Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup vs HPE Zerto Software comparison

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup vs. HPE Zerto Software

April 2026

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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

7.9

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup offers cost savings, improved data security, efficient time management, and commendable customer support.

Sentiment score

6.9

HPE Zerto Software reduces downtime and costs with efficient cloud disaster recovery, offering significant resource savings and enhanced resilience.

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

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup support is 10 out of 10.

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Regional Pre Sales Engineer at Roundrobin Tech

Before, it was a huge cost. It was several thousand dollars to do a DR test, whereas now, I click a button.

Thomas Sipf

CTO at Erisa Administrative Services, Inc.

It saves us a lot of time and gives us the ability to perform other DR plans for other systems.

reviewer2728620

System Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's not only in the cloud; it's DR as a service, which means that the recovery operations are performed by a dedicated team specializing in this area.

Itsik Ohana

Founder & CEO at Itix Cyber Ltd

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

8.7

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is praised for its responsive customer service, intuitive interface, and effective email notifications.

Sentiment score

7.5

HPE Zerto Software's customer service is praised for responsiveness, expertise, and effective issue resolution, especially post-HP acquisition.

The customer support for Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is very proactive and easy to access, 24/7.

Fridah Gilberto

Senior Network Engineer at KDInfotech

The technical support from Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is excellent.

Microsoft 365 Konsult at Canmer Data AB

The interface is user-friendly console access which is very accessible such that an L1 engineer or any non-technical person can manage this console regarding the parameter of how this data should be backed up daily.

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Regional Pre Sales Engineer at Roundrobin Tech

I have never had an issue that was not resolved, and I have never been in a situation where they did not respond.

reviewer762012

Sr. Systems Engineer at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would give them a rating of ten because it represents the highest level of support based on the technical knowledge of the support team, response time, and effectiveness of the provided resolutions.

reviewer1599558

Disaster Recovery Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

When I open a ticket, I usually get a call within an hour or two.

David Comer

Systems Engineering Manager at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

8.6

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup efficiently manages thousands of accounts, offering scalable, flexible solutions for diverse enterprises with no storage limit.

Sentiment score

7.4

HPE Zerto Software offers scalable, seamless integration for diverse organizations, enabling easy expansion from small setups to extensive VM management.

There is no limit, and I pay for what I use.

Microsoft 365 Konsult at Canmer Data AB

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is very scalable, as it handles any size of data and performs restores and storage very effectively.

Full Stack Developer at BairesDev

The customer, without any capping on data storage calculation for the licensing part from the management perspective, can convince the management about the financial condition, which is very easy.

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Regional Pre Sales Engineer at Roundrobin Tech

I would rate it a ten out of ten for scalability.

Alan Barrett

Head of IT at TWM SOLICITORS LLP

Customers need to follow good engineering practices for optimal product use.

Proby Patel

Tech Lead, Storage and Data Protection at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

By adding more hosts and installing VRAs on each, tasks can be efficiently managed.

reviewer2641974

Senior Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

9.1

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is highly rated for stability and reliability, with minimal downtime and seamless API integration.

Sentiment score

8.0

Zerto is highly reliable, with stable performance, minimal issues, smooth updates, and continuous application uptime, despite minor bugs.

From my experience, the stability of Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is excellent.

Microsoft 365 Konsult at Canmer Data AB

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is stable, as I have not encountered any lagging or downtime.

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Full Stack Developer at BairesDev

I promptly delete the malfunctioning elements and set them up again to resume replication, ensuring stability.

Jagadeesh Ethiraj

Technical Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The ease of use was so good with Zerto that they were able to migrate things much quicker.

reviewer2691450

Inside Sales Representative at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is very reliable.

David Comer

Systems Engineering Manager at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Room For Improvement

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup needs faster navigation, integration, broader support, improved UI, and competitiveness, especially in India.

HPE Zerto Software users seek enhanced Hyper-V support, better backup, flexible licensing, improved cloud integration, and robust IT compatibility.

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.

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Regional Pre Sales Engineer at Roundrobin Tech

If I have 350 objects that I am protecting, I would like Zerto to be able to fire them up in one order, rather than having to manually bring them up in a sequence.

David Riberdy

Enterprise data management supervisor at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

If the host has a lot of VMs on it, there may not always be enough time to relocate all of the VMs from a protection group standpoint to other hosts before the replication appliance that Zerto uses to manage that powers itself down.

David Comer

Systems Engineering Manager at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

If HPE Zerto Software has it built-in where we're going to vCenter and you click on it, it will build the VPG and indicate configuration requirements, that would be amazing.

reviewer2729427

Senior Converged Infrastructure Engineer at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Setup Cost

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is cost-effective, flexible, and integrates with Microsoft 365, offering tailored and economical pricing.

HPE Zerto Software is competitively priced for disaster recovery, with scalable licensing but higher costs when scaling up.

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

Microsoft Planner automatically integrates with Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup and even Entra ID.

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Regional Pre Sales Engineer at Roundrobin Tech

If you want a good-quality tool that is robust and does a good job for you, you have to pay a higher price to get that, and Zerto is no different.

JeffSmith12

IT Manager at American Pioneer Federal Credit Union

However, it can become quite expensive when you start looking at the number of workloads you have in the environment and what you would like to do.

reviewer2645856

Cloud and Infrastructure Services Manager at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Zerto is easier to set up and use, and it's less expensive.

Bill Dudgeon

Professional Services Engineer at US Signal

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Valuable Features

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup provides efficient, secure, cost-effective data restoration and recovery across Microsoft 365 applications with ease of use.

HPE Zerto Software provides efficient disaster recovery with near-zero RPO, supporting multi-cloud, seamless migration, and user-friendly interface.

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.

Fridah Gilberto

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.

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Full Stack Developer at BairesDev

Zerto offers excellent technical support with responsive and helpful experts.

Sachin Vinay

Assistant Manager-Networks at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

If we were attacked, I could revert to a backup from five seconds before the attack, and no one would know we were attacked.

reviewer2641974

Senior Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

The replication time and the minor amount of time it takes to sync a new server outside of any of my huge 40-terabyte boxes is ridiculously quick.

reviewer762012

Sr. Systems Engineer at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Ba...

Ranking in Cloud Backup

25th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SaaS Backup (14th)

HPE Zerto Software

Ranking in Cloud Backup

2nd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

354

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (2nd), Cloud Migration (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (1st), Autonomous Operational Resilience (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 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 HPE Zerto Software is 2.7%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HPE Zerto Software	2.7%
Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup	0.8%
Other	96.5%

Cloud Backup

Featured Reviews

Reliable backups have protected all cloud data and now provide quick recovery for users

Full Stack Developer at BairesDev

The features include easy setup, easy to use, and unlimited storage. Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup has positively impacted my organization by helping us with lost productivity when someone deletes a cloud-stored item and we can retrieve it easily. With wrong creation of Teams and no owners assigned, we get notified. 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. It also proves useful, for instance, where a user accidentally loses or deletes an important email or a file in the mailbox. The team can easily restore what has been lost.

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reviewer2802231

Dev Ops Engineer at a media company with 201-500 employees

Near-zero downtime has protected critical workloads and now simplifies hybrid cloud recovery

The best features of HPE Zerto Software are mainly very sophisticated and relevant to the current market. The data protection CDP part has real-time replication, unlike other solutions that have snapshot backups. We can set it up hourly, making it ideal for use with workloads. Another attraction is the near-zero RTO, with automated failover within minutes and one-click failover and failback. Currently, we are using a hybrid cloud solution, and HPE Zerto Software supports multi-cloud environments, making it easy to migrate between on-premises and cloud. Regarding the impact of HPE Zerto Software on our RTOs, we have near-zero RTO, meaning the system must be back online within thirty minutes if we measure the time. It is very quick to recover services. With HPE Zerto Software's near-synchronous replication, we have some CDP protection, so we typically write interceptions along with some asynchronous replication. There is almost real-time replication available.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

13%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	92
Midsize Enterprise	94
Large Enterprise	202

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup?

Microsoft Planner was declared by the Microsoft E1 plan. Accordingly, Microsoft Planner automatically integrates with Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup and even Entra ID.

What needs improvement with Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup?

The price may be higher as per the competition from local market brands like Acronis or Veeam. This may depend on SKU lines and what the customer chooses, along with the number of line items to tak...

What is your primary use case for Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup?

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup was previously named Email Protection and this edition is called Essentials. Currently, it is called Barracuda Email Gateway Defense, which they have configured as a...

What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zerto?

In terms of pricing, I'll not say HPE Zerto Software is very cheap, and I'll not say that whatever features it provides, it's very highly priced. However, there could be room for negotiation on the...

What needs improvement with Zerto?

The documentation is very good. The GUI is kind of an old one. More development on the GUI can be useful for the users.The areas that have room for improvement include the GUI. The other thing is t...

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Also Known As

Barracuda Cloud to Cloud Backup

Zerto Virtual Replication

Overview

Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup offers seamless integration with Microsoft 365, delivering efficient data protection with quick restoration, robust security, unlimited retention, and intuitive management, minimizing data loss and enhancing overall cybersecurity.

Specifically designed for protecting Microsoft 365 environments, Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup excels at backing up Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, and Entra ID. Its user-friendly setup and management simplify creating backup schedules while ensuring swift data recovery. The tool is engineered for robust data protection, integrating seamlessly to safeguard against data loss and malicious activities, reinforcing cybersecurity and disaster recovery plans.

What are the key features of Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup?

Intuitive Interface: Easy to navigate, simplifying backup management.
Quick Restoration: Enables fast data recovery to minimize downtime.
Microsoft 365 Integration: Seamlessly integrates with the entire suite for comprehensive protection.
Unlimited Retention: Allows indefinite retention of backups to meet diverse needs.
Robust Security: Features 256-bit encryption ensuring data integrity and security.

What benefits and ROI should be considered?

Ease of Setup: Simplifies initial configuration and ongoing management.
Data Recovery Efficiency: Reduces data loss risk, crucial for business continuity.
Ransomware Detection: Offers advanced protection against malicious threats.
Cost-Effective: Provides a budget-friendly backup solution for Microsoft 365.

In industries where data security and compliance are paramount, Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is invaluable for safeguarding sensitive information. Financial institutions can rely on its quick data restoration and robust security features, while healthcare providers benefit from its compliance support and ease of data recovery, ensuring patient information remains protected.

Barracuda Networks

Zerto is used for disaster recovery, business continuity, data migration, and ransomware recovery, providing continuous data protection and near real-time replication. Valued for ease of use, efficient failover processes, and versatile integration, it enhances organizational efficiency, reduces errors, and boosts productivity.

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Sample Customers

Delta Dental Plans Association

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