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Carbonite vs CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 comparison

 

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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:
 

Categories and Ranking

Carbonite
Ranking in SaaS Backup
30th
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
CodeTwo Backup for Office 365
Ranking in SaaS Backup
17th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the SaaS Backup category, the mindshare of Carbonite is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Rias Majeed - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable high availability with seamless synchronization
If customers say, 'I want the server to be running 27/7/365 without any fail,' then we say this is your high availability option, not the backup. I am clear on that. If you are looking for backup, I suggest other product lines that take folder backups. I use another backup solution with that one, so you have this option. The main concern with other product lines is DC change, meaning it goes to the first head office failover server, then to the remote failover server. If the head office failover server fails, the Doctor server will not have an update. That is the area of concern, as more than eighty percent of the product lines do head AC chaining. I used to ask for direct synchronization. That is where Carbonite plays a role, allowing direct synchronization or replication to one or multiple Doctor sites. I rate the overall product an eight out of ten.
Nikola Uvalic - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlines our processes and makes everything more efficient and less prone to errors
While CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 is generally great, there is some room for improvement in integrating with Office 365's restore options. Additionally, there is room to improve in managing email signatures. If it could make handling email signatures simpler or offer more features, that would be a plus. An additional feature that could be valuable is a search functionality within Office 365 tenants for specific mailboxes or logs related to events like receiving certain emails or bounce occurrences.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Carbonite permits a quick failover to a backup server."
"Carbonite offers direct synchronization and replication to one or more off-site locations."
"The solution offers ease of configuration. With a wizard, you run through the setup, and everything is configured correctly. Additionally, creating a job is very easy, and overall, the ease of access is excellent. Also, it allows you to use the backups to migrate to another Office 365 environment."
"The most valuable feature of CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 is its restore functionality."
"The tool's porting of targeted sources in CSV was a nice feature. The integration and connection between the tenants were smooth. We could access a template CSV as well."
"Almost all the features of CodeTwo are valuable for Microsoft 365."
 

Cons

"For more granular restores, Carbonite is not the right product, as it only allows for full-server failovers."
"The reverse failover process takes a long time, especially with physical servers, often requiring 48 hours without any surprises."
"There is room to improve in managing email signatures."
"I attempted to modify the XML files in the product's configuration to enhance the speed and efficiency of the process. While the KBs and documentation were well-written, technical aspects related to speed adjustment parameters were unclear."
"There are two major improvements. First, the UI seems outdated. Second, the tool should support cloud backups. I suggest using Windows Server 2016 or 2019."
"The customer service and support could be improved. When communicating via email, they sometimes take until late the same day to respond."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The tool's pricing was reasonable. I don't remember the amount per mailbox, but the cost seemed fair, considering we had around 300 mailboxes to migrate and needed to do it in a rush over a weekend. We didn't have many choices for people to operate the migration."
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Carbonite?
The reverse failover process takes a long time, especially with physical servers, often requiring 48 hours without any surprises. For more granular restores, Carbonite is not the right product, as ...
What is your primary use case for Carbonite?
I utilize Carbonite within my organization for high availability purposes, especially for critical servers where downtime is not acceptable. When a primary server fails, Carbonite permits a quick f...
What advice do you have for others considering Carbonite?
If customers say, 'I want the server to be running 27/7/365 without any fail,' then we say this is your high availability option, not the backup. I am clear on that. If you are looking for backup, ...
What do you like most about CodeTwo Backup for Office 365?
The tool's porting of targeted sources in CSV was a nice feature. The integration and connection between the tenants were smooth. We could access a template CSV as well.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CodeTwo Backup for Office 365?
The license for signatures is expensive compared to my previous experience with other companies. We compared CodeTwo and Letsignit pricing plans for a project three years ago and found CodeTwo's pr...
What needs improvement with CodeTwo Backup for Office 365?
I can't provide an exact area for improvement because I left the company. However, I believe that enhancing the ability to modify user attributes directly needs improvement. Also, from my perspecti...
 

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