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Azure Backup vs Barracuda Backup comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.6
Azure Backup offers security, stability, and cost efficiency with low upfront costs, though ROI depends on organization size.
Sentiment score
8.0
Barracuda Backup enhances data protection, reduces downtime, lowers costs, and boosts ROI with efficient, user-friendly, and reliable features.
It not only saves time but also protects data.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
10.0
Azure Backup support is generally satisfactory but inconsistent, with slow resolutions and communication barriers impacting customer satisfaction.
Sentiment score
8.1
Barracuda Backup's customer service is praised for its responsiveness, professionalism, and helpful resources, making it key to customer satisfaction.
Other times I may have to wait longer for solutions if the technical support is less familiar with the product.
From my experience, the technical support from Barracuda receives an eight out of ten.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
Azure Backup excels in scalability, supporting diverse environments and large volumes, though some suggest improvements in newer regions.
Sentiment score
5.9
Barracuda Backup provides scalable solutions for SMEs, supporting data growth and platform transitions with capacities up to 100 terabytes.
Azure Backup is scalable since it is a global solution.
The scalability is sufficient for my clients' use cases.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Azure Backup is reliable with a 95% success rate, though some issues arise with VMware integration and network connectivity.
Sentiment score
7.2
Barracuda Backup is highly rated for stability, with minor VM issues reported; most users experience effective system performance.
Azure Backup is stable for Microsoft environments.
Latency issues only occur due to physical connectivity problems, but with good connectivity, it works well.
In using Barracuda Backup, sometimes the VM has issues and becomes non-functional, requiring support tickets to resolve.
 

Room For Improvement

Azure Backup struggles with UI clarity, integration, high costs, slow restores, and lacks comprehensive automation and continuous backup features.
Barracuda Backup requires improved server snapshots, UI enhancements, platform integrations, AI security, and support for diverse devices.
It is not a perfect tool for restoring SQL databases since it requires replacing everything instead of restoring specific files.
The reporting functionality of Azure Backup needs improvement.
Integration with vendors other than VMware and Hyper-V would make it more competitive.
Adding AI features for security would also be beneficial as artificial intelligence is always helpful from a security perspective.
 

Setup Cost

Azure Backup offers flexible, consumption-based pricing, viewed as affordable compared to AWS, with special options for extended commitments.
Barracuda Backup is cost-effective, with pricing based on data size, offering flexibility and no extra charges for renewals.
Azure Backup is expensive relative to the value we get from it.
Makes it cheaper compared to other solutions.
Barracuda even provides replacements after three years if a device reaches end of life, without any extra charges.
 

Valuable Features

Azure Backup offers secure, scalable, and cost-effective data protection with easy configuration, rapid recovery, and cross-region backups.
Barracuda Backup provides efficient data protection with hardware refresh, cloud operations, and features like deduplication and comprehensive reporting.
The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its simplicity.
We use the normal features for Azure Backup, specifically to make backups of the VMs.
The most valuable feature of Barracuda Backup is that it's on the cloud, so there is no need for hardware.
One valuable feature of Barracuda Backup is that it can be used as thin VMware storage.
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
56
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Barracuda Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
53rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (40th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Azure Backup is 3.4%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Barracuda Backup is 0.3%, 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
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.
Ferrianto Suryanto - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers cost-effective data backup with room for user interface improvements
I work with various Barracuda products based on customer requests, including Barracuda Backup and Barracuda WAF. In the past, I also worked with Barracuda Web Security Gateway, but it has been phased out One valuable feature of Barracuda Backup is that it can be used as thin VMware storage. If…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
13%
University
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
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?
Azure Backup is expensive relative to the value we get from it. I do not have specific details about the licensing cost as it falls under another department.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Backup?
Barracuda Backup is cost-effective because there is no licensing cost per server or VM. Licensing costs are based on the number of terabytes of data to back up, which makes it cheaper compared to o...
What needs improvement with Barracuda Backup?
Barracuda Backup's user interface needs to be renewed as it appears outdated. Additionally, integration with vendors other than VMware and Hyper-V would make it more competitive.
What is your primary use case for Barracuda Backup?
I work with various Barracuda products based on customer requests, including Barracuda Backup and Barracuda WAF. In the past, I also worked with Barracuda Web Security Gateway, but it has been phas...
 

Also Known As

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LiveVault
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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