NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication vs Zerto comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Zerto and NAKIVO Backup & Replication are both prominent data protection solutions. User reviews indicate more satisfaction with the pricing and customer support of Zerto, but NAKIVO Backup & Replication is preferred for its features despite the higher price.

Features: Zerto is known for its robust disaster recovery capabilities, seamless failover/failback functions, and strong replication features. NAKIVO Backup & Replication offers comprehensive backup solutions, including cloud storage support, instant recovery, and a broad feature set that provides versatility and comprehensive data protection.

Room For Improvement:Zerto users report a need for better scalability options, reduced complexity in setup, and easier management of large environments. NAKIVO Backup & Replication faces criticism for its limited integration options, occasional performance issues, and the need for more advanced reporting features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zerto is noted for rapid deployment but has mixed reviews on the complexity of its setup. It is backed by responsive customer service. NAKIVO Backup & Replication is praised for its straightforward setup process, user-friendly installation, and reliable customer support. NAKIVO stands out for its simpler deployment experience.

Pricing and ROI: Zerto's higher initial setup costs are balanced by a strong ROI due to its reliable disaster recovery. NAKIVO Backup & Replication offers competitive pricing with a notable ROI attributed to its effective backup and recovery operations. While Zerto is more expensive upfront, both solutions deliver substantial ROI, reflecting their efficiency.

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Categories and Ranking

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

6th

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

6th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zerto

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

2nd

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

2nd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

279

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (4th), Cloud Backup (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of NAKIVO Backup & Replication is 3.5%, up from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zerto is 15.3%, down from 20.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

Featured Reviews

Rahim Khasiyev

Founder at CAE LLC

Our clients tell us they appreciate the user-friendly interface and the space savings they realize from compression

Some of Nakivo's backup features need improvement. For example, I would like some more options for job scheduling. We can only schedule incremental and full backup, but there are no differential backup features in the same job. I can only schedule one incremental and one full backup in a week. I schedule three jobs for each repository, which is the simplest way to plan your jobs. It's possible to consolidate three jobs into one, but when you want to explain the backup registration schema to someone, they can't understand what they don't see. When you schedule some jobs, you should be able to see a list of the jobs contained within each. You have to open up the editor to see what is inside. You must click through and edit stuff. Each time, it asks you to save or discard changes. It's very annoying. You only see the name of the scheduled job, and you need to edit it to see what's it's inside.

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Shri Sharan

Solutions architect at Kyndryl

Is user-friendly, saves us time, and costs

We encountered some issues during Active Directory recovery. When we implemented Active Directory, we provided feedback to Zerto regarding the challenges of recovering AD from the on-premises environment to the disaster recovery site. Unlike other virtual machines, AD recovery presents unique difficulties due to its active-active nature. It's unclear whether these challenges stem from Zerto itself or limitations within Microsoft Active Directory. However, in our experience using Zerto for AD recovery compared to other technologies, we faced data discrepancies that necessitated workarounds to bring AD online at the DR site. Certain applications we migrated from production relied on Active Directory authentication. To ensure successful application functionality at the DR site, a functional AD environment was a prerequisite to application migration. Therefore, our initial step involved copying and guaranteeing a running AD instance on the DR side before application recovery. However, upon attempting application authentication on the DR side, data inconsistencies prevented successful authentication. To address this, we created an isolated clone of the AD environment and conducted tests. Through trial and error, we were able to develop workarounds to resolve the issue. Notably, these challenges were specific to Active Directory; other VMs didn't exhibit similar problems.

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Pros

"The automatic backup and replication features are invaluable, saving us time and resources by automating routine backup tasks and ensuring data protection without manual intervention."

"The implementation of Nakivo made it possible to implement the information security policies currently in force in the company and to meet the statutory requirements in the field of IT security."

"The easy management and a good overview are the most important aspects."

"Perfect for someone who doesn't want to waste time."

"Nakivo's backup and replication product has allowed us to implement a disaster recovery solution with a target repository in the cloud."

"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 very scalable, robust, has an easy setup with a short-duration deployment and good technical support."

"The interface is basic and very easy to use which is what we are looking for."

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"Files can also be extracted from the VMDK at the remote site even when the VM is off."

"There are two things that are keeping us with the solution: 1. It does a very good job of keeping the data in sync at all times. 2. In the event of a failover or in the event of a contingency, we are able to retrieve the data very quickly without any issues."

"The ability to test which virtual machines can be failed over to our DR site without interruption of our production environment."

"A great Zerto feature is the non-intrusive failover of the application, similar to an actual disaster recovery test without impacting the services that are currently online. Sometimes customers need to failover to an isolated environment and validate an application without impacting the production environment: we can achieve this goal with Zerto. Again, we can do regular testing in a non-impactful way using isolated testing. For customers of our DRaaS we include once a year, a live test that is more like what would happen if the customer lost the production site. Near-synchronous replication is one of the benefits of Zerto that drove us to choose it over some others. With typical backup and recovery solutions, the recovery point typically is about 24 hours. With the near-synchronous replication, recovery point objectives tend to be minutes or a few seconds if the bandwidth is adequate. That's one of the major benefits of Zerto: there's no need to run incremental backups every xx minutes. And the recovery time is fairly quick as well, like a shutdown and reboot of a VM. Eventually, the VPGs (Virtual Protection Groups) allow to grouping of one or more VMs into a single entity, ensuring every point in time inserted into Zerto’s journal (a checkpoint) is from the same point in time for all components within the protection group. This allows easy recovery of an entire application and its dependencies to a consistent point in time. Zerto is also a very easy product to use."

"It reduced the time for DR tests from the infrastructure side. Being able to get our work done in a matter of a couple of minutes so the app teams can get to work and can do their testing has been significant."

"Zerto's greatest strength is its speed."

"The second feature that sold us was the sub-second RPO. One of the things that made Zerto's product stand out from some of the more traditional solutions four years ago was its ability to maintain sub-second RPO over a group of machines, and that group of machines could be spread over multiple storage hardware."

"The ease of use is one of the best features. Previously, we were using Site Replication Manager with VMware and it was a little bit cumbersome. With Zerto, we liked the fact that it was hardware-agnostic and we were able to spin it up pretty quickly and get it working."

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Cons

"While the solution provides mostly what we need, it would be ideal if there were some additional feature capabilities for the API."

"Space is always an issue."

"For us, it would be best to improve the speed of the backup instead of adding new features."

"Due to the fact that we are HP and Fugit partners as well, it would be nice if Nakivo would allow support for HP and Fugit storage."

"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."

"I think it is important to work not only in replicating the virtual machines in Amazon AWS, but in other cloud systems."

"Log and report creation can be improved."

"The first implementation is a bit difficult but once is up and running is rock solid and extremely easy to manage."

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"I have had problems with vRAs. When I am trying to restart a host, sometimes the vRAs will hang. I would like it if they wouldn't migrate off or shut themselves down, then I have to manually work with it a lot of the time."

"Analytics has a 90-day window, where it keeps data. It would be nice to have on-prem storage instead of cloud storage for that so we can keep the data for longer. Unless you discover the problem within three months, you don't know that you need the data. Then, it is gone by the time you realize there is an issue."

"One thing I would like to see in their roadmap is introducing long-term storage in the cloud such as Azure or AWS. They can make it more seamless."

"They could improve their online documentation."

"There are a couple of areas in the interface that are not very intuitive. Most of them are pretty easy, but there are a few areas in the journal and replication that, unless you've done it before, you really have no idea what to do."

"The limitation with Zerto is that you're required to have one Zerto Manager per virtual center, and this means that you're only able to replicate one way. Technical support for this product was fantastic, before they were acquired by HP. You're now able to tell that the company is becoming too big, in terms of the support they provide."

"In terms of improvement, it would be helpful if the implementation team had a better best practices guide and made sure things like the journaling are very clearly understood."

"They could iron out the licensing aspect of it, so we might be a bit quicker when implementing and starting to use it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's really cheap, and our company saves a significant amount of money on IT backup solutions per year."

"From the perspective of Indian users, the cost is a little bit high."

"Pricing is easy to understand and very affordable."

"Nakivo Backup & Replication also have another great value, which is that it is one of the lowest prices on the market."

"You have a lot of different options when it comes to pricing and the pricing models are pretty flexible and affordable."

"The licensing model is crystal clear on the website."

"Nakivo has a good price-performance ratio."

"The licensing model is very affordable compared to competitors, with a good quality-to-cost ratio, and the software is quite simple and fast to setup."

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"To ensure proper data protection, we require a separate backup solution alongside Zerto for disaster recovery therefore the price for Zerto is high."

"The pricing is a little more expensive in comparison to other tools."

"We believe the pricing, setup costs, and licensing are easy to understand. The pricing seems very reasonable."

"Zerto's pricing structure could be more competitive to better suit the needs of a wider range of businesses."

"Licensing is based on the number of VMs to replicate. The first thing should be to get the number of VMs to replicate based on your business needs."

"At the time I had purchased the product, the pricing was fair and reasonable. Over the years, costs have certainly gone up, which makes it hard for healthcare companies to use the solution."

"Pricing is one area where there could be some improvement. We would like to see a consumption model that would charge in a DR scenario, where you're failing over and consuming those resources, instead of a per-protected-node model. Or it could be a model based on the amount of storage space you're protecting."

"The solution is expensive, but it's worth the price."

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Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

22%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

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Questions from the Community

How does Nakivo compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?

Nakivo is my favorite backup software. Below are the main benefits of Nakivo compared to Veeam 1. Low cost. 2. Backup storage with global deduplication (this is the main requirement of a backup sol...

What do you like most about Nakivo?

NAKIVO Backup & Replication is very easy to use.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nakivo?

Thoroughly assess your needs before purchasing the solution. Depending on how your data center operates, you will need to determine whether the licensing should be based on workload or socket. It’s...

What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1...

What do you like most about Zerto?

Its ability to roll back if the VM or the server that you are recovering does not come up right is also valuable. You have the ability to roll back a few seconds or a few minutes. The rollback feat...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zerto?

I would rate the pricing, setup cost, and licensing around a seven on a scale of one to ten. The pricing model could be more flexible to accommodate startup companies with lower budgets.

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Overview

NAKIVO Backup & Replication is an all-inclusive data protection solution designed to ensure the availability, safety, and integrity of critical data across various environments, including VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, AWS EC2, physical servers, and workstations. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of features tailored to meet the needs of IT professionals and business executives alike, ensuring robust data protection strategies that are both efficient and cost-effective.

Comprehensive Data Protection

NAKIVO Backup & Replication provides a wide array of features, including backup, replication, recovery, and failover for virtual, physical, and cloud environments. This ensures that businesses can protect their data across multiple platforms, reducing the risk of data loss and ensuring continuity in the face of various threats.

Enhanced Efficiency with Deduplication and Compression

The solution employs advanced deduplication and compression technologies to minimize storage requirements and optimize backup speeds. This not only reduces the storage footprint and costs but also accelerates backup and recovery processes, ensuring that businesses can quickly bounce back from data loss incidents.

Flexible Deployment Options

NAKIVO Backup & Replication offers a variety of deployment options, including installation on Windows or Linux servers, deployment as a pre-configured virtual appliance, or running directly on NAS devices. This flexibility ensures that organizations can choose the deployment method that best suits their infrastructure and operational preferences.

NAKIVO Backup & Replication stands out as a versatile and reliable data protection solution, offering a comprehensive set of features designed to meet the complex demands of modern IT environments. By combining robust performance, ease of use, and cost-efficiency, it provides businesses of all sizes with the tools they need to protect their critical data assets, ensuring business continuity and compliance with data protection regulations.

Zerto is used for disaster recovery, business continuity, data migration, and ransomware recovery, providing continuous data protection and near real-time replication. Valued for ease of use, efficient failover processes, and versatile integration, it enhances organizational efficiency, reduces errors, and boosts productivity.

Sample Customers

Coca Cola, Honda, 3M, University of Arizona, University of Maryland, University of Arkansas, Johns Hopkins University, Marriott, Radisson Hotels and Resorts, Fujifilm, Eiffage

United Airlines, HCA, XPO Logistics, TaxSlayer, McKesson, Insight Global, American Airlines, Tencate, Aaron’s, Grey’s County, Kingston Technologies