like crypto-locked data. If a backup server is set up in an environment to resume a live server from backup, this is even more helpful. In situations where clients don't care as much about quickly recovering their data, they can go without a solution like this.
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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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Arcserve
  • You can virtualize your backups using Virtualbox, a free program that works on any PC.
  • Backups are versatile, and you can back up to any location you'd like.
  • Alerting can be set up for failed backups.
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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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Arcserve
  • The replication offsite can have issues over time. It takes manual involvement to keep it working right.
  • SPX remote management isn't easy out of the box.
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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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Arcserve
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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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Arcserve
No answers on this topic
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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Arcserve
We don’t need support often, but when we do, the support has been strong. Sometimes it is hard to determine how to access support for the exact issue we are having. There are a decent forum and online ticketing system. Support for the cloud center seems to be provided only by phone, though.
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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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Arcserve
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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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Arcserve
Speed, we rely on Shadowprotect to provide us with fast backups and also backups that are smaller in size compared to the other products.
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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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Arcserve
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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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Arcserve
No answers on this topic
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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Arcserve
  • We have been with Shadowprotect for 5 years and are now only moving off of them due to limited functionality and Shadowprotect doubling our billing.
  • The product now requires a lot more babysitting so I have one person just stuck managing backups, which is not a fulfilling job and hard to keep someone in that seat.
  • While Shadowprotect has been fantastic for years, it is time for us to move on to something that makes financial sense and requires less labour.
  • Storagecraft Cloud is fairly expensive compared to competitors.
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