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Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup vs Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 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
7.3
Organizations save 65%, reduce downtime, enhance data protection, and retain data cost-effectively with Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup.
Sentiment score
9.1
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense improved security, reduced incidents, and increased efficiency, providing significant cost savings and operational stability.
The solution has reduced the time required for backup administration and data recovery, saving several hours of IT effort each month.
Senior Technical Support Executive at digital track
We have reduced the time spent on backup management and incident resolution, allowing the team to focus on other strategic and operational tasks.
Technical Team Lead - Content Security at Valuepoint Systems
I have seen a return on investment as we have been able to save approximately 65% of our cost compared to the previous tool when we were using M365 for all users as our backup solution.
Full Stack Developer at BairesDev
If your staff can become aware and trained to have minimal incidents, that is a huge return on investment for any organization.
Account Executive at Hilton Worldwide
We have seen a return on investment evidenced by fewer breaching incidents and less workload for our security team.
Senior Software Engineer at Kroger
I have seen a return on investment with Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) as it has protected our customers against targeted phishing emails, set up training campaigns easily, and trained the human firewall.
Marketing Director at Unisys
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.7
Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is praised for responsive support, intuitive interface, and local language availability, especially in Japan.
Sentiment score
8.6
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense customer support is praised for responsive, proactive 24/7 assistance, achieving high ratings from users.
The customer support for Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is very proactive and easy to access, 24/7.
Senior Network Engineer at KDInfotech
The support team has been responsive, knowledgeable, and helpful whenever assistance has been required.
Senior Technical Support Executive at digital track
The technical support from Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is excellent.
Microsoft 365 Konsult at Canmer Data AB
The customer support for Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is very responsive and supportive 24/7.
Marketing Director at Unisys
The customer support for Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is very proactive and responsive.
Senior Software Engineer at Kroger
The customer support for Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is very proactive and supportive.
Account Executive at Hilton Worldwide
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.7
Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup offers scalable, user-friendly solutions for growing businesses with flexible licensing and efficient management.
Sentiment score
9.0
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense offers high scalability and reliability, efficiently supporting medium to large businesses' email protection needs.
As the number of Office 365 users and data volume increases, the solution continues to provide consistent performance and reliable protection without adding significant administrative overhead.
Senior Technical Support Executive at digital track
Since it is a cloud-based solution, expanding protection for additional users and Microsoft 365 workloads is straightforward and does not require significant infrastructure changes.
Technical Team Lead - Content Security at Valuepoint Systems
If you are going to talk about scalability, it would really depend on the tenant size, considering we are dealing with 365, Teams, and SharePoint backup concurrency.
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is very scalable and grows with my organization's needs.
Account Executive at Hilton Worldwide
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is very scalable, with no downtime noticed, and it is really fast.
Senior Software Engineer at GE
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is scalable because I do not need to manage anything; it will be managed on their end.
Security Practitioner at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
9.1
Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is praised for its stability, reliability, ease of use, and efficient Microsoft 365 data protection.
Sentiment score
9.1
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense is highly rated for stability, with most users experiencing no downtime, ensuring reliable operation.
Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup has demonstrated strong accuracy and reliability in protecting and recovering Microsoft 365 data.
Senior Technical Support Executive at digital track
Overall, the platform has performed well, and its reliability is one of the key reasons we continue to use and trust the solution for protecting critical Microsoft 365 data.
Technical Team Lead - Content Security at Valuepoint Systems
Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is stable, helpful, quick to adopt, easy to understand, and easy to implement, which makes my life easier.
Head Advisor Infrastructure Cloud Architect at Adrienutech
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is very stable; I have not experienced any downtime or reliability issues.
Senior Software Engineer at Procter & Gamble
 

Room For Improvement

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup requires better integration, user-friendliness, multi-platform support, and affordability for improved restoration and accessibility.
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense needs UI, pricing flexibility, better documentation, improved integration, and enhanced phishing detection and support.
Feels slow compared to the speed in SharePoint or a browser.
Microsoft 365 Konsult at Canmer Data AB
Restores are search-based, and sometimes this is challenging as users, for example, do not remember what a file name or lost file is or when it was lost.
Full Stack Developer at BairesDev
Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup gives totally unlimited all parameters for OneDrive, SharePoint, email, and Teams.
Regional Pre Sales Engineer at Roundrobin Tech
The cost could be more affordable, especially for smaller organizations working on a tight budget.
Senior Software Engineer at GE
We need to enhance detection capabilities for phishing emails.
Security Practitioner at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The price increased about two years ago, which is a big concern, especially for small organizations working on a tight budget.
Senior Software Engineer at Kroger
 

Setup Cost

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup offers cost-effective, scalable licensing for comprehensive Microsoft 365 data security at £5 per user.
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense is valued as budget-friendly for small organizations, despite being pricier than some alternatives.
Barracuda stood out because its straightforward administration, strong Microsoft 365 coverage, and granular recovery features aligned well with our requirements.
Technical Team Lead - Content Security at Valuepoint Systems
It is around £5 per user, which could be pricey for big companies.
Microsoft 365 Konsult at Canmer Data AB
I chose 8 out of 10 because it cost-effectively backs up the entire M365 environment and retains backups indefinitely.
Full Stack Developer at BairesDev
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing is that this tool is very cost-effective, but the price was increased around two years ago.
Senior Software Engineer at Kroger
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the cost is very effective and affordable.
Marketing Director at Unisys
I find the price to be cost-effective.
Senior Software Engineer at GE
 

Valuable Features

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup integrates with Microsoft 365, providing secure, efficient backup and recovery with AI-driven threat detection.
Barracuda Essentials enhances email security with advanced threat protection, anti-phishing, and user-friendly monitoring for increased productivity.
Restoration allows me to recover a single file or a whole library or folder quickly, with the option to restore to either the original location or a new location.
Microsoft 365 Konsult at Canmer Data AB
It's now safer to move data to Microsoft 365 as we are now sure that the data is backed up, which frees up resources needed for an on-premises data center.
Senior Network Engineer at KDInfotech
It helps me worry less that in the worst-case scenario, mailboxes and Teams are easily restorable to continue with online learning at a very low risk.
Full Stack Developer at BairesDev
The URL filtering is excellent, as it reviews every link sent in an email and rewrites it to open in a sandbox first if clicked on.
Senior Software Engineer at Kroger
I value their ability to protect against various online threats such as spam, phishing, ransomware, and malware.
Marketing Director at Unisys
It has been a very good tool, increasing email security by 70%, improving compliance and risk management, and providing adequate training, making our staff more aware and alert, as they check more often and report more spam emails.
Senior Software Engineer at GE
 

Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Ba...
Ranking in Cloud Backup
12th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
SaaS Backup (4th)
Barracuda Email Gateway Def...
Ranking in Cloud Backup
18th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is 0.8%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup0.8%
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials)0.5%
Other98.7%
Cloud Backup
 

Featured Reviews

Esther Sultaana - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Ransomware attacks have been contained and healthcare data remains accessible 24x7
When I used Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup, I liked it. I really did. I cannot think of anything off the top of my head that says this needs to be improved. If we are going to compete with Commvault or Cohesity, some improvements could be made. However, overall, for what we used it for within the healthcare industry, I think it is fine, especially with the ransomware resilience. You have the isolated recovery environment and zero trust backup architecture. These things really are critical for industries in healthcare. Everything that I mentioned, Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is for SaaS, so it covers all the bases. It is easily installed within five minutes or so. The cost is simple—you do not have any servers, storage, infrastructure, or maintenance, and it is strictly being used for what it is. Its compliance is competitive. Overall, I would say the cost is simple, you have Entra ID backups, deployment is quick, there is no infrastructure, ransomware protection is there, granular restore, and you have Azure region storage control. Where there is a problem is it does not have enterprise-level backup or multi-cloud workloads. It is best used for small and maybe mid-sized businesses, and I would say within healthcare in particular. It is for cloud-first companies, and only if you have M365 protection for MSPs, which is what NTT Data was. It works within that framework. However, for large enterprises, you do not want to look at it. I would recommend Rubrik or Commvault instead.
Kelly  Perry - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Procter & Gamble
Email defenses have reduced phishing risk and now protect our remote workforce every day
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) has had a very positive impact on our organization, especially since the pandemic with many remote workers. Our IT objective is 99.9% uptime with many redundant fail-safes in place. Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) helps to meet that objective by protecting the vast amount of email we receive on a daily basis. I can share specific metrics or results: we've reduced risk by 60% and increased visibility by 70%. Now we have peace of mind in our organization since we know our email is protected. Email protection has dramatically reduced attacks via spam, phishing, and malware in all sectors, enhancing protection and encryption of input and output and preventing data from being leaked from the internal network.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
14%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Media Company
25%
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been good and fine.
What needs improvement with Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup?
I think Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup can be improved by increasing the speed in the backup process.
What is your primary use case for Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup?
My main use case for Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is backing up Microsoft 365 data such as Exchange Online, SharePoint, emails, OneDrive, and Teams data. I used a SaaS-based application for back...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials)?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is competitive compared to other solutions. They provide costs in a similar manner to their competitors.
What needs improvement with Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials)?
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) can be improved, as it offers advanced phishing features but still needs fine-tuning. While it is strong, some advanced and highly targeted ph...
What is your primary use case for Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials)?
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is an email filtering gateway for inbound and outbound that integrates with platforms like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Barracuda Email...
 

Also Known As

Barracuda Cloud to Cloud Backup
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

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