NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs StarWind VTL

Likelihood to Recommend

For our use case the product is good. I am unsure if scaling to a much bigger environment would work as well as some competitor products. Reporting is sufficient in this product, although, as we use it not for our big production environment, we do not have to deal with all the big compliance rules so reporting is more of a technical purpose.

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Professional in Information Technology

Fund-Raising Company, 1001-5000 employees

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We are only using the Veeam to StarWind VTL for Backblaze B2 functionality but for what it is intended for, it does the job well and we are very pleased with how time and money saving this solution is. Be prepared to spend a good amount of time going over the implementation documentation and reading the manual several times to get it right. We received top-notch support during the implementation and deployment process though, so that made the process a little easier.

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Kevin Sipma

Chief Technology Officer, Founder | We Help SMB Businesses Leverage Technology & Reduce Risk

Neuron Computer Services, LLCComputer Networking, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

StarWind VTL

Universal recovery

Live recovery

Recovery verification

Business application protection

Multiple backup destinations

Incremental backup identification

Backup to the cloud

Deduplication and file compression

Snapshots

Flexible deployment

Management dashboard

Platform support

Retention options

Encryption

Pros

Creating G-F-S backups of virtual servers in a completely automated fashion.
Restoring data easily when needed, either as specific individual files or entire servers (and the run-from-backup option is just neat, although we've rarely had use for that).
Storing Data in a de-duplicated, compressed format has allowed us to store many many backups in a space that is many many times smaller than it would take to keep multiple full copies of each server.

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Manager in Information Technology

Medical Devices Company, 11-50 employees

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Works great with Veeam and Backblaze.
Affordable and reliable.
Support is quick to respond.

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Administrator in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

You can only backup virtual machines.
Although you can easily set up NAKIVO, the more specific or complex your configuration, the more reliant you become on tech support. Knowing Linux would be a big plus with these types of configurations.
Updating the software could be a little more user-friendly.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Architecture & Planning Company, 51-200 employees

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Implementation and deployment is highly technical - could be easier & faster
Backups Management is somewhat tricky - could be refined further

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Kevin Sipma

Chief Technology Officer, Founder | We Help SMB Businesses Leverage Technology & Reduce Risk

Neuron Computer Services, LLCComputer Networking, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

NAKIVO Backup & Replication 10.0

Based on 1 answer

It's great. It works, it's cost effective and it's easy to maintain. I don't see us ever changing away from Nakivo Backup and Replication to any other product. We are very impressed and satisfied with the results.

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David Judice

IT Director

Women's Pavilion of South MississippiMedical Practice, 51-200 employees

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Usability

NAKIVO Backup & Replication 10.0

Based on 2 answers

Because it is very easy to use.

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Aba-Mark Mihaly

IT Manager

AP Network SRLComputer Networking, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

NAKIVO Backup & Replication 8.7

Based on 4 answers

As with any support, it can always improve, but since the result has always been getting my issue resolved quickly I can't complain. Nakivo support has been great to work with when I have needed them, which hasn't been often.

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David Judice

IT Director

Women's Pavilion of South MississippiMedical Practice, 51-200 employees

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StarWind VTL 9.1

Based on 1 answer

Great and reliable product with little need for support

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Administrator in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Implementation Rating

NAKIVO Backup & Replication 10.0

Based on 1 answer

It was simple and easy to implement and went very quickly

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David Judice

IT Director

Women's Pavilion of South MississippiMedical Practice, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Altaro offers a competitive price but not VMware support which is our preferred virtualisation product.The Vembu Cloud DR is more expensive to implement, less flexibile (requires a Windows server) and it is a product with a lot of space for improvements, however excellent support when needed.StorageCraft Cloud Backup same as Vembu is pricier and less flexible in deployment options.

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Adrian Takacs

Infrastructure Engineer

X-Net SolutionsInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Provides a robust service at an affordable cost.
Intuitive web interface along with the technology itself provides a path for quick, easy restores.
Not supporting S3 compatible storage for off-site storage of backups has required us to add an additional piece of software to the workflow.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 501-1000 employees

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ROI was immediate as we got rid of expensive sneakernet backups with hard drives in a Pelican case
One-time cost of the product is very cost-effective
Support contracts are reasonable and we received excellent support throughout
We have much better peace-of-mind with our data being protected better

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Kevin Sipma

Chief Technology Officer, Founder | We Help SMB Businesses Leverage Technology & Reduce Risk

Neuron Computer Services, LLCComputer Networking, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

NAKIVO Backup & Replication Editions & Modules

Edition

Pro Essentials	$199¹
Enterprise Essentials	$299¹
Pro	$399¹
Enterprise	$599¹

per socket

Additional Pricing Details

The product is licensed per physical CPU socket for each ESXi server on which you back up or replicate VMs.

General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

StarWind VTL Editions & Modules

—

Additional Pricing Details

—

Rating Summary

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

StarWind VTL

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

StarWind VTL

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

StarWind VTL

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

StarWind VTL

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

StarWind VTL

Likelihood to Recommend