Barracuda Backup vs. IBM Cloud Backup

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Barracuda Backup
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Barracuda Backup is a data recovery, restoration, and deduplication product from Barracuda Networks. It features data center backup support for email protection, network & application security, and general data protection.N/A
IBM Cloud Backup
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
IBM Cloud Backup is a full-featured, automated, agent-based backup and recovery system managed through the Cloud Backup WebCC browser utility.N/A
Pricing
Barracuda BackupIBM Cloud Backup
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Barracuda BackupIBM Cloud Backup
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Barracuda BackupIBM Cloud Backup
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda Backup
7.9
35 Ratings
7% below category average
IBM Cloud Backup
8.9
4 Ratings
5% above category average
Universal recovery8.028 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Instant recovery1.530 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Recovery verification10.030 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Business application protection8.724 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations6.032 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Incremental backup identification10.033 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Backup to the cloud6.034 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression10.035 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Snapshots8.026 Ratings7.24 Ratings
Flexible deployment8.019 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Management dashboard8.021 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Platform support8.021 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Retention options10.021 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Encryption9.017 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Barracuda BackupIBM Cloud Backup
Small Businesses
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.5 out of 10
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.7 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.7 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Barracuda BackupIBM Cloud Backup
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(35 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Barracuda BackupIBM Cloud Backup
Likelihood to Recommend
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
If you are a small business with a few machines and your backups aren't of servers that are public facing. If you had to restore a server from backup, it would take a day at least. So, if the server being restored was public facing, that may impact customer relations.
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IBM
The outstanding storage capacity, organized security measures, and appropriate business features of IBM Cloud Backup make it something I'd recommend at any time of day or night. Furthermore, the software is online and hence easily accessible from a distance. The application's stability and strength are further assurances that all authorized business users are in safe hands.
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Pros
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Set and Forget. I rarely have to touch the Backup Servers. Once you specify your criteria, you really don't need to change it unless you have a physical change.
  • Alerts. When there are issues such as files failing to backup or a directory no longer present, you get an email giving you all the information you need. In addition you will typically get contacted by support about it.
  • Recovery is very simple. The restore browser is very good and it's just easy to find and restore data when you need it.
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IBM
  • The software is very secure.
  • It is scalable which is a plus for business.
  • Restoring data is easy and fast.
  • Recovery process is easy.
  • I would say that IBM Cloud Backup is user friendly.
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Cons
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • The pricing solution has gone from allowing on-premise ownership to forced cloud extortion. Basically, if you buy now you will be ok, but those of us who "owned" our solution previously are now forced to subscribe to the cloud model or be stuck with a brick.
  • Speed of recovery could be improved.
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IBM
  • The set prices for the product is a problem.
  • Secondly, IBM Cloud Backup customer help should be more speedy.
  • IBM Cloud Backup is so automated, and in case of a power failure, accessing some of this data can be challenging.
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Likelihood to Renew
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Love the units
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IBM
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Usability
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
The front-end webpages are basic without to much clutter which makes finding what you are trying to do fairly easy.
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IBM
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
They are always quick to get you routed to a tech support person and always get follow up after contacting them. Last experience was amazing, she adjusted my boxes and they perform even better. I cannot say enough about the support. We had some trouble with one of the windows servers leaving the volume shadow copy out there and would fail. They worked with us to adjust and get working. After that it has been months since I have had to do anything with the server to keep the backups running.
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IBM
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Implementation Rating
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Work on a backup agent for Mac OS X or any Apple OS.
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IBM
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Alternatives Considered
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Each backup solution has its pros and cons, and each customer has their needs, and budget constraints. Barracuda Backup has helped us dramatically in the area of being able to provide customers a cost-effective solution, that's easy to manage and is one of those things you're not having to check on daily, or switch out backup tapes, or hard drives.
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IBM
Pricing and how easy it is to use. We use other IBM products in our office and it is nice to have everything on one network. The experience for users and managers is better, even new employees who can learn quickly. It also makes it more affordable for us.
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Return on Investment
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Countless positive impacts from being able to restore lost or deleted files - or even restoring an entire server.
  • Being able to restore files for users and allowing them to recover lost work or preventing them from having to redo files at any level is priceless. You can't accurately measure lost time of employees having to recreate files. Especially things like 3D drawings and multi-sheet spreadsheet.
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IBM
  • The fact that it can be scaled up is beneficial to company.
  • The program being on the cloud also makes it more accessible online.
  • The program has a high level of protection.
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