# NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs Velero

| Attribute | NAKIVO Backup & Replication | Velero |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 12 (15% (low)) | 53.9 (16% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 10,254 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| 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 | `{"type":"hybrid","summary":"Subscription and perpetual licensing available. Free trial offered. Trade-in pricing from $180 per socket.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.nakivo.com/fr/how-to-buy/pricing_calculator/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T22:10:03.741Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://velero.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T16:36:47.363Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 15 |
| release.history | - | `[{"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"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.17.0-rc.2","date":"2025-09-12T09:47:48Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.17.0-rc.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.17.0-rc.1","date":"2025-08-28T08:31:10Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.17.0-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.16.2","date":"2025-07-30T09:32:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.16.2-rc.1","date":"2025-07-28T07:20:33Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.2-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/velero-io/velero/releases/tag/v1.16.1","date":"2025-05-19T03:55:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.1"}]` |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:47:05.747Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*