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NAKIVO Backup & Replication is a VM data backup solution for protecting VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, and AWS EC2 environments. It also features replication, failover, backup to cloud, backup copy, backup size reduction, screenshot verification, and site recovery through a single web interface.https://media.trustradius.com/product-logos/02/iX/CB133LC48U2R.PNGNakivo Inc.Top Product2019-07-01T21:53:15.645ZWe started using Nakivo Backup and Replication to backup virtual machines hosted on customer premises on free ESXi hosts. Nakivo's proprietary change tracking method alternative to VMware's CBT.saved us the costs of going for a paid ESXi solution to minimize the storage and time required for the backups. Later we implemented the same product to replicate all our virtual servers in our data centre between two different SANs.,Easy to implement and flexible, Nakivo can run on Windows systems, as a virtual appliance on VMware or as an app on your Synology NAS.
Very robust- in more than two years since using it we did not have any failed backups related to the product itself.,Can not think of anything, maybe they can make it a free product?,9,Cheaper than any other product out there allowing us to provide very competitive solutions as an MSP.
Monthly subscription that pays for itself.,Altaro Hyper-V Backup, Vembu BDR Suite and StorageCraft Cloud BackupAdrian TakacsNAKIVO is great for small environments but struggles in larger deployments2019-06-28T16:20:36.841ZNAKIVO backup has been deployed in our datacenters and in our branch offices for backup. It is also used across several of our operating companies in their operations. It was a cost-efficient backup solution and alternative from VMware Data Protection with better scale. It allows us both snapshot-based backup and replication for migrations. We moved away from NAKIVO in our primary datacenters and migrated back to Veeam in the past 18 months.,Backup jobs run well to a centralized repository.
Replication jobs directly between vSphere instances works well.
De-duplication seems to be efficient as long as it is against the same VM ID.
It is cost-effective to license.,The repository is monolithic and maintenance tasks are slow for large repositories.
De-duplication is not global - it is per VM based de-duplication and change blocks only (not most efficient).
Repository corruption is a major risk and caused data loss on a couple occasions.,6,5 years of purchase + support was less than 1 year's support of a competitive product.
Data corruption and mitigation of the risk is costly (tape backup or secondary storage required).
Monolithic repositories require large file shares in larger environments.,Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Availability Suite, Avamar, Networker and Data Protector (formerly HP Data Protector)Philip SellersNAKIVO - Surprisingly Awesome2019-06-28T16:15:10.822ZNAKIVO is used to backup our VMware systems, and we have it installed at a number of customer sites doing the same thing. Compared to our old system, NAKIVO just works. It's easy to setup, it's easy to use, and it's ridiculously reliable.,Reliable
Easy to configure
Affordable,The different product versions are oddly named for what they provide.
Some enterprise features are not yet supported on the virtual appliance running under VMware.,10,We have high confidence in our backups now.
NAKIVO is a "set it and forget it" kind of solution. I don't have to be checking it daily to make sure it works. We still monitor it, but it's much more passive now.,Veeam Backup & Replication and Unitrends Recovery Series Backup Appliance,VMware ESXi, Avaza, FreshdeskKevin KingNakivo Backup perfect for small to midsize VM Enviroments.2018-05-29T18:26:41.394ZNakivo Backup & Replication is a great product and works well in my environment to provide backups of the virtual servers on my VMware hosts both locally to a NAS and offsite to Amazon S3. It was very easy to set up and manage and the new bandwidth management is a very nice addition.,Cost effective VMWare backups. Easy to set up and use and a reliable product.
Bandwidth management is a very nice new feature.,None that I have found.,10,Very cost effective for smaller virtual environments. Scales nicely to larger setups also.,Veeam Backup & Replication,Veeam Backup & Replication, CloudBerry Backup, Zerto,1,1,We backup all of our VMWare hosted servers onto a local NAS storage device using Nakivo.
We also backup all of our VMWare hosted servers AWS using Nakivo.,I love the bandwidth throttling on schedule so that we can control the load based on our working hours.
The way we have chained our backups together was so easy and works great. Simple and effective way to get all of my backup jobs completed.
The reports from each backup job are very informative and useful.,We will continue to backup our servers as we add more in the future.,10,No,Price
Product Features
Product Usability
Existing Relationship with the Vendor,None. Nakivo would still be my choice.,Implemented in-house,No,Change management was minimal,The AWS storage space setup was more difficult than the Nakivo setup itself. AWS has so many choices it's confusing sometimes. Nakivo is simple.,10,No,When we initially installed and setup Nakivo with AWS we setup our own transporter and storage space at AWS. We then had issues with those backups failing. After contacting Nakivo support they connected to my workstation and worked with me to install the Nakivo appliance at AWS and properly size it for our needs. It worked and has ever since then.,9,Backup job creation is very easy and quick.
Monitoring the job progress on the dashboard is simple and understandable.,I haven't found any overly difficult functions in Nakivo.,10David JudiceRock solid "tapeless" backups with an easy to use interface and stellar support staff2019-07-30T16:41:33.521ZNAKIVO Backup & Replication is being used across the entire organization, but only for backups of both Windows and Linux VMs currently. We may start using the replication features in the near future.,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.,Needs to support more flavors of Linux. Seeing "The operating system of the selected recovery server is not supported" is just not cool, man, not cool.
Should allow more than one user regardless of license level. Even small companies have more than one IT person who might need to access it and sharing one ID is never a good idea.
It's frustrating when we get job failures because maintenance tasks are being done (which makes things like repositories unavailable). Maintenance tasks should be paused and then resume after the higher priority job completes.,10,No tapes!
Seriously, it's extremely easy to use and once set up, requires essentially zero intervention (again, unlike tapes) which results in massive operational time savings.,Verified UserNAKIVO: The Answer to Your Backup Prayers2019-07-06T22:25:18.127ZWe've been using NAKIVO to back up data across our office locations, as well as the VMs themselves. It has helped us leverage our resources by enabling us to use local storage at one location and allocate it as a recovery site for an office at another location.,You can implement NAKIVO on your own relatively quickly without needing consultants to come in spending hours to get it in place.
It's cost-effective.
The interface is simple and straight-forward. It's not overly complicated.,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.,9,NAKIVO only costs a fraction of many other backup solutions.
After the initial setup, I've had to spend very little time on the maintenance of NAKIVO. That's freed me up to work on other projects.
We were able to leverage pre-existing storage to save the cost of using a cloud service.,Veeam Backup & Replication, Unitrends Recovery Series Backup Appliance, Code42 (formerly CrashPlan) and Zerto,Code42 (formerly CrashPlan), Zerto, Unitrends Recovery Series Backup Appliance, Dameware Remote Support, SolarWinds ipMonitor, Jive Hosted VoIP, Sophos UTM, VIPRE, Splashtop Business AccessVerified UserNAKIVO - Powerful, Reliable, and Cost-Effective.2019-06-28T16:23:22.011ZWe first considered NAKIVO as a result of a recommendation made by one of our resellers. We needed a robust backup solution primarily for our VMware environment that didn't break the bank. NAKIVO checked almost all of the boxes during our proof of concept, so we decided to move forward with the purchase. NAKIVO is now our primary backup tool for our main campus and our DR site.,Seamless integration with VMware.
Screenshot verification (alternative to traditional verify jobs).
Competitive pricing.
It just works (no babysitting needed).
Native installs for most of the major NAS manufacturers.,Screenshot verification stops working if a newer version of VMware tools becomes available.
No agents for physical servers (looks like that's changing with v9 though).
No support for S3 compatible storage (if you need to send a copy of your backup to a host that's emulating AWS S3 storage).,9,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.,Veeam Backup & Replication and Infrascale Platform,CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection, Solarwinds Samanage, VMware Horizon (formerly VMware View)Verified UserNAKIVO saved our day2019-06-27T13:05:28.416ZEvery infrastructure needs security, and one way to secure it is to find a solution for backups. After searching around and testing other solutions we have found NAKIVO. We use Nakivo to back up our ESXi server to a remote location.,Fast setting.
Backup ESXi VM's.
Restore ESXi VM's.
Have correct transfer speed.,Add the possibility of using personal keys for encryption.
Add U2F login support.,10,Having regular backups is very important for any IT infrastructure.,Verified UserNAKIVO Backup and Replication does everything you need and more!2018-11-06T18:00:11.824ZWe use NAKIVO to back up our virtual server infrastructure in the school. We run VMware essentials plus on 3 hosts and NAKIVO backs up about 30 machines on a nightly basis.,NAKIVO foremost is good value for money. We found the licensing of Veeam prohibitive and looked for another solution. We've been using NAKIVO for over 4 years now and it does everything we need it to and more.
Administration is easy. All via a web browser. No clients need to be installed and we can access the information from any of our networked PCs and Chromebooks.
It is constantly improving. When we first purchased it, it only worked with VMware to local storage but now it works with Hyper-V and can backup to the cloud. It ensures our backup software is compatible if we make any changes in the future.,When moving VMs to a new host we sometimes have to manually refresh the storage but it's not a major issue.
Repository self-healing and reclaiming used space can sometimes take a while.
Support is initially only by email so you may have to wait for a response. Support are very helpful and knowledgeable though.,10,Positive impact on reducing licensing costs. Especially important for schools at the moment because of limited funding.,Veeam Backup & ReplicationDave MunroNAKIVO Backup & Replication Pro Essentials for VMware and Hyper-V Review2018-11-02T18:04:38.121ZVery good product. Easy to use and free of errors. We bought NAKIVO Backup & Replication Pro Essentials for VMware and Hyper-V, and do exactly what is necessary for us. We are backing up our VM regularly based on a schedule that is very easy to set up. We are a software company and we have many VM for developing and testing software. Nakivo lets us secure all our business, especially the development datastore (CVS/SVN).,Easy of use, very good and usable user interface. Plenty of features.
No errors running backups. Some links to help broken,It would be nice if NAKIVO will provide an Italian translation.,9,Just security of our data. With the introduction of European GDPR, it's been very important to preserve sensitive data and to take all measures possible for securing information.,Windows ServerVincenzo NatiNakivo backup and replication review2018-07-16T19:23:13.248ZWe were searching for a backup solution for on-premise servers owned by our clients. Generally, we provide backup for 1 or 2 physical servers which host 4-10 virtual machines. Since there are only 1-2 servers, the budget is quite strict so this was an important factor for us. We tested Nakivo about 1 year ago and found it very easy to use with the web-interface. Backup speed is also good and thanks to deduplication technology storage is not being wasted.,Easy to use web interface
Can be installed on several platforms including NAS devices
Easy recovery of files,Nothing,8,Great pricing
Efficient use of storage
Easy upgradableArne Van VyveNAKIVO Backup saved the day!2018-03-21T21:49:12.071ZNakivo works cleanly and efficiently when backing up Hyper-V VMs. The software does well with a mixed environment of Linux and Windows VMs, and deduplication and compression make off-site backups viable. Restoring VMs from off-site or on-site storage was painless and easy.Initially I was concerned that the several TB of VM data we had would be too much for off-site backups, but deduplication coupled with heavy compression brought this down to only a few hundred GB when uploading to Azure File Storage.The software is quite flexible in that you can either use an SMB file store, or configure a light-weight VM in Azure with Nakivo's transporter installed for better security / more efficient transport when doing off-site backups. Using Backup Copy jobs allows you to keep nice and consistent backups.,On-site and off-site backups. The data compression, deduplication and low resource usage is very nice and fast
Nakivo Backup works flawlessly with our Synlogy NAS backup system,I had a small learning curve to get used to the UI. I think the backup wizard could be streamlined a little bit,10,ROI has been excellent,,Advanced Time Management Attendance on DemandMichael Keys SrCost Effective and Reliable!2018-06-19T17:25:17.426ZNakivo Backup and Replication is being used to backup our in-house VMWare server. As a small IT consultant, the cost was a big concern for me. Nakivo checked off all of the checkboxes. It is cost effective and it works extremely well. Very easy to setup and configure. I currently use it on a Windows server to backup my virtual environment and you can be up and running in minutes.,Installation is a breeze, Nakivo pretty much works right out of the box.
Jobs run fast and there is no agent to install.
Easy to add your inventory.,Would love to see the ability to backup a physical machine for those of us that still have a few that cannot be virtualized.
GUI interface is fairly decent but could use a little bit of a spruce up.,9,Nakivo is very inexpensive and has had a positive impact thus far,Unitrends Recovery Series Backup Appliance and Veeam Backup & ReplicationAlexander HubbardHow to implement a reliable and powerful solution?2018-05-24T15:44:52.125ZIn the past, I used Nakivo in a VMware infrastructure to back up dozens of VMs. Today, my working environment is Hyper-V and I was looking for a backup tool for VM. I also wanted the software to run on a Synology and not add a VM to the hypervisor (in case it crashes) In fact, I downloaded Nakivo to test under Hyper-V and returned the same ease and power as for VMware. So it was my inevitable choice for the backups, without hesitating! Easy to set up and use, what more could you ask for:-),easy to use
fast backup
resilient
very clear interface,It misses the possibility to be able to store the encrypted backup on a Synoloy.,10,We wanted to use a reliable and easy to set up software without the need to create a VM for it. Thanks to Nakivo, the agent runs directly on Synology,Veeam Backup & Replication,Veeam Backup & ReplicationChristophe RahierNAKIVO Back & replication2018-04-17T17:47:46.764ZI am implementing NAKIVO installations for my clients, using N.A.S. instead of computers. NAKIVO licensing model and pricing allowing my clients -no matter the size- to be able to use a robust backup software, without having to pay too much. Using N.A.S. instead of computer means that I (and the client) no longer have to worry about Windows Updates, .net versions, Windows versions, e.t.c. All I have to do is feed the N.A.S. with electricity and network, the rest are running smoothly automatically. The first backup can start in less than five (5) minutes, from the initial configuration. Later on, if you tweak the configuration a bit, you can have high-speed backups, CBT and data deduplication up to 66%. For Off-site backups, I can configure AWS, or if the client doesn't wish to send the backup to the cloud, I can install an external USB 3.0 hard disk on the N.A.S. and schedule a -LAN free- copy of data from the N.A.S. to the disk. I can schedule the Off-site job to attach the external disk at a specific time & date, make the backup, run a custom script (i.e. xcopy *.* to \\NAS\backup) to add some necessary files to the off-site hdd) and then automatically detach the disk and inform the client about the outcome via email. All-in-all a great product.,Easy to install, the first backup comes within 5 minutes.
Excellent support and followup.
Nice price.,I cant think of something missing right now. Minor tweaks that it will be nice to have in 7.2 are already Incorporated in 7.3.,10,NAKIVO has great pricing and licensing model. Annual subscription fee is also nicely priced.,Νίκος ΣτεργιώτηςGo for it for your small business setting or Enterprise and you won't look elsewhere2018-07-14T18:25:52.255ZBefore NAKIVO we used a number of methods or software to backup our VMs and it was very challenging, especially when it came to the time consumed for backup and backup recovery. NAKIVO backs up natively our vSpehere machines from within our Synology Data Storage and it is very user-friendly and a reliable solution! Though our servers and storage hardware is at entry level we can backup and restore 100GB VMs within a couple of minutes only! I would highly recommend NAKIVO to any institution utilizing VMware vSphere.,High performance! (speedy backup/restore and replication)
Easy integration with Synology
Easy to manage: user-friendly and intuitive interface,No complaints.
Works well for us.,10,NAKIVO helped us to easily archive and protect our data reliably
The return on investment is our data being safe.,Stanislav KirilovFantastic solution for backing up your virtual servers2018-04-09T18:24:42.454ZWe decided to buy and implement NAKIVO to back up all VMWare virtual servers.
We were looking for a simple solution to implement and maintain. Currently, my client has all their backups automated using NAKIVO Backup.,NAKIVO Backup is very simple to install. Without previous knowledge we have been able to implement a complete backup solution very quickly.
It provides a very simple method both to completely restore a virtual machine, as well as to restore individual files.
Very intuitive application to configure all the possible options: frequency of backups, restore points to maintain, alerts to errors in the copy, location of the files, etc.
NAKIVO provides excellent technical support. They have responded quickly and kindly to the doubts we had prior to the acquisition of the program.,We haven't found anything we don't like about NAKIVO Backup!,10,Our client has been able to stop doing manual backup processes, with the consequent saving of time and problems that this entails.,Visual Studio IDE, vSphere, Microsoft SQL ServerEligio Morgado HabasNakivo Backup & Replication - Great product for backing up my VMs2018-03-07T15:45:47.459ZWe use Nakivo Backup and Replication to backup our Hyper-V machines. We have a pair of Dell servers running Windows 2012. It was important to us to have an offsite backup of our most important servers.,Easy to install and setup.
Simple interface
Fast Backups,The layout is a bit confusing.,10,It solved one major headache, offsite backup.,,Windows Server, Microsoft Office 2016, Adobe Acrobat DCMichael GazdzikNAKIVO is awesome2018-03-06T22:50:56.023ZWe use NAKIVO for VMWare replication and backup to AWS. Super fast and easy to use. Rock solid. Very happy.,Replication
Backup to AWS
Restoration,Not easy to set up additional local drives
Used EBS vs. S3 only for AWS,10,Cheaper than everyone else and works better,Trevor PaskettNAKIVO Backup & Replication Platform Review2018-02-07T18:08:23.115ZMain competitive advantages of Nakivo platform- The NAKIVO support is first class!- Their price is a bargain for its performance.- The software capabilities are great.- Many other advantages
Our case studyThe office department of Hajdúböszörmeny was looking for a backup software. They were afraid of a crypto incident and wanted to introduce an independent backup system. First of all, we searched for a usable backup system. We found a package named "Nakivo" in the Synology DSM and started examining the software. We found it excellent for the job and started using it. After we have tested the platform, we contacted the NAKIVO support and became a reseller of the software in Hungary.,Full backup
Fully independent from the backed up system
Dedicated Synology package
File-level restore,Nothing!,10,+: Bargain platform
+: Fast backup
+: Fast restore,Veeam Backup & Replication,Microsoft Exchange, Windows ServerKiss MihályA strong backup contender for VMWare Essentials and small businesses2018-02-01T20:03:58.753ZWe use Nakivo to backup our VM Ware servers. We have a pair of EXSI 6.5 hosts with Dell Datastore and backup our mission-critical systems.,It was simple to setup
Simple to administer
Price is quite good compared to competition,Data recovery is not always easy. I had to contact support to help recover some deleted files. (we did recover everything)
When a VM is down it would be nice to have phone support.,9,We had a bug that accidentally overwrote a huge section of our DB the live restore failed however, we spun it up and were able to download the DB, extract the needed section and restore it to the db.
Having a different data backup store from my snapshots store allows some piece of mind knowing that it would take 2 sets of disk failures to cause a data loss.,,VMware ESXiSage MajorWhere have all my backup worries gone?2018-01-19T23:03:05.091ZWe are using NAKIVO to backup our VMWare guests to an onsite NAS and also to replicate business critical VMWare guests to an offsite VMWare environment at a local data centre for disaster recovery and business continuity purposes. This allows us to have local backups of our servers and in the event of a major problem at our business office we can quickly be up and running from our remote site.,Very easy to install and set up.
Simple, intuitive web interface.
Very fast backups and replication even across a WAN to a remote site.,No problems or complaints,10,Well priced
Efficient use of storage
Cost effective,Oracle Linux, Oracle DatabaseRichard DaviesNAKIVO - The BEST!2018-01-18T14:21:28.279ZI use NAKIVO for backing up my VMWare Lab (around 10 VM's), to a Synology NAS. Install was piece of cake, through the Synology AppManager, config also was super easy, just created the Backup Repository, selected the VM's to backup and voila! The load is minimal in the VM environment, the job is done by the Synology NAS.,The biggest help for me was the possibility to use Synology NAS to do the job.
The calendar is helping a lot programming the backup job without overlapping another running job.
Migration to another Synology NAS is also easy, just export/import the configuration, reconfigure the repository and done.,I can't remember anything.,10,The positive impact is absolute, Install/configure/run in minutes, fair pricing.,Veeam Backup & Replication,VMware ESXi, VMware Site Recovery Manager,To get it up and running was easy, and done in minutes.
Planning the job schedule with the help of the calendar.
The replication job has an intuitive VM name.,None that I found.,No,10Aba-Mark MihalyVersatile and reliable back-up solution.2018-01-12T22:14:22.523ZWe have been testing this product for about a month, so far NAKIVO Backup & Replication has proven itself reliable and versatile. The fact that the software can run on a NAS (thus creating your own backup appliance) is excellent. Back-up times are good/acceptable and deduplication is very good. Overall a good product with some unique possibilities. The problems it addresses (compared to our current back-up software) is better stability/reliability and no footprint on our virtual environment thanks to the ability to run on a NAS).,Deduplication --> saves data on backup storage
No footprint on virtual environment --> no additional virtual appliances and no additional management software therefore there a minimal use of resources
Fast backup times --> smaller backup windows,Layout of the web-portal could use a upgrade --> screen/layout is static, no auto sizing with bigger monitors,8,Positive --> Zero impact on our current virtual environment, resources that can now been used elsewhere,Acronis Backup, Altaro Hyper-V Backup and Veeam Backup & Replication,VMware ESXi, Windows Server, Microsoft Office 2016Jan StraatmanVery easy and fast up and running2018-01-08T15:17:20.368ZIt is used for backup of VMware free ESXi solutions for customers we support. It is easy for customers to use together with the Synology products. It solves the need for an easy, straightforward VMware and Hyper V backup-solution for SMBs with no or limited internal IT support.,Working well with free esxi vm-ware as backup solution.
Very fast backup together with Synology NAS
Very easy to administer and use in setup and when restoring,Work with Backblaze as cloud backup as well.
Documentation based on new VMware 6.5,10,Better price performance makes it easier to sell an updated backup system
Support is very fast and experiencedPaw Meng Mortensen
Windows, Linux, Virtual Appliance, direct Install on NAS, pre-configured AWS Amazon Machine Image
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
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