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We performed a comparison between Bacula Enterprise and Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) 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.
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Pros
"It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure.""The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization.""It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light.""The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community.""It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite.""It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers.""Bacula is pretty stable."

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"I find Barracuda Essentials' dashboard incredibly valuable as it provides everything I need at a glance.""If a customer faces an email security issue, we'll do some initial troubleshooting. If the issue isn't resolved, we work with the Barracuda team for further assistance.""It makes it easier for customers to access emails during security incidents.""The most valuable functionality is their robust blocking feature, along with fundamental rules for our environment."

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

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"There Is room for improvement in the quarantine and user interface.""They could implement scheduled reporting in the product.""Enhancements are required on the data transmission front.""Sometimes there are minor issues that can be frustrating, but not consistently bad."

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  • "This is an open-source solution."
  • "We have a perpetual license."
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  • "The product's price is higher than other vendors."
  • "It is cheaper compared to other products."
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    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: If a customer faces an email security issue, we'll do some initial troubleshooting. If the issue isn't resolved, we work with the Barracuda team for further assistance.
    Top Answer:The features and product itself are good. Sometimes there are minor issues that can be frustrating, but not consistently bad.
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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 Email Protection provides everything you need to protect against all 13 email threat types, eliminating the need for separate email and data protection solutions.

    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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    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    University10%
    Government9%
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    Small Business56%
    Large Enterprise44%
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    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    Buyer's Guide
    Bacula Enterprise vs. Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials)
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Bacula Enterprise vs. Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    Bacula Enterprise is ranked 18th in Cloud Backup with 9 reviews while Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is ranked 29th in Cloud Backup with 4 reviews. Bacula Enterprise is rated 8.6, while Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is rated 8.4. 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 Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) writes "Offers good user experience and suited for medium-sized businesses". Bacula Enterprise is most compared with Bareos, Veeam Backup & Replication, UrBackup, Veritas NetBackup and Acronis Cyber Protect, whereas Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is most compared with . See our Bacula Enterprise vs. Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) report.

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