NAKIVO Backup & Replication Free Edition

What do you like best about the product?

For us, the standout feature of this DR product is the ability to integrate both Nutanix AHV and Proxmox PVE within a single solution. Performance has been great, the UI is easy to get your head around, and the support throughout our POC and deployment was fast and knowledgeable. Pricing is also more than acceptable, which makes the product accessible for an SMB.

What do you dislike about the product?

Initially, setting up the transporters across our isolated network took some working out, but the support team helped smooth the process.

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

A full virtual platform DR setup, VM off-site (S3) backups, point-in-time recovery, and file-level restore are all key solutions for us.

What do you like best about the product?

What I like best is how incredibly easy it is to deploy and manage. The user interface is highly intuitive, and the flash boot feature allows for near-instant VM recoveries without any complex configurations.

What do you dislike about the product?

While NAKIVO Backup & Replication performs very well overall, the reporting interface and notification system can occasionally feel a bit overwhelming or difficult to customize to our specific needs. When troubleshooting a failed job, digging through the logs to find the exact root cause sometimes takes longer than expected compared to other enterprise tools. Additionally, minor updates can occasionally require re-authenticating or reconfiguring connections to certain storage repositories, which introduces unnecessary manual overhead for our IT team.

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

• Ransomware and Data Loss Risks: It protects data against cyberattacks using immutable cloud storage (like Amazon S3, Azure, Wasabi) and local Linux repositories, ensuring backups cannot be modified or deleted by hackers.
• Costly Downtime (High RTOs/RPOs): Features like Flash VM Boot instantly run VMs directly from compressed backups without waiting for a full restoration, reducing recovery times to minutes.
• Complex Multi-Platform Management: It unifies the protection of virtualized environments (VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox VE), physical systems (Windows/Linux), cloud instances (AWS EC2), and SaaS data (Microsoft 365) under a single web console.
• High Operational and Storage Costs: It reduces storage footprints through global data deduplication and compression, significantly lowering storage infrastructure expenditures.

What do you like best about the product?

NAKIVO Backup & Replication offers a comprehensive feature set at an attractive price-performance ratio. I particularly like the support for Hyper-V, the flexible backup and retention options, and the integration of S3-compatible object storage with immutability as additional protection against ransomware. The web interface is clear, and the backup performance proved to be good in my tests. The technical support also helped with more complex questions and was able to provide solutions to specific problems. Overall, NAKIVO is a powerful and flexible backup solution that is well-suited for small and medium-sized IT environments.

What do you dislike about the product?

The biggest disadvantage for me is that technical support is only available in English. Especially with more complex technical questions, a German-speaking contact would be helpful. Additionally, some settings and relationships, particularly with Backup Copy, S3 Object Lock, and retention policies, are not always intuitive and sometimes require follow-up with support. Clearer documentation and a more understandable presentation of the dependencies between recovery points and backup chains would make setup and administration easier.

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

NAKIVO allows us to centrally and reliably back up our virtual servers and quickly restore them in case of failure. Features like Flash Boot significantly ease regular restore tests, as virtual machines can be started directly from the backup in no time. This allows us to regularly verify the recoverability of our backups without having to wait for a full restore each time. Additionally, the flexible retention policies and support for S3-compatible object storage with immutability help us improve our backup strategy and better protect against ransomware and data loss. By combining local NAS backups with an external, immutable copy, we increase the resilience of our IT infrastructure with manageable administrative effort.

What do you like best about the product?

Well-suited for backups of Hyper-V cluster systems.

What do you dislike about the product?

The setup is quite complex and overall feels somewhat cumbersome.

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

Backup solution for servers with large data volumes, especially thanks to incremental backups.

What do you like best about the product?

NAKIVO is simple to set up and easy to manage day to day. I can quickly check that backups are running properly, see if something has gone wrong, and handle restores without having to dig through complicated menus. It does what we need without adding extra work.

What do you dislike about the product?

There’s not much I dislike overall. Some settings and advanced options can take a little time to find or understand, especially when you first start using it. Once everything is set up though, day-to-day use is pretty straightforward.

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

The main problem NAKIVO solves for us is having reliable backups without spending too much time managing them. We can easily check that everything is running properly and restore data when needed. It makes our day-to-day backup management much simpler and gives us confidence that our data is protected.