We compared Commvault Complete Data Protection and Nakivo based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Commvault Complete Data Protection is highly regarded for its extensive recovery options and compatibility with diverse storage systems. Nakivo is praised for its offsite backup to Synology NAS and seamless cloud integration. Users suggest that Commvault Complete Data Protection could offer more Windows security features and a unified console. They said Commvault should expand support for container-based systems and improve its ability to archive large video files. Nakivo could benefit from improvements in its remote upgrade capabilities, SNMP features, and application backup.
Service and Support: Commvault Complete Data Protection earned mostly positive feedback for its customer service, but some Commvault customers mentioned concerns about network-related support and the need for more direct access during emergencies. Nakivo's support is praised for being quick, considerate, and attentive.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Commvault Complete Data Protection is complex, time-consuming, and may require outside help. The lack of sufficient documentation and online resources adds to the difficulty. Nakivo's setup was described as straightforward. A few users said the deployment was somewhat complex but not excessively difficult.
Pricing: Commvault may need to lower its price to attract customers in certain regions and customer segments. 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: Commvault Complete Data Protection offers significant cost savings. Some enterprise customers estimated that they saved between $100,000 to $300,000 by reducing labor costs, speeding up backup and recovery, and implementing remote access. Nakivo ensures a favorable return on investment with a reasonable total cost of ownership and reduced testing expenditures.
Comparison Results: Commvault Complete Data Protection is a robust and flexible solution with the potential to save customers money, but users say the setup is too complex and it needs better support for container-based systems. 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.
"Commvault integrates well with all types of operating systems and supports heterogeneous environments."
"This product has allowed us to recover data when we've had issues."
"We recommend this product for people who are running the Oracle Virtualization Manager."
"The solution's stability is excellent."
"Commvault has a unique administration platform with more features than its competitors."
"The most valuable features of Commvault Hyperscale X are the full responsibilities inclined in conversion with high responsibility rates."
"Commvault is a stable solution for Red Hat Linux."
"It's very stable."
"The product license and support delivery have been great!"
"All in all, NAKIVO helped us save a lot of time."
"With Nakivo, I have the peace of mind that all of my production environment is safely backed up and can be restored safely, easily, and quickly with a few clicks."
"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)."
"It is flexible."
"We have been able to set up a failover site that has replicas of our critical VMs."
"This product has a very clean and intuitive GUI."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is a cheaper price and user-friendly."
"I would like to have a manager-level dashboard to review the backups. This is not from an administrative perspective where you can see the details of the execution. Rather, it would only show the percentage of completeness for each one."
"This product is overly complex to operate and run."
"The tool should revise its licensing."
"They could work on the implementation of the features."
"In an upcoming release, the reports could be better."
"The pricing of the solution can be improved and made cheaper."
"Setup is complex."
"Support for this product needs to be improved because I have seen a couple of cases where it is taking more than the required time to solve issues."
"I would like to have the option of creating a subfolder per job in the backup repository because we had an issue where some files were corrupted and we lost the backup of the majority of the VMs."
"Nakivo's implementation documentation could use a little beefing up."
"I need no more valuable features for backs-up. I have not yet tried the latest release, however, I have all the features that I need."
"Implementing more comprehensive data deduplication and compression techniques could optimize storage utilization and reduce backup times, improving overall efficiency."
"We'd like to see a legacy environment backup, like AIX, etc."
"They need a better knowledge base with more information about support issues."
"For us, it would be best to improve the speed of the backup instead of adding new features."
"An improvement would be to give us more control over the email alerts, with different emails going to different addresses based on a set of rules."
Commvault Cloud is ranked 3rd in Backup and Recovery with 104 reviews while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery with 84 reviews. Commvault Cloud is rated 8.6, while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Commvault Cloud writes "Provides excellent visibility and helps reduce costs and time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". Commvault Cloud is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup and Zerto, whereas NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and IBM Spectrum Protect. See our Commvault Cloud vs. NAKIVO Backup & Replication report.
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