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AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs Barracuda Backup comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.5
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery offers cost-effective solutions with seamless integration, though snapshot storage costs may challenge smaller businesses.
Sentiment score
5.6
Barracuda Backup enhances data protection, reduces downtime, lowers costs, and boosts ROI with efficient, user-friendly, and reliable features.
However, with AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery Service being a native service, integration is seamless, highlighting the return on investment.
It not only saves time but also protects data.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery support is praised for responsiveness, effectiveness, and enterprise-level assistance, though a formal ticket system is desired.
Sentiment score
7.8
Barracuda Backup support's efficiency varies; it resolves issues quickly or slowly depending on staff experience and timezone availability.
In case of any issue, they are ready to provide support within the defined SLA timeline.
Other times I may have to wait longer for solutions if the technical support is less familiar with the product.
Sometimes the engineers allocated to our cases appear to be inexperienced as they ask about basic queries we have already tested.
From my experience, the technical support from Barracuda receives an eight out of ten.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is highly scalable, with efficient automation, easy upgrades, and strong user confidence in its scalability.
Sentiment score
6.4
Barracuda Backup offers scalable solutions for businesses, with unlimited space and flexible options, though provider limitations may occur.
Opting for a virtual appliance model provides easier scalability without requiring much licensing or configuration work.
The scalability is sufficient for my clients' use cases.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is reliable, though dependent on bandwidth, with occasional agent resets on Linux and cost concerns.
Sentiment score
5.9
Barracuda Backup is rated highly for stability, though connectivity issues can affect virtual machines and cause isolated problems.
It is very good and very reliable.
AWS is not difficult, but the cost associated with replicating data to another region can be significant.
Latency issues only occur due to physical connectivity problems, but with good connectivity, it works well.
In using Barracuda Backup, sometimes the VM has issues and becomes non-functional, requiring support tickets to resolve.
 

Room For Improvement

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery needs automation, integration, cost optimization, user enhancements, and improved documentation for better efficiency and user-friendliness.
Barracuda Backup requires better integration, UI updates, improved support, more device compatibility, and AI-driven security features.
This would detail user activity directly in the ACL console for easier debugging and auditing.
In AWS Disaster Recovery Service, these details are not available, making it difficult to check my replication status.
The main area for improvement is integration and support for databases.
Adding AI features for security would also be beneficial as artificial intelligence is always helpful from a security perspective.
Integration with vendors other than VMware and Hyper-V would make it more competitive.
 

Setup Cost

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is seen as fair value with cost-saving options, though cumulative and alternative costs should be evaluated.
Barracuda Backup offers budget-friendly pricing with per-terabyte licensing and free device replacement after three years.
Barracuda even provides replacements after three years if a device reaches end of life, without any extra charges.
Makes it cheaper compared to other solutions.
 

Valuable Features

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery provides cost-effective, scalable data protection and seamless integration, enhancing reliability, flexibility, and ease of deployment.
Barracuda Backup excels with cloud functionality, fast restoration, effective email security, and reliable support, surpassing competitors in data protection.
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery Service is a native service, integration is seamless.
Barracuda email security works effectively with O365, and we have been able to achieve many use cases that other competitive products such as Micro, Fortinet, Trellix, or Forcepoint could not accomplish.
The most valuable feature of Barracuda Backup is that it's on the cloud, so there is no need for hardware.
One valuable feature of Barracuda Backup is that it can be used as thin VMware storage.
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
27th
Ranking in Cloud Backup
19th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (14th)
Barracuda Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
51st
Ranking in Cloud Backup
40th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Barracuda Backup is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery0.6%
Barracuda Backup0.4%
Other99.0%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Vijay Londhe - PeerSpot reviewer
Managed services with seamless integration and good reliability
Since I have to view everything on the console, the previous application solutions like IBM and Sanavi showed the RPO and RTO status directly. In AWS Disaster Recovery Service, these details are not available, making it difficult to check my replication status. I have to calculate whether my data is replicated to the Adarabad region or not. These features, if available in AWS, would be beneficial.
GANESAN K - PeerSpot reviewer
Rating shows fast restoration and reliable support with scope for improved integration and database backup options
The product needs improvement to become better. For example, we attempted to integrate with Postgres SQL server to backup the database alone, which was not supported. For this reason, we required a separate solution for database backups. While other SQL servers are supported, Barracuda Backup has limitations with database backups. The main area for improvement is integration and support for databases.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise7
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
CloudEndure Disaster Recovery is a fairly stable solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
The setup is actually managed by our partner. I have taken a rate of per user. Licensing is completely managed by the partner. I am paying per user and per GB storage cost, while the infrastructure...
What needs improvement with CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
I don't think there is any bad feature in AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery as such. It's more of when you do disaster recovery, you think of it more holistically. You want flexibility in terms of opti...
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.
What needs improvement with Barracuda Backup?
The product needs improvement to become better. For example, we attempted to integrate with Postgres SQL server to backup the database alone, which was not supported. For this reason, we required a...
What is your primary use case for Barracuda Backup?
We are partners with Trellix Move Antivirus and we have sold it previously. That particular bundle has changed as Trellix has moved to Complete Protection and the DLP comes under another bundle. We...
 

Also Known As

CloudEndure Disaster Recovery
LiveVault
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Agio, Cloud Nation, Limelight Networks
Ochsner Health System
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