We performed a comparison between BackupAssist and NovaStor NovaBACKUP based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."The most valuable features of BackupAssist are ease of use, configure is simple, and more importantly, ease of recovery. If you needed to do a complete system recovery or another recovery it is straightforward."
"I have found that the backups are usually very successful."
"I get my reports. It is generally very reliable. Unless there is a major change, it doesn't stop backing up. I've got my server room set up with everything connected to the same power, and I never have power issues or failures of backups because a sub-site has gone off."
"We can configure the notifications themselves so that the right people get the notifications. This is very helpful. It allows key stakeholders to know if backups have happened and to remind each other to check the backups if something is not right."
"It is a very good and easy-to-use tool for non-technical people."
"Many solutions become stagnant over time. However, BackupAssist has been consistent in updates but they must continue to innovate and improve to avoid stagnation."
"It stopped doing my backups after I did the last update on it."
"Many solutions become stagnant over time. However, BackupAssist has been consistent in updates but they must continue to innovate and improve to avoid stagnation."
"In the future I would like to see more support for Linux."
"The solution needs a dashboard or some form of central control from which you can manage all backups."
"The price of NovaStor NovaBACKUP is an area that can be considered as a weakness or drawback, where improvements are required."
BackupAssist is ranked 27th in Backup and Recovery with 5 reviews while NovaStor NovaBACKUP is ranked 34th in Backup and Recovery with 2 reviews. BackupAssist is rated 8.8, while NovaStor NovaBACKUP is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of BackupAssist writes "Provides ransomware protection, does good reporting, and is close to perfect for our use case". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NovaStor NovaBACKUP writes "A product that offers good support and performance while also being user-friendly". BackupAssist is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication and Acronis Cyber Protect, whereas NovaStor NovaBACKUP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication and Acronis Cyber Protect.
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