# NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs Velero

| Attribute | NAKIVO Backup & Replication | Velero |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 54.5 (76% (high)) | 55.6 (58% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 10,338 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Backup Recovery.","source":"https://www.nakivo.com/fr/how-to-buy/pricing_calculator/","question":"What is NAKIVO Backup & Replication?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"NAKIVO Backup & Replication supports the web, Windows, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.nakivo.com/fr/how-to-buy/pricing_calculator/","question":"What platforms does NAKIVO Backup & Replication support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. NAKIVO Backup & Replication can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.nakivo.com/fr/how-to-buy/pricing_calculator/","question":"Can NAKIVO Backup & Replication be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 17 integrations for NAKIVO Backup & Replication, including VMware vSphere, Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, AWS EC2, Nutanix AHV, Microsoft Office 365, Oracle and Amazon S3, plus 9 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.nakivo.com/fr/how-to-buy/pricing_calculator/","question":"What does NAKIVO Backup & Replication integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Backup Recovery.","source":"https://velero.io","question":"What is Velero?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Velero is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://velero.io","question":"Is Velero free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Velero supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://velero.io","question":"What platforms does Velero support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Velero can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://velero.io","question":"Can Velero be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Velero is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero","question":"Is Velero open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"air_gapped":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Enterprise backup and recovery platform for virtual machines featuring instant recovery, immutable and air-gapped storage, disaster recovery orchestration, and multi-tenant architecture. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"air_gapped_copy":true,"instant_recovery":true,"multi_tenant_msp":true,"immutable_storage":true,"granular_item_recovery":true,"deduplication_compression":true,"dr_orchestration_failover":true}` | `{"backup_method":"hybrid","kubernetes_backup":true,"granular_item_recovery":true,"deduplication_compression":true}` |
| integrations.count | 18 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"VMware vSphere"},{"name":"Proxmox VE"},{"name":"Hyper-V"},{"name":"AWS EC2"},{"name":"Nutanix AHV"},{"name":"Microsoft Office 365"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Wasabi"},{"name":"Backblaze B2"},{"name":"S3-compatible cloud platforms"},{"name":"NEC HYDRAstor"},{"name":"HPE StoreOnce Catalyst"},{"name":"QNAP NAS"},{"name":"NAS"},{"name":"SMB/NFS file shares"},{"name":"Tape"}]` | - |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.nakivo.com","retrievedAt":"2026-09-21T11:27:11.269Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://velero.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T16:36:47.363Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 12 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.4","date":"2026-09-28T06:20:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.18.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.4-rc.1","date":"2026-09-24T09:30:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.18.4-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.3","date":"2026-09-21T08:14:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.18.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.3-rc.2","date":"2026-09-08T11:01:46Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.18.3-rc.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.3-rc.1","date":"2026-08-31T10:36:55Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.18.3-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.2","date":"2026-06-26T07:27:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.18.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.2-rc.2","date":"2026-06-24T10:16:57Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.18.2-rc.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.2-rc.1","date":"2026-06-18T08:49:11Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.18.2-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.1","date":"2026-05-19T08:45:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.18.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.1-rc.2","date":"2026-05-15T09:24:29Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.18.1-rc.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.1-rc.1","date":"2026-04-27T14:34:33Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.18.1-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.0","date":"2026-03-06T06:33:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.0-rc.2","date":"2026-03-03T08:00:38Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.18.0-rc.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.18.0-rc.1","date":"2026-02-13T09:49:03Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.18.0-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.17.2","date":"2026-01-16T03:56:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.17.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.17.2-rc.2","date":"2026-01-13T04:07:14Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.17.2-rc.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.17.2-rc.1","date":"2025-12-31T06:21:14Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.17.2-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.17.1","date":"2025-11-07T08:18:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.17.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.17.1-rc.1","date":"2025-11-04T07:45:44Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.17.1-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.17.0","date":"2025-09-15T07:43:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.17.0"}]` |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.9 |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fvelero-io%2Fvelero&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Backup Recovery)

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

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:06:39.075Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*