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Barracuda Virtual Backup vs Veritas Backup Exec comparison

 

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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 Virtual Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
35th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veritas Backup Exec
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
14th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Barracuda Virtual Backup is 0.0%, down from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Backup Exec is 1.8%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Rakesh Ramdhani - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers very granular recovery options, allowing users to easily recover single emails or files and easy to setup
There's always room for improvement in a product, whether it's stability or its graphical user interface. For example, it would be nice if a user could delete something and then recover it themselves. That would be a nice feature. Maybe, granting users specific access rights to Barracuda for their own backups so they can restore something themselves would be a nice feature. It would save our support team some time. While I don't think there's any backup solution that currently offers this, it would be a valuable feature to consider for the future. If you look ahead, the ability to empower users to handle their own restores could be a significant improvement.
Pawel Augustyn - PeerSpot reviewer
Simplified interface with good performance but needs monitoring
I need to use PowerStore and Veritas Backup Exec. It is a direct backup to types, and it is supported by my backup. It offers good performance and stability, and it works properly. I am happy with this program. It is still working on aligning with security requirements and data encryption for Amazon or ATAC. It has a lot of functions and security measures, which ensure our backups are secure.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution has been stable for us."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"The ease-of-use in general is great."
"The solution is stable."
"The dashboard was good. I loved to see the maintenance dashboard every time I logged on. That was my first screen because it always gave me a reminder of how many days before my next renewal."
"The flexibility is very good."
"For us, the main two features that we appreciate in this application are backup and restore. They are the main purposes for which we are using this application."
"It gives us the ability to locate and restore critical files which users may have intentionally or unknowing deleted a while ago."
"I find Veritas to be quite useful and it fits completely with my business requirements."
 

Cons

"It would be nice if a user could delete something and then recover it themselves. That would be a nice feature."
"Veritas Backup Exec should be more user-friendly. The costs should also be much lower and it should be easier to go through the disaster recovery process."
"It would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the fast restoration required."
"It doesn't support the AIX platform."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"The reports could be made in an easier way."
"We've experienced some performance issues with Backup Exec. The backup jobs take too long to complete."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"Veritas Backup Exec's dashboard feature could be enhanced."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is a mid-range solution on the pricing scale."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"It is affordable, but I hope that the price will come down a lot because of other competitors. It is a good price for the customer, but sometimes, the competition provides a much lower price. There are two ways to license it. You can license it per instance or per terabytes of data that we are mocking up. It is enough because it is not so complex. It is good when you're working with customers."
"It's a good price for the product."
"It has a good price-value ratio. Its price-value ratio is better than Veeam."
"Depending on the scenario, it can cost less than half of the price of other methods."
"The pricing can be improved."
"It is cheap compared to the other backup technologies. It all depends on the requirements."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Virtual Backup?
The pricing is good. The feature-to-price ratio is good. I'm a happy Barracuda customer. While some solutions might be cheaper, we value quality and consider the time and effort needed to spend if ...
What needs improvement with Barracuda Virtual Backup?
There's always room for improvement in a product, whether it's stability or its graphical user interface. For example, it would be nice if a user could delete something and then recover it themselv...
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...
What do you like most about Veritas Backup Exec?
The most important feature is the variety of backup applications it supports, including ERP systems and most other programs, such as Microsoft.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas Backup Exec?
The price is one of the best. When I compare it with others, it is twice or three times cheaper, however, the functionality is the same.
 

Also Known As

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Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec
 

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