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Azure Backup vs Barracuda Backup comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
54
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Barracuda Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
40th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (31st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Azure Backup is 4.0%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Barracuda Backup is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Terry Tull - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 26, 2024
Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place
I would rate the easiness of the initial setup as an eight out of ten. Setting up Azure Backup was pretty straightforward, especially if you follow the steps in the right order. It might seem a bit complex at first, but with experience, subsequent setups become easier. Planning is key to optimizing its effectiveness. Deploying Azure Backup typically takes around half an hour to an hour to set up one VM, involving creating a recovery services vault, defining a backup policy, and configuring storage options. For a more comprehensive setup including proper recovery planning, it might take a few hours. The key steps involve creating a resource group, and a recovery services vault, selecting a storage type, and defining backup policies. I deployed the solution myself.
Antero Vasconcelos - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 4, 2024
An enterprise solution for backup and ransomware protection
Barracuda is a good product, and it allows us to protect all the information that resides in Office 365, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange Solutions. It is easy to maintain Barracuda. Every happy customer is a good customer. If they're happy with our solution, it's a certified customer. Therefore, they are a good customer. That's why customer satisfaction is a good point for continuing to promote the product. The most valuable aspect of Barracuda Backup is its data recovery process. The feature that most customers appreciate is the ability to restore files to another system or location rather than solely restoring to the original data source. It can restore data for every peer spot in the clinic or replace it with a suitable alternative. I recommend the solution if you need a reliable backup. 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

"You can select the tiering for your backup and manage your cost."
"Azure Backup is good because it is entirely cloud-based, which means that you can be 99.9% sure that your backup is safe."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the native backup capabilities."
"It's stable."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"It's useful, it works, and it's fairly reliable."
"It is a stable solution...The product is worth the money you pay for it."
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"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."
 

Cons

"The length of time it takes to restore is our main source of frustration. It would be beneficial to shorten the time it takes."
"To make it a ten, it should have the ability to extend the retention and to perform a copy of the data outside of the subscription - with no additional costs."
"It would be beneficial to receive alert messages if something isn't configured correctly, for instance, if service principal names are missing, a message could prompt you to set them up."
"Connection with more legacy data services could be beneficial as some are currently unsupported."
"Technical support can be slow to respond at times."
"I would like to see better integration with more products, and more services."
"The tool's backup should be faster. Azure Backup's support should be faster."
"I would like to see more automation, integration, and security. The price could be better."
"An improvement is required in reports and backups for sharing on Linux and Unix."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is not expensive."
"The pricing of this solution is ok, but I'm expecting that the price will decrease in the future."
"Licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis."
"Price-wise, it's similar to AWS."
"Customers prefer Azure Backup because it has a pay-as-you-go model, and they won't have to pay an upfront amount at the initial level."
"It is incredibly cost-effective and offers fixed pricing, with no additional fees for the licensing."
"The price should be cheaper, but it's affordable if you use the yearly subscription."
"It is a very cheap cloud solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
17%
University
12%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

How does Azure Backup differ from Veeam Backup & Replication?
Veeam has a version for Azure but there are organizations, like ours, that are considering moving to an Azure environment and wonder if Azure Backup is better than Veeam Backup and Replication (Vee...
What do you like most about Azure Backup?
Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Backup?
Customers choose their backup tool based on its flexibility and cost-effectiveness. Customers prefer Azure Backup because it has a pay-as-you-go model, and they won't have to pay an upfront amount ...
What needs improvement with Barracuda Backup?
An improvement is required in reports and backups for sharing on Linux and Unix. Also, it should take a granular amount of time to do the backup and allow more devices, including Azure data machines.
What is your primary use case for Barracuda Backup?
We use the solution for enterprise solutions with sensitive data and customers to protect against ransomware. The backup solution from Barracuda is immutable data. So, it's suitable for ransomware ...
 

Also Known As

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LiveVault
 

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Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Somerset County Council, Kardem, PCL Construction
Ochsner Health System
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