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Barracuda Backup pros and cons

4.0 out of 5

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PROS

Barracuda Backup's scalability is effective with unlimited space, accommodating large data sizes and enterprise solutions.
A valuable feature is its capability to serve as thin VMware storage.
Barracuda Backup is cost-effective due to the absence of licensing fees per server or VM.
Its cloud-based nature eliminates the need for hardware.
Barracuda email security integrates effectively with O365, accomplishing use cases that competitors struggle with.

CONS

An improvement is required in reports and backups for sharing on Linux and Unix.
Sometimes the VM has issues and becomes non-functional, requiring support tickets to resolve.
Support could be improved due to time zone issues with the support team situated outside the country.
An attempt to integrate with Postgres SQL server to backup the database alone was not supported.
Improvement is needed for Barracuda Backup to become better.
 

Barracuda Backup Pros review quotes

GANESAN K - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 20, 2025
Barracuda email security works effectively with O365, and we have been able to achieve many use cases that other competitive products such as Micro, Fortinet, Trellix, or Forcepoint could not accomplish.
reviewer2507559 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 19, 2025
The most valuable feature of Barracuda Backup is that it's on the cloud, so there is no need for hardware.
Antero Vasconcelos - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 4, 2024
The solution’s scalability is good because its space is unlimited. We can start in Office365 with one terabyte bit of information and leverage through an enterprise solution of 1000 users.
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Ferrianto Suryanto - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 21, 2025
One valuable feature of Barracuda Backup is that it can be used as thin VMware storage.
 

Barracuda Backup Cons review quotes

GANESAN K - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 20, 2025
The product needs improvement to become better. For example, we attempted to integrate with Postgres SQL server to backup the database alone, which was not supported.
reviewer2507559 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 19, 2025
Barracuda Backup's support could be improved because sometimes the support team is situated outside the country, leading to time zone issues.
Antero Vasconcelos - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 4, 2024
An improvement is required in reports and backups for sharing on Linux and Unix.
Find out what your peers are saying about Barracuda Networks, Veeam Software, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery. Updated: August 2025.
867,676 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Ferrianto Suryanto - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 21, 2025
Barracuda Backup's user interface needs to be renewed as it appears outdated.