Barracuda Intronis Backup vs ExaGrid EX Series comparison

Barracuda Networks and ExaGrid are both solutions in the Deduplication Software category. Barracuda Networks is ranked #11 with an average rating of 9.0, while ExaGrid is ranked #8 with an average rating of 9.0. Barracuda Networks holds a 0.5% mindshare in DS, compared to ExaGrid’s 7.4% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Barracuda Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of ExaGrid users who would recommend it.

Barracuda Intronis Backup

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Barracuda Intronis Backup

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 5, 2024

Barracuda Intronis Backup and ExaGrid EX Series are competing products in the data backup and storage solutions market. Users generally prefer Barracuda for its pricing and support, while ExaGrid is favored for its advanced features, offering greater investment value.

Features: Barracuda Intronis Backup provides robust cloud backup, disaster recovery, and centralized management, catering to those who value straightforward solutions. Its intuitive interface and seamless integration make it a practical choice. ExaGrid EX Series shines with its unique landing zone technology, ensuring faster backups and restores, and offering scale-out architecture. Its compatibility with existing infrastructures is a highlight.

Room for Improvement: Barracuda Intronis Backup could enhance performance analytics capabilities, refine its user interface for even greater simplicity, and offer more extensive training resources. ExaGrid EX Series would benefit from simplifying its complex initial setup process, improving its user interface ease of use, and expanding its cloud capabilities for broader environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Barracuda Intronis Backup is praised for seamless cloud-based deployment with minimal setup time, offering detailed support options during implementation. ExaGrid EX Series, although hardware-dependent and more complex to set up, provides detailed guidance and personalized support that users appreciate for its attention to detail.

Pricing and ROI: Barracuda Intronis Backup offers a competitive pricing model, making it an attractive choice for small to medium businesses seeking quick ROI with lower initial investment. ExaGrid EX Series, while having higher initial costs, delivers significant long-term ROI through reduced backup times and resource utilization efficiencies, ideal for enterprises looking for enduring value.

To learn more, read our detailed Barracuda Intronis Backup vs. ExaGrid EX Series Report (Updated: September 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Intronis Backup

Ranking in Deduplication Software

11th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

MSP Backup (8th)

ExaGrid EX Series

Ranking in Deduplication Software

8th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Deduplication Software category, the mindshare of Barracuda Intronis Backup is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ExaGrid EX Series is 7.4%, down from 9.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Deduplication Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
ExaGrid EX Series	7.4%
Barracuda Intronis Backup	0.5%
Other	92.1%

Deduplication Software

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Gerard Wolters

ICT manager at Oosterhof Holman

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.

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Rastislav Maniak

Partial Owner at Storage One

Improves backup and recovery time and integration with other products is good

The tool reduces storage footprint. However, clients are now storing data for longer durations with increasing requirements to retain backups for longer periods, particularly as a defense against ransomware attacks. As a result, the retention zone with duplicated data is experiencing more demand, leading to space constraints. This necessitates using higher-end, more expensive models to address the issue. I was asking about the mutual appliance, which would provide the same features as the integrated client without the hardware. This would allow it to be used in the public cloud, which I heard might be available soon. However, the private cloud is not reliable.

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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 unlimited data storage on the cloud. Even if the employee has left the company for a few years, the backup will still be maintained."

"It is very reliable, so we don't have any issues with it. Our customers have never raised any issue with it. Basically, once you set it up and it is running, it is trouble-free. Our customers are happy. They just got a renewal for the subscription for the service."

"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."

"Easy, immediate protection for data that is virtually infinitely scalable."

"Its interface is intuitive, and it is easy to use when I am restoring files. Barracuda does a really excellent job at compression, which makes it very efficient. Eight years later, I am only halfway through to the capacity, which is very good."

"The backup feature is most valuable. That's why we took it."

"The scalability of the product is fine."

"The product is easy to install and use while doing what it is expected to do."

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"The most valuable feature is the ease of use and data deduplication. It's extremely easy to use and does a very good job of data deduplication and compression."

"It is a solid and a quite simple solution, which is a good combination. The customers like the simplicity and its scale-out capacity. They like the support pricing, and even the extension capacity pricing, a fixed price, which the executive is offering in Czech market."

"The tool has improved backup and recovery times. One of the key features contributing to this improvement is the landing zone and deduplication retention zone. When data is in the landing zone, the process is fast, ensuring smooth backup and recovery operations at high speeds. However, the process becomes slower for long-term backups moved to the retention zone due to fragmentation. So, if the data is older than a few days, the speed may be limited, especially for non-deduplicated data in the landing zone."

"The most valuable features of the solution are deduplication and landing zone."

"The solution easily integrates with the backup targets, such as Veeam."

"One of the main features is the landing zone, it is a particular space where the information is not duplicated."

Cons

"Its speed can be a bit improved, and of course, its pricing can go a lot cheaper."

"Some features like CIFS are not supported that would help speed and flexibility."

"We cannot backup Sun Micro systems. They are not currently supported."

"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications."

"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 a way to increase space."

"I am working in some of the more rural areas of Sweden, and some of the customers here are a little bit wary of cloud technology at the moment. It is not like in Gothenburg or Stockholm, where people rely on it so much more. In the rural areas, companies are saying that we do need to use the cloud, and they are being very wary about their data, especially with GDPR and all that kind of stuff. Having more control and having an option for backing up locally, even if you don't want to use it, would be something very good. The cloud backup is brilliant, but there should be an option to take that cloud backup and save it locally as well. If you lose connection to the internet or you lose access to your data in the cloud, having a backup copy of the latest data on your server is helpful. You need to be able to get access to your customers' files, especially with GDPR, where you need to know where your customers' details are. If they're in the cloud and you've lost access to them, then you'll go into those GDPR regulations. This is somewhere where both Barracuda and Veeam haven't gone as far. As far as I have understood, with Veeam, you can back up your local servers to the cloud but not vice versa. I haven't worked on it much."

"When we manage the box physically, we don't have as much control as we do when we manage from the cloud. The best management is from the cloud."

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"When speaking about a scale-out, you want to have better equipment. You cannot just add a disc to the foreign equipment. You have to buy another one and put it together, like parallel."

"The one place where we are sometimes losing the opportunity with ExaGrid is that a few customers still require a fiber channel connectivity, which is not always possible."

"The tool reduces storage footprint. However, clients are now storing data for longer durations with increasing requirements to retain backups for longer periods, particularly as a defense against ransomware attacks. As a result, the retention zone with duplicated data is experiencing more demand, leading to space constraints. This necessitates using higher-end, more expensive models to address the issue."

"The solution could improve by switching to a flash-type solution rather than the spinning drives that they currently use. However, we have not had any failure with the spinning drives. The flash-type drives are more up-to-date and are something that is in their roadmap."

"The product's documentation can be made more precise."

"I would like for them to develop direct cloud integration with a third-party cloud. Direct integration with AWS and other cloud providers."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing is charged yearly. It's my understanding that the cost of the solution is somewhere around $7,000 every two years."

"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."

"You have two options, which we have. We pay for it bi-monthly. Then, you can purchase the project hours and support annually."

"The tool's pricing is reasonable."

"What I like best about Barracuda Backup is the licensing model."

"Because it is a single package that includes everything, they are worth the money that you need to pay for it. You are paying for the hardware, licensing, the software that runs on it, regular updates, the cloud features included with it along with the replication, and your space allocated in the cloud for replication. It is fairly priced for what you get."

"They're on par with their competitors."

"Its pricing is very reasonable, but it can be reduced."

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"The previous solutions I have used both included the Backup Software and the Appliance making it hard to compare to this solution. However, overall the solution is reasonably priced for the features you receive. ExaGrid EX Series is priced better than HP, Dell, and possibly Commvault which I have compared in the past."

"The current agreement has 21 terabytes of free space and it cost approximately $35,000."

"My company had to pay 1,60,000 EUR for the system we use, and the payment was made just once for the system and five years of full support."

"I rate ExaGrid EX Series' pricing eight to nine out of ten."

"In comparison to other solutions, it's affordable. They're all too expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Non Profit

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	3

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	2

Questions from the Community

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.

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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.

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What needs improvement with Barracuda Backup?

The product needs improvement to become better. For example, we attempted to integrate with Postgres SQL server to backup the database alone, which was not supported. For this reason, we required a...

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What do you like most about ExaGrid EX Series?

The tool has improved backup and recovery times. One of the key features contributing to this improvement is the landing zone and deduplication retention zone. When data is in the landing zone, the...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ExaGrid EX Series?

I rate ExaGrid EX Series' pricing eight to nine out of ten.

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Overview

Barracuda Intronis Backup is a comprehensive data protection solution designed to safeguard critical business information. It offers secure and efficient backup and recovery capabilities for physical and virtual environments. With its user-friendly interface, businesses can easily manage and monitor their backups, ensuring data integrity and availability.

The solution supports a wide range of platforms, including Windows, Mac, and Linux, making it suitable for diverse IT environments. Barracuda Intronis Backup utilizes advanced deduplication and compression techniques to optimize storage utilization and reduce backup windows.

It also offers flexible recovery options, allowing businesses to restore files, folders, or entire systems quickly and efficiently. The solution ensures data security through encryption and secure transmission protocols, protecting sensitive information from unauthorized access.

With its robust reporting and alerting features, businesses can proactively monitor backup status and address any issues promptly. Barracuda Intronis Backup provides businesses with peace of mind, knowing that their critical data is protected and easily recoverable in the event of a disaster.

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The ExaGrid EX Series hyper-converged secondary storage for backup product line consists of eight appliance models. Each appliance is sized for a full backup and for long-term retention. Any ExaGrid appliance can be mixed and matched in the same scale-out system with any other size or age appliance, allowing customers to buy what they need as they need it. This pay-as-you-grow model allows up to 25 appliances in a single scale-out system.

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Sample Customers

Dematic, Levitt Safety, Osoyoos Credit Union, Viborel Distribuiao, European Tour, Papergraphics, Levitt Safety, Academy of Contemporary Music, Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton, LLP, National History Museum, California Almond Board, American Radio Relay League, Kirkpatrick Bank, IAC, Healey Brothers Automotive Group, Mechanicsburg Area School District, Taylor Shellfish Farms, Drew Marine, inMusic, Mills Law Library, Healy Brothers Automotive Group, Thomas Kinkade Company, Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit

NCI Group, North Attleborough Public School, North Kingstown School Department, NPS Pharmaceuticals, Prudential Douglas Elliman, Rathbone Brothers PLC, Rio Hondo College, Ruder Finn, Sarah Lawrence College

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