Acronis Backup vs. Nakivo
As of March 2019, Acronis Backup is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery Software with 36 reviews vs Nakivo which is ranked 32nd in Backup and Recovery Software with 4 reviews. The top reviewer of Acronis Backup writes "I Use Acronis Backup And Disk Director To Manage My Storage Space. They Help Me Back Up My Workstations". The top reviewer of Nakivo writes "Four times the reduction in cost of our vSphere backups, though lacks direct integration with common backup storage arrays". Acronis Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas Backup Exec and Arcserve UDP. Nakivo is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Altaro VM Backup and Rubrik. See our Acronis Backup vs. Nakivo report.
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The ability to clone backups. I have everything I need in the backup or in the partition. It works with different types of partitions or different OSs. Stability is always good. I have used Acronis for 10 years now, if not more. I have never had a problem with availability, etc. It is a very fast and reliable backup, which requires less management and restores quickly. The user interface (UI) is easy to use. It is fast and easy for an image-based backup across all platforms. Acronis has many features, which are really very interesting, when it comes to data backup and recovery, especially disaster recovery (DR). | The ability to restore in a catastrophic event is priceless, since every company must use a backup solution of some sort. We are able to take backups on a regular interval and restore data/VMs as we choose making the process work as advertised. The ability to create a replica of all virtual machines is a great feature. We have been able to set up a failover site that has replicas of our critical VMs. You can have it setup and running within a few minutes. |
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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. I would change the GUI a little to make it a bit more interactive. It should have a slightly more updated look, not something which looks like it was designed five years ago despite the fact it is easy to follow and very appealing. It would be nice if it could support more types of storage: EMC, HPE, Veeam, etc. If there was a wizard that would lead you down a road, when creating a backup, that would probably be better than having to go online or call somebody to actually do a backup. It's not intuitive... I can't select a network location. I have to map a drive on the server, and then I have to select the mapped drive in order for it to put the backup out there. It would be nice to have it on the cloud platform without using third-party equipment. This might be a lack of understanding on my part, but it's difficult to purge old backups. It does not delete locked files. | The upgrade process is a bit dated and could use some changes. UI could use some upgrades. The UI is basic, but functional. It would be great if the product could be expanded to support other virtual technologies. |
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I like the pricing, and that it is easy to use and has performed well. When it comes to elements like cost, I think it is the only backup solution which has perpetual licenses, whereby you buy the license once and for all. It has already paid off itself in the first few months that we implemented it. I would say that at the pricepoint that it's at, it's definitely worth the money. Pricing is what it is. I don't shop around once I find a good solution. I insist they maintain ongoing support year after year for updates and tech support. Doing what this is capable of doing, the cost of it is in line. | Information Not Available |
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| Acronis Backup, Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard, Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced | |
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| Acronis | Nakivo |
Overview | |
Acronis Backup 12.5 is the world’s easiest and fastest backup solution for all your data, whether it is located on-premises, in remote systems, in private and public clouds, or on mobile devices. With enhanced backup validation and blockchain-based authentication of your backups with Acronis Notary, Acronis Backup 12.5 is the most reliable backup solution on the market today. Available in Standard and Advanced editions, Acronis Backup 12.5 protects data on 21 platforms. With active protection from ransomware, 15-second Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), and backups that are two times faster than the closest competitor, it is easiest to-use, fastest, most secure and complete backup solution available today. Acronis Backup simplifies the management of data protection and reduces IT manual efforts with innovative features that automate data protection. These features include a zero-installation, unified touch-friendly web-based console to manage backup and recovery of all workloads and data, agentless and agent-based backups; and flexible granular, bare-metal, and dissimilar hardware recovery options. | NAKIVO Backup & Replication provides image-based, application-aware, and forever-incremental backup for VMware, Hyper-V, and AWS EC2 VMs. This means that NAKIVO Backup & Replication can capture all VM data, ensure the consistency of applications and databases (such as Exchange, Active Directory, MS SQL, SharePoint) running in VMs, and transfer only changes to the backup repository. NAKIVO Backup & Replication uses native change tracking
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Sample Customers | |
| Kings Academy, Rush Memorial, Pentagon Credit Union, Oxford School District, New York City Probation, Dolmen Insurance, New Bedford Community Health, Gerard Darel, Ready Honda | Coca Cola, Honda, 3M, University of Arizona, University of Maryland, University of Arkansas, Johns Hopkins University, Marriott, United States Military Academy West Point, Greenpeace, China Airlines, Radisson Hotels and Resorts, Fujifilm |
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Government14% Non Profit14% Manufacturing Company10% Pharma/Biotech Company10% Energy/Utilities Company16% Software R&D Company16% Financial Services Firm15% Healthcare Company13% | No Data Available |
Company Size | |
Small Business41% Midsize Enterprise25% Large Enterprise34% Small Business10% Midsize Enterprise31% Large Enterprise59% | No Data Available |
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