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Barracuda Backup vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 23, 2025

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
8.0
Barracuda Backup enhances data protection, reduces downtime, lowers costs, and boosts ROI with efficient, user-friendly, and reliable features.
Sentiment score
7.6
Veeam Data Platform enhances efficiency and cost-effectiveness with reduced backup failures, faster recovery, and dependable disaster recovery.
It not only saves time but also protects data.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.1
Barracuda Backup's customer service is praised for its responsiveness, professionalism, and helpful resources, making it key to customer satisfaction.
Sentiment score
7.4
Veeam Data Platform's customer service is praised as responsive and professional, with effective support and valuable community resources.
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
5.9
Barracuda Backup provides scalable solutions for SMEs, supporting data growth and platform transitions with capacities up to 100 terabytes.
Sentiment score
7.5
Veeam Data Platform provides scalable, efficient, and adaptable solutions with ease of use and versatile integration, despite license cost concerns.
The scalability is sufficient for my clients' use cases.
It involves acquiring additional licenses as needed.
In order to scale Veeam Data Platform, we have to pay a lot more money.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Barracuda Backup is highly rated for stability, with minor VM issues reported; most users experience effective system performance.
Sentiment score
7.9
Veeam Data Platform is stable and efficient, with issues mostly due to configuration errors, resolved by updates.
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.
There are no issues with stability in Veeam Data Platform.
 

Room For Improvement

Barracuda Backup requires improved server snapshots, UI enhancements, platform integrations, AI security, and support for diverse devices.
Veeam Data Platform faces integration and support challenges, high costs, and complex setup, impacting functionality and user satisfaction.
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.
Reducing it by 20% would make it more accessible to a broader range of customers.
The improvement we would like to see is the option to scale Veeam Data up in smaller sections rather than large sections, which requires paying much more.
 

Setup Cost

Barracuda Backup is cost-effective, with pricing based on data size, offering flexibility and no extra charges for renewals.
Veeam Data Platform offers competitive pricing with predictable CPU socket-based licensing, though additional features can increase costs.
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.
A reduction of 20% in the current cost would make the solution more attractive to clients.
From what I know, it is expensive to add modules, with a scale rating of eight out of ten.
 

Valuable Features

Barracuda Backup provides efficient data protection with hardware refresh, cloud operations, and features like deduplication and comprehensive reporting.
Veeam Data Platform is praised for ease of use, scalability, cloud integration, and effective backup and recovery solutions.
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.
The platform is user-friendly, comprehensive, and compatible with numerous market solutions, including virtualization and bare metal servers.
It is also one of the most scalable backup solutions I've worked with.
 

Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
53rd
Ranking in Cloud Backup
40th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veeam Data Platform
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
1st
Ranking in Cloud Backup
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
423
Ranking in other categories
Virtualization Management Tools (4th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Barracuda Backup is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Platform is 16.8%, down from 20.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

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…
Edward Hore - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable with good support but needs a better navigation menu
We use Veeam Data to back up our VMware infrastructure Veeam Data Platform is valuable for its stability and the ability to easily contact support for assistance. The support team provides answers whenever we need them. It is also one of the most scalable backup solutions I've worked with. The…
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Comparison Review

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Nov 9, 2014
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
University
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Legal Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

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...
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 do the backup solutions of Veeam and Veritas compare?
Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file system backups inside VMs., support for tape library & FC too. But Veritas Netbac...
How does Nakivo compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?
Nakivo is my favorite backup software. Below are the main benefits of Nakivo compared to Veeam 1. Low cost. 2. Backup storage with global deduplication (this is the main requirement of a backup sol...
 

Also Known As

LiveVault
Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Ochsner Health System
Business & Legal Resources Inc., Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities, Alliance Healthcare, Poulin Grain Inc., Linear Technology, Northwestern University, ARKEMA, Sogegross, City of Lynchburg
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