Azure Backup vs. Proton Drive

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Backup
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Azure Backup is a cloud backup service.
$5
Proton Drive
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Proton Drive is an end-to-end encrypted Swiss vault for your files that protects data. End-to-end encryption ensures that no one, not even Proton, can access files. Files, file names, and folder names and more, are all fully encrypted at rest and in transit to the secure cloud.
$3.99
per month 200 GB
Pricing
Azure BackupProton Drive
Editions & Modules
Storage in GB/Month
$0.0224 to $0.0569
per GB
Backup Instance <50GB
$5.00 + storage consumed
Backup Instance > 50 GB but < or = 500 GB
$10.00 + storage consumed
Backup Instance Instance is > 500 GB
$10 for each 500 GB increment + storage consumed
Drive Plus
$4.99
per month 200 GB total storage
Proton Unlimited
$12.99
per month 500 GB total storage (includes Proton Mail, Proton VPN, Proton Calendar, and Proton Pass)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure BackupProton Drive
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Azure BackupProton Drive
Features
Azure BackupProton Drive
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Azure Backup
8.7
13 Ratings
4% above category average
Proton Drive
-
Ratings
Versioning8.511 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files9.16 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
File search8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Azure Backup
9.0
13 Ratings
4% above category average
Proton Drive
-
Ratings
User and role management9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Azure Backup
8.0
13 Ratings
7% below category average
Proton Drive
-
Ratings
Performance8.513 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability8.513 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Azure BackupProton Drive
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure BackupProton Drive
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Azure Backup is suitable for companies of various sizes, with varying amounts of data. The cost of the investment should be thought out carefully so that there are no bad surprises with unnecessary files going to Azure Backup. The interface is friendly and easy to configure and it does not require your company to have a backup expert. It is highly recommended for companies with smaller number of servers and better if the servers are already running in an Azure environment.
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Proton
No answers on this topic
Pros
Microsoft
  • Azure Backup is fast! Coupled with the fact that Microsoft created Azure and Windows - these two operate phenomenally together!
  • Administering the backups inside of Azure is a breeze. The ability to mount, restore entire backups, or recover files, has been made very easy. You do not have to download any media to recover something, you do this all in the cloud and it gets mounted in Microsoft's systems. Making this process less than a quarter of the time you would have spent with your 'other' backup solutions.
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Proton
No answers on this topic
Cons
Microsoft
  • backup schedule calendar would be cool
  • Backup vaults should ask if you want to send notifications when you first set it up, there have been a couple of times when I noticed a month later that, backup job failures were not configured to send email notifications.
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Proton
No answers on this topic
Usability
Microsoft
Azure backup is easy to implement, accessible by using the web portal GUI, and has the ability to restore at the file level or the complete VM. We have experienced zero issues with the backup process or performing file-level restorations. We have not restored an entire VM to date.
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Proton
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Microsoft
One of the differentials of the solution is the high level of guarantee and support of the Azure Backup solution. Microsoft is a reference in a technology company with a highly trained support team and helps us with any questions or technical problems with the tool. Service is fast and efficient with trained engineers.
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Proton
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Azure Backup works on Azure, the most famous of the cloud systems that the whole world has switched to, which is now a very large part of the Microsoft ecosystem that we have been used to using for years. Therefore, it is less tiring to use the additional service of an infrastructure that we already use, even if it is a part of it, which can be easily integrated with existing systems, which is one of the most important issues we IT professionals pay attention to. For this reason, we wanted to swim in familiar waters instead of another brand.
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Proton
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • It allowed us to have our VMs protected very quickly and with simple implementation.
  • It saved us from taking backups from Azure workloads from the on-prem environment, or even deploying a Backup environment on the cloud.
  • It has a low/'controlled' cost as you "pay-as-you-go."
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Proton
No answers on this topic
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