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 #8 with an average rating of 9.0, while N-able is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.0. Barracuda Networks holds a 4.8% mindshare in MB, compared to N-able’s 23.7% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Barracuda Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of N-able users who would recommend it.

Barracuda Intronis Backup

Read 25 Barracuda Intronis Backup reviews

631 Views
151 Comparison Views

94% willing to recommend

N-able Cove Data Protection

Read 23 N-able Cove Data Protection reviews

3,918 Views
431 Comparison Views

95% willing to recommend

Barracuda Intronis Backup

N-able Cove Data Protection

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 20, 2025

Barracuda Intronis Backup and N-able Cove Data Protection are prominent players in the data protection and backup solutions market. Barracuda Intronis Backup seems to have a slight advantage due to its comprehensive management and advanced features, although both products have their unique strengths.

Features: Barracuda Intronis Backup is noted for its intuitive cloud portal, efficient deduplication, and advanced threat protection. N-able Cove Data Protection is recognized for its automation capabilities, robust data protection, and seamless remote management experience.

Room for Improvement: Barracuda Intronis Backup requires enhancements in backup speed, real-time data visibility, and additional user profile backups. N-able Cove Data Protection could improve by adding more SaaS backup products, expanding disaster recovery support, and offering more detailed reporting options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Barracuda Intronis Backup supports hybrid cloud, on-premises, and public cloud deployments with generally excellent customer service. Some users notice occasional delays in expert support. N-able Cove Data Protection provides versatile deployment options, including on-premises and private cloud, and is praised for quick response times and outstanding support.

Pricing and ROI: Barracuda Intronis Backup offers competitive pricing with straightforward licensing, allowing cloud replication without per-user fees, catering to small businesses and nonprofits. N-able Cove Data Protection provides flexible pricing based on storage needs, beneficial for MSPs with pooled storage across multiple clients, offering substantial value over time. Both solutions demonstrate significant ROI, with Barracuda's users valuing time savings and N-able's users appreciating data loss prevention.

To learn more, read our detailed Barracuda Intronis Backup vs. N-able Cove Data Protection Report (Updated: June 2025).

Buyer's Guide

Barracuda Intronis Backup vs. N-able Cove Data Protection

June 2025

Download the complete report

Helped 861,524 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Intronis Backup

Ranking in MSP Backup

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (11th)

N-able Cove Data Protection

Ranking in MSP Backup

2nd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (30th), Cloud Backup (17th), SaaS Backup (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the MSP Backup category, the mindshare of Barracuda Intronis Backup is 4.8%, up from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of N-able Cove Data Protection is 23.7%, up from 22.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

MSP Backup

Featured Reviews

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.

Read full review

Per MøllerJacobsen

Senior consultant at Azend A/S

Delivers cost-effective data backup with room for search improvements

The challenges I face especially are those I've mentioned, that finding some specific data in N-able Cove Data Protection is not as easy as it is in some other systems. You cannot just search for something—you need to know where it was and when it was there to restore it, plus it would be nice to take out data from Microsoft 365 in some portable format, which is currently not an option. I would like to extract the data from Microsoft 365 in a portable format, something like a database or maybe just to take out a PST file or SharePoint and Teams files to the file system. Especially in these times, where we discuss potential risks with the Microsoft cloud for European companies, companies would want to know how to access their data from the backup if they suddenly don't have a tenant. I believe there should be the ability to take out data from Microsoft 365 in a portable format. I know that Cohesity is working on making such a thing. It's not there yet; I asked last week for something for forensics, and the support team said it's not possible yet, but I know from our technical account manager they are working on some solutions.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

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

"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."

"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."

"It's a one-stop shop, meaning we just program and schedule the backups, decide what is being backed up, and then it automatically replicates and deduplicates."

"The performance is good and the interface is user-friendly."

"The superior support from Barracuda in setting up, using, and helping with issues for the product."

"We perform backup drills to test the functionality, and we don't have any problems."

More Barracuda Intronis Backup pros

"It's their cloud, it's their storage. I don't have to buy a space on Amazon or Google's cloud and then use their software to push it. That works well for me. This way, I don't have to worry about another option or the opportunity that there might be a credential leak."

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

"The most valuable feature of N-able Cove Data Protection is its ease of use."

"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 ease of use and the console are great."

"The integration of N-able Cove Data Protection into our existing infrastructure is easy."

"The monitoring makes it very easy to check whether a backup has gone bad."

"N-able Cove Data Protection is user-friendly and straightforward, and the dashboard is clear."

More N-able Cove Data Protection pros

Cons

"The web interface needs to contain a more up-to-date view of the hardware."

"Their technical support is not very good. You never know what they are doing and what is the issue. Customers need to know what is happening. This is our main concern and the only thing that can be improved in this solution. I would like to have more visibility about what is going on when something happens. I need to know what was done to solve the issue."

"Setting up Barracuda Backup is straightforward."

"The restore time can be improved. The restore time for large quantities of folders is slow. Sometimes, if I'm doing a full recovery of a server, it takes multiple hours, which probably is natural. It might also be because of our internet speed to the cloud."

"It is not always stable."

"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."

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

More Barracuda Intronis Backup cons

"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."

"There could be a possibility to create a local NAS backup for infrastructure."

"A disaster recovery console would be an improvement for the product."

"Integration with a hybrid cloud is something that I found complicated."

"A feature I'd like to see would be a more customizable admin console."

"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."

"The reporting feature and functionality need improvement. We would like to see a little bit more detailed reporting that offers more CEO or C-level focused reporting options."

"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."

More N-able Cove Data Protection cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"It allows us a low cost backup solution for hardware-based, VMware, and Hyper-V systems all from a single platform."

"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."

"Low, fixed cost with great savings."

"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."

"They're on par with their competitors."

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

"The tool's pricing is reasonable."

More Barracuda Intronis Backup pricing and cost advice

"N-able Cove Data Protection is an averagely-priced product."

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

"Cove only takes the data you have on the physical server. I can back that up for long periods of time, and I don't accrue high charges to have the data in the cloud. It stays at one rate. This allows me to forecast payment for the next one or two years and show clients their estimated growth."

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

"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."

"There is no per node cost, at least not the way I am doing it. I am on bulk. New customers can be set up on a trial, where they can get things all squared away, then they can switch over to being a billed customer."

"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 pricing, for now, is good. The package that they gave us recently is pretty good. It depends on how many clients you have, and you pay for certain terabytes per license. These terabytes, if not used, are pooled together."

More N-able Cove Data Protection pricing and cost advice

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which MSP Backup solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

861,524 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Real Estate/Law Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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.

See all answers

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.

See all answers

What needs improvement with Barracuda Backup?

Barracuda Backup's support could be improved because sometimes the support team is situated outside the country, leading to time zone issues. Adding AI features for security would also be beneficia...

See all answers

What do you like most about N-able Backup?

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

See all answers

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

In terms of pricing, N-able Cove Data Protection is neither cheap nor expensive compared to other competitors.

See all answers

What needs improvement with N-able Backup?

See all answers

Comparisons

Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) vs Barracuda Intronis Backup

Compared 48% of the time

More Barracuda Intronis Backup Competitors

Veeam Data Platform vs N-able Cove Data Protection

Compared 14% of the time

Acronis Cyber Protect vs N-able Cove Data Protection

Compared 9% of the time

Synology C2 Backup vs N-able Cove Data Protection

Compared 6% of the time

NinjaOne vs N-able Cove Data Protection

Compared 5% of the time

Rubrik vs N-able Cove Data Protection

Compared 5% of the time

More N-able Cove Data Protection Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

Barracuda Intronis Backup

July 2025

Download Barracuda Intronis Backup product report

Buyer's Guide

N-able Cove Data Protection

June 2025

Download N-able Cove Data Protection product report

Also Known As

Barracuda Backup

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

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.

Barracuda Networks

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.

N-able

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

Computer Depot, Leading Edge Computers, IT Logic Australia

Buyer's Guide

Barracuda Intronis Backup vs. N-able Cove Data Protection

June 2025

Free Report: Barracuda Intronis Backup vs. N-able Cove Data Protection

Find out what your peers are saying about Barracuda Intronis Backup vs. N-able Cove Data Protection and other solutions. Updated: June 2025.

DOWNLOAD NOW

861,524 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our Barracuda Intronis Backup vs. N-able Cove Data Protection report.

See our list of best MSP Backup vendors.

We monitor all MSP Backup reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.