We performed a comparison between Acronis Cyber Protect and Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Backup solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This is a perfect option for an SMB."
"I would definitely say the backup and recovery. It used to be a separate module. It was a recovery part and it would literally duplicate the machine to bare bones."
"Centralized management is valuable to us."
"The Acronis panel is user friendly and tracking backups across a number of different devices is great. Acronis provides prompts and reminders to users if certain files are not backed up."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that you can archive backups quite easily and minimize the amount of space you're using."
"Acronis Backup is easy to use, intuitive, and has high performance."
"I have everything I need in the backup or in the partition. "
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"I find Barracuda Essentials' dashboard incredibly valuable as it provides everything I need at a glance."
"The most valuable functionality is their robust blocking feature, along with fundamental rules for our environment."
"It makes it easier for customers to access emails during security incidents."
"If a customer faces an email security issue, we'll do some initial troubleshooting. If the issue isn't resolved, we work with the Barracuda team for further assistance."
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"The solution's error handling can be improved specifically for Linux errors."
"The UI performance can be slow at times, especially when handling operations like checking backup status or initiating a restore. The response time for these actions could be improved."
"The solution needs to have better stability. I would like to improve the tool’s support through calls."
"The technical support of Acronis Backup could improve. They have the depth of knowledge but the speed of the response could be quicker."
"The solution's reporting feature could be better."
"In some cases, at the time of reinstallation, some disasters happen. For the licensing on the computer the name of the computer and domain, everything is removed from the registry level. Then we have to install the Acronis from the start for it to work properly. Otherwise, the Acronis software will cause a lot of trouble at the time of reinstallation. That's where they need to improve the product. In the case people want to install the same software with the same hardware, it should not stop me."
"If I could create a protected image backup on a computer partition that just would be just for the image backup; and only the program could access it to prevent viruses from getting into it. That would be very, very good."
"Improved support for immutability and Utility AirGAP could be beneficial."
"There Is room for improvement in the quarantine and user interface."
"They could implement scheduled reporting in the product."
"Sometimes there are minor issues that can be frustrating, but not consistently bad."
"Enhancements are required on the data transmission front."
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Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 5th in Cloud Backup with 117 reviews while Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is ranked 29th in Cloud Backup with 4 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) writes "Offers good user experience and suited for medium-sized businesses". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Azure Backup and Commvault Cloud, whereas Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is most compared with . See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) report.
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