Acronis Cyber Protect vs Barracuda Intronis Backup comparison

"From my perspective, the most valuable features in Acronis Cyber Protect include ransomware protection and antivirus. These features not only add significant value but also play a crucial role in closing deals. When selling backup for Microsoft 365, these security features, like ransomware protection and antivirus, serve as a starting point to offer backup and protection."

"All the necessary features required to set up a proper backup are already present in Acronis Backup."

"The AI-based antimalware feature in Acronis Cyber Protect is very effective in preventing cyber threats, providing inception into threats and how to react with them before securing, and is a great asset as a feature."

"It actually does its job very well and has interesting capabilities, but it has the most awful interface."

"The most valuable feature is the fact that you can archive backups quite easily and minimize the amount of space you're using."

"The setup is very easy."

"The solution was easy to install and to deploy."

"The performance has been fine so far."

"Whenever you have a crash or your service is not working, you can just live-boot the machine and have your service up and running."

"The backup feature is most valuable. That's why we took it."

"The main feature we like about Barracuda is that we can map devices directly to the cloud. It operates as a security device to run a backup of the cloud in case one of our physical machines goes down."

"The most important feature in Barracuda Backup is the ability to archive the backup of emails."

"The most valuable features are the deduplication that analyzes data to identify duplicate patterns and granular restore."

"I have found the product's LiveBoot feature to be most valuable."

"The configuration and the onboarding process are pretty good."

"Easy, immediate protection for data that is virtually infinitely scalable."

"In the span of six months, maintenance is done at least twice and you are told that it is coming up, with apologies for the inconvenience. It's a distraction, and it interferes with the backup schedule."

"If I could create a protected image backup on a computer partition that just would be just for the image backup; and only the program could access it to prevent viruses from getting into it. That would be very, very good."

"On the cloud side, security could always be better."

"Acronis Backup has a straightforward initial setup process and an easy-to-use interface. However, a potential issue for Acronis partners is that registered partners do not have access to marketing materials, which can make it difficult for them to reach mass markets and sell the product. This could be improved by allowing registered partners to access marketing materials and tools, such as email templates, that would help them to promote Acronis Backup effectively."

"If there was a wizard that would lead you down a road, when creating a backup, that would probably be better than having to go online or call somebody to actually do a backup. It's not intuitive..."

"It would be nice to have a partition that I can boot and reinstall when taking a backup image from the operating system."

"When I first started using Acronis, I found it a little bit confusing when it came to the configuration."

"The solution could be better if some of the features were more in-depth."

"Barracuda Backup could use some more integration."

"I would like to see a way to increase space."

"Its speed can be a bit improved, and of course, its pricing can go a lot cheaper."

"It would be nice to have some reports generated on the usage, but it is not essential."

"The restore time can be improved. The restore time for large quantities of folders is slow. Sometimes, if I'm doing a full recovery of a server, it takes multiple hours, which probably is natural. It might also be because of our internet speed to the cloud."

"I am working in some of the more rural areas of Sweden, and some of the customers here are a little bit wary of cloud technology at the moment. It is not like in Gothenburg or Stockholm, where people rely on it so much more. In the rural areas, companies are saying that we do need to use the cloud, and they are being very wary about their data, especially with GDPR and all that kind of stuff. Having more control and having an option for backing up locally, even if you don't want to use it, would be something very good. The cloud backup is brilliant, but there should be an option to take that cloud backup and save it locally as well. If you lose connection to the internet or you lose access to your data in the cloud, having a backup copy of the latest data on your server is helpful. You need to be able to get access to your customers' files, especially with GDPR, where you need to know where your customers' details are. If they're in the cloud and you've lost access to them, then you'll go into those GDPR regulations. This is somewhere where both Barracuda and Veeam haven't gone as far. As far as I have understood, with Veeam, you can back up your local servers to the cloud but not vice versa. I haven't worked on it much."

"We're working with them on our file share backups. Our solution needs a little bit more fine-tuning. We're not sure if the issue is at our end or at Barracuda's end."

"Barracuda works great for smaller network environments, which are not that complex. It is hardware-based with a Linux core, which you don't have access to, and a lot of stuff happens on the back-end. Even from a troubleshooting perspective, it is a bit challenging."

"Pricing is what it is. I don't shop around once I find a good solution. I insist they maintain ongoing support year after year for updates and tech support."

"You don't have to pay for licenses. You can pay per gig per month. It is pretty reasonable, especially when you do it per gig."

"I would rate the solution’s pricing an eight out of ten. The tool’s subscription is yearly."

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

"This is an affordable product and fits within our customers' budgets."

"I would describe the product as a mid-priced tool for small and medium businesses."

"The license is a perpetual license. The cost is an area for improvement."

"We use the free version that provides very basic functionalities."

"It allows us a low cost backup solution for hardware-based, VMware, and Hyper-V systems all from a single platform."

"The licensing is charged yearly. It's my understanding that the cost of the solution is somewhere around $7,000 every two years."

"All the storage is included in Barracuda, so you're just paying for the package. I think with Veeam, you pay for the package, and you pay for the storage."

"What I like best about Barracuda Backup is the licensing model."

"Its pricing is very reasonable, but it can be reduced."

"They're on par with their competitors."

"It is about 6,900 or 7,000 a year. It goes up a little every year. Its price includes live updates, support, antivirus, and cloud storage. If I increase the cloud space, then the price would increase. It has been consistent for us."

"Normally, there is the hardware on the site. So, essentially, there is a server and storage. They can price it a little lower because the customers are making a little investment upfront. Even though it is trouble-free for the end-users, and once it is set up and running, they don't have to really think about it, there is essentially an initial investment. It is not really pricey. We're actually competitive, but we are in a different market. In Asia, customers are a little more price-sensitive than in the west. It is not really a real issue."