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Azure Backup vs Barracuda Intronis Backup comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Azure Backup
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (8th)
Barracuda Intronis Backup
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Deduplication Software (11th), MSP Backup (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Azure Backup and Barracuda Intronis Backup aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Azure Backup is designed for Backup and Recovery and holds a mindshare of 2.4%, down 4.1% compared to last year.
Barracuda Intronis Backup, on the other hand, focuses on Deduplication Software, holds 0.6% mindshare, up 0.2% since last year.
Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Azure Backup2.4%
Veeam Data Platform11.4%
Commvault Cloud6.0%
Other80.2%
Backup and Recovery
Deduplication Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Barracuda Intronis Backup0.6%
Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)27.2%
HPE StoreOnce18.5%
Other53.7%
Deduplication Software
 

Featured Reviews

RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot reviewer
Achieve cost savings and efficiency with high-level restore capabilities
I use Azure Backup mainly for backing up virtual machines The feature I find most effective in Azure Backup is the high-level restore. Additionally, it has a good impact on our cost savings and operational efficiency as it is a low-cost solution. The area that I believe needs improvement in…
Gerard Wolters - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to use, immutable, and provides good deduplication features
When we wanted to back up our Microsoft environment, we looked for a cloud backup. Barracuda provided a cloud backup. There were no other products that offered similar features at that time. I will recommend the product to others. It is easy to use. It is a complete package. It is easy to integrate the product with Microsoft. We have a complete package that includes antispam and email gateway solutions. We can choose any package we want. We use Barracuda Essentials. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its ease of use and good integration with other Azure services."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its simplicity."
"The setup of Azure Backup is very easy."
"It is a stable solution...It is a highly scalable solution."
"The most valuable features of Azure Backup for us are its flexible retention options and the ability to recover to a second region with geo-replication and read access."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"The deployment process is quite easy in Azure."
"Our client’s infrastructure is protected by the tool."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication that analyzes data to identify duplicate patterns and granular restore."
"It is very stable, and I'm very happy with this solution."
"The main feature we like about Barracuda is that we can map devices directly to the cloud. It operates as a security device to run a backup of the cloud in case one of our physical machines goes down."
"The most valuable feature is unlimited data storage on the cloud. Even if the employee has left the company for a few years, the backup will still be maintained."
"They are the best support that we have had so far. When you contact or email them, they are very quick to respond. They always have someone available for us. That's what we want as a customer, we want someone to listen to us."
"The product is easy to use."
"The performance is good and the interface is user-friendly."
"The most important feature in Barracuda Backup is the ability to archive the backup of emails."
 

Cons

"The area that I believe needs improvement in Azure Backup is the restoring time."
"Azure Backup could improve the backup data copies because they are not immutable."
"We have a concern with the backup when were are working with VMs that are running in Barracuda Firewall because it usually fails."
"There is a limitation of 99 files restores per day which means that we can't complete a huge file restore. We would like Azure to increase the number of the possible file restorations."
"I can’t use the solution to restore another native cloud solution. Azure must add this new feature."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"The reporting functionality of Azure Backup needs improvement."
"The product must improve on a database level."
"We're working with them on our file share backups. Our solution needs a little bit more fine-tuning. We're not sure if the issue is at our end or at Barracuda's end."
"The solution needs fine-grained backup capabilities to service individual users. But this is a minor issue considering all that the product does."
"The web interface needs to contain a more up-to-date view of the hardware."
"Some features like CIFS are not supported that would help speed and flexibility."
"I am working in some of the more rural areas of Sweden, and some of the customers here are a little bit wary of cloud technology at the moment. It is not like in Gothenburg or Stockholm, where people rely on it so much more. In the rural areas, companies are saying that we do need to use the cloud, and they are being very wary about their data, especially with GDPR and all that kind of stuff. Having more control and having an option for backing up locally, even if you don't want to use it, would be something very good. The cloud backup is brilliant, but there should be an option to take that cloud backup and save it locally as well. If you lose connection to the internet or you lose access to your data in the cloud, having a backup copy of the latest data on your server is helpful. You need to be able to get access to your customers' files, especially with GDPR, where you need to know where your customers' details are. If they're in the cloud and you've lost access to them, then you'll go into those GDPR regulations. This is somewhere where both Barracuda and Veeam haven't gone as far. As far as I have understood, with Veeam, you can back up your local servers to the cloud but not vice versa. I haven't worked on it much."
"The restore time can be improved. The restore time for large quantities of folders is slow. Sometimes, if I'm doing a full recovery of a server, it takes multiple hours, which probably is natural. It might also be because of our internet speed to the cloud."
"Barracuda Backup could use some more integration."
"The tool is not user-friendly. The solution should also improve its compatibility. It is also not license-based."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Considering the fact that our company's enterprise-sized customers use the solution, the product's price is fine and is not on the higher side of the spectrum."
"It is a very cheap cloud solution."
"The pricing of the solution does not depend on the service itself but rather on the minimum data volume encountered. This pricing approach seems reasonable and is on par with other competitors in the market. It is a good solution for on-premise needs because it is more cost-effective. When evaluating the overall financial expenditure, including operational costs and the impact on the IT team, Azure Backup is a favorable choice."
"The price is pretty good, maybe $30 for a machine, I can't complain."
"Azure Backup is a product that is priced at a cheap rate, and it is a great tool."
"The pricing of this solution is good, and it is one of the easiest things that you can sell Azure with."
"It is incredibly cost-effective and offers fixed pricing, with no additional fees for the licensing."
"The product is neither too expensive nor too cheap."
"They're on par with their competitors."
"You have two options, which we have. We pay for it bi-monthly. Then, you can purchase the project hours and support annually."
"The price of the five-year contract was approximately three million Rupees ($42,000 USD)."
"The tool's pricing is reasonable."
"You don't need to buy an extra license or agent. With one box, you have licenses for any amount of devices that you want to backed up for whatever is backed up."
"Low, fixed cost with great savings."
"Normally, there is the hardware on the site. So, essentially, there is a server and storage. They can price it a little lower because the customers are making a little investment upfront. Even though it is trouble-free for the end-users, and once it is set up and running, they don't have to really think about it, there is essentially an initial investment. It is not really pricey. We're actually competitive, but we are in a different market. In Asia, customers are a little more price-sensitive than in the west. It is not really a real issue."
"Because it is a single package that includes everything, they are worth the money that you need to pay for it. You are paying for the hardware, licensing, the software that runs on it, regular updates, the cloud features included with it along with the replication, and your space allocated in the cloud for replication. It is fairly priced for what you get."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
22%
Non Profit
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise22
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

How does Azure Backup differ from Veeam Backup & Replication?
Veeam has a version for Azure but there are organizations, like ours, that are considering moving to an Azure environment and wonder if Azure Backup is better than Veeam Backup and Replication (Vee...
What do you like most about Azure Backup?
Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Backup?
The pricing of Azure Backup is fine; it is a low-cost solution.
What do you like most about Barracuda Backup?
The solution’s scalability is good because its space is unlimited. We can start in Office365 with one terabyte bit of information and leverage through an enterprise solution of 1000 users.
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...
 

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Barracuda Backup
 

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Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Somerset County Council, Kardem, PCL Construction
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