We performed a comparison between BDRSuite and NAKIVO Backup & Replication based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We invest in the backup so the continuity of the data is not affected."
"Their technical support is very good to work with, as they are able to propose alternate solutions to problems that work well for us."
"The ability to map a drive and restore a separate file is most valuable. The restoration activity is good."
"The most important feature, in terms of the hypervisor, is the ability to restore a virtual machine in a matter of minutes. We can take the backup of a virtual machine and we can restore it to the actual Vembu Backup server as a temporary solution, in a matter of minutes. We can just spin up a VM in no time; different hardware, even different processors. It's pretty dynamic in that sense."
"It made it easy for us to handle the daily backup of endpoints."
"If we do a backup of a machine at some point and the server crashes, then we can restore this machine to a different server with the same settings and setup. We will just have to tweak one or two things, like the IP. Then, it is ready to go."
"Because all our servers are hosted on VMware, the VMware backup is the most valuable feature. The integration and backup with VMware are very good."
"The automated backup of multiple virtual machines. We can back up two hypervisors, one is Microsoft Hyper-V and the other one is VMware Hypervisor."
"The automatic backup and replication features are invaluable, saving us time and resources by automating routine backup tasks and ensuring data protection without manual intervention."
"Nakivo makes our backs-ups more reliable and easy to recover in case of full damage or partial retrieval of files - all at a convenient cost."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"This product has helped to centralize backups and made it easy to recover data."
"It was also very easy to configure backups to be sent offsite to a separate repository for disaster recovery needs."
"We have found all the features of Nakivo to be useful and the solution is easier to use compared to Proxmox. It is user-friendly, we are very satisfied."
"Technical support responds very quickly."
"This enables us to do quick granular file recovery as and when required but also to do whole-site relocation in the case of a total loss scenario."
"We had a lot of problems getting it configured in the first place. They also wanted us to allow them remote access to our machines without us watching what they're doing, which is a huge security risk for us. We said we couldn't do that, and they said they don't offer any phone support whatsoever."
"The response time of the support could be improved a little bit. Sometimes, I need to wait for two or three hours to get support. With VMware, we can get urgent support in an hour. Other than that, I'm pretty good with BDRSuite."
"I have seen that the BDRSuite user interface can be less intuitive and more challenging to navigate compared to other similar products."
"They had a good product and tried to change things by going to a different product. They should have tried to stay with a product that is a proven solution and successful."
"There are some limitation in Vembu that can be improved. When you take the backup from any server, the full incremental backup is limited. For example, if you run a weekly full backup and monthly backup, they cannot be run at the same time. I should not have to create a new job, but in this scenario, I am creating two jobs. The limitation is created because if I select monthly backup, then I cannot select weekly backup."
"I have had issues where it was working and then it stopped and I had to diagnose what had changed or gone wrong to get it back up."
"I have not been impressed by the data compression of the backup images. They seem to take up nearly as much space on the backup drive as they do on the server."
"There were issues with the implementation because of incompatibilities between the tool implementation and our current VMware installation. So, it was an implementation issue that doesn't allow me to use it for VMware backup in the manner in which we would want to use it. That wasn't clear from the evaluation stage nor was it clear from the first utilization of it because it worked in the environment that it was being evaluated in. Based on that, we went ahead and made the purchase of the full implementation. At that point, it became clear that there would be limitations in that implementation that could not be overcome without doing upgrades to the production environment."
"It would be good to have some Oracle database backup capability from the Linux OS in the next release."
"The reporting features could be enhanced to provide more detailed and customizable reports for better insights into backup operations."
"There could be better integration with other solutions, such as Amazon S3."
"One complaint I have is the dashboard flashing as it reloads/refreshes itself. The program was not always like that and it happened after an update at some point."
"There is a lack of native (web-based) update functionality."
"An improvement would be to include a general data backup solution that is not only for virtual machines."
"It could be a little bit faster in terms of backup and offer more reliable SQL server backups."
"The first implementation is a bit difficult but once is up and running is rock solid and extremely easy to manage."
BDRSuite is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 63 reviews while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery with 85 reviews. BDRSuite is rated 8.2, while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of BDRSuite writes "Can automatically pull the virtual machines that we have in an environment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". BDRSuite is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Vinchin Backup & Recovery, Acronis Cyber Protect, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup and MSP360 Backup, whereas NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and AOMEI Cyber Backup. See our BDRSuite vs. NAKIVO Backup & Replication report.
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