We performed a comparison between BDRSuite and NAKIVO Backup & Replication 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."We have seen ROI. The real return is when something bad happens. All the proof of concept work that we did, all the testing we did, it all panned out for us. We're already seeing a return on that."
"The compression, encryption, and deduplication features all work fine."
"The most valuable features for me are that I can back up the entire virtual machine, but when restoring I can restore at the file level."
"I like the fact that BDRSuite can connect to VMware ESXi and automatically pull the virtual machines that I have in that environment. I also like that you can choose to back up the compute to the backup server or go straight to the cloud."
"It suits our needs, is versatile, and the functionality is there."
"Its ease of use and price are most valuable. It is simple and straightforward. Someone who has never used any backup software will easily understand it from the first installation. It is that simple. Price-wise, it is much cheaper than its counterparts."
"Adding and removing backup jobs using BDRSuite is easy and also includes great documentation."
"We are now using it 24/7 because it is serving as an online backup, and very soon, the DR will activated on the product."
"The easy management and a good overview are the most important aspects."
"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."
"Every new version has got some tweaks and improvements in stability and speed."
"The product license and support delivery have been great!"
"The updates are problem-free, so we can keep Nakivo up to date on the server and NAS too."
"It can be quickly configured via web pages."
"The most valuable feature is the support, as it is directly from Nakivo and it is possible to send a support request that contains all of the technical data on the environment, as well as the software, required for the answer."
"The product is good for protecting very low-budget offices, whereas other solutions fail in terms of cost and footprint of the VMs involved."
"Windows 10 does not have application-aware backups. From my point of view, that's what's existing needs improvement."
"The API uses a common data image to store the data for the sets, but unfortunately, it's limited to consecutive sets only. That's the only limitation I have observed so far."
"I have had issues with new client registrations. There are frequent connectivity issues to the cloud servers. Multiple times, I have had to prove to support that it wasn’t a problem on my end. It always works out in the end, but it is troubling to have the same issues repeated across different clients. Issues eventually get escalated to the cloud team and are mysteriously resolved with no changes on my end."
"I have seen that the BDRSuite user interface can be less intuitive and more challenging to navigate compared to other similar products."
"The response time of the support could be improved a little bit. Sometimes, I need to wait for two or three hours to get support. With VMware, we can get urgent support in an hour. Other than that, I'm pretty good with BDRSuite."
"What I would love to see on the dashboard are graphs, per backup job. I want to see the month and the days in it... If a job has failed, when did it actually fail and what percentage of it failed? Did it fail completely, 75 percent or 100 percent or did it only fail partially?"
"Vembu BDR currently supports backups of O365, although it does not currently have an email archiving function to the O365 backups."
"Vembu software runs on a Windows Server. The Windows Server has to be connected to the internet so it can connect with Vembu’s servers. It has to connect with Vembu. For some reason, if it doesn't connect, it stops working, and I don't know why on earth they do that. They require it to connect to the internet and connect with Vembu for it to continue to function. If the internet is down or if the server can't reach the internet, it stops working after a few days. That's not great because there are some people who want to do backups but they don't want to have their server accessible on the internet."
"It could be a little bit faster in terms of backup and offer more reliable SQL server backups."
"Integrations maybe helpful for NAKIVO. I think end-to-end backup and user backup will be useful to have. The price could be reduced as well. I also think that AD integration should be more available."
"In terms of what could be improved for the next release, I would probably answer better documentation and licensing models."
"My first thought was maybe the GUI could be improved, although it works."
"It would be good to have some Oracle database backup capability from the Linux OS in the next release."
"While the solution provides mostly what we need, it would be ideal if there were some additional feature capabilities for the API."
"I would love to see compatibility with KVM Backup."
"For us, it would be best to improve the speed of the backup instead of adding new features."
BDRSuite is ranked 13th in Backup and Recovery with 62 reviews while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery with 84 reviews. BDRSuite is rated 8.2, while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of BDRSuite writes "Can automatically pull the virtual machines that we have in an environment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". BDRSuite is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Vinchin Backup & Recovery, Acronis Cyber Protect and Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, whereas NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and Arcserve UDP. See our BDRSuite vs. NAKIVO Backup & Replication report.
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