What users are saying about
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
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Top Rated
108 Ratings
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136 Ratings
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Based on 136 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- NAKIVO Backup & Replication ranks higher in 1 feature set: Data Center Backup
Data Center Backup
9.2
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
92%

6.9
Veritas Backup Exec
69%
NAKIVO Backup & Replication ranks higher in 14/14 features
NAKIVO Backup & Replication ranks higher in 14/14 features
Universal recovery
9.1
91%
70 Ratings

7.0
70%
17 Ratings
Live recovery
8.7
87%
69 Ratings

5.2
52%
15 Ratings
Recovery verification
9.2
92%
72 Ratings

8.0
80%
18 Ratings
Business application protection
9.2
92%
66 Ratings

8.0
80%
16 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations
9.3
93%
75 Ratings

7.5
75%
19 Ratings
Incremental backup identification
9.3
93%
76 Ratings

7.6
76%
20 Ratings
Backup to the cloud
9.5
95%
56 Ratings

8.3
83%
12 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression
8.8
88%
78 Ratings

6.3
63%
14 Ratings
Snapshots
9.4
94%
74 Ratings

7.7
77%
14 Ratings
Flexible deployment
9.2
92%
42 Ratings

5.3
53%
15 Ratings
Management dashboard
9.2
92%
48 Ratings

5.8
58%
18 Ratings
Platform support
9.2
92%
47 Ratings

5.8
58%
17 Ratings
Retention options
9.3
93%
47 Ratings

8.0
80%
16 Ratings
Encryption
9.2
92%
45 Ratings

6.3
63%
11 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated higher in 5 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Usability, Support Rating, Implementation Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
89%
84 Ratings

5.7
Veritas Backup Exec
57%
22 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
91%
3 Ratings

1.0
Veritas Backup Exec
10%
3 Ratings
Usability
9.4
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
94%
42 Ratings

1.0
Veritas Backup Exec
10%
1 Rating
Support Rating
9.7
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
97%
49 Ratings

2.7
Veritas Backup Exec
27%
5 Ratings
Implementation Rating
8.2
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
82%
3 Ratings

3.0
Veritas Backup Exec
30%
1 Rating
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
9.2
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
92%
32 Ratings

Veritas Backup Exec
N/A
0 Ratings
Professional Services
9.1
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
91%
13 Ratings

Veritas Backup Exec
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
If you are using VM is it the perfect solution at an affordable cost. I moved to NAKIVO Backup & Replication after my last backup software was charging me above affordable prices. It was a cheap and stable solution for us. It has covered all our needs. The restore has been tested, and it works without any issues. This product is suited for companies that have a small budget and want to keep all their data safe.
Information Technology Manager
MSF Greece - Médecins Sans Frontières GreeceNon-profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees
Veritas Backup Exec
Backup Exec works well generally in most environments or situations. The licensing can potentially be a nightmare, but manageable if you have a decent reseller. Backing up and restoring from physical tapes which is not all that common is not as reliable as when backing up and restoring from datastores that reside on hard drives or digital media. It does a good job with large or small backup jobs. Backing up and managing SQL backups requires additional licenses and be a bit clunky. If you are very careful (which you should be anyway) and document as you build these backups you will get better at managing them. Regarding a virtual environment, I have limited experience in that arena, but have done it. Backup Exec can backup VMware environments, but honestly we moved to Unitrends to backup our VM's and are much happier with the backup process. However, restoring a VM in Unitrends can be tedious compared to Backup Exec.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 501-1000 employeesPros
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
- Frequent backups do not affect the server load especially when the store is based on a high-performance NAS. We use OMV and average a GB per Minute per backup.
- Offsite backups to a hosted store on AWS or Wsabi is simple.
- VM replication is simple to set up.
- Backup compression and encryption is excellent.
Owner
Camargue SolutionsInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees
Veritas Backup Exec
- Manage agent based backups - It is easy to schedule and monitor backups. Verifying backups is done for all jobs. Backup performance is excellent.
- Provide a wide ranging contingent of backup options - Despite providing a dizzying array of backup options, it is easy to schedule individual or recurring jobs.
- Integrates well with our Active Directory - Restoring even individual Active Directory objects is possible.
Network Engineer
EPMG-Emergency Physicians Medical GroupHospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees
Cons
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
- Physical Linux host backup using their agent software supports various types of Linux storage volumes (LVMs) - I have not tested this in over a year since facing some issues early on.
- Continued improvement on the UI making it quicker to find common tasks and more intuitive.

Verified User
Strategist in Information Technology
Computer & Network Security Company, 1-10 employeesVeritas Backup Exec
- Could provide better license management from an inventory perspective. How many licenses do I have?.. etc.
- When Backup Exec backs up itself it should not select iSCSI backup targets by default. The result is recursive data backup ending in the loss of storage capacity.
- I'm struggling to come up with another con.
Division Network Support Specialist
The Salvation ArmyNon-Profit Organization Management, 501-1000 employees
Pricing Details
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0
NAKIVO Backup & Replication Editions & Modules
Edition
Pro Essentials | $251 |
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Enterprise Essentials | $351 |
Pro | $401 |
Enterprise | Contact Vendor |
- per workload
- none
Additional Pricing Details
A 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.Veritas Backup Exec
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0
Veritas Backup Exec Editions & Modules
Edition
Veritas Backup Exec | Contact sales team |
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- none
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication 9.1
Based on 3 answers
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.
IT Director
Women's Pavilion of South MississippiMedical Practice, 51-200 employees
Veritas Backup Exec
Veritas Backup Exec 1.0
Based on 3 answers
This software is a mess in my brutally honest opinion. I've spent more time babysitting this software while backing up 20 servers than I did with Veeam backing up 600+. I've had multiple jobs run fine for weeks at a time that just randomly fail out of the blue for seemingly no reason whatsoever. There's no intuitive way to chain jobs, so automation becomes somewhat more problematic if certain jobs depend on other jobs. The forever incremental feature feels tacked on since the merge operation merges all your incremental jobs into the most recent backup and doesn't have the option set a limit on how long to keep your point in time restores.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employeesUsability
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication 9.4
Based on 42 answers
Wherever NAKIVO runs (as a dedicated VM, an application on NAS, as an installed service) you get a concise Web interface through encrypted communication. One is able to check and monitor the backups quickly and in detail, if needed. Notifications, Warnings, and Alarms are grouped and bundled so that you can work with them promptly.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Corporate
Accounting Company, 11-50 employeesVeritas Backup Exec
Veritas Backup Exec 1.0
Based on 1 answer
It can do a lot of things on paper and sounds terrific, but in practice it doesn't do any of them well. It can easily be sold to non-technical minds and C-levels, but of all the backup solutions I've used in the last 15 years of my career, Backup Exec is easily the least fault tolerant. Unless this software is a sunk cost and you're on a shoestring budget, I recommend almost anything else. Jobs fail often with obscure error codes and the KB articles in the Veritas support portal are a mess. Within 30 days of a fresh deployment I've logged more tickets with their support than I did in 3 years with Veeam.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employeesSupport Rating
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication 9.7
Based on 49 answers
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.
ITK Hoch 2 GmbhComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees
Veritas Backup Exec
Veritas Backup Exec 2.7
Based on 5 answers
In the few instances of having to contact support, our overall outcome was always good. They would have received a better score if the wait time was less, but I attribute this to the timing of support calls - it was during the previous owner's time. We have not had to open a support ticket since Veritas Backup Exec took the product back over.
IT Manager
PrecixAutomotive, 201-500 employees
Implementation Rating
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication 8.2
Based on 3 answers
Configuring a dedicated Nakivo backup server with local storage and additional Linux NAS storage units for immutability is key. Backed-up data is only useful if it can be restored.
Owner
Camargue SolutionsInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees
Veritas Backup Exec
Veritas Backup Exec 3.0
Based on 1 answer
It was pretty straightforward.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employeesAlternatives Considered
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is easier to deploy, even for initial and full deployment. But in our case, we deploy it as an OVA, so we keep it easier. We also can create new backup jobs quickly and restore damaged VMs in very few steps. We do not ever detect a depletion in-network Bandwith on the backup process nor restore ones.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employeesVeritas Backup Exec
If your company is looking at changing solutions or currently does not have any, Veritas Backup Exec is the way to go. Do yourself a favor and try the 60 day trial, you won't be disappointed! Very simple to use and has a great GUI, much better than what the competition has to offer.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 501-1000 employeesContract Terms and Pricing Model
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication 9.2
Based on 32 answers
Our customer has a small infrastructure, so we could make good use of the "one-shot" Nakivo license. Our customer does not need to pay a fee every year (although you are requested to pay a subscription in order to have updates and support, that is only fair) and we could grant them a top-notch product.
Pezzanera OfficeInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees
Veritas Backup Exec
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
NAKIVO Backup & Replication 9.1
Based on 13 answers
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.
Pezzanera OfficeInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees
Veritas Backup Exec
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
- Due to ease of use, NAKIVO allowed us to spend more time on other tasks knowing that our backup system will just run as expected.
- Since moving to NAKIVO, we've been able to do away with tapes and move to a disk/cloud-based model.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Mining & Metals Company, 501-1000 employeesVeritas Backup Exec
- Backups by their very nature are difficult to quantify when it comes to ROI. Any monies spent should be seen more as insurance . If you never have to claim on it then that is the best outcome. Backup Exec gives you comfort that you can meet any downtime recovery targets set by your business and this is how to benchmark your solution.
- Conduct regular DR tests and your this will be your ROI.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Consumer Goods Company, 201-500 employees