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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:
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
10.0
Azure Backup customer service is satisfactory but inconsistent, with prompt critical support and varied effectiveness for non-urgent issues.
No sentiment score available
Barracuda Backup's customer service is praised for its responsiveness, professionalism, and helpful resources, making it key to customer satisfaction.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
6.1
Azure Backup needs UI clarity, app-level support, pricing updates, faster recovery, better integration, security, and enhanced notifications.
Sentiment score
6.9
Users want better cloud integration, storage efficiency, faster restoration, improved management console, enhanced reporting, and flexible scheduling from Barracuda Backup.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
Azure Backup efficiently scales for various client sizes, offering flexible expansion and seamless management, especially in Europe and North America.
Sentiment score
7.7
Barracuda Backup is praised for efficient scalability, adaptability for any business size, and ease of setup and management.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
6.5
Azure Backup offers competitive, pay-as-you-go pricing, but costs could be lower for large-scale storage options to enhance competitiveness.
No sentiment score available
<p>Barracuda Backup offers flexible, competitively priced solutions with discounts available, aligning with industry standards for backup and recovery services.</p>
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
Azure Backup is highly rated for stability and reliability, surpassing traditional on-premise environments with its zone-redundant architecture.
Sentiment score
8.5
Barracuda Backup is praised for its reliability, consistent performance, minimal downtime, and efficient handling of large data volumes.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.2
Azure Backup offers seamless, secure, and efficient cloud VM and file backups with user-friendly automation and flexible storage options.
Sentiment score
7.8
Barracuda Backup is valued for its easy deployment, reliability, seamless integration, centralized management, excellent support, and robust security.
 

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
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
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
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
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.
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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
16%
University
13%
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?
Pricing is middle plus, and it's a bit high. We always wait for prices to reduce, however, Azure sometimes offers special discounts or packages if you commit for more years.
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

No data available
LiveVault
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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