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Barracuda Backup vs Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery 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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.6
Barracuda Backup enhances data protection, reduces downtime, lowers costs, and boosts ROI with efficient, user-friendly, and reliable features.
Sentiment score
6.5
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery provides cost-effective, efficient protection with faster restoration, minimizing downtime and enhancing profitability for businesses.</p>
It not only saves time but also protects data.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.8
Barracuda Backup's customer service is praised for its responsiveness, professionalism, and helpful resources, making it key to customer satisfaction.
Sentiment score
7.1
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery excels in customer service with responsive support, technical expertise, and proactive communication improvements.</p>
Other times I may have to wait longer for solutions if the technical support is less familiar with the product.
From my experience, the technical support from Barracuda receives an eight out of ten.
Sometimes the engineers allocated to our cases appear to be inexperienced as they ask about basic queries we have already tested.
Their average mean time to resolve open tickets is an hour.
The most valuable aspects of Infrascale’s support for my company are the turnaround time and the resolution time.
The right expertise, a timely response, and being able to get to the right person to help you resolve the problem are very important.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.4
Barracuda Backup provides scalable solutions for SMEs, supporting data growth and platform transitions with capacities up to 100 terabytes.
Sentiment score
5.8
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery offers scalable solutions from small to large enterprises, with occasional upgrade needs for optimal performance.</p>
Opting for a virtual appliance model provides easier scalability without requiring much licensing or configuration work.
The scalability is sufficient for my clients' use cases.
One person can manage hundreds and hundreds of endpoints without any issues.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
5.9
Barracuda Backup is highly rated for stability, with minor VM issues reported; most users experience effective system performance.
Sentiment score
7.4
Users find Infrascale Backup reliable, with resolved performance issues and minor challenges in software backup and local caching.
Latency issues only occur due to physical connectivity problems, but with good connectivity, it works well.
In using Barracuda Backup, sometimes the VM has issues and becomes non-functional, requiring support tickets to resolve.
I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.
There was a recent announcement in terms of moving Infrascale to the cloud, which makes it easier for the customer in terms of usability.
 

Room For Improvement

Barracuda Backup requires improved server snapshots, UI enhancements, platform integrations, AI security, and support for diverse devices.
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery needs enhanced performance, flexibility, and support while addressing import delays and improving tech support.</p>
The main area for improvement is integration and support for databases.
Adding AI features for security would also be beneficial as artificial intelligence is always helpful from a security perspective.
Integration with vendors other than VMware and Hyper-V would make it more competitive.
Many customers do not rely on just one cloud provider and want to work with multiple clouds.
When the product works, there is really nothing to fix, but they can allow different types of backups, such as differential or incremental backups.
 

Setup Cost

Barracuda Backup is cost-effective, with pricing based on data size, offering flexibility and no extra charges for renewals.
Infrascale offers a dynamic pricing model based on data volume, with fair licensing but room for improved list prices.
Barracuda even provides replacements after three years if a device reaches end of life, without any extra charges.
Makes it cheaper compared to other solutions.
We recently renewed one of our agreements with them, and even though we were going to renew anyway, they added more margin in terms of a discount for us for renewing early.
To someone considering Infrascale but is concerned about the price, I would say that they should get Infrascale's service no matter what it costs because any downtime or any loss of data is substantially worse than any cost for backup.
The per-terabyte pricing is very competitive compared to the others.
 

Valuable Features

Barracuda Backup provides efficient data protection with hardware refresh, cloud operations, and features like deduplication and comprehensive reporting.
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery offers user-friendly management, rapid recovery, versatile infrastructure support, and excellent backup speeds with responsive support.</p>
Barracuda email security works effectively with O365, and we have been able to achieve many use cases that other competitive products such as Micro, Fortinet, Trellix, or Forcepoint could not accomplish.
The most valuable feature of Barracuda Backup is that it's on the cloud, so there is no need for hardware.
One valuable feature of Barracuda Backup is that it can be used as thin VMware storage.
What I like the most about it is that backups and restores are simple, straightforward, and clean.
Performing backup and recovery can be done very intuitively with the solution and the interface that is part of the solution.
 

Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
49th
Ranking in Cloud Backup
41st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Infrascale Backup & Disaste...
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
23rd
Ranking in Cloud Backup
19th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery as a Service (5th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (15th), SaaS Backup (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Barracuda Backup is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

GANESAN K - PeerSpot reviewer
Rating shows fast restoration and reliable support with scope for improved integration and database backup options
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 separate solution for database backups. While other SQL servers are supported, Barracuda Backup has limitations with database backups. The main area for improvement is integration and support for databases.
Harry Vining - PeerSpot reviewer
The overall ease of use and ease of management using the dashboard is excellent
I can't really think of anything that really needs to be improved from my perspective, because I only use the backup. Maybe someone who is using something else might have a different opinion on that. But for the online backup and recovery tool, I'm not going to say there's anything that needs improvement. They can always improve stuff. But from the top of my head, I can't think of anything. It does what it needs to do. That's it. It doesn't need to do anything more than what it does and nothing less than what it's doing. The Infrascale dashboard when it comes to centralized deployment and configuration is excellent. I have no problems with the solution. They could always make it better. They can always make the GUI a little bit nicer, the interface level a bit better. There's always room for improvement, but there's nothing on the top of my head that's saying, "Hey, this is what needs to be fixed." But, the programmers are probably working on their own things. So, there's always room for improvement.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Educational Organization
8%
Computer Software Company
16%
Healthcare Company
13%
Performing Arts
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

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?
Barracuda Backup's support could be improved because sometimes the support team is situated outside the country, leading to time zone issues. Adding AI features for security would also be beneficia...
What is your primary use case for Barracuda Backup?
I am not using Barracuda Backup ( /vendors/barracuda-networks ); I am selling it. The primary use case for my clients is to take the backup. It is used by a range of clients from small to enterpris...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infrascale Platform?
I would always prefer better pricing, but I find that their pricing is appropriate. It's in keeping with what we are offering and how it allows us to resell with enough margin. We recently renewed ...
What needs improvement with Infrascale Platform?
Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery could improve in the area of documentation, which they are continuously working on. This is an ongoing process that should continue as documentation can al...
What is your primary use case for Infrascale Platform?
I have been using Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery since 2016, which is approximately six to seven years. During this time, we transitioned from other solutions to fully adopt Infrascale's...
 

Also Known As

LiveVault
Infrascale Platform
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Ochsner Health System
MSPs servicing small and mid-size companies VARs servicing mid-sized companies Direct SMB or mid-sized companies
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