We are using NAKIO for about 8 years now for internally and for our customers. The product has evolved over time from a cheap and simple VMware backup solution to a backup suite providing a lot of options and features. We have successfully deployed instances of VMware backup, replication, WAN replication, O365 backup, physical workstation backup, replication to amazon and multi-tenancy.

They provide great support. Over time when we had issues they always went out of their way to provide satisfactory solutions. It is very easy to setup and use regardless of the size of installation. They still provide an affordable product and I believe you definitely will get your money's worth. There is a lot of active development and not only toward new features, but also in improving stability and performance. They try to get feedback from their userbase when planning for new features.

We have had problems with file level recovery on large (>1 TB) XFS file systems. Space reclaim of backup repositories is slow, but has been improved recently.

Self-hosted, all necessary parts included, no subscriptions, flexible data retention and storage system, what's not to like?

Hyper-V automatic restoration will need some polishing. With Vmware throwing the clients under the bus, that is a necessary and hopefully to be addressed soon part.

Is very easy to use, deploy and integrate in any infrastructure Differents types of backup and replications The customer support is good and with a quick response

At the moment there is nothing that I don't like. But if I had to say something it would be the error logs and the monitoring offered from the dashboard

Possibility of backing up all our platfroms is plus for me.

Any update is pain. There is huge chance that software update wont end well and you have to contact support to help you with remediation. Support is also not best i saw out there.

A simple, low-cost and effective solution for backing up entire virtual machines. We have implemented the solution for several dozen clients. The software is very flexible becouse we can install it on the NAS or as a machine on host, which makes it adaptable to the client.

Simple to contact with support staff. Large knowledge base. Simple and concise reports.

Collaboration between QNAP and NAKIVO; delayed updates. Problem with transfering configuration between versions. Discontinuation of the"Basic" license for small/single customers.

its good in its UI, easy to configure and very good performance. Its core is absolutely steady and amazing. easy console to extend the backup repository. Reporting or analytics feature is just great on this.

IT doesn't have SAML integration for users authentication

I am Happy about it, and the Price is very well.

Functional good Support It does well the needed Function

The Setup at NAS is a little bit Tricky In most Times the newest Version must installed at Hand,

So far the experience with the product has been great. Minor hiccup with my licensing but quickly sorted out.

It's easy to setup and costs about a 1/4 of the price for the product I was previously using.

The language around how the licensing is laid out is a bit confusing.

The UI is very easy to navigate. Setup/config and forget. Well not really, but have to monitor it once in a while.

The software works for my intended use and I don't have any dislikes

Nakivo has a good data deduplication and compression

Nakivo Backup & Replication offers robust security features, including encryption of data at rest and in transit, ensuring that sensitive information remains protected throughout the backup process.

I use Nakivo Backup & Replication to backup 8 VMs which are distributed on 2 physical servers. Daily backup is done on a different storage, I've do a restoration test of many files and these datas was restored without any problems. It seems exceptional to me since I have had support from the technical team, something not seen in other products and this feature is UNIQUE! The cost is also accessible and appropriate to the product, that is renewed year after year with new features and excellent user experience, always improved both in terms of speed and simplicity in its use. Come on, go on like this!

The best feature in Nakivo is the VM backup. The VM backup is simple to deploy and the maintenance is very little. Nakivo Backup & Replication is very easy to use and configure.

Updates on Nakivo VA can do only via host but not via web GUI and in my case it was very slow. Could you please develop this thing?

It's as close to bullet proof as we've seen. Our backups run nightly and on the occasion when we need to restore, there are some very flexible ways of getting either individual files, VMDKs or entire VMs out the other end. We have yet to try out the non-VM backup but we suspect that at some point we will throw that out and move it all to Nakivo.

It's an elegant combination of Java and Linux with a straightforward web-based interface and it never lets us down. We feel completely comfortable with Nakivo protecting our backups and best of all, it means we don't have to install a load of Windows-based systems that we don't want or need just to run it.

It's not cheap. It does work out slightly more cost effective than Veeam, and the saving of effort and hassle of it being Linux-based was enough justification for us to buy it in the end.

I have try other products but Nakivo is product that you can install in 5 minutes to get you up and running

Easy to use for VM backup and there are features and on their next release as bare metal recovery.

It has missing capability to check their backup for AV to avoid ransomware

1. Easy to use 2. Reliable 3. it works 100%

It's easy to deploy, easy to setup. It works 100% it's reliable and easy to work with. the front end dashboard is easy to navigate and there is nothing complicated about the software at all. strait forward.

Too many updates, but that probably the way they keep their software easy to use.

As experienced infrastructure engineer, I have used many different backup software in the past. After using NAKIVO on the different platforms and different scenarios I can truly say as NAKIVO providing a complete backup solution for enterprise environment covering virtual and physical infrastructure. NAKIVO backup solution is cost effective, easy and intuitive to use (installation, management, administration) software that also offering great support.

Nothing at all. NAKIVO provide complete backup solution for enterprise environment covering virtual and physical infrastructure.

Nakivo includes most (if not all) of the same features of Veeam at a lower cost. It's a great backup solution and should definitely be evaluated.

I like the simple, easy to use interface and responsive support.

I feel like the deduplication feature could be improved upon.

install, configure and never need to touch again. it works.

nothing that i can think of. it just works.

Nice approach for VMware backups with everything working from NAS device and no need to install any agents to servers. Working management with simple GUI using browser.

No need to install agents to servers. Lightweight solution built over linux. Can be fully run from NAS device

I think this product does just what it is supposed and promised to do.

I primarily a Veeam user trying Nakivo, I was surprised to see how good this Naviko product is, from the install to its use, this product is really simple and reliable.

Simplicity Very reliable Set it and forget it Low price Runs on entry level nas (Qnap, Synology) Great support Application item level restoration

-Could have a bit more features -Compression ratio could be improved -Missing integration with specialized dedup hardware

Having previously used Unitrends, when that crashed unrecoverably a few months ago, their support weren't willing to provide any help so I looked around for alternatives. As we use a Synology NAS, I found Nakivo would run native on that, allowing me to remove the bloated Unitrends server from our ESXi host. Unfortunately with the very limited memory in our Synology it rather struggled once Nakivo was installed so we ended up adding the Nakivo VM to our ESXi host which runs like a dream. The Nakivo web interface is MUCH simpler than Unitrends. At first I was worried it wouldn't do what I wanted in terms of setting up daily backups, retaining weekly backups for a month, monthly backups for a year and replicating everything to an off-site archive for additional security. It took a while to get my head around how simple the interface was compared to Unitrends but then it was easy to set up the schedule and replication I needed. It felt too simple so I was a little concerned whether it would actually do it but having been using it for many months now and having done test restores from both the live backup repository and the archive repository I'm fully confident it's doing what it should. The most positive benefit however is the speed of backup. Our weekly full backup used to take 4 hours using Unitrends, now it takes under an hour on exactly the same hardware! Similarly the daily incremental used to take 30 minutes now it takes about 6 minutes.

Fast backup Good compression Easy to setup and manage

The free version is only free for a year

We use Nakivo to backup all of our virtual machines, onsite and on the cloud. We've used it for disaster recovery over a ransomware with flawless results.Support is great and responsive, with almost instant response.I recommend this solution to everyone with great confidence.

Nakivo has proven to be a lifesaver for us during a ransomware attack. Thanks to its powerful disaster recovery capabilities, we were able to recover all of our important files in just a matter of minutes. Within one day, all of our virtual machines were up and running again with no data loss. The support personnel were extremely helpful throughout the entire recovery process, guiding us every step of the way. We are extremely grateful for the flawless results and quick turnaround time that Nakivo provided us with during this critical time. We highly recommend Nakivo to anyone looking for reliable and effective backup and disaster recovery solutions.

While we have had a positive experience using Nakivo for virtual machine backup and recovery, we have identified a few areas where the product could be improved. Firstly, we believe that the SQL backup feature could be more robust, with additional options for customization and scheduling. We would also appreciate more support for backing up non-virtual machines. Additionally, we think that the upgrade process could be streamlined and made more automatic, reducing the time and effort required for this task. On a related note, we believe that the auto-sizing feature for S3 could be improved in order to help us save more space and money. Despite these areas for improvement, we still recommend Nakivo for its strong virtual machine backup and recovery capabilities.

Having previously evaluated various similar applications, I came across Nakivo when I joined the company and opted to try it out. Nakivo stood out due to its intuitive user interface and the availability of a perpetual license. Given our status as a smaller company, we often find that subscription-based software solutions lead to substantially higher long-term expenses.

Efficient backups with speedy restores. The encryption of virtual machine backups adds an extra layer of security. User-friendly interface. The email notifications are a valuable feature, providing peace of mind by ensuring system health and backup performance. In my five years of using their service, I've reached out to their support team twice, and each time, they've been impressively responsive and highly knowledgeable.

I encountered some problems with the NAS transporter during system updates in the past, but the support team promptly resolved the issue, and it hasn't recurred since.

We like the software and it was an absolute steal for the price. Everything usually works as exptected, but when any issue appears, they are always happy to help icnluding fixes in your installation via remote. We are happy we took Nakivo instead of other options.

When compared to other solutions for backups, Nakivo looks great and works as expected. When Issue appears, their support team will help instanly.

Sometimes error messages are cryptic or things break without human input. But nothing that can be solved with support. Also those issues are mostly caused by improper solution design by us.

I have been using it for years without having encountered the slightest problem and with excellent results

excellent price/quality ratio excellent performance and functionality

At the moment I have not encountered any problems of any kind. I only had a minor issue with applying the license file when going from a demo version to the full version, but the support was super fast

Nakivo is simply the best solution for our customers. Of course there are other products out there with more features, but we really don't need them. Pricing and feature set are exactly right for our small and mid-sized customers. For the future we hope, that Nakivo will continue this,

Easy to deploy software, which is suitable for all of our customers. We like the possibility to run it as a downloadable virtual appliance. So, we always have it running in a few minutes. Starting as a solution for backing up virtual infrastructures (vSphere / Hyper-V), it becomes more and more feature complete. Today it has all featured we need for our customers, including physical backup. We really like controlling the software with command-line and API. Integration with our remote monitoring was simple. Also, the sales team always finds good solutions, when there are tricky licensing request from our customers.

There are no real cons to mention. Sometimes we wish, that the logs in the UI would tell more details, when it comes to errors. But we always were able to sort it out.