Carbonite Safe vs. Cove Data Protection

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Carbonite Safe
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Carbonite Safe is a personal cloud backup solution offered on pricing tiers to backup a single computer to multiple computers, to an insfrastructure consisting of endpoints and servers. Users of the former Mozy product (an online data backup service which allows users to back up their hard drive and, in the event of a computer catastrophe, perform a full restore of all files) are migrated to Carbonite Safe. Mozy was acquired by Carbonite from Dell in March 2018.
$83.99
per year
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
Cove Data Protection (formerly N-Able Backup) is designed to cover servers, datacenters, applications, and workstations, and is provided to ensure business continuity and at-a-glance assessment and fast issue resolution via customizable dashboard.N/A
Pricing
Carbonite SafeCove Data Protection
Editions & Modules
Basic
$83.99
per year
Plus
$119.99
per year
Prime
$149.99
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Carbonite SafeCove Data Protection
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsCove offers one flat rate per server or workstation and one flat per-user price for Microsoft 365, with cloud storage included. Each license carries a defined amount of included storage that is pooled across an MSPs customers, so smaller devices that use less can offset larger ones.
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Carbonite SafeCove Data Protection
Features
Carbonite SafeCove Data Protection
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Carbonite Safe
8.9
3 Ratings
3% above category average
Cove Data Protection
9.4
19 Ratings
10% above category average
Universal recovery10.02 Ratings8.616 Ratings
Instant recovery3.93 Ratings9.515 Ratings
Recovery verification9.62 Ratings9.517 Ratings
Business application protection9.01 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations10.01 Ratings8.517 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.62 Ratings9.517 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.63 Ratings10.018 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.01 Ratings9.918 Ratings
Snapshots10.01 Ratings10.012 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.03 Ratings9.017 Ratings
Management dashboard9.03 Ratings9.419 Ratings
Platform support9.03 Ratings8.818 Ratings
Retention options7.03 Ratings9.919 Ratings
Encryption9.83 Ratings9.718 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Carbonite Safe
8.7
3 Ratings
2% above category average
Cove Data Protection
-
Ratings
Continuous data protection8.83 Ratings00 Ratings
Replication8.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware protection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 9.0 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
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Carbonite SafeCove Data Protection
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(14 ratings)
9.9
(19 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.9
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(2 ratings)
9.7
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.8
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Carbonite SafeCove Data Protection
Likelihood to Recommend
Carbonite, an OpenText company
Mozy Pro is a great fit, especially for small businesses that don't want to pursue a very large number of licenses, and don't have many TB of data to backup. The price per user is reasonable, and well within the budget of smaller businesses needing workstation backup solutions. For larger enterprises, there are other products that provide a lot more storage and better performance. We found Code42's product to be better for larger data backup needs.
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N-able
Solarwinds Backup is ideal for individuals looking to keep a consistent backup of devices in their environment. We used it primarily for networking equipment. It is easy to set up, as it is one of the steps available when adding a new device to solarwinds. It is probably not an ideal product to use for long-term (1 month+) backups.
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Pros
Carbonite, an OpenText company
  • Performance Settings: Mozy can be configured to run very smoothly in the background with minimal performance degradation. It provides network bandwidth throttling, backup speed, and backing up only when idle option. From my own experience I usually do not notice any performance degradation when Mozy is running. Of course a good network or Internet connection is vital.
  • Restore: file restoration is simple and intuitive. The user can restore logical backup sets (e.g. all photos) or file based (select the folder or file you want restored). Files and folders can be restored with the latest version or earlier version. Rename and overwrite options provide further flexibility.
  • Sync: with Mozy you can sync file across multiple devices including mobile. Access to your corporate files via smart phone is a secure manner is very useful.
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N-able
  • Backup Reporting: Email alerts, and a great, easy to read Dashboard with detailed error logs and an easy to search Solarwinds FAQ for a lot of them.
  • Restores: So far I have restored files, full VMs, and VMs to other hardware, and so far it has not only been flawless, but so flexible that I can't imagine going back to any other software.
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Cons
Carbonite, an OpenText company
  • I would like to see backups for programs that I have installed on my machine. For instance I use Adobe CS6 and MS Office among other things. Instead of having to reinstall all these programs on my new machine, I would love for Mozy to be able to save the programs somehow and I can restore them as they were on the old machine with the same almost one-click process that I use to restore files. Basically like Time Machine, but for Windows.
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N-able
  • Restore complete settings: IP settings, the setting of CPU/Memory for VMs, etc. would decrease management during a restore.
  • Individual file backup: more granular settings for backup.
  • Change of device name after setup: at times, computer names change after restore so it would be great to rename the device name.
  • Option to recovery security key.
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Likelihood to Renew
Carbonite, an OpenText company
For the clients we have using this service, we fully plan to renew the subscription. However, that may change as our client's business grows and they have a need to add visualization and other server types to their environment
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N-able
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Usability
Carbonite, an OpenText company
Out of all the vendor we deal with they are one of the best when it comes to customers service. Reliable,you can reach them by telephone easily, Great overall can not say anything to the contrary. Usibility is excellent. I recommend them highly whether you need a simple backup ofr more complex for servers etc.
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N-able
Cove Data Protection is very usable as it's easy to tell that it is made to not only do backup very well, but it's also easy to deploy. The agent-based deployment allows for flexible deployment options while ensuring a minimal amount of manual work is needed on the dashboard end. Recovery is also very easy, especially as it relates to one-off file recovery
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Support Rating
Carbonite, an OpenText company
I usually find what I need to know by looking in the Carbonite knowledge base online. We haven't had any major problems, usually we just need clarification on a point or more details about a feature so we look it up. We haven't had to call in for help in quite awhile.
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N-able
We have an Italian support partner, they are been very good b7y the first moment.
All the partners are followed with a lot of attention, even the little ones.
there is a site where you can learn everything, the single parts of the product are described perfectly.
Every it specialist should evaluate it.
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Alternatives Considered
Carbonite, an OpenText company
Carbonite Safe is a great solution for startup entities. It ranks nicely with Acronis and Carbonite Server Backup. Carbonite Safe is very good for backing up workstations including home computers. This is a good solution for home office users. Acronis does image level backups better than Mozy / Carbonite Safe whereas Barracuda Backup is a much more expensive (but worthwhile) investment. Barracuda Backup includes a physical BDR appliance.
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N-able
Cove is able to cover all aspects of backup in a single package. From the same dashboard I can check servers, workstations, and even Office 365. Cove is a much better solution in terms of overall management for a company such as ours. It also provides integration options with N-Able's RMM and Take Control solutions. This allows us to offer our customers with a full service suite in a single package.
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Return on Investment
Carbonite, an OpenText company
  • Mozy is very affordable and pricing is very flexible and easy to add more space when needed. This allows us to only pay for what we need.
  • Having our critical files protected is the most important thing. The fact that it doesn't cost much for us to do that is just a bonus.
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N-able
  • There has been NO negative impact to out ROI, but it definitely helps our bottom line. Affordable pricing and solid support make Solarwinds Backup almost a no brainer. That interprets to a growing ROI.
  • The best thing to happen to our ROI is the growth brought in by very happy clients.
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