NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs Vembu BDR Suite | TrustRadius

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Score 8.7 out of 10

Based on 45 reviews and ratings

Score 8.7 out of 10

Based on 57 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Vembu BDR Suite

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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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Medical Devices Company, 11-50 employees

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Bare metal system images. These are incredibly flexible, enabling you to do dissimilar hardware restores, local or online backups and restore to VHD
Full, differential and transaction log backups for SQL server, ensuring rapid backup and restore, with maximum storage efficiency.
Incremental backups for files, meaning only the changes which have been made to a file are backed up, dramatically reducing time to backup and increasing storage efficiency.

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Director

CognizantComputer Software, 1-10 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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Upgrading to new versions is relatively labor-intensive.
VMs to be backed up sometimes fail due to a lack of ability to create a snapshot. Vembu should find a way to work around this issue.
Supporting external storage (cloud) could be easier to configure, use, and integrate into the back-up processes.

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Richard Voorheis

Software Engineer

Zebra TechnologiesComputer Hardware, 1001-5000 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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IT Director

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

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Vembu BDR Suite 5.0

Based on 1 answer

Stability is an issue on Windows 2012 and the upgrade process was painful

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Higher Education, 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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Vembu BDR Suite 8.3

Based on 28 answers

It does what it says, it does it efficiently, it does it at a decent price point, and the support is great. That's from my perspective. You can go download a trial, set it up and chat with support if you run into any issues getting it going. When messaging support, you don't get some low-level schmo, either. You get an engineer that knows his stuff. So I'm pretty technical and setting this up and getting it going myself was not an issue. Once it's working, backing up, and you test some restores, you'll see how usable it is!

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Senior Engineer

Micro Advantage Inc.Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

NAKIVO Backup & Replication 8.8

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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IT Director

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

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Vembu BDR Suite 9.5

Based on 3 answers

It often takes a very long time to get an issue fixed. the support folks seem committed to getting it fixed but they often seem to be trying different things and hoping something works. I did not get the sense that they had a clear idea what was wrong.

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Higher Education, 51-200 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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IT Director

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

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Vembu BDR Suite 7.0

Based on 1 answer

Not really.

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Higher Education, 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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Infrastructure Engineer

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

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I tested Vembu against Veeam and for the price, Vembu was the better option. I also had a great support experience as I had to contact Vembu twice after mistakes I made. While using Veeam the software was not as intuitive and support responses were not as swift and accurate.

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System Administrator

Mitchell Humphrey & Co.Information Technology and Services, 11-50 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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Well, in my opinion, Vembu Backup should be considerd an insurance policy. So if a fire never occurs was it a waste of insurance fee? Simple answer, no! Because you make the backup as a just in case, in that perspective, the ROI is instant when the unfortunate happens.

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Manager

WebvancedInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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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

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Vembu BDR Suite Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Vembu BDR Suite

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Vembu BDR Suite

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