Carbonite Server vs IDERA SQL Safe Backup comparison

OpenText and IDERA are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. OpenText is ranked #44 with an average rating of 8.0, while IDERA is ranked #85. OpenText holds a 0.6% mindshare in BRS, compared to IDERA’s 0.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 33% of IDERA users who would recommend it.

Carbonite Server

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100% willing to recommend

IDERA SQL Safe Backup

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33% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

IDERA SQL Safe Backup and Carbonite Server compete in backup solutions. Carbonite Server has an edge due to its superior features, making it worth the price, while IDERA SQL Safe Backup excels in deployment and support.

Features: IDERA SQL Safe Backup users value its advanced backup compression, encryption, and centralized management. Carbonite Server users highlight continuous data protection, disaster recovery options, and ease of use.

Room for Improvement: IDERA SQL Safe Backup users suggest enhancing the reporting capabilities and automation features. Carbonite Server users note the need for better compatibility with older server environments and faster recovery times.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IDERA SQL Safe Backup is praised for its straightforward installation process and efficient customer support. Carbonite Server also receives positive feedback for easy setup but users report mixed experiences with customer service responsiveness.

Pricing and ROI: IDERA SQL Safe Backup is appreciated for its competitive pricing and good return on investment. Carbonite Server, while perceived as pricier, is deemed worth the cost due to its comprehensive features and reliability.

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Categories and Ranking

Carbonite Server

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

44th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (30th)

IDERA SQL Safe Backup

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

85th

Average Rating

5.0

Reviews Sentiment

4.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Event Monitoring (18th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Carbonite Server is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IDERA SQL Safe Backup is 0.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Dale Dirkes

President at DIAD Consulting, Inc.

A simple, efficient, reliable product

The efficiency and convenience are excellent. The pricing is very good. It shows you what has been updated via little green dots. The solution is very automatic. I don't have to worry about it. It was easy to set up. Technical support has been helpful in the past. The solution has been problem-free.

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SeniorDB3550

Senior DBA Lead at a government with 10,001+ employees

It has reduced our backup time, however backups do get skipped

I would like to see the pieces that they have put in the web only to be put into the thick client sitting on the desktop client. They moved a lot of the features to their web-based version of it. Because of the large number of databases that we have along with our backup, their web product can't handle it. So, we can't use it. So, we are missing out on a lot of the new features. The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection. Unless you can remember day-to-day that you may have something deselected or selected, your view may be different than you expect, and there is no visual indication of it.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It does not slow down your computer or use a lot of resources as it works."

"The solution is a free engine to help work with the container."

"It seems reliable and easy to use."

"The efficiency and convenience are excellent."

"Technical support handled all our issues quickly and effectively."

"I find the BMR/image and the recovery pieces are valuable."

"Easy verification of things is the most valuable feature."

"The solution is very stable."

More Carbonite Server pros

"It has reduced our backup time and simplified our backup processes across all the servers."

"The compression, because it drastically reduces the disk space."

Cons

"The stability has room for improvement."

"The only thing that I would like to see improved is related to marketing. Currently, it is very difficult to find the right paper and stuff for me. Their marketing department should provide better information because currently, it is very difficult to find information on the internet. It was bought over by OpenText, and you won't be able to find a lot of information about this solution on their site. They should also provide training facilities for commercial purposes. Some of my colleagues recently went for pilot training, and they were technical. If I want to get trained, the training has to be more commercial. Currently, there is no such training for users like me."

"It could be a little bit easier or faster to be able to access data files without having to download anything."

"They do not yet have USB recovery but they are adding it in coming releases."

"The Hyper-V backup has room for improvement."

"The support for object storage isn't quite there yet. Its public cloud support can be improved. I would love to see the public cloud support for object storage, and it would be great, but what I always hear from the folks at Carbonite is that in a lot of cases, it directly competes with their cloud offering. So, I don't know when or where that will go or if that will go anywhere, but we are hopeful to see something. The dashboard is a little outdated. If they gave it a facelift and put some better design around their dashboard, that would be tremendous. I generally care less about the visual aesthetics of an application as long as it does what it needed to do, which is true in the case of this solution. We also have the Microsoft 365 platform. Because they're two separate platforms, I have to log in to my Microsoft platform to manage it, and I have to log into my Carbonite server backup platform to manage it. Having these two coexist together in one management console is really what we're looking for, but we went for it knowing this. We also knew that there would be some integration coming down the road. So, we're again hoping to see some of that coming in 2021."

"In the next release I would like to see an improvement in the auto failover option."

"The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection."

"I would like to see the pieces that they have put in the web only to be put into the thick client sitting on the desktop client."

"Make sure you check your backups on a regular basis. Backups do get missed with this tool, for whatever reason."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is between $120 and $150 per year."

"Its price is reasonable."

"The solution is open source."

"We pay 9,000 dollars per year for our license."

"The product's pricing is a good value. They have a straightforward licensing model."

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Computer Software Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Carbonite Server?

I find the BMR/image and the recovery pieces are valuable.

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What needs improvement with Carbonite Server?

The ability to perform instant recovery would be a game changer. For a large user base, the creation of user accounts at this time is a little cumbersome, there isn't any Single-Sign-On (SSO) integ...

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What is your primary use case for Carbonite Server?

I work for a managed services provider, and we supply the solution for various sized customers.

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Also Known As

Carbonite Recover Backup

SQL Safe Backup

Overview

Carbonite Server securely replicates data to the local backup server while securing a second copy in the cloud. Granular restore and local failover options ensure rapid recovery and minimal data loss. With integrated hardware and cloud failover for critical systems, Carbonite Server provides reliable data protection.

OpenText

SQL Safe Backup helps database administrators to back up and recover instantly across SQL Servers. Unlike its competition, it provides virtual databases with access to back up files without consuming disk space, instant restore, centralized management across SQL Servers, and alert notifications for success and failure of operations.

IDERA

Sample Customers

INLINE Commercial Construction, Hamilton County

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