Amazon Drive vs Carbonite Endpoint | TrustRadius

What users are saying about

Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 151 reviews and ratings

Score 8.6 out of 10

Based on 57 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Amazon Drive

Carbonite Endpoint

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

File search

Device sync

Amazon Drive

Carbonite Endpoint

User and role management

File organization

Device management

Amazon Drive

Carbonite Endpoint

Performance

Reliability

Storage Reports

Pros

Amazon Drive automatically detects photos and videos in specific folders (that you choose). It will add them to Drive without any action from me.
There is a desktop app where you can access all of your files (in addition to web-based access).

Read full review

Owner

Sound Wave EventsEvents Services, 11-50 employees

View all 23 answers on this topic

It is excellent at automating your backups. You don't need to manually do it, just set it up once and let it run in the background.
It's pretty simple to set up and use. It will automatically suggest the best options that work for most people and you can be up and running pretty quickly.
It's safe and reliable. We have been using it for a couple of years now and had no major issues.
Their phone support is excellent.
It's also really easy to maintain your backed up data to reduce redundancy.

Read full review

Proprietor

GNV EnterprisesRetail, 51-200 employees

View all 23 answers on this topic

Cons

Less storage than Google Drive, Google offers 15GB of free space - vs. Amazon's 5GB.
Also, unlike with Google Drive, you can't back up your work with Amazon Drive ( I also use Google Drive, since I have a Gmail account).
A lot more expensive than Google Drive, which is 1.99/month...but they are more in line with Dropbox pricing.

Read full review

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Packaging and Containers Company, 51-200 employees

View all 23 answers on this topic

To be honest not so impressed with the amount of time it has taken to get data backed up to the cloud.
I have not had to do a restore at this time so I cannot comment on the restore process.
I was not aware at time of procurement that the upload process would take so long since we were not procuring their hardware. Sales rep mad it seem like upload would only take a day or two and we are now starting week 7 hoping to be done by week 8 for 1.5 TBs of data.

Read full review

Systems Administrator

County of CulpeperComputer Networking, 201-500 employees

View all 23 answers on this topic

Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Carbonite Endpoint 1.0

Based on 1 answer

I found their alerting to be very poor. I missed several days of backups without knowledge of this, until I signed into the portal. I would get daily emails reporting backups were in progress or done, but nothing indicating that a backup had been stuck or paused for 3 days. For this reason alone, I did not renew.

Read full review

IT Manager

VistaFood Exchange IncWholesale, 51-200 employees

View all 1 answers on this topic

Usability

Amazon Drive 6.0

Based on 3 answers

The system is very easy to use and it's use of apps for almost all devices and hardware makes it even easier to manage and store photos and documents. I highly recommend this as an easy to use solution for novices!

Read full review

Senior Web Developer

Web Juice LtdInternet, 1-10 employees

View all 3 answers on this topic

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Performance

Amazon Drive 6.0

Based on 1 answer

It is safe but has little added value.

Read full review

VICEPRESIDENT

EYEMAR EXPRESSAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees

View all 1 answers on this topic

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Support Rating

Amazon Drive 9.7

Based on 6 answers

Overall great software to use for file share, storage, and collaboration. Its security is great and the user management is spot on. The only thing that makes me dock it a point is that the device management as a subset of user management is kind of clunky. It hasn't been an issue yet, but it could compromise security in the future. Overall, would recommend

Read full review

Ecommerce & Consumer Products Manager

Midwest Tungsten ServiceMining & Metals, 11-50 employees

View all 6 answers on this topic

Carbonite Endpoint 9.5

Based on 14 answers

Does what it needs to do quietly and efficiently in the background without interrupting the workflow. It offers instant automated back-ups without troubling the end user. As it is such an automated system, once it is up and running, there is little or no support needed from the service provider. From what I understand the support from Carbonite during the setup and implementation was absolutely fine.

Read full review

Director Non-Clinical Development

Auregen BioTherapeuticsBiotechnology, 11-50 employees

View all 14 answers on this topic

Alternatives Considered

Amazon Drive Cloud has the advantage of being backed by one of the companies that has had the highest growth in recent years: Amazon. That gives us security and has been the main reason for us to trust this product. We believe that the security systems of this company are good enough to be quiet while our files are stored on their servers

Read full review

Director de Marketing en Festejos Car-Yan. C.A.

Festejos Car-Yan. C.AEvents Services, 11-50 employees

View all 23 answers on this topic

We have also used Mozy Pro and Dropbox. They are all pretty similar in functionality/features of backing up data (not system state or databases as I don't think any of the 3 are well suited for that). To me, it comes down to personal preference and choosing a product that is universal for multiple users, for ease of management.

Read full review

Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Legal Services Company, 11-50 employees

View all 23 answers on this topic

Return on Investment

It slowed us down at first since we went from purely agile to document based then agile.
It is easy to use so even non-developers can access code snippets which they wouldn't know how to access on github.
It has a lot of features we don't have a use for in our business.

Read full review

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Environmental Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

View all 23 answers on this topic

Data backup is critical to us. Carbonite ensures that we don't lose anything important.
It is also good protection against accidental deletions or if someone makes mistakes.
Cloud back up also means we don't have to worry about maintaining back up equipment or redundancy in storage.

Read full review

Verified User

Account Manager in Sales

Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees

View all 23 answers on this topic

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Amazon Drive Editions & Modules

Edition

100 GB	1.99¹
1 TB	6.99¹
2 TB	11.99¹
3 TB	179.97²
4 TB	239.96²
5 TB	299.95²
6 TB	359.94²
7 TB	419.93²
8 TB	479.92²
9 TB	539.91²
10 TB	599.90²
20 TB	1,199.80²
30 TB	1,799.70²

per month
per year

Additional Pricing Details

—

General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Carbonite Endpoint Editions & Modules

Edition

Basic Computer Backup	$24¹
Advanced Endpoint Protection	$34¹
Basic Server Backup	$50¹
Advanced Server Protection	$147¹
Basic Backup	$55¹
Advanced Protection	$199¹

per month

Additional Pricing Details

—

Rating Summary

Amazon Drive

Carbonite Endpoint

Amazon Drive

Carbonite Endpoint

Amazon Drive

Carbonite Endpoint

Amazon Drive

Carbonite Endpoint

Amazon Drive

Carbonite Endpoint

Add comparison