We compared Nakivo and Veritas NetBackup based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Nakivo is praised for its offsite backup to Synology NAS and seamless cloud integration. Veritas NetBackup is praised for its versatility and integration with third-party applications. Users appreciate its virtual server backup capabilities, cloud integration, and malware protection. Nakivo could benefit from improvements in its remote upgrade capabilities, SNMP features, and application backup. Veritas NetBackup would benefit from streamlining implementation and incorporating additional cloud solutions.
Service and Support: Nakivo's support is praised for being quick, considerate, and attentive. Some users reported positive experiences with Veritas customer service, but others said that it sometimes took a long time to resolve issues in specific regions.
Ease of Deployment: Nakivo's setup was described as straightforward. A few users said the deployment was somewhat complex but not excessively difficult. Opinions on Veritas NetBackup's setup complexity are mixed, with some finding it straightforward and others perceiving it as more complex.
Pricing: 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. Opinions on Veritas NetBackup's pricing vary. Some consider it expensive but say it’s worth the price due to its extensive features. There are no additional fees aside from the basic license.
ROI: Nakivo ensures a favorable return on investment with a reasonable total cost of ownership and reduced testing expenditures. Veritas NetBackup prioritizes constant availability and quick access, resulting in a positive ROI.
Comparison Results: 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. Users say Veritas NetBackup is a versatile solution that offers robust compatibility, seamless cloud integration, and strong protection against malware and ransomware. NetBackup received mixed reviews for pricing and ease of setup, and some users said it could improve its cloud support.
"The interface is basic and very easy to use which is what we are looking for."
"NAKIVO is easy to use and pretty easy to set up."
"You can have it setup and running within a few minutes."
"We really appreciate the simplicity of the solution."
"The implementation of Nakivo made it possible to implement the information security policies currently in force in the company and to meet the statutory requirements in the field of IT security."
"It is easy to manage all of the individual backup jobs, check the status every day, and it can even send an email to keep us informed."
"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."
"Perfect for someone who doesn't want to waste time."
"Includes snapshots and multiple database agents."
"The Replication Director, Auto Image Replication, Accelerator, Oracle Intelligent Policy, synthetic and VADP backups are the most valuable features."
"The backup and restore features are helpful."
"NetBackup is very easy for end-users."
"The main features of this solution are deduplication, compression, ease of use, simplistic user interface, and compatibility with all the backup service systems."
"I like the cross-platform features."
"This is a complete solution, everything is under one console."
"I like NetBackup's accelerator feature. You can take a full backup with incremental speed and integrate it with block tracking."
"I had to manually install SNMP, which wasn't hard, but a step I had to take, to plug this into the monitoring system."
"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."
"For us, it would be best to improve the speed of the backup instead of adding new features."
"In the future, it would be nice to have support for Zimbra email, Collabora Office, and the NextCloud content collaboration platform."
"More statistic options would be a great feature."
"I would love to see compatibility with KVM Backup."
"While the solution provides mostly what we need, it would be ideal if there were some additional feature capabilities for the API."
"In the future, the solution should provide a more granular backup."
"We are facing a challenge regarding the support for Docker and Kubernetes features. We hope for the possibility of directly backing up Kubernetes and Docker images without the necessity of taking full virtual machine backups."
"Maybe they could add more cloud solutions."
"GUI needs to be more user-friendly."
"When the customer is using SaaS applications like Office 365, the integration falls short and needs to be improved."
"The database integration could be better."
"I have been involved in upgrades. They have not been straightforward. Some of them have required us to make changes to our architecture and production environment."
"In the next release, I would like to have a better way to protect against ransomware attacks and a better way of logging issues where you don't have to enable the verbose logging to capture the problems."
"Once the protection plan is created, we cannot pause or resume via the web administration page."
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery with 84 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 111 reviews. NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. 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 NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and Zerto, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Azure Backup and Veritas Backup Exec. See our NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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