BDRSuite Backup & Replication vs Barracuda Intronis Backup comparison

Barracuda Networks and Vembu Technologies are both solutions in the MSP Backup category. Barracuda Networks is ranked #8 with an average rating of 9.0, while Vembu Technologies is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.0. Barracuda Networks holds a 4.7% mindshare in MB, compared to Vembu Technologies’s 4.9% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Barracuda Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Vembu Technologies users who would recommend it.

Barracuda Intronis Backup

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BDRSuite Backup & Replication

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

Barracuda Intronis Backup and BDRSuite are competitors in the data protection and backup industry, focusing on enterprise-level solutions. Barracuda Intronis Backup appears to have the upper hand with its comprehensive email backup capabilities and phishing training, vital for enhancing data protection beyond standard backup features.

Features: Barracuda Intronis Backup provides an intuitive management console, Live Boot for critical services, and advanced granularity in file restoration, alongside comprehensive deduplication. BDRSuite offers flexibility in protecting data across various environments with significant integration support for VMware and Hyper-V, showcasing strong adaptability across platforms.

Room for Improvement: Barracuda Intronis Backup could enhance its backup speed, expand compatibility with more operating systems like Solaris, and reduce reliance on cloud control for management. BDRSuite users have noted a need for better usability, improved technical support, and more efficient backup speeds, as well as greater integration capabilities with third-party tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Barracuda Intronis Backup excels in hybrid and cloud environments, offering efficient deployment and top-notch customer support with quick response times. Conversely, BDRSuite primarily operates on-premises with some hybrid capabilities, but its customer support receives mixed reviews, indicating a need for improvement in response and guidance.

Pricing and ROI: Barracuda Intronis Backup offers a straightforward pricing model without per-user fees, including hardware upgrades within its five-year plan, leading to reduced overhead. BDRSuite presents a cost-effective alternative with flexible licensing options, appealing to small and medium businesses. While both solutions offer significant ROI, Barracuda's pricing model is particularly favored for eliminating equipment upgrades.

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Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Intronis Backup

Ranking in MSP Backup

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (11th)

BDRSuite Backup & Replication

Ranking in MSP Backup

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (18th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the MSP Backup category, the mindshare of Barracuda Intronis Backup is 4.7%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BDRSuite Backup & Replication is 4.9%, down from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

MSP Backup Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
BDRSuite Backup & Replication	4.9%
Barracuda Intronis Backup	4.7%
Other	90.4%

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Featured Reviews

Gerard Wolters

ICT manager at Oosterhof Holman

Easy to use, immutable, and provides good deduplication features

When we wanted to back up our Microsoft environment, we looked for a cloud backup. Barracuda provided a cloud backup. There were no other products that offered similar features at that time. I will recommend the product to others. It is easy to use. It is a complete package. It is easy to integrate the product with Microsoft. We have a complete package that includes antispam and email gateway solutions. We can choose any package we want. We use Barracuda Essentials. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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Redha Benlaksira

Technical Sales Director (Owner) at HSR IT Services SARL

The ability to maintain multiple restore points is critical because it lets customers choose to restore their data to an hour or a day ago

BDRSuite is better than competing solutions because it can protect, back up, and recover data. A feature called live migration allows you to recover the same data in different environments. For example, I can back up the data from a VMware machine and restore it to a Hyper-V. You can also create repositories and back up environments to a cloud platform like GCP and AWS S3 buckets. BDRSuite allows you to back up virtual machines hosted on an EC3 instance or Microsoft 365 mailboxes, SharePoint, etc. The solution allows us to recover data instantly. We can recover all our data in under 15 minutes. In a virtual environment, we can recover a virtual machine and all its data in under 15 minutes. It's the same for a NAS, SAN, or DAS disk. The ability to boot instantly enables customers to maintain their business operations without interruption. BDRSuite's ability to maintain multiple restore points is critical because it gives customers the option to restore their data to an hour or a day ago. They can choose a full, incremental, or synthetic backup. Incremental backup makes sense if you are backing up the same data daily and you want to save space and network resources. It only backs up the differences or updates in every block. I've worked with lots of backup solutions, and BDRSuite is the easiest to use. It's simple to install and create backup jobs. It doesn't require many tasks to install the solution. You can easily back up and restore from one console

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"Of all the backup products we have used, this by far is the simplest to install and use."

"Whenever you have a crash or your service is not working, you can just live-boot the machine and have your service up and running."

"The superior support from Barracuda in setting up, using, and helping with issues for the product."

"The main feature we like about Barracuda is that we can map devices directly to the cloud. It operates as a security device to run a backup of the cloud in case one of our physical machines goes down."

"The configuration and the onboarding process are pretty good."

"The most valuable features are the deduplication that analyzes data to identify duplicate patterns and granular restore."

"The most valuable feature is unlimited data storage on the cloud. Even if the employee has left the company for a few years, the backup will still be maintained."

"It is very reliable, so we don't have any issues with it. Our customers have never raised any issue with it. Basically, once you set it up and it is running, it is trouble-free. Our customers are happy. They just got a renewal for the subscription for the service."

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"The most valuable feature is its ability to copy quickly. We have about 12 terabytes, and trying to copy that volume size through the file structure would take a week. BDRSuite has a different approach to copying and is much faster."

"It made it easy for us to handle the daily backup of endpoints."

"Valuable features include Snapshots and the constant backup for SQL, application services, and Active Directory."

"The compression, encryption and deduplication features are fabulous and great stuff."

"The smooth implementation is the most valuable aspect of BDRSuite."

"There is an option to back up a specific folder from a specific source, not the whole virtual machine."

"The best part of BDRSuite is how user-friendly it is and how it does not require any maintenance after the initial setup."

"The main benefit is that it's inexpensive. We get a lot for a little bit of money. I'm very happy with the savings and with the features. It allows me to do everything I need."

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Cons

"The web interface needs to contain a more up-to-date view of the hardware."

"The backup feature could be a bit simpler to utilize. They should make the process of backing up individual files simpler."

"The search features must be improved."

"Barracuda works great for smaller network environments, which are not that complex. It is hardware-based with a Linux core, which you don't have access to, and a lot of stuff happens on the back-end. Even from a troubleshooting perspective, it is a bit challenging."

"When we manage the box physically, we don't have as much control as we do when we manage from the cloud. The best management is from the cloud."

"We're working with them on our file share backups. Our solution needs a little bit more fine-tuning. We're not sure if the issue is at our end or at Barracuda's end."

"Barracuda Backup could use some more integration."

"Compared to Avamar and Data Domain (our other systems), the backup speed is slow."

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"We have not been able to move our backups from one drive to another one. We can only create a storage pool. However, if we want to change a drive, it is not possible to delete one drive as long there is data on it. For this, we have to call the support. While they can solve this, it is not out-of-the-box."

"I have not been impressed by the data compression of the backup images. They seem to take up nearly as much space on the backup drive as they do on the server."

"They said they can support Red Hat Virtualization and we assumed that they support any compatible system but we found we need to do a network backup or a network image, which is not what it said on their website. I have had many discussions with them about where this component is. Initially, I was searching for a component which would back up Red Hat Virtualization. They said they support this in the same way they support Hyper-V and VMware. I haven't found the feature in their portal or in any of their software. They haven't made a special agent for it, in the way they did for Hyper-V."

"BDRSuite could improve support for XenApp Citrix Backup."

"They had a good product and tried to change things by going to a different product. They should have tried to stay with a product that is a proven solution and successful."

"What I would love to see on the dashboard are graphs, per backup job. I want to see the month and the days in it... If a job has failed, when did it actually fail and what percentage of it failed? Did it fail completely, 75 percent or 100 percent or did it only fail partially?"

"I have seen that the BDRSuite user interface can be less intuitive and more challenging to navigate compared to other similar products."

"There was one issue though with the hardware IDs. When I went to a different version of Hyper-V, the hardware IDs weren't restored and the machine got two new IDs. The preliminary unique IDs weren't restored, so I had to reactivate programs."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"They're on par with their competitors."

"The licensing is charged yearly. It's my understanding that the cost of the solution is somewhere around $7,000 every two years."

"Its pricing is very reasonable, but it can be reduced."

"All the storage is included in Barracuda, so you're just paying for the package. I think with Veeam, you pay for the package, and you pay for the storage."

"It allows us a low cost backup solution for hardware-based, VMware, and Hyper-V systems all from a single platform."

"You don't need to buy an extra license or agent. With one box, you have licenses for any amount of devices that you want to backed up for whatever is backed up."

"Low, fixed cost with great savings."

"Because it is a single package that includes everything, they are worth the money that you need to pay for it. You are paying for the hardware, licensing, the software that runs on it, regular updates, the cloud features included with it along with the replication, and your space allocated in the cloud for replication. It is fairly priced for what you get."

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"I deployed Veeam and it worked very well, but the problem was that its price was very high. As a result, I searched for another solution and found Vembu. I deployed it and we have been happy with it. For us, the major difference was the pricing."

"It has actually benefited my operation a fair bit. VMware requires a special hardware while Hyper-V runs on pretty much anything. It doesn't require any special hardware, so it saves a bit of money. Because Vembu does Hyper-V backup, there is no limit on how many VMs you can have. The newer version has a 100 VM limit on the single license, which has been greatly beneficial, because on one host a 100 VMs is a fair bit."

"The pricing of Vembu is one of its strong points. The license is not as much as other competitors, and it has a variety of licensing options: subscription-based, perpetual licenses, and a virtual machine license. You can design whatever license that you adopted to your environment, and that can support your environment without extra cost, providing more than you need. So, you can design a license that fits your environment and budget. The pricing is very good and can be used when the budget is tight."

"We chose this solution because it was cheaper and easier to use than Veeam and other solutions of this type."

"The pricing of Vembu could be better. They have a good product, and I know good products cost money, but they need to find a balance."

"It is affordable. It has value with respect to the features included in the software."

"I've purchased and been licensed for one aspect of it, which is my preferred method, but the pricing and licensing will not work for the short-term and I can't draw back."

"Take a look at the pricing and licensing closely. When we installed the BDR disaster recovery server, which is the duplication of the backup data on one server onto a second one where the backup data resides, it was not clear that this DR server needed two other licenses. These licenses were to back up the copy of the first backup server that had two licenses for the two physical host that it was backing up in the first place. Moving files around to a second DR server, why would I need an extra two licenses? I don't know if it's to make money, but it was not very obvious and I had to abort the project from there because I didn't plan to pay for extra licenses to copy data of the first two physical servers. I also didn't understand why it was needed. Hopefully, they will improve the explanation in the documentation for this."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

19%

Non Profit

Real Estate/Law Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

88%

Educational Organization

Performing Arts

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	3

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	10

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Barracuda Backup?

The solution’s scalability is good because its space is unlimited. We can start in Office365 with one terabyte bit of information and leverage through an enterprise solution of 1000 users.

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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.

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What needs improvement with Barracuda Backup?

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...

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What do you like most about BDRSuite?

The best part of BDRSuite is how user-friendly it is and how it does not require any maintenance after the initial setup.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BDRSuite?

BDRSuite is cost-effective because you can purchase a perpetual license that covers multiple environments. You only renew the support costs annually. It offers advanced features at roughly 75 perce...

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What needs improvement with BDRSuite?

I really don't know what could be improved about BDRSuite Backup & Replication. I've never had anything that I thought would be nice if that was possible. Every time I thought that, it was alre...

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Also Known As

Barracuda Backup

Vembu BDRSuite

Overview

Barracuda Intronis Backup is a comprehensive data protection solution designed to safeguard critical business information. It offers secure and efficient backup and recovery capabilities for physical and virtual environments. With its user-friendly interface, businesses can easily manage and monitor their backups, ensuring data integrity and availability.

The solution supports a wide range of platforms, including Windows, Mac, and Linux, making it suitable for diverse IT environments. Barracuda Intronis Backup utilizes advanced deduplication and compression techniques to optimize storage utilization and reduce backup windows.

It also offers flexible recovery options, allowing businesses to restore files, folders, or entire systems quickly and efficiently. The solution ensures data security through encryption and secure transmission protocols, protecting sensitive information from unauthorized access.

With its robust reporting and alerting features, businesses can proactively monitor backup status and address any issues promptly. Barracuda Intronis Backup provides businesses with peace of mind, knowing that their critical data is protected and easily recoverable in the event of a disaster.

Barracuda Networks

BDRSuite by Vembu offers comprehensive and cost-effective Backup and Disaster Recovery software tailored to meet the diverse data protection requirements of Businesses and Service Providers. BDRSuite provides robust backup solutions for a wide range of IT workloads, including virtual machines, servers, endpoints, SaaS applications, cloud VMs, NAS/File Shares, and databases & applications. It offers the flexibility to store backups anywhere and centrally manage the entire backup infrastructure.

BDRSuite is designed to help businesses keep their data secure and ensure it is easily recoverable in the event of data loss or ransomware attacks. With BDRSuite, businesses can achieve reliable data protection and ensure business continuity – all at an affordable price.

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PRICING DETAILS

VMs, Servers & Cloud Backup at $48 per workload/year (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, oVirt, Proxmox, Windows, Linux, AWS, Azure, File Share-500 GB)

Endpoint/Workstation Backup at $12 per endpoint/year (Windows, Linux, Mac)

SaaS Backup at $12 per user/year (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace)

DBs & Applications Backup at $72 per application/year (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft Exchange Server, SharePoint Server)

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Sample Customers

Dematic, Levitt Safety, Osoyoos Credit Union, Viborel Distribuiao, European Tour, Papergraphics, Levitt Safety, Academy of Contemporary Music, Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton, LLP, National History Museum, California Almond Board, American Radio Relay League, Kirkpatrick Bank, IAC, Healey Brothers Automotive Group, Mechanicsburg Area School District, Taylor Shellfish Farms, Drew Marine, inMusic, Mills Law Library, Healy Brothers Automotive Group, Thomas Kinkade Company, Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit

NASA, Intel, CISCO, PHILIPS, Atos, HEXAWARE, Motorola

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