We compared Azure Backup and Nakivo based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Azure Backup is commended for its scalability, comprehensive security options, and non-disruptive backup process. Users also like its seamless integration with various Azure services. Nakivo is praised for its offsite backup to Synology NAS and seamless cloud integration. Azure Backup needs to improve its backup and file-level restoration procedure. Nakivo could benefit from improvements in its remote upgrade capabilities, SNMP features, and application backup.
Service and Support: Azure's customer service is generally considered helpful and proactive, but a few users have reported longer wait times and slow issue resolution. Nakivo's support is praised for being quick, considerate, and attentive.
Ease of Deployment: Azure Backup's setup is easy, quick, and can be completed with minimal user involvement. Nakivo's setup was described as straightforward. A few users said the deployment was somewhat complex but not excessively difficult.
Pricing: Azure Backup is a cloud-based solution, so its pricing depends on factors like storage and data consumption. Azure offers competitive pricing and is considered more cost effective than many competing solutions. 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: Azure Backup offers a solid return on investment with its affordable pricing and low initial costs, particularly when upgrading solutions. Nakivo ensures a favorable return on investment with a reasonable total cost of ownership and reduced testing expenditures.
Comparison Results: Azure Backup is an affordable, scalable solution that features an effortless deployment and native integration with Azure services. While reviews of Azure Backup’s features were generally positive, some users reported unsatisfactory experiences with Azure support. 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.
"When it comes to Azure Backup, the advantage is that it's native and it's very easy to configure. We don't require a separate tool or manage something on a separate server. At the backend, it's managed by Microsoft itself, and we don't need to manage it."
"This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed."
"Azure Backup is good because it is entirely cloud-based, which means that you can be 99.9% sure that your backup is safe."
"It offers seamless integration."
"You can select the tiering for your backup and manage your cost."
"The most valuable feature is the ease in which it backs up our data."
"Enables immediate recovery and immediate restoration."
"We are happy with this product and have not found any issues while using it."
"Backup jobs are running smoothly every day with job reports sent to email after they finish each job. That gives us peace of mind."
"We have found all the features of Nakivo to be useful and the solution is easier to use compared to Proxmox. It is user-friendly, we are very satisfied."
"For my purpose, I find VM Backup to be the most useful, as it gives me the ability to create image-based, incremental backups of VMware, Hyper-V, and Nutanix AHV VMs."
"Nakivo offers direct support through the graphical interface and this is great to have if you need quick help."
"The easy management and a good overview are the most important aspects."
"We spend less time to get data recovered."
"The back-up and restore functions work great and it's easy to use."
"The user interface is good, and it's user-friendly. I also like its usability with hyper-convergence products like Nutanix and others in the data infrastructure."
"Azure Backup is limited to certain workloads. It would be helpful if Microsoft focused on enabling backups for Oracle and other unsupported databases."
"The product could improve its performance."
"I would like to see better pricing."
"Technical support is in need of improvement."
"Azure Backup's licensing model is very challenging because it doesn't give a clear picture."
"The product must improve on a database level."
"Azure Backup could improve by offering better integration for Oracle databases and enhancing features like granular restore and backup compliance capabilities."
"The extensibility onto hybrid environments needs a bit of tweaking for those on-prem."
"It would be helpful to be able to have a custom footprint so that only the required features are installed."
"UI could use some upgrades. The UI is basic, but functional."
"What must be improved is the response time to technical support requests."
"Implementing more comprehensive data deduplication and compression techniques could optimize storage utilization and reduce backup times, improving overall efficiency."
"I had to manually install SNMP, which wasn't hard, but a step I had to take, to plug this into the monitoring system."
"I would like to have a built-in SNMP client, which is important if we want to monitor it using Zabbix, Nagios, or another monitoring solution."
"So far, there is no version that supports Polish. If such a version existed, many customers in our region would decide to purchase and implement this solution."
"I would love to see compatibility with KVM Backup."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery with 84 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Veritas NetBackup, whereas NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and Zerto. See our Azure Backup vs. NAKIVO Backup & Replication report.
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