2Click Backup vs buying NAKIVO yourself
Same backup engine. The difference is who runs it, and what you have to buy and maintain next to it.
2Click Backup runs on NAKIVO Backup & Replication, so the backup engine is the same either way.
| NAKIVO yourself | 2Click Backup | |
|---|---|---|
| Backup server | You install, patch and monitor it | We host and run it; you install only the small Transporter |
| Storage | You buy and manage it separately | Your own immutable bucket (Wasabi, EU — Frankfurt) is included |
| Licences | You buy them from NAKIVO or a reseller and renew them | Included in the monthly price per workload |
| Backup jobs | You design them | VMware, Hyper-V and Proxmox VMs, physical machines, NAS shares and Microsoft 365 get a nightly, encrypted, immutable job automatically; you can change it at any time |
| Restore testing | You set it up and check it | Every VMware and Hyper-V VM is test-restored after each nightly run, with the result on your account page; problems are emailed to you |
| Disaster recovery | You build the DR site and the runbooks | We set it up with you — to your own cloud, our private cloud in Lithuania or AWS — with a written DR plan and one test failover per year included |
| Help | Vendor support for the software | We support the whole setup by email and reply within one business day |
Choose NAKIVO yourself if…
- you already run backup infrastructure and have someone who looks after it;
- you need to keep the backup server and storage entirely on your own premises;
- you protect many workloads and want to optimise licence cost yourself.
Choose 2Click Backup if…
- you want backups running today without buying servers or storage;
- nobody on your team has time to watch backup jobs and test restores;
- you want offsite, immutable copies and a DR plan without building a second site.
Switching from your own NAKIVO
- Order a plan with the price calculator.
- Install the Transporter at your site (see Connect your site).
- Add your hypervisors, machines and Microsoft 365 in the backup portal; the nightly jobs are set up automatically.
- Keep your old backups until their retention ends, then retire the old backup server.
Questions? Contact us and ask for a demo.