NAKIVO Backup & Replication Free Edition

What do you like best about the product?

The range of features for the price, it’s an excellent replacement for more well known brand that seems to take its customer’s for granted with regards pricing, especially in the SMB space.

The fact it can install as an app on a range of NAS hardware means we can save on Windows server licensing, and have a dedicated back up device.

Offer of free consultation to setup the product in production environment and adhere to best practices.

What do you dislike about the product?

So far as I know, removable media has to be set up as multiple repositories instead of the software dealing with a bundle of devices that may be rotated as a single entity. It requires a bit more configuration than anticipated but with job cloning options was fairly easy in the end.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Seems very comparable to more popular and well known backup vendors features.

Saving money on other vendors who see fit to price gouge on subscriptions.

Saving on Windows server licenses.

What do you like best about the product?

its speed and reliability. It makes backing up and restoring data very easy

What do you dislike about the product?

I don't really have anything I dislike about NAKIVO

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solves data Loss by providing fast and reliable backup and easy recovery

What do you like best about the product?

The most helpfull thing is the configuration. Countless options for backup settings, schedules. Works great in synology enviroment. Also works great with any type of media, External disks, onboard disk, cloud, tape. Excellent support for the setup. Also great backup speed.

What do you dislike about the product?

I cant find any downside for the moment.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using Nakivo as the main part of my DRP.

What do you like best about the product?

Simple interface yet you can do all your tasks

What do you dislike about the product?

Access to logs for debug and troubleshooting

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Backup VMs

What do you like best about the product?

Nakivo Backup & Replication is extremely intuitive with a great workflow that makes backups simple to manage. It’s also very smart—if a Transporter isn’t available during a job, the system recovers automatically without manual input. I really like the distributed architecture, where multiple transporters act as a pool to handle backup, compression, encryption, and recovery tasks efficiently.

Scheduling is flexible and easy to set up, with support for multiple schedules on the same job. Licensing is straightforward, affordable, and “set and forget” with no hidden complexities. The Flash Boot for VMware feature is a true lifesaver—being able to spin up a temporary VM directly from the backup files within seconds has saved us in critical moments. Backup lifecycle and retention are also very intuitive and reliable.

Lastly, Nakivo’s support team has been excellent—knowledgeable, responsive, and proactive in helping us design strategies that fit our environment perfectly.

What do you dislike about the product?

I’d like to see a dynamic search function on the Jobs page to make it easier to quickly filter through multiple backup jobs.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We needed a reliable solution for backing up multiple VMware and Windows servers, as well as cloud backups. Nakivo integrates seamlessly with Backblaze, giving us secure offsite storage. Overall, it has simplified our backup operations, improved recovery times, and provided peace of mind that all critical data is safe.