NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs Storware Backup & Recovery

NAKIVO Backup & Replication provides backup, replication, failover, backup copies, granular restore, and disaster recovery orchestration for virtual, physical, cloud, and SaaS environments. It supports image-based, application-aware, incremental backups and replication, with retention of up to 1,000 recovery points using GFS rotation. Supported workloads include VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Amazon EC2, Microsoft 365, Oracle Database, Windows and Linux machines, and NFS/SMB file shares. Site Recovery workflows can automate disaster recovery actions across VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, and Amazon EC2. Deployment is available as a virtual appliance or by installing it on a supported machine or NAS device. NAKIVO says physical machine backups use AES 256-bit encryption. Linux repositories can be password-encrypted, and repository self-healing can check data integrity and repair errors where possible. Active Directory integration and an HTTP API support monitoring, automation, and orchestration integrations. It runs on web, Windows, Linux, self-hosted environments, and via API. Subscription starts at $2.50 a month per workload; Perpetual starts at $229, paid once per CPU socket. A 15-day trial enables all features, but there is no free plan.

Storware Backup & Recovery protects virtual machines, containers, and cloud workloads through a single console. It is designed for hybrid deployment and lists workload support for VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Proxmox, among other platforms. Storware describes a universal license covering 15+ platforms without per-hypervisor licensing. Backups are agentless and policy-driven, with a lightweight host agent required for Hyper-V. Recovery includes fast recovery and granular restore capabilities; virtual server backup, bare-metal restore, application-aware backup, instant VM recovery, cloud backup targets, and off-site replication are listed. Automation features include a REST API and policy-as-configuration for pipeline use. Security features include WORM immutability, air-gap isolation, AES encryption at rest and in transit, role-based access control, Keycloak MFA, and audit logging. Storware says it holds ISO/IEC 27001 certification and describes its GDPR commitments. The free license costs nothing and excludes technical support. Its 60-day trial also costs nothing, with limits including 20 virtual environments and 20 applications; V2V migration is reserved for the commercial version.