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Azure Site Recovery vs N2WS Backup & Recovery comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.7
Azure Site Recovery provides cost-effective, reliable disaster recovery with 30% time savings on VM management compared to other solutions.
Sentiment score
10.0
<p>N2WS Backup &amp; Recovery users saved time and money, improved efficiency, reduced downtime, and achieved better data protection and ROI.</p>
Azure Site Recovery, while being pricier than some providers, has a sufficient service level to justify costs.
Azure Site Recovery is time-saving, and its features allow us to automate processes and save resources.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Azure Site Recovery support is mixed, with prompt service for some, but delays and expertise issues reported by others.
Sentiment score
7.9
<p>N2WS Backup &amp; Recovery offers highly regarded, responsive, and prompt customer support, with direct vendor handling and efficient issue resolution.</p>
We primarily rely on our Cloud Support Partner for support.
Issues frequently require escalation.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Azure Site Recovery is highly scalable, effectively managing various enterprise sizes, though setup time may increase with server numbers.
Sentiment score
7.6
<p>Users find N2WS Backup &amp; Recovery scalable and efficient for long-term use with various server and VM backup needs.</p>
Azure Site Recovery is a very scalable product and service mechanism.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Azure Site Recovery is praised for stability and scalability, frequently rated 8-10, despite occasional migration challenges.
Sentiment score
8.6
<p>N2WS Backup &amp; Recovery is highly praised for its stability and reliability, frequently receiving a nine out of ten rating.</p>
I would rate the stability of Azure Site Recovery at eight to nine out of ten.
 

Room For Improvement

Azure Site Recovery needs enhancements in error logging, pricing, compatibility, scalability, stability, synchronization, security, and support services.
<p>N2WS Backup &amp; Recovery requires a better GUI, enhanced stability, and improved file management tools for more efficient backups.</p>
There is room for improvement in the release of patches, such as ensuring they are properly managed to avoid outages.
Moreover, it does not support services like AppConfig or App Services.
 

Setup Cost

Azure Site Recovery costs vary based on usage, making long-term budgeting challenging due to complexity and regular adjustments.
<p>N2WS Backup &amp; Recovery provides scalable, cost-effective cloud backup solutions with flexible pricing based on usage and exceptional customer support.</p>
The pricing of Azure Site Recovery is around a four out of ten, being somewhat cost-effective.
 

Valuable Features

Azure Site Recovery offers seamless disaster recovery with automation, scalability, and integration, though potentially costly for smaller businesses.
<p>N2WS Backup &amp; Recovery is praised for its user-friendly design, efficient AWS instance management, strong repository, and reporting features.</p>
Azure provides a 99.99% SLA for their uptime, ensuring that even during outages due to patch releases, there is no data loss, merely hindered accessibility.
Its time-saving aspects allow us to write PowerShell scripts to automate failover processes.
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Site Recovery
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery as a Service (2nd)
N2WS Backup & Recovery
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (43rd), Cloud Backup (31st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (22nd)
 

Featured Reviews

RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot reviewer
The time-saving aspects allow us to write PowerShell scripts to automate failover processes
First of all, we initially faced a challenge as Azure Site Recovery was not supporting shared disk options on SQL clusters with VMs, which are important for a Windows cluster mode. Additionally, the setup is quite easy, only requiring the creation of a vault. Its time-saving aspects allow us to write PowerShell scripts to automate failover processes.
Cezar Ashkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to use and setup
One valuable feature is the easy-to-use GUI There is room for improvement in stability. I have been using this solution for a few months. We currently use the latest version.  I would rate the stability a nine out of ten.  It is a scalable solution.  The technical support of N2WS has an…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
6%
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
University
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Azure Site Recovery?
Azure Site Recovery allows my company to save around 30 percent of the time on every VM that we need to back up and restore.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Site Recovery?
The pricing of Azure Site Recovery is around a four out of ten, being somewhat cost-effective. Microsoft frequently restructures their pricing, causing us to adjust packages and subscriptions, whic...
What needs improvement with Azure Site Recovery?
There is room for improvement in the release of patches, such as ensuring they are properly managed to avoid outages. The support help desk needs to improve escalation procedures. Azure ( /products...
What do you like most about N2WS Backup & Recovery?
N2WS Backup &amp; Recovery is very easy to use and configure backup for AWS instances.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for N2WS Backup & Recovery?
I used the free version. I don't have much experience with the paid version. But I'm trying to compare the pricing between different options.
What needs improvement with N2WS Backup & Recovery?
N2WS Backup &amp; Recovery efficiently takes cloud backups on EC2 instances. The solution has the option to take backup on-prem servers, but it's not very efficient.
 

Also Known As

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N2WS Cloud Protection Manager
 

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Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Union Insurance, Rackspace
Coca-Cola, tecRacer, Cloudar, Goodwill
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