Barracuda Intronis Backup vs N-able Cove Data Protection comparison

Barracuda Networks and N-able are both solutions in the MSP Backup category. Barracuda Networks is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.5, while N-able is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.8. Barracuda Networks holds a 5.2% mindshare in MB, compared to N-able’s 24.7% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Barracuda Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of N-able users who would recommend it.

Barracuda Intronis Backup

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Barracuda Intronis Backup and N-able Cove Data Protection are two prominent solutions in the data protection category. N-able seems to have the upper hand with superior features and high user satisfaction.

Features: Barracuda Intronis Backup offers efficient backup and restore, agents that protect various platforms, and reliable cloud backup options. N-able Cove Data Protection delivers robust data management features, comprehensive cloud backup solutions, and customizable settings valued for adaptability.

Room for Improvement: Barracuda Intronis Backup can improve reporting capabilities, integration flexibility, and modernize processes. N-able Cove Data Protection needs to enhance documentation, provide more hands-on support options, and focus on user-targeted improvements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Barracuda Intronis Backup is simple to deploy with clear configuration and responsive customer service. N-able Cove Data Protection offers quick deployment and proactive support that efficiently resolves issues, leading to slightly higher user confidence.

Pricing and ROI: Barracuda Intronis Backup is cost-effective with a good return on investment, especially for small to mid-sized enterprises. N-able Cove Data Protection, though higher in setup costs, is seen as delivering substantial returns over time for businesses needing advanced data management.

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Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Intronis Backup

Ranking in MSP Backup

6th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (11th)

N-able Cove Data Protection

Ranking in MSP Backup

1st

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (17th), Cloud Backup (11th), SaaS Backup (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the MSP Backup category, the mindshare of Barracuda Intronis Backup is 5.2%, up from 5.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of N-able Cove Data Protection is 24.7%, down from 26.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Antero Vasconcelos

CTO at Truenet

Archives the backup of emails and has excellent support

I think we can leverage more on backing up or collecting some data for all of the features that Office 365 gives us. Currently, they are doing the backup of Teams. They could also add the backup for the planner. For the Barracuda Backup system, they could at least have a chance to provide the backup for laptops and computers to the cloud. I would like to see a way to increase space. That is one of two questions that we get from customers, "And what happened if I need to increase space?" I would rate Barracuda Backup at a nine on a scale of ten.

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Jack Henson

Owner at Henson Business Products

Allows us to back up workstations and servers, and saved us time when checking endpoints and the viability of backups

I have some issues with the agent failing on workstations. I've had to completely uninstall several of them, delete everything, and start over to get them to work. That's been the biggest source of my problems recently. The problem is that when we delete one, we lose the backup. Consequently, it means we're without a backup unless we have a local copy. When we delete the agent, there's the problem of how to go back and restore it. I haven't had to deal with it yet, because I haven't had a failure that occurred while I was doing that. I had a workstation that started failing, and we couldn't get the services to run. I don't know what caused it. I had to reinstall the agent, which didn't work. I had to go into the machine and delete everything and load another agent onto it. Once I did that, I was able to make it work, but 90% of the time I never have an issue. During the other 10% of the time when I have a problem, it's a mess. The ability to recover to a different workstation or a different data point is a little bit clumsy. It could use some work.

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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

"I have found the product's LiveBoot feature to be most valuable."

"They are the best support that we have had so far. When you contact or email them, they are very quick to respond. They always have someone available for us. That's what we want as a customer, we want someone to listen to us."

"The product is easy to use."

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

"The cloud side of it is nice. Everything happens behind the scenes without you realizing it, which is nice. It doesn't interrupt usage. There is also the freedom and ease of use of the cloud portal, which you can use to manage your backup. One of the strong points of Barracuda is that you can go from zero to having your first backup running within 10 minutes. If you have access to admin accounts and everything else, it can happen in 10 minutes. The ability to go in and just restore a particular file without having to do a full restore is also very useful. You can just go in and pick the files that you need to restore, and the same is with email. You can just go in, find an email, and restore that email without having to do a full backup of all the data or a full restore of the data. I feel very safe because it is not just about the backup; it is about the protection of the data from outside threats. They have a lot of areas of ATP, that is, advanced threat protection. You don't see that much on the backup side. You see it more on the email side. In the email protection, you know it is there at the back. It moves the quarantine emails that come through into a sandbox area, and then you can choose in the sandbox. You can open up an email in the sandbox to make sure that if there is a virus, it can't harm you. You can also plan how often your backups run, such as every six hours or four hours. It is the same with email. They also have a great PhishLine package, which is phishing attack training. You can have the strongest and the best backup and security that you can, but the end user is always the weakest link. They send almost like testing emails to end users to help them identify and understand phishing emails and prevent user or phishing attacks. It is a very good package."

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

"The configuration and the onboarding process are pretty good."

"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."

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"The solution has reduced backup times by an immeasurable amount. Its backups are incremental, so you are only backing up data changes based on the last 24 hours or so. If you are also maintaining the stored images, the restores are also only incremental, happening in minutes. Whereas, with a lot of the other solutions that we have looked at, each time it goes to refresh the restore, then it has to build a completely new image. That takes forever. This solution also improves recovery time."

"The most valuables feature is the alerts and monitoring that catches the failed backups."

"It's extremely important that Cove provides cloud-based data protection with backup, disaster recovery, and archiving. That is a necessity for my insurance. As an IT company, my insurance would cost more if my backups were not offsite and off-network."

"For starters, this is one of few databases that allow us to backup MySQL databases, most others only support Microsoft SQL. This solution also has a very user-friendly interface accessed through a web browser. Additionally, backups can be easily configured through N-able Backup."

"The most valuable feature by far is the Virtual Disaster Recovery. On top of that is the bare-metal recovery. The recovery options that we have are great. We have tested the Virtual Disaster Recovery and the bare-metal recovery in just about any scenario you can think of. We have even restored bare metal, a full server, to a laptop, and had full functionality. It's just insane how well it works and how simple it is. It does most of the work for you."

"The product is simple to use and manage. The customers have access to verify the backups."

"The user interface is the most valuable. It gives us the ability to check everything. With more than 100 endpoints running that software, I like the ability to quickly check that everything is working correctly. That's one of the biggest selling points."

"What I like the most about it's the ease of use and the reliability that it has when copying information to the cloud."

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Cons

"I would like to see the Live Boot feature extended to Hyper-V machines, in addition to VMware machines."

"The tool is not user-friendly. The solution should also improve its compatibility. It is also not license-based."

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

"It would be nice to have some reports generated on the usage, but it is not essential."

"Compared to Avamar and Data Domain (our other systems), the backup speed is slow."

"It is not always stable."

"The search features must be improved."

"The backup feature could be a bit simpler to utilize. They should make the process of backing up individual files simpler."

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"Having the licensing available for partners to be able to take advantage of testing without paying would make a big difference."

"A better default view on my dashboard would be great. There is a lot of useless information there that it pulls up. They could present the dashboard slightly better, in terms of the extra information after the first five columns. The first five columns are awesome. After that, I don't care about the rest, and there are another seven things after that."

"One area I don't like has to do with the agent that goes on the system... if a system stays offline for some length of time, say for a week or so, I may have to go back in and reinstall the agent to get it back in business. I don't know what's causing that."

"The only area that needs improvement is that it is a little bit difficult when you get into virtual machines. The initial deployment of Cove is a little tedious, not for standard machines, but when you get into specialty stuff, like Hyper-V."

"The recovery side, the restore side, could be a little more optimized."

"I have some issues with the agent failing on workstations. I've had to completely uninstall several of them, delete everything, and start over to get them to work."

"N-able Cove Data Protection for Microsoft 365 is an area with shortcomings that need improvement."

"The one thing they don't are Linux servers, it's Windows only. I understand that directive. I have another product that I use for our Linux servers and stuff, but it would be nice if they had that flexibility on the Linux side. I understand the development and the world is geared towards Windows in 365, I know that's where the clienteles are and the business and the money is."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Normally, there is the hardware on the site. So, essentially, there is a server and storage. They can price it a little lower because the customers are making a little investment upfront. Even though it is trouble-free for the end-users, and once it is set up and running, they don't have to really think about it, there is essentially an initial investment. It is not really pricey. We're actually competitive, but we are in a different market. In Asia, customers are a little more price-sensitive than in the west. It is not really a real issue."

"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."

"The price of the five-year contract was approximately three million Rupees ($42,000 USD)."

"They're on par with their competitors."

"It is about 6,900 or 7,000 a year. It goes up a little every year. Its price includes live updates, support, antivirus, and cloud storage. If I increase the cloud space, then the price would increase. It has been consistent for us."

"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."

"All the storage is included in Barracuda, so you're just paying for the package. I think with Veeam, you pay for the package, and you pay for the storage."

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

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"I believe that the price is very reasonable in comparison to other options. It is cheaper than both Redstor and Acronis and, since we are now using our own on-premise cloud, there is absolutely no comparison since we have unlimited storage rather than paying per gigabyte used for their onsite storage. We are currently able to backup fifty computers for the same price that we use to backup five computers."

"The only option I would like to see is an adjustable scale. Right now we have 250 seats and we're not using all of them. It would be nice to be able to save that little bit of money by being able to buy just what we need."

"The pricing of SolarWinds seems to be fair compared to the rest of the industry."

"When you have a device/appliance on the site quite a lot of the other enterprise class backup people insist that you have their appliance, which is frankly offensively expensive. Because when you pry the top off, it's just a standard 19-inch tin box with a standard Intel I5 in it, some RAM, and a hard drive. Then, you go, "Why have they just charged me 5,500 quid for a box, which I could have probably build for under 500." Whereas, with the SolarWinds product, they don't have that. The backup appliances that we have onsite are just plain cooking PCs. We can build our own machines, which is reflected in the price that we can offer a customer."

"The pricing is affordable. N-able Cove Data Protection has a direct-to-cloud architecture, but it also allows saving backups locally without extra storage costs."

"The pricing is very competitive and it's well worth the price."

"The cost is around ten dollars per workstation a month and that includes a certain amount of data."

"The price isn't extreme, but I'd love to pay less."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

27%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Construction Company

Computer Software Company

21%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Educational Organization

Government

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Barracuda Backup?

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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Backup?

The tool's pricing is reasonable.

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What needs improvement with Barracuda Backup?

The search features must be improved. Future releases must make it easier to search through the backup.

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What do you like most about N-able Backup?

The initial setup of N-able Cove Data Protection was very easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for N-able Backup?

The pricing is affordable. N-able Cove Data Protection has a direct-to-cloud architecture, but it also allows saving backups locally without extra storage costs.

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What needs improvement with N-able Backup?

There aren’t any challenges. Regarding the additional features, Cove is limited to disaster recovery with Azure. It would be great to make disaster recovery compatible with AWS.

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Also Known As

Barracuda Backup

N-able Backup, SolarWinds Backup, SolarWinds MSP Backup & Recovery, SolarWinds MSP Backup

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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.

Cove Data Protection, from N-able, is a comprehensive solution designed to safeguard critical business data. It offers a range of features including backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and endpoint protection. With automated backups and flexible scheduling options, it ensures data is protected and easily recoverable.

The solution also includes advanced security measures such as encryption and ransomware detection to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches. Cove Data Protection provides seamless integration with various platforms and offers centralized management for efficient monitoring and control.

With its user-friendly interface and robust capabilities, Cove Data Protection is an ideal choice for businesses seeking reliable data protection.

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

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