Comparison

NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs Velero

No leader: the top candidate Velero has only 0.16 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
NAKIVO Backup & Replication12
Velero54
Score
Vioscale score
NAKIVO Backup & Replication12 / 100low · 15%
Velero54 / 100low · 16%
Pricing
Free tier
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero
Model
NAKIVO Backup & Replicationcommercial
Price level
NAKIVO Backup & Replicationunknown
Velerofree
Transparent
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero
Integrations
Count
NAKIVO Backup & Replication18
Velero
Adoption
Dependent repos
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero0
Github stars
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero10,254
Activity
Commits last 30d
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero100
Release
Cadence days
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero15
History
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero20 items
License
Spdx
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Language
Primary
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
VeleroGo
Market
Availability
NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationAvailable worldwide
Velero

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for backup recovery. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Backup method
NAKIVO Backup & Replication-
Velero-
Immutable storage
NAKIVO Backup & Replication-
Velero-
Air gapped copy
NAKIVO Backup & Replication-
Velero-
Dr orchestration failover
NAKIVO Backup & Replication-
Velero-
Instant recovery
NAKIVO Backup & Replication-
Velero-
Ransomware anomaly detection
NAKIVO Backup & Replication-
Velero-
Granular item recovery
NAKIVO Backup & Replication-
Velero-
Kubernetes backup
NAKIVO Backup & Replication-
Velero-
Multi cloud support
NAKIVO Backup & Replication-
Velero-
Deployment model
NAKIVO Backup & Replication-
Velero-
Multi tenant msp
NAKIVO Backup & Replication-
Velero-
Deduplication compression
NAKIVO Backup & Replication-
Velero-
Licensing model
NAKIVO Backup & Replication-
Velero-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Agentless backup solution designed to protect virtual machines, physical servers, cloud instances, and enterprise applications. Offers automated protection policies, point-in-time recovery, multiple backup destinations, and built-in safeguards against ransomware.

Independently observed

Velero

A community-driven platform that provides backup, disaster recovery, and cluster migration capabilities for Kubernetes resources and persistent volumes, deployable on cloud infrastructure or on-premises.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Hybrid

Subscription and perpetual licensing available. Free trial offered. Trade-in pricing from $180 per socket.

as of verify ↗

Velero

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero
Windows
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero
Linux
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero
CLI
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero
Self-hosted
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero
On-premise
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero
Hybrid
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero
Air-gapped
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Velero

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

18 total
  • VMware vSphere
  • Proxmox VE
  • Hyper-V
  • AWS EC2
  • Nutanix AHV
  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Oracle
  • Amazon S3
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Wasabi
  • Backblaze B2
  • S3-compatible cloud platforms
  • NEC HYDRAstor
  • HPE StoreOnce Catalyst
  • QNAP NAS
  • NAS
  • SMB/NFS file shares
  • Tape
Independently observed

Velero

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.