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Acronis Cyber Protect vs Barracuda Intronis Backup comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
122
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (9th), Cloud Backup (6th)
Barracuda Intronis Backup
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Deduplication Software (11th), MSP Backup (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Services solutions, they serve different purposes. Acronis Cyber Protect is designed for Cloud Backup and holds a mindshare of 5.8%, down 8.0% compared to last year.
Barracuda Intronis Backup, on the other hand, focuses on Deduplication Software, holds 0.4% mindshare, up 0.2% since last year.
Cloud Backup
Deduplication Software
 

Featured Reviews

SameerMogale - PeerSpot reviewer
Encounter challenges in troubleshooting but experience efficient customer support
The application itself is a bit bloated. Although it has a lot of features when it comes to troubleshooting, we don't basically know where to start even though we do give them the log files to troubleshoot they don't give us a proper solution set. So I would say because it's bloated, it's a bit more difficult to troubleshoot where you get certain errors. From my side, on the POC I didn't really need to do much. It's only after we discovered there was a compatibility issue with the application that the client was running that we actually had to do a lot of log file shipping to Acronis themselves and getting solutions because of other problems. So on a day-to-day basis, you don't even maintain it, you just forget about it. You get alerts, but usually in between. It's quite easy to manage. To be honest with you, since I didn't really test that option of Acronis Cyber Protect, it's supposed to make everything feasible and easy to manage but I never got the option of testing it out, so I cannot really say at this stage.
Gerard Wolters - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to use, immutable, and provides good deduplication features
When we wanted to back up our Microsoft environment, we looked for a cloud backup. Barracuda provided a cloud backup. There were no other products that offered similar features at that time. I will recommend the product to others. It is easy to use. It is a complete package. It is easy to integrate the product with Microsoft. We have a complete package that includes antispam and email gateway solutions. We can choose any package we want. We use Barracuda Essentials. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature is its consistency."
"The best thing about it is that we can back up pretty much everything we want to. We don't have to have multiple solutions. It can back up any physical or virtual server, including servers in Azure. It can back up SharePoint, OneDrive, and G Suite. Everything we need to back up can be backed up, and that's why we like it."
"Acronis Backup is valuable if your data is affected by ransomware, you are able to get it back."
"It is a very fast and reliable backup, which requires less management and restores quickly.​"
"The most valuable feature is the fact that you can archive backups quite easily and minimize the amount of space you're using."
"It actually does its job very well and has interesting capabilities, but it has the most awful interface."
"One of its most valuable aspects is its user-friendly interface."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to back up and recover our production environment from ransomware."
"They are the best support that we have had so far. When you contact or email them, they are very quick to respond. They always have someone available for us. That's what we want as a customer, we want someone to listen to us."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication that analyzes data to identify duplicate patterns and granular restore."
"The superior support from Barracuda in setting up, using, and helping with issues for the product."
"The scalability of the product is fine."
"Of all the backup products we have used, this by far is the simplest to install and use."
"It is very stable, and I'm very happy with this solution."
"Easy, immediate protection for data that is virtually infinitely scalable."
"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."
 

Cons

"It could have a better ability to manage backups over a longer period."
"The solution could use a single sign-on integration that can default to the admin dashboard. Right now, it's only username and password. If you had had an additional two-factor authentication, this would be beneficial for me."
"I can't select a network location. I have to map a drive on the server, and then I have to select the mapped drive in order for it to put the backup out there."
"The dashboards for digital operations can be improved."
"The reporting can be improved."
"It supports Microsoft SQL and Microsoft Exchange, but it does not support Oracle databases or Postgres."
"There are some limitations to the backup."
"We have issues with the SQL databases which are a little shaky."
"I would like to see a way to increase space."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see cloud support and deduplication functionality."
"This solution could be improved with offering lower prices at scale."
"The solution needs fine-grained backup capabilities to service individual users. But this is a minor issue considering all that the product does."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications."
"Its speed can be a bit improved, and of course, its pricing can go a lot cheaper."
"The tool is not user-friendly. The solution should also improve its compatibility. It is also not license-based."
"Barracuda Backup could use some more integration."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 find the pricing structure satisfactory, it is around $25 per year."
"It has already paid off itself in the first few months that we implemented it."
"Licensing fees are billed annually and there are no extra charges."
"Its price is quite friendly on the pocket. You need to pay the licensing cost upfront, and then the support charges are on an annual basis."
"The pricing is significantly higher than it was last year, which is understandable since they have introduced new technology, such as transitioning from backup to cybersecurity."
"The price is reasonable."
"You pay for what you use in the cloud. If you don't start the virtual machine in the cloud, you only pay for the information stored there. But when you start the virtual machine, another pricing model is activated."
"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."
"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."
"What I like best about Barracuda Backup is the licensing model."
"The tool's pricing is reasonable."
"You don't need to buy an extra license or agent. With one box, you have licenses for any amount of devices that you want to backed up for whatever is backed up."
"Its pricing is very reasonable, but it can be reduced."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?
Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four ...
How does Acronis Backup compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?
Acronis Backup is a versatile backup-as-a-service solution for service providers. It allows you to protect workloads on-premises and in the cloud and provide backup to any storage. The deployment i...
What do you like most about Acronis Backup?
One of its most valuable aspects is its user-friendly interface.
What do you like most about Barracuda Backup?
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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Backup?
The pricing is very competitive. Licensing is on a yearly basis, and Barracuda even provides replacements after three years if a device reaches end of life, without any extra charges.
What needs improvement with Barracuda Backup?
Barracuda Backup's support could be improved because sometimes the support team is situated outside the country, leading to time zone issues. Adding AI features for security would also be beneficia...
 

Also Known As

Acronis Backup, Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard, Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced
Barracuda Backup
 

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Sample Customers

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