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Avast vs Bacula Enterprise comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Avast
Ranking in Cloud Backup
64th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Bacula Enterprise
Ranking in Cloud Backup
16th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (24th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Avast is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Bacula Enterprise is 2.3%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

GiovanniRamirez - PeerSpot reviewer
Solid backup tool with good scalability
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 it in their environment It was a very good project. The Bacula concept, topology, and networking…
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
18%
University
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
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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

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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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