Barracuda Backup vs. PowerProtect DD Series

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Barracuda Backup
Score 7.8 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
PowerProtect DD Series
Score 9.0 out of 10
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PowerProtect DD (a next-generation appliance replacing Dell EMC Data Domain) is a suite of hardware appliances used for data protection, backup, storage and deduplication. PowerProtect appliance offerings are cloud-enabled and vary by organization size, capable of supporting small business and enterprises. PowerProtect appliances are separated into two categories: entry-level to midrange, and enterprise. Entry-Level to Midrange Backup Appliances PowerProtect…N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Barracuda BackupPowerProtect DD Series
Considered Both Products
Barracuda Backup
Chose Barracuda Backup
Barracuda was a much more cost effective solution than the others we evaluated. Its interface was light years ahead of Avamar, and its cost was much lower than Unitrends. Avamar had it beat in backup time, and Unitrends was a more mature product. In the end, Barracuda won out …
PowerProtect DD Series

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Features
Barracuda BackupPowerProtect DD Series
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda Backup
8.8
37 Ratings
4% above category average
PowerProtect DD Series
9.4
10 Ratings
11% above category average
Universal recovery8.030 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Instant recovery8.532 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Recovery verification9.732 Ratings9.58 Ratings
Business application protection8.025 Ratings9.510 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations8.134 Ratings9.510 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.035 Ratings9.59 Ratings
Backup to the cloud8.836 Ratings9.56 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression10.037 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Snapshots9.028 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.421 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Management dashboard8.323 Ratings9.58 Ratings
Platform support8.723 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Retention options9.323 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Encryption9.019 Ratings9.57 Ratings
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Barracuda BackupPowerProtect DD Series
Small Businesses
Cove Data Protection
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Score 9.7 out of 10
Cove Data Protection
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Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.6 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.6 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Barracuda BackupPowerProtect DD Series
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(37 ratings)
9.0
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.4
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(7 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.0
(1 ratings)
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(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 BackupPowerProtect DD Series
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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Dell Technologies
We have huge data coming in from different sources and also from multiple organizations in our Data centres. This data had multiple copies of the same data and was huge in size therefore, we wanted to have a solution in place which can help us with a good amount of deduplication at the deepest possible level to make sure that our ecosystem does not have multiple copies of the same data and is also efficient at the same time. Having said this, we wanted this solution to be secure and reliable since it had to be exposed to a huge critical set of data in the market. To add, backup and restoration was something that we were also keen on evaluating so that once we have efficient data within our system, the time it takes to backup and restoration also reduces. And all this was justified by this solution when we signed up with them. From the pricing perspective and the implementation side, the solution needs improvement to make it more efficient and user-friendly.
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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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Dell Technologies
  • It writes backups quickly. DDBoost add-on is very useful as well for improving backup speeds.
  • DD is very efficient in its use of capacity. It dedupes and compresses very well.
  • It spans to large capacity amounts.
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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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Dell Technologies
  • It can be expensive to implement, especially when used in conjunction with other applications/hardware such as Avamar.
  • The TCO can be high, especially when it needs its storage expanded.
  • Recovery speeds can be slow (compared to other solutions) for when recovery is time sensitive.
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Likelihood to Renew
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Love the units
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Dell Technologies
DD has performed flawlessly for almost 10 years as our backup/recovery storage with offsite replication. Given its track record and great support from EMC, we're unlikely to look elsewhere any time soon.
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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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Dell Technologies
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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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Dell Technologies
Customer support has had some ups and downs here. We've had several issues with EMC support before and during the acquisition by Dell, but in the last 18 months support has been top notch. Quick and knowledgeable help is but a chat away, or they will call you back so you don't have to wait on hold. The team supporting us is responsive and is quick to assist with any request or issue.
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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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Dell Technologies
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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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Dell Technologies
We selected Data Domain due to its integration with our backup software. The Data Domain works well for what we need it to do.
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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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Dell Technologies
  • We were able to immediately discontinue our remote tape storage and TBU maintenance.
  • Reduced backup footprint in the data center.
  • It is costly to expand so buy it with a purpose.
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