We performed a comparison between NAKIVO Backup & Replication and Veritas Backup Exec 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."The ability to create a replica of all virtual machines is a great feature."
"The VM Backup Verification is one of the features I appreciate the most."
"The solution has a user-friendly interface and is easy to configure."
"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."
"The back-up and restore functions work great and it's easy to use."
"Most valuable for DimenXional Cloud is the API provided by Nakivo which allows us to implement the software in all types of solutions."
"NAKIVO Backup & Replication is very easy to use."
"You can have it setup and running within a few minutes."
"The most important feature is the variety of backup applications it supports, including ERP systems and most other programs, such as Microsoft."
"Backup Exec 2012 R2 is a very good product for the Windows file system and SQL backups. It is very user-friendly, but the next version Backup Exec 2014 that is released and the other next versions of Backup Exec product is not so friendly."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"One of the valuable features is the instant recovery for VMs. It reduces the RTO (Recovery Time Objective) drastically."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"Once the solution is integrated with the Exchange, you just click Exchange to back up that file."
"The product makes it easy to restore data."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to back up IBM Power virtual servers."
"It would be great if the product could be expanded to support other virtual technologies."
"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."
"At the moment I am pleased with what Nakivo does but I would like more reporting functions and if possible, integration with my RMM system."
"Log and report creation can be improved."
"Updating VM Tools on a replicated VM could be better."
"The only thing I could say is maybe some more options for job scheduling are needed."
"There are some errors requiring support to correct and bugs and glitches should be addressed."
"While the solution provides mostly what we need, it would be ideal if there were some additional feature capabilities for the API."
"The price of this solution is very high."
"It doesn't support the AIX platform."
"It's not too stable for client-server architecture. Center Management is not so interactive, and then there are some issues regarding the complex licensing which needs improvement."
"Maybe they could improve reporting capabilities and predictions."
"In the future, their console should not be complicated."
"The licensing packet is confusing. If Veritas could do a better job of clarifying it, that would be helpful."
"The deduplication feature can be improved."
"The cost is quite high. Along with the general costs, the supposed agents that you have to buy for the various options that you want to use ends up driving the costs higher as well."
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery with 84 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and VMware SRM, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Bacula Enterprise. See our NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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