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90% willing to recommend
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100% willing to recommend
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We performed a comparison between Bacula Enterprise and Barracuda Backup based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Backup solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Bacula Enterprise vs. Barracuda Backup Report (Updated: May 2024).
769,976 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite.""The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization.""It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers.""It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure.""Bacula is pretty stable.""It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light.""The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."

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"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."

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Cons
"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement.""It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company.""A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed.""We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist.""The initial setup could be a bit easier.""Bacula needs a graphical user interface because, for administrators, the command-line interface is okay, but for the average user it is not very easy.""We would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI."

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"An improvement is required in reports and backups for sharing on Linux and Unix."

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  • "This is an open-source solution."
  • "We have a perpetual license."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light.
    Top Answer:It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company. A managerial user who wants more information beyond the operational technician should be able to access it. It… more »
    Top Answer:We use the solution as a complete backup solution for virtual machines and databases in Prodap - Data Processing in Amapá. Its very lean and simple architecture, with its deduplications not covering… more »
    Top Answer:An improvement is required in reports and backups for sharing on Linux and Unix. Also, it should take a granular amount of time to do the backup and allow more devices, including Azure data machines.
    Top Answer:We use the solution for enterprise solutions with sensitive data and customers to protect against ransomware. The backup solution from Barracuda is immutable data. So, it's suitable for ransomware… more »
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    18th
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    9.0
    25th
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    200
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    Overview

    Bacula Enterprise is a highly scalable, especially robust and secure data backup and recovery software. Its unique low cost subscription model empowers data centers to truly escape data volume price traps. With a high degree of flexibility and customizability, Bacula offers native integration with a wide range of hypervisors, databases, file systems, cloud interfaces and containers. High numbers of enterprise organizations worldwide (incl. NASA, Bank of Austria, Swisscom or Sky PLC) have adopted Bacula Enterprise backup software in mission critical environments because of its advanced features and ability to handle high data volume at very low cost.

    Barracuda Backup Appliance. Purpose built backup physical appliance for onsite data protection.

    Sample Customers
    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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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    University10%
    Government9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company25%
    University16%
    Educational Organization14%
    Energy/Utilities Company10%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business56%
    Large Enterprise44%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise53%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise55%
    Buyer's Guide
    Bacula Enterprise vs. Barracuda Backup
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Bacula Enterprise vs. Barracuda Backup and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    769,976 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Bacula Enterprise is ranked 18th in Cloud Backup with 9 reviews while Barracuda Backup is ranked 25th in Cloud Backup with 3 reviews. Bacula Enterprise is rated 8.6, while Barracuda Backup is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Bacula Enterprise writes "Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Barracuda Backup writes "An enterprise solution for backup and ransomware protection". Bacula Enterprise is most compared with Bareos, Veeam Backup & Replication, UrBackup, Veritas NetBackup and Acronis Cyber Protect, whereas Barracuda Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. See our Bacula Enterprise vs. Barracuda Backup report.

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