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 product is good for protecting very low-budget offices, whereas other solutions fail in terms of cost and footprint of the VMs involved."
"The updates are problem-free, so we can keep Nakivo up to date on the server and NAS too."
"The interface is basic and very easy to use which is what we are looking for."
"It has saved us numerous times from power outages and server failure."
"For my purpose, I find VM Backup to be the most useful, as it gives me the ability to create image-based, incremental backups of VMware, Hyper-V, and Nutanix AHV VMs."
"Nakivo is an easy-to-use, robust and cost-effective backup solution. I highly recommend it."
"The ability to use a variety of cloud providers rather than being tied into one is a huge bonus."
"This is a user-friendly solution that has a lot of certifications and documentation for the Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure."
"This solution is not complex and you do not have to be too technical to use it."
"The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"For us, the main two features that we appreciate in this application are backup and restore. They are the main purposes for which we are using this application."
"It is a scalable product."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V."
"One of the things I liked least about this software is when an update was pushed to one of the servers we had, somehow we didn't receive the update and needed some quick troubleshooting."
"We'd like to see more cooperation with Synology. It can be enhanced to get updates published faster to Synology's store."
"From an administrator usage perspective, the interface is very intuitive, but maybe the wizard for creating and modifying backup jobs could look a little fancier."
"Sometimes, for some VMs and some Windows Server versions, specifically old versions (aka server 12 or older) fail due to the VSS writer error or locking file system."
"The process for getting unused diskspace back from the data repository is slow."
"It would be helpful to be able to have a custom footprint so that only the required features are installed."
"Updating VM Tools on a replicated VM could be better."
"Space is always an issue."
"Whenever a job fails, it would be a great improvement to be able to resume the job from that feature. Suppose a job was started this morning and that it is going on while there are interruptions like network issues, server restart issues, server connectivity issues, services stopping, etc. For some reason, let's assume that the job failed or that it was mistakenly canceled by another person. It will be a great improvement if that failed job can be continued."
"The licensing packet is confusing. If Veritas could do a better job of clarifying it, that would be helpful."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"Firstly, the GUI for 2014 is mostly confusing, i.e., if you need to add any additional technical features, then it doesn't require a change to the GUI."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The reports could be made in an easier way."
"We've experienced some performance issues with Backup Exec. The backup jobs take too long to complete."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
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.
See our list of best Backup and Recovery vendors.
We monitor all Backup and Recovery reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
