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Azure Backup vs Barracuda Intronis Backup comparison

 

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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

Azure Backup
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (9th)
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 2.5%, down 4.3% compared to last year.
Barracuda Intronis Backup, on the other hand, focuses on Deduplication Software, holds 0.5% mindshare, up 0.2% since last year.
Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Azure Backup2.5%
Veeam Data Platform11.9%
Commvault Cloud6.1%
Other79.5%
Backup and Recovery
Deduplication Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Barracuda Intronis Backup0.5%
Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)27.4%
HPE StoreOnce18.6%
Other53.5%
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

"You can select the tiering for your backup and manage your cost."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the file recovery and file vault."
"I like that it's a simple system."
"This solution is easy to configure and restore. It is a Microsoft product so is easily compatible with other solutions."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the native backup capabilities."
"Setting up Azure Backup is straightforward and the total deployment time was about a month."
"The deployment process is quite easy in Azure."
"Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore."
"Most important is its ease of use. You plug it in, follow the steps, and you have your backup file."
"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 product is easy to install and use while doing what it is expected to do."
"Its interface is intuitive, and it is easy to use when I am restoring files. Barracuda does a really excellent job at compression, which makes it very efficient. Eight years later, I am only halfway through to the capacity, which is very good."
"It is very stable, and I'm very happy with this solution."
"The backup feature is most valuable. That's why we took it."
"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."
"The most important feature in Barracuda Backup is the ability to archive the backup of emails."
 

Cons

"Azure lacks sufficient solutions for a particular scenario, we may need to resort to using third-party applications. In such cases, these applications can be employed to facilitate backup, replication, and the efficient utilization of internet connectivity and bandwidth. They enable us to effectively manage and transfer data while ensuring optimal utilization of network resources. However, it would be a benefit if we did not have to use third-party applications for these operations."
"The solution should involve more redundancy types in the backup storage and support open-source OS."
"The solution is still in its infancy; it's not a mature product yet."
"In Avamar, the file-based restores are very quick and fast, whereas, in Azure Backup, VM restore is super easy, but if I have to do a file or a folder restore, I have to mount the entire VM image. I have to wait for some time for it to be mounted, and then I have to go inside and then check the file and copy it somewhere. It's a bit of a manual process, whereas in Avamar, you can directly select a file and folder, and it'll recover with whatever permissions you want."
"Azure sometimes provides reliable recovery that can be slow for large-scale scenarios."
"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."
"The product must improve on a database level."
"The web interface needs to contain a more up-to-date view of the hardware."
"It would be nice to have some reports generated on the usage, but it is not essential."
"Its speed can be a bit improved, and of course, its pricing can go a lot cheaper."
"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."
"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 solution needs fine-grained backup capabilities to service individual users. But this is a minor issue considering all that the product does."
"Their technical support is not very good. You never know what they are doing and what is the issue. Customers need to know what is happening. This is our main concern and the only thing that can be improved in this solution. I would like to have more visibility about what is going on when something happens. I need to know what was done to solve the issue."
"Barracuda Backup could use some more integration."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a cost per terabyte for using this solution."
"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."
"We are paying about $100,000 USD per year, just for a couple of servers."
"Support payment works by the level of partnership and the number of shares."
"Comparing the pricing with other technologies, Azure Backup is more affordable for customers. It follows a pay-as-you-go model, where we pay according to our consumption."
"The pricing of this solution is good, and it is one of the easiest things that you can sell Azure with."
"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."
"It's around $10 to $15 per month per virtual machine, along with something extra based on the size of the data."
"It is about 6,900 or 7,000 a year. It goes up a little every year. Its price includes live updates, support, antivirus, and cloud storage. If I increase the cloud space, then the price would increase. It has been consistent for us."
"Its pricing is very reasonable, but it can be reduced."
"The tool's pricing is reasonable."
"You have two options, which we have. We pay for it bi-monthly. Then, you can purchase the project hours and support annually."
"It allows us a low cost backup solution for hardware-based, VMware, and Hyper-V systems all from a single platform."
"The price of the five-year contract was approximately three million Rupees ($42,000 USD)."
"All the storage is included in Barracuda, so you're just paying for the package. I think with Veeam, you pay for the package, and you pay for the storage."
"What I like best about Barracuda Backup is the licensing model."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
17%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Non Profit
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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