We compared Acronis Cyber Protect and Nakivo based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Acronis Cyber Protect is lauded for its versatility, comprehensive malware protection, and effortless data retrieval. Nakivo is praised for its offsite backup to Synology NAS and seamless cloud integration. Cyber Protect could improve its ability to back up SQL databases, reduce resource usage, resolve conflicts, and improve management features. Nakivo could benefit from improvements in its remote upgrade capabilities, SNMP features, and application backup.
Service and Support: Some users had positive things to say about Acronis customer service, while others were dissatisfied with delayed responses and limited real-time support options. Nakivo's support is praised for being quick, considerate, and attentive.
Ease of Deployment: Some users thought Cyber Protect was simple to deploy, but others considered it challenging. Nakivo's setup was described as straightforward. A few users said the deployment was somewhat complex but not excessively difficult.
Pricing: Reviewers say Acronis Cyber Protect is affordable, but some noted that the pricing could be more transparent. Nakivo offers lower licensing costs and a flexible pricing structure. Nakivo provides cost-efficient backups at a competitive price and even offers a free license for one year for up to five VMs.
ROI: Users say that Acronis Cyber Protect is a worthwhile investment, saving money while safeguarding critical data. Nakivo ensures a favorable return on investment with a reasonable total cost of ownership and reduced testing expenditures.
Comparison Results: Acronis Cyber Protect is a versatile solution that saves customers money and enables easy data recovery. While reviews of Cyber Protect were generally positive, there were mixed reviews about support, pricing, and setup. Users also said it could improve its SQL support and management capabilities. Nakivo is a powerful, cost-effective solution that seamlessly integrates with the cloud, but it could use some enhancements in its SNMP features and remote upgrading functionality.
"I can encrypt the data, I can make it send me an email if it fails. It lets me choose which files I want to ignore during backup."
"The most valuable features of Acronis Backup are instant restore, antivirus, and ransomware protection. Additionally, the documentation is good."
"The main reasons that our customers like Acronis are that it is very strong and easy to use."
"The administration is pretty flexible in terms of defining a multi-tenant type of setup."
"The solution is exceptional for desktop backup."
"The licensing model is very good."
"i use the backup solution and I use something called Disk Director, which is a related product. Together, they allow me to manage all of my storage space."
"It is a very fast and reliable backup, which requires less management and restores quickly."
"The price is much lower than competitors that do the same function."
"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."
"The backup for physical machines and replication for the virtual environment are the most valuable aspects."
"Backups are working smoothly with Nakivo Backup."
"The backups, especially of the incremental type, are really quick (ranging from five to 10 to 45 to 50 minutes depending on the size of the VM)."
"Before using Nakivo Backup & Replication, all our data backup processes took a long time and did not optimize the disk space reserved for backup. With the introduction of Nakivo Backup & Replication, saving times have been reduced by almost half (thanks to the use of several simultaneous transporters) and the space occupied has also had a very important reduction."
"The easy management and a good overview are the most important aspects."
"Every new version has got some tweaks and improvements in stability and speed."
"This is not a feature-rich solution."
"The problems that we face are often related to the customer's network, although sometimes there are problems with the software, such as an error in the configuration."
"The initial setup was complex. We had to deploy it through an external consultant team."
"It could have a better ability to manage backups over a longer period."
"It would be nice if it could support more types of storage: EMC, HPE, Veeam, etc."
"The UI performance can be slow at times, especially when handling operations like checking backup status or initiating a restore. The response time for these actions could be improved."
"We have sometimes issues with the child copies and other similar functions, but it's normal with any backup solution. We need to fix those issues first in order for us to be able to do the backup properly."
"I would like to see better centralized management, because I use it across multiple clients. To have a console that centrally manages them would be nice."
"There are some errors requiring support to correct and bugs and glitches should be addressed."
"The only thing I could say is maybe some more options for job scheduling are needed."
"Using an independent bootable media to restore full physical machines would enable physical machines that may be serving as Nakivo Director or Transport machines to be reliably restored to service without undue delay, ensuring that an enterprise's local environment remains intact."
"We would like to back up File Shares to Amazon S3/Wasabi."
"When you schedule some jobs, you should be able to see a list of the jobs contained within each. You have to open up the editor to see what is inside. You must click through and edit stuff. Each time, it asks you to save or discard changes. It's very annoying. You only see the name of the scheduled job, and you need to edit it to see what's it's inside."
"While the solution provides mostly what we need, it would be ideal if there were some additional feature capabilities for the API."
"Nakivo's implementation documentation could use a little beefing up."
"Space is always an issue."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 10th in Backup and Recovery with 117 reviews while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery with 84 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud and Azure Backup, whereas NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Commvault Cloud. See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. NAKIVO Backup & Replication report.
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