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Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) vs KeyCloud Backup and Recovery comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Email Gateway Def...
Ranking in Cloud Backup
16th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
KeyCloud Backup and Recovery
Ranking in Cloud Backup
71st
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of KeyCloud Backup and Recovery is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials)0.5%
KeyCloud Backup and Recovery0.5%
Other99.0%
Cloud Backup
 

Featured Reviews

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.
JM
Director of Information Technology at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees
Simply provides single-vendor, consistent cloud-based backup
I would say that the room for improvement comes under the heading of performance. We backup a lot of information in a 24-hour period. It works fine. But there's always room for improvement on that. If they would make my 24-hour backup cycle window, from start to finish, a 15-hour or a 12-hour backup window, I'd be that much happier. Just to be clear, there's no time consumption on the part of my staff. This runs fully automatically. But the concern is that when you do backups, you want your backup window to be as narrow as possible. Actually, our backup window is 20 hours, and it gets done in 20 hours. Because, the longer it lingers, the more of a window there is for a disaster to knock you down.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) has had a very positive impact on our organization, especially since the pandemic with many remote workers."
"Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) has positively impacted my organization by making us less prone to several attacks, with malware being our highest return on investment."
"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."
"Since implementing Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials), we have seen fewer phishing incidents; approximately 80% of phishing attempts have been mitigated."
"The most valuable functionality is their robust blocking feature, along with fundamental rules for our environment."
"Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) has positively impacted my organization by reducing the risk of phishing attacks, which drives down cost exposure as a result of breaches."
"Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) has positively impacted my organization by reducing the phishing risk and blocking phishing and business BEC attacks early, resulting in approximately thirty to fifty percent reduction in successful phishing incidents."
"It makes it easier for customers to access emails during security incidents."
"We don't think about our backups anymore, they're that reliable."
"The most important features is that it provides consistent cloud-based backup."
 

Cons

"There Is room for improvement in the quarantine and user interface."
"Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) can be improved, especially in terms of documentation."
"One of the areas that needs to be improved in Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) is the user interface."
"Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) can be improved since the DLP is a bit inflexible and cannot handle custom additions."
"Enhancements are required on the data transmission front."
"Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) can be improved because the user interface is not very intuitive, especially for new users, and it is not easy to make my own landing page designs."
"They could implement scheduled reporting in the product."
"Barracuda Email Gateway Defense (Barracuda Essentials) can be improved, as it offers advanced phishing features but still needs fine-tuning."
"We backup a lot of information in a 24-hour period. It works fine. But there's always room for improvement on that."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is cheaper compared to other products."
"The product's price is higher than other vendors."
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Top Industries

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Media Company
26%
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
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Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
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Questions from the Community

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...
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