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Asigra vs Bacula Enterprise comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

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

Asigra
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
67th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Bacula Enterprise
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
24th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Asigra is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Bacula Enterprise is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Bacula Enterprise1.1%
Asigra0.5%
Other98.4%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1361796 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Technical Procurement & Logistics - Global IT at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Affordable, easy to use, and offers good pricing
The solution is primarily used for the backup of the endpoints within our organization The solution has been very stable. It's quite easy to use and simple to navigate around. The performance has always been very good.  The pricing of the product is excellent. I wouldn't describe it as a…
Davilson  Aguiar - PeerSpot reviewer
Analista Tecnologia Banco de Dados at Centro de Gestão da Tecnologia da Informação
Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression
It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company. A managerial user who wants more information beyond the operational technician should be able to access it. It could include greater transparency regarding the volume of data trafficked on the network, as well as the expectation of deduplication. A more practical strategy could come with a backup policy model as a suggestion for both large and small companies. A simple suggestion is to visually implement the backup time as far as your physical media.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The Asigra product on the whole is a fantastic solution and I would highly recommend this as it delivers everything our business and our subsequent customers required."
"Asigra is a cost effective solution and very competitive in the market."
"It provides a secure and stable cloud backup solution."
"Flexibility really means a lot for us. Being able to address almost every client backup and recovery requirement means that we have a tremendous amount of confidence as do our partners that Blueshift is going to be able to deploy a solution quickly and efficiently."
"Once you have Asigra, you are set, it’s a rock solid platform that works every time."
"Virtual Disaster Recovery in version 13 is a game-changer, especially for VMWare shops."
"Since we have implemented Asigra we don’t have an administrator to do manual backup to tapes and external HDD; everything is automated and there are no hassles for the administrator."
"The solution has been very stable."
"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."
"Bacula Enterprise, so far, has never let us down with their service and support."
"The support is outstanding and world-class."
"Technical support is excellent in my opinion."
"The solution has had a tremendous impact on our public company, as we are now cost-effective and even better on performance with our restorations."
"Bacula is pretty stable."
"The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."
"Bacula is very solid, very stable, and very scalable."
 

Cons

"They should have 24/7 support for customers in different time zones. They are slow to respond to requests, and I get the impression that the ServiceDesk is overloaded."
"The management could be a bit better."
"They should improve the malware scanning capabilities, extending it to protect cloud application data."
"There are improvements required with the virtualization solution, I'm sure we will see a significant change in 2017."
"Customer services would be a 3 out of 5, simply due high turnover and lack of communication."
"I think the product needs more diversity in Hyper-V."
"They should improve the malware scanning capabilities, extending it to protect cloud application data."
"I wouldn't describe it as a scalable solution."
"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement."
"We would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI."
"A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed."
"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."
"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."
"The interface needs to be easier for adding new devices to be managed."
"The initial setup could be a bit easier."
"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Asigra could improve, it is expensive. We have purchased an annual license."
"Asigra is priced competitively, but requires technical expertise to operate, optimize, and maintain its services."
"This is an open-source solution."
"We have a perpetual license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
13%
Construction Company
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
10%
University
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bacula Enterprise?
Bacula is more expensive than various other solutions. It’s almost completely commercial now. Products like Veeam software are much more expensive.
What needs improvement with Bacula Enterprise?
Many features have been converted to commercial licensing, which restricts their availability.
What is your primary use case for Bacula Enterprise?
The last scenario in which I used Bacula was for a customer who needed some open-source tool which could support encryption at that time. We managed to convince the customer to use Bacula to deploy...
 

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Sample Customers

British Red Cross, Special Olympics, London and Capital, L and K Bennett London, The Commonwealth, Hanrick Curran
NASA, SwissCom, Navisite, Turner Studios, Bank Austria, Caixa Bank, SdV Plurimedia, Leibniz University Hannover, Zeta Global, Tricore, NetLog, Siemens, LocaWeb, wbsGo, itesys, Queens School of Computing, Escrypt.
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