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Azure Backup vs Carbonite Server 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

Azure Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
10th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Carbonite Server
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
43rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (31st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Azure Backup is 3.1%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Carbonite Server is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery
 

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…
Dale Dirkes - PeerSpot reviewer
A simple, efficient, reliable product
The efficiency and convenience are excellent. The pricing is very good. It shows you what has been updated via little green dots. The solution is very automatic. I don't have to worry about it. It was easy to set up. Technical support has been helpful in the past. The solution has been problem-free.

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 is the ease in which it backs up our data."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore."
"When it comes to Azure Backup, the advantage is that it's native and it's very easy to configure. We don't require a separate tool or manage something on a separate server. At the backend, it's managed by Microsoft itself, and we don't need to manage it."
"We use the normal features for Azure Backup, specifically to make backups of the VMs."
"The storage backup is very efficient."
"This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed."
"Azure Backup is very simple to use and user-friendly."
"It seems reliable and easy to use."
"I find the BMR/image and the recovery pieces are valuable."
"The efficiency and convenience are excellent."
"Technical support handled all our issues quickly and effectively."
"Easy verification of things is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is a free engine to help work with the container."
"It does not slow down your computer or use a lot of resources as it works."
"The solution is very stable."
 

Cons

"The solution is quite technical. I wouldn't describe it as user friendly. It could be simplified a lot to make it more accessible to the average user."
"Azure Backup is limited to certain workloads. It would be helpful if Microsoft focused on enabling backups for Oracle and other unsupported databases."
"Azure Backup must include features similar to enterprise solutions."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"They need to improve the frequency of the backup. You can only backup one to three times a day. It would be better to back up continuously throughout the day."
"I can’t use the solution to restore another native cloud solution. Azure must add this new feature."
"The area that I believe needs improvement in Azure Backup is the restoring time."
"We have a concern with the backup when were are working with VMs that are running in Barracuda Firewall because it usually fails."
"It could be a little bit easier or faster to be able to access data files without having to download anything."
"The stability has room for improvement."
"The Hyper-V backup has room for improvement."
"They do not yet have USB recovery but they are adding it in coming releases."
"The only thing that I would like to see improved is related to marketing. Currently, it is very difficult to find the right paper and stuff for me. Their marketing department should provide better information because currently, it is very difficult to find information on the internet. It was bought over by OpenText, and you won't be able to find a lot of information about this solution on their site. They should also provide training facilities for commercial purposes. Some of my colleagues recently went for pilot training, and they were technical. If I want to get trained, the training has to be more commercial. Currently, there is no such training for users like me."
"The support for object storage isn't quite there yet. Its public cloud support can be improved. I would love to see the public cloud support for object storage, and it would be great, but what I always hear from the folks at Carbonite is that in a lot of cases, it directly competes with their cloud offering. So, I don't know when or where that will go or if that will go anywhere, but we are hopeful to see something. The dashboard is a little outdated. If they gave it a facelift and put some better design around their dashboard, that would be tremendous. I generally care less about the visual aesthetics of an application as long as it does what it needed to do, which is true in the case of this solution. We also have the Microsoft 365 platform. Because they're two separate platforms, I have to log in to my Microsoft platform to manage it, and I have to log into my Carbonite server backup platform to manage it. Having these two coexist together in one management console is really what we're looking for, but we went for it knowing this. We also knew that there would be some integration coming down the road. So, we're again hoping to see some of that coming in 2021."
"In the next release I would like to see an improvement in the auto failover option."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a very cheap cloud solution."
"The price is pretty good, maybe $30 for a machine, I can't complain."
"The price is somewhat high and could be lower."
"Customers prefer Azure Backup because it has a pay-as-you-go model, and they won't have to pay an upfront amount at the initial level."
"We do not have any additional costs for Azure Backup."
"The product's pricing is a three or four out of ten, where one is inexpensive, and ten is costly."
"It's around $10 to $15 per month per virtual machine, along with something extra based on the size of the data."
"Azure Backup is a moderately priced solution."
"We pay 9,000 dollars per year for our license."
"The pricing is between $120 and $150 per year."
"The solution is open source."
"Its price is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
24%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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 Carbonite Server?
I find the BMR/image and the recovery pieces are valuable.
What needs improvement with Carbonite Server?
The ability to perform instant recovery would be a game changer. For a large user base, the creation of user accounts at this time is a little cumbersome, there isn't any Single-Sign-On (SSO) integ...
What is your primary use case for Carbonite Server?
I work for a managed services provider, and we supply the solution for various sized customers.
 

Also Known As

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Carbonite Recover Backup
 

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Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Somerset County Council, Kardem, PCL Construction
INLINE Commercial Construction, Hamilton County
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