NAKIVO Backup & Replication: Enterprise Backup Ledger 2026

Part of the Enterprise Backup Ledger (edition 2026-10-03). How the scores work: methodology.

Snapshot

Tier: Mid-market / MSP
Owner: NAKIVO; no controlling-owner transaction recorded in accepted commercial history.
Licence model: Perpetual source socket/machine/database and subscription per workload; Essentials 5 to 50, monitoring/RTR separate.
Products scored: Backup & Replication 11.2/11.2.2 core; 11.2.3 SaaS-only maintenance is not a new core feature.
Latest release: 11.2.3 on 2026-09-30 (SaaS-only maintenance); 11.2.2 core changes 2026-08-13; 11.2 feature family 2026-03-10
Next signal: No dated next milestone established in the accepted research.
Archetype: VM recovery and MSPs
Evidence grade: A. Overall grade uses all scored history/AI steps and lens criteria: 45 A, 0 B, 13 C of 58; the lowest grade covering more than 25% wins. Judgement itself does not demote a sourced fact; unresolved eligibility, baseline or contract estimates do.

Scope of the scores: Product capability cutoff 2026-10-01; scoring edition 2026-10-03. Combined portfolio scores do not imply one SKU or uniform feature parity. History is evidence-bounded; freezes and first-feature GA dates can be incomplete. AI services named in the AI section do not broaden the ten core domains.

Scorecard

Dimension	Score	Direction
Capability today	76.0 / 100	higher is better
Momentum since end of 2022	+5.6 points	higher is better
Credibility	18.0 / 25	higher is better
Commercial risk	8.0 / 25	lower is better
Technical lock-in	8.5 / 25	lower is better
Integrator fit	15.0 / 20	higher is better
AI leverage	2.0 / 20	higher is better
Ledger Index	64.3 / 100	balanced weights

Capability by domain

Scores 0 to 5 against fixed anchors; total is weighted to 100.

Domain (weight)	2016	2019	2022	Today
Virtual and physical servers (12)	2.5	3	3.5	3.5
Databases and applications (12)	2	2.5	3.5	4
Recovery (14)	2.5	3.5	4	4
Cyber resilience (14)	0.5	0.5	3	3.5
Storage efficiency and targets (10)	2.5	3.5	4	4
Long-term retention and tape (6)	1	1	3	3.5
Replication and DR (10)	3	4	4	4.5
Security and compliance (8)	1.5	2	3	2.5
New-platform support (VMware exit) (8)	0	3	3	4
Management at scale and automation (6)	2.5	3	4	4.5
Total / 100	36.8	52.2	70.4	76.0

Year by year: 2016: 36.8 · 2017: 38.8 · 2018: 46.2 · 2019: 52.2 · 2020: 59.6 · 2021: 68.2 · 2022: 70.4 · 2023: 71.8 · 2024: 73.8 · 2025: 76.8 · 2026: 76.0

What moved the score

Year	Domain	Change	Points	Trigger
2017	Databases and applications	2 → 2.5	+1.2	7.2 (2017-08-28 release date): Microsoft SQL Object Recovery; Microsoft SQL Log Truncation; Calendar Jobs View; ASUSTOR NAS Support Evidence A. n72
2017	Security and compliance	1.5 → 2	+0.8	7.0 (2017-03-28 release date): Support for Hyper-V 2016, 2012 (R2) backup and replication; vSphere v6.5 Support; Active Directory Integration; Activities Tab Evidence A. n70
2018	Management at scale and automation	2.5 → 3	+0.6	8.1 (2018-11-05 release date): Policy-Based Data Protection; Universal Object Recovery Evidence A. n81
2018	Recovery	2.5 → 3.5	+2.8	7.4 (2018-04-25 release date): Automated VM Failover with Network Mapping and Re-IP; Support for Deployment on ARM-based NAS Devices; File Recovery Back to Source; Bandwidth Throttling Evidence A. n74
2018	Replication and DR	3 → 4	+2.0	8.0 (2018-08-26 release date): Site Recovery. Detailed note has only maintenance/one headline where applicable. Evidence A. n80
2018	Storage efficiency and targets	2.5 → 3.5	+2.0	7.5 (2018-07-31 release date): VMware vSphere 6.7 Support; EMC Data Domain Boost Support; Install on NERGEAR ReadyNAS; Cross-Platform Recovery Evidence A. n75
2019	New-platform support (VMware exit)	0 → 3	+4.8	8.5 (2019-05-07 release date): Nutanix AHV Support; VM Replication from Backup; Product Auto Update; FreeNAS support Evidence A. n85
2019	Virtual and physical servers	2.5 → 3	+1.2	9.0 (2019-07-23 release date): Windows Physical Server Backup; Microsoft Hyper-V 2019 Support Evidence A. n90
2020	Databases and applications	2.5 → 3.5	+2.4	9.3 (2020-04-08 release date): Backup & Recovery for Oracle Databases. Detailed note has only maintenance/one headline where applicable. Evidence A. n93
2020	Long-term retention and tape	1 → 3	+2.4	9.1 (2020-01-20 release date): Native Tape Support; Linux Physical Machine Support Evidence A. n91
2020	Recovery	3.5 → 4	+1.4	10.0 (2020-07-23 release date): VMware VSphere v7.0 Support; Physical Machine Recovery to VMware VM; User Interface Enhancement (Facelift); Backup to Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage Evidence A. n100
2020	Virtual and physical servers	3 → 3.5	+1.2	9.1 (2020-01-20 release date): Native Tape Support; Linux Physical Machine Support Evidence A. n91
2021	Cyber resilience	0.5 → 3	+7.0	10.4 (2021-08-02 release date): Two-Factor Authentication; Immutable Local Repository; File Recovery for Nutanix AHV VMs Evidence A. n104
2021	Security and compliance	2 → 3	+1.6	10.4 (2021-08-02 release date): Two-Factor Authentication; Immutable Local Repository; File Recovery for Nutanix AHV VMs Evidence A. n104
2022	Management at scale and automation	3 → 4	+1.2	End-2022 checkpoint: 10.4 guidepp 73 to 87/143: RESTHTTP API supports Perl/Python/Bash/JS/PHP/Java/C#, isolated multi-tenant Director and self-service portals. 10.5ITMonitoring and 10.6 external product DB are later 2022 notes; per-feature first clocks separate. Evidence A. guide104; n105; n106
2022	Storage efficiency and targets	3.5 → 4	+1.0	End-2022 checkpoint: 10.4 guidep 108: stream repository integration with DataDomain/HYDRAstor/StoreOnce(Catalyst). 10.6NAS and 10.7Azure/B2 additions are later 2022 notes; older guide not their matrix. Evidence A. guide104; n106; n107
2023	Cyber resilience	3 → 3.5	+1.4	10.9 (2023-07-04 release date): Bare Metal Recovery; Backup Malware Scan; Recovery from Tape Backup; Debian Support Evidence A. n109
2024	Databases and applications	3.5 → 4	+1.2	10.11 (2024-01-29 release date): File System Indexing v3; Alarms and Reporting for IT Monitoring; Backup and Recovery for Oracle Database with RMAN (Linux); Universal Transporter Evidence A. n1011
2024	New-platform support (VMware exit)	3 → 3.5	+0.8	11.0 (2024-11-04): Proxmox 8.0 to 8.2; federated repository Evidence A. notes
2025	Long-term retention and tape	3 → 3.5	+0.6	11.1 (2025-10-06): Expanded Proxmox recovery; MSP Direct Connect Evidence A. n111
2025	Management at scale and automation	4 → 4.5	+0.6	11.1 (2025-10-06): Expanded Proxmox recovery; MSP Direct Connect Evidence A. n111
2025	New-platform support (VMware exit)	3.5 → 4	+0.8	11.1 (2025-10-06): Expanded Proxmox recovery; MSP Direct Connect Evidence A. n111
2025	Replication and DR	4 → 4.5	+1.0	11.1 (2025-10-06): Expanded Proxmox recovery; MSP Direct Connect RTR shipped enhancements; numerical topology/SecureBoot restrictions prevent reference 5. Evidence A. n111
2026	Security and compliance	3 → 2.5	-0.8	10.4 (2021-08-02 release date): Two-Factor Authentication; Immutable Local Repository; File Recovery for Nutanix AHV VMs Evidence A. n104 2026 security-record adjustment: raw capability 3, minus 0.5 for CVE-2024-48248. KEV entry dates in 2023 to 2026; maximum deduction 1.5. Security record: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue and vendor advisories.

Direction, 2023 to 2026

Each item carries one theme and one driver (V vision, C customer need, M market window, U upstream, P portfolio).

Date	Item	Theme	Driver
2023-10	10.10 / 10.11: RTR beta; RMAN/Linux index (clock: 2023-10-09 / 2024-01-29)	D10 Scale and automation	C
2023-10	VMware Real-Time Replication: partial; Later 11.1 enhancements 2025-10-06; exact first GA unresolved. 11.1 automated component lifecycle and Site Recovery failover documented; beta-to-first-GA boundary not established.	D6 Replication and DR	C
2023-11	10.10.1: VMware vSphere 8.0U2 Full Support. Detailed note has only maintenance/one headline where applicable. (clock: 2023-11-06 release date)	D10 Scale and automation	C
2024-11	11.0: Proxmox 8.0 to 8.2; federated repository (clock: 2024-11-04)	D1 Virtual and physical servers	M
2024-11	11.0: Proxmox VE Support v8.0 to 8.2; Fixed Arbitrary File Read (CVE-2024-48248) Vulnerability; Product Localization (Spanish); Federated Repository (clock: 2024-11-04 release date)	D1 Virtual and physical servers	M
2024-11	Proxmox protection: shipped; 2024-11-04. Same-day released feature rather than earlier promise; 11.1 expands replication/instant recovery.	D1 Virtual and physical servers	M
2025-01	11.0.1 / .2 / .3 / .4: Maintenance/compatibility (clock: 2025-01-13 / 2025-03-17 / 2025-04-21 / 2025-09-01)	D10 Scale and automation	C
2025-10	11.1: Expanded Proxmox recovery; MSP Direct Connect (clock: 2025-10-06)	D1 Virtual and physical servers	M
2025-10	Proxmox replication/Flash Boot/tape recovery: shipped; 2025-10-06. Native feature list opened; no universal cross-hypervisor guarantee inferred.	D1 Virtual and physical servers	M
2026-03	11.2: vSphere9; Proxmox9/9.1; OAuth mail (clock: 2026-03-10)	D1 Virtual and physical servers	M
2026-06	11.2.1 / .2 / .3: Proxmox 9.2; vSphere 9.1; Exchange Graph API (clock: 2026-06-03 / 2026-08-13 / 2026-09-30)	D1 Virtual and physical servers	M
2026-06	11.2.1: Full Support of Proxmox 9.2; Support of vSphere 9 for Real-Time Replication; Improved Licensing UI for NAS subscriptions; Support of Buffalo NAS (Windows) (clock: 2026-06-03 release date)	D12 Packaging and licensing	P
2026-06	Proxmox 9.2 full support: shipped; 2026-06-03. Version-specific full-support label; differs from 9.1 compatibility in 11.2.	D1 Virtual and physical servers	M
2026-08	11.2.2: Full Support of vSphere 9.1; Extended OS support for physical machines (clock: 2026-08-13 release date)	D10 Scale and automation	C
2026-09	11.2.3: SaaS-app-only change; parked in ecosystem; no new core headline. Detailed note has only maintenance/one headline where applicable. (clock: 2026-09-30 release date)	D10 Scale and automation	C

Centre of gravity: Virtual and physical servers (8), Scale and automation (5), Replication and DR (1)
Driver mix: Vision 0%, Customer need 40%, Market window 53%, Upstream 0%, Portfolio 7%

Credibility: 18.0 / 25

Criterion	Score	Basis
Cadence	4.5	65 recorded release rows, including maintenance and component overlaps; rows are not distinct GA counts. Regularity judged from the dated tables, not an asserted promised cadence. 10.10 / 10.11 (2023-10-09 / 2024-01-29): RTR beta; RMAN/Linux index Evidence A. notes
Roadmap transparency	3	Public documentation access and versioned release evidence determine this score. Accepted roadmap finding: not found; release notes used. No open-roadmap-tracker reference score is awarded. 10.10 / 10.11 (2023-10-09 / 2024-01-29): RTR beta; RMAN/Linux index Evidence A. notes
Say-do	3	Recorded ledger: 4 items; 3 shipped, 1 partial, 0 slipped, 0 pending, 0 dropped. Mature dated prospective cohort: 1; 0 documented within 12 calendar months, 0 later than 12 months, 1 unresolved. Month-only/ambiguous clocks, same-day release notices and post-release blogs are excluded from that cohort. Pending is unverified, not failure; the ledger is a bounded sample. Evidence C for the rubric estimate: calibrated to the delivery record below, not a measured census percentage. See the vendor research section F.
Velocity	3.5	Substantive capabilities in the release tables determine velocity; maintenance-only rows do not become new features. 10.8 (2023-01-23 release date): UI Facelift for Dashboards; VMware vSphere 8 Full Support; Improved Backup Retention; MSP Console Evidence A. n108
Lifecycle stability	4	Published future fix/support endpoints and known support withdrawals; separate commitment clocks. 2027-11-04 scheduled: 11.0 end of support; end of fix 2025-11-04. Dates quoted as future lifecycle commitments at cutoff. 2028-10-06 scheduled: 11.1 end of support; end of fix 2026-10-06, after cutoff. Evidence A. n110; n111

Say-do record, 2023 to 2026: Recorded ledger: 4 items; 3 shipped, 1 partial, 0 slipped, 0 pending, 0 dropped. Mature dated prospective cohort: 1; 0 documented within 12 calendar months, 0 later than 12 months, 1 unresolved. Month-only/ambiguous clocks, same-day release notices and post-release blogs are excluded from that cohort. Pending is unverified, not failure; the ledger is a bounded sample.

Commercial risk: 8.0 / 25 (lower is better)

Criterion	Score	Basis
Price and licence volatility	1.5	Multiple metrics and separate monitoring/RTR exist, but no documented drastic 2023 to 2026 price series. 2026-10-01 observation: Perpetual CPU/socket and subscription workload models; Essentials range 5 to 50; monitoring/RTR licensed separately 10.4 guide; release 2021-08-02, first model launch unresolved: Perpetual per-source socket for VMware/Hyper-V/AHV; per-machine physical and per-OracleDB EnterprisePlus. Subscription per workload includes 24/7 support, 1 physical server or 3workstations; OracleEnterprisePlus. This is a versioned model observation, not a dated price/model-change announcement. Evidence C. lic; guide104; n104
Purchase constraints	1.5	Perpetual and subscription choice; Essentials 5 to 50 is a bounded edition constraint, not an enterprise-wide minimum. 2026-10-01 observation: Perpetual CPU/socket and subscription workload models; Essentials range 5 to 50; monitoring/RTR licensed separately Evidence A. lic
Channel and access	1.5	Partner entry and public documentation access are both considered. Research documentation finding: lic. Multi-tenancy / MSP: 3.9 historical multi-tenancy; 11.1 MSP Direct Connect differs from ordinary feature Evidence A. notes; n111
Owner stability	1	2026-10-01 evidence boundary: NAKIVO; no controlling-owner transaction recorded in accepted commercial history. Ownership-risk judgement comes from the recorded corporate/financing events; no unrecorded transaction is assumed. Provisional rubric estimate; unknown terms are not evidence of either zero risk or the worst terms. Evidence C.
Cost of staying supported	2.5	20 to 25% late reinstatement premium and fix/EOS split; perpetual engine is not said to stop at support expiry. 2022 copyright renewal handbook; first policy change unresolved: Perpetual support reinstatement 1day+ late costs 20 to 25 percent more than standard on-time renewal; no reinstatement cutoff. Expired support loses updates/patches and technical assistance; this passage does not say a perpetual backup engine stops. Subscription terms 1 to 5years bundle 24/7 support. Renewal amount depends on sockets/workloads/databases/users, edition and licence. Not evidence of a universal 2026 price increase. 2027-11-04 scheduled: 11.0 end of support; end of fix 2025-11-04. Dates quoted as future lifecycle commitments at cutoff. Evidence A. renewalPolicy22; n110

Security record of the product itself: 2026 security-record adjustment: raw capability 3, minus 0.5 for CVE-2024-48248. KEV entry dates in 2023 to 2026; maximum deduction 1.5. Security record: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue and vendor advisories. KEV 2025-03-19; fixed 11.0.0.88174 released 2024-11-04, before NVD publication 2025-03-04. 11.0.2 fixes a different XXE CVE.

Technical lock-in: 8.5 / 25 (lower is better)

Criterion	Score	Basis
Formats	3	2026-10-01 evidence boundary: Independent backup-format specification/readability is not established in the accepted research. Provisional format-dependency estimate, not proof that only a running licensed instance can read it. Provisional rubric estimate; unknown terms are not evidence of either zero risk or the worst terms. Evidence C.
Export path	2.5	2026-10-01 evidence boundary: Independent data extraction and post-licence restoration terms are incomplete. Provisional export estimate, not proof of no export or licence-required restore. Provisional rubric estimate; unknown terms are not evidence of either zero risk or the worst terms. Evidence C.
Stack coupling	1	Software targets local/cloud/dedup appliances; no own-appliance requirement evidenced. Observed by 2026-10-01: 11.0 federated repository; virtual appliance max repository 128TB/file16TB End-2022 checkpoint: 10.4 guidep 108: stream repository integration with DataDomain/HYDRAstor/StoreOnce(Catalyst). 10.6NAS and 10.7Azure/B2 additions are later 2022 notes; older guide not their matrix. Evidence A. notes; n111; guide104; n106; n107
Hardware / cloud coupling	0.5	Windows/Linux/NAS deployment options reduce mandatory hardware/control-plane dependence; no full offline-contract guarantee asserted. End-2022 checkpoint: 10.4 guidepp 103 to 107: vSphere 4.1 to 7.0.2,Hyper-V2012/2012R2/2016/2019,AHV 5.10/5.15/5.20LTS; physical Windows2008R2 to 2019,Ubuntu 16.04 to 20.04/RHEL 7.4 to 8.3/SLES12SP3 to 15SP2/CentOS7 to 8. This is an older minimum observation; 10.7.2 vSphere8 compatibility remains separate. Evidence A. guide104; n104; n1072
Skills and tooling coupling	1.5	Named training and product-specific administration imply some skills coupling; no unsourced scarcity/headcount claim. Multi-tenancy / MSP: 3.9 historical multi-tenancy; 11.1 MSP Direct Connect differs from ordinary feature Evidence A. notes; n111

Integrator fit: 15.0 / 20

Criterion	Score	Basis
Partner programme openness	4	Basic/Bronze/Silver/Gold qualifications and discounts explicitly documented; observed Oct 2, not a historical change date. Partner terms / observed 2026-10-02; undated page: Basic/Bronze/Silver/Gold base product discounts 10/15/20/25 percent. Specific vendor-developed/internal-use/renewal deals can be capped at 10 percent; no new opportunity in a year can cap renewals at 5 percent. Bronze/Silver/Gold annual net revenue requirements$2,000/$12,000/$24,000; new-customer sales 2/4/6. Current observation is not a historically dated price change. Evidence A. partnerTerms
Multi-tenancy and self-service	4.5	Isolated multi-tenant Director/self-service plus MSP Direct Connect; distinct from ordinary Direct Connect. End-2022 checkpoint: 10.4 guidepp 73 to 87/143: RESTHTTP API supports Perl/Python/Bash/JS/PHP/Java/C#, isolated multi-tenant Director and self-service portals. 10.5ITMonitoring and 10.6 external product DB are later 2022 notes; per-feature first clocks separate. Observed by 2026-10-01: MSP Direct Connect needs no inbound ports; ordinary Direct Connect has different requirements Evidence A. guide104; n105; n106; notes; n111
API and infrastructure-as-code	3	Documented APIs and official IaC earn credit. Community examples and publisher-owned repositories do not automatically imply vendor support. Observed by 2026-10-01: MSP Direct Connect needs no inbound ports; ordinary Direct Connect has different requirements Evidence C. notes; n111
Skills and certification	3.5	NSP/NTP staffing requirements documented; named launch dates and exam detail incomplete. Named partner certifications / launch unresolved: NSP certified sales staffing: Bronze1/Silver1/Gold2; NTP certified technical staffing: Silver1/Gold2. Primary table names credentials but does not state exam curricula or first launch dates. Programme may be revised/cancelled without notice and tiers downgraded for unmet obligations. Evidence A. partnerTerms

AI leverage: 2 / 20

Strand	Today	Latest step
AI for protection / protecting AI	0	2016: 2016 initial scoring observation: no affirmative released in-scope AI evidence is credited in this strand. Zero is an evidence-bounded score, not a claim that the capability was absent. Evidence C.
AI platform stack	0	2016: 2016 initial scoring observation: no affirmative released in-scope AI evidence is credited in this strand. Zero is an evidence-bounded score, not a claim that the capability was absent. Evidence C.
AI-assisted operations	0	2016: 2016 initial scoring observation: no affirmative released in-scope AI evidence is credited in this strand. Zero is an evidence-bounded score, not a claim that the capability was absent. Evidence C.
Agent openness	2	2021: End-2022 checkpoint: 10.4 guidepp 73 to 87/143: RESTHTTP API supports Perl/Python/Bash/JS/PHP/Java/C#, isolated multi-tenant Director and self-service portals. 10.5ITMonitoring and 10.6 external product DB are later 2022 notes; per-feature first clocks separate. 10.4 guide (release Aug2021) documents HTTP API; no official MCP. Evidence A. guide104; n105; n106

AI say-do sample: 0 recorded announcement rows; 0 GA/shipped matches, 0 preview/early/limited at announcement, 0 partial, 0 pending, 0 slipped, 0 dropped. Preview-at-announcement overlaps outcome counts. These are promise-row counts, not unique announcements or counts of released AI features; omissions/overlaps in the AI research ledger are preserved. "Shipped" may be a vendor availability assertion rather than an independently verified first-GA day.

Reading

NAKIVO is extending VM recovery and replication across Proxmox while retaining several licence metrics. Public release notes document recovery, tape and MSP gains, with explicit immutable-target and RTR restrictions. Its narrower database range and separate feature entitlements limit parity with broader enterprise suites.

Open questions and evidence caveats

Unchanged annual values carry the last scored release; they do not certify a frozen compatibility matrix or exact first-feature GA. Some checkpoint-derived jumps may lag the true first shipment.
Unverified AI strands receive zero credited evidence; this is a conservative estimate rather than a vendor-wide absence claim. Preview/limited capabilities add at most half a point beyond the preceding established score.
Say-do counts are a bounded research sample. Same-day/release-note announcements and post-release blogs are not promises delivered instantly. Missing outcome dates do not prove non-delivery.
Commercial/exit terms not reconstructed use explicit provisional midpoint estimates; executed regional contracts may differ.
cyber: 2016 baseline is provisional; no frozen checkpoint fact.
security: 2016 baseline is provisional; no frozen checkpoint fact.
platforms: 2016 baseline is provisional; no frozen checkpoint fact.
Raw security 3 becomes 2.5 after the 2025 KEV entry. Local root can clear local immutability; object-lock controls differ. No native AI/ML is inferred from external antivirus scans.