Barracuda Backup vs. Nasuni

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Barracuda Backup
Score 7.9 out of 10
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Designed to be simple to configure and manage, the scalable Barracuda Backup solution is offered via a capacity-based, all-inclusive subscription model allows you to pay for only what you need to protect today, avoiding large upfront hardware costs.N/A
Nasuni
Score 10.0 out of 10
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The Nasuni File Data Platform is a cloud-native suite of services offering user productivity, business continuity, data intelligence, cloud choice, and simplified global infrastructure. The platform and its add-on services replace traditional file infrastructure, including network attached storage (NAS), back-up, and DR, with a cloud-scale solution. By consolidating file data in easily expandable cloud object storage from Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Nasuni aims to become a cloud-native…N/A
Pricing
Barracuda BackupNasuni
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Barracuda BackupNasuni
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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Community Pulse
Barracuda BackupNasuni
Features
Barracuda BackupNasuni
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda Backup
8.9
37 Ratings
5% above category average
Nasuni
-
Ratings
Universal recovery8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant recovery8.532 Ratings00 Ratings
Recovery verification9.632 Ratings00 Ratings
Business application protection8.025 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations8.334 Ratings00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification8.935 Ratings00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.136 Ratings00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression10.037 Ratings00 Ratings
Snapshots9.128 Ratings00 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.521 Ratings00 Ratings
Management dashboard8.423 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform support8.823 Ratings00 Ratings
Retention options9.223 Ratings00 Ratings
Encryption9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda Backup
-
Ratings
Nasuni
9.4
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Versioning00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
File search00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda Backup
-
Ratings
Nasuni
8.3
2 Ratings
4% below category average
User and role management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
File organization00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Device management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda Backup
-
Ratings
Nasuni
9.3
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Performance00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Reliability00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Storage Reports00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
Barracuda BackupNasuni
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(37 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(6 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 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)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Barracuda BackupNasuni
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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Nasuni
Well suited if you have a lot of data that doesn't need to be stored and read right away. I think even if you don't have much data, you can still use it for it's intended purpose to great effect, but think of it as the more data you have, the even better it will work. I don't think it would be particularly useful if you already have a slick file restore system in place and you don't need to store your data elsewhere with redundancy.
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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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Nasuni
  • The management console is extremely simple and easy to navigate, making common tasks easy to do.
  • Our storage appliance is configured to snapshot data several times an hour, making the risk of data loss very low.
  • Data restores are very intuitive, and take seconds to initiate regardless of whether it is one file or 300GB of data. We have successfully restored many Gigs of data in minutes.
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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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Nasuni
  • Better analytics when issues arise.
  • Better onboarding documentation.
  • Real-time monitoring.
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Likelihood to Renew
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Love the units
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Nasuni
No answers on this topic
Usability
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Dashboards and interfaces within Barracuda Backup are very easy to navigate, with clear success/warnings shown. Setting up backup jobs is probably one of the most simplest tasks - compared to competitors we trialed. Trouble shooting backup issues is also simple due to clear errors (VSS errors shown in a understandable format for example)
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Nasuni
As I mentioned, the user interface is amazing and straight forward. It's very easy to learn how to configure and restore files. I would like a bit more reporting, especially in terms of live reporting and monitoring. The support is great when you have a question on how to do something, which helps with usability.
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Performance
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
No answers on this topic
Nasuni
Again, it may have a little to do with the size and speed of your own environment, but we've been nothing but pleased with the speed of access of the files - even pulling old files from the cloud storage. Recovery of huge and many data files is a bit slow if you don't have the specs of the filer up to snuff.
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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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Nasuni
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Work on a backup agent for Mac OS X or any Apple OS.
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Nasuni
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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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Nasuni
The technical support and escalation path for Nasuni is much more reliable and efficient. No getting transferred to various teams. Often times, the person who answers your call is able to resolve your issue. If they cannot, they get the case assigned to the appropriate engineer right away. Time to close has always been very good.
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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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Nasuni
  • Dramatically reduced time spent managing our storage platform. Quotas and reporting tools take all the guesswork out of data growth. Updates are easy to deploy. Time freed up can be used for more user-facing activities that we consider more valuable to the organization.
  • The overall stability of the platform has been very good. We have been running on the same hardware for the past four years without any performance issues.
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