Carbonite Server vs. IBM Cloud Backup

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Carbonite Server
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Carbonite Server (also replacing the former EVault products acquired from Seagate in 2016) is a full backup and discovery solution. Designed to recover anything from a single file to an entire system with the click of a button, Carbonite Server users can protect virtually any type of file on both physical and virtual servers, NAS, SAN and external hard drives. The vendor’s value proposition is that their solution assures that users without an IT department and those that are the IT department…
$800.04
per year
IBM Cloud Backup
Score 9.0 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
Carbonite ServerIBM Cloud Backup
Editions & Modules
Power
$800.04
per year
Ultimate
1,300.08
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Carbonite ServerIBM Cloud Backup
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsTrial and paying customers have access to our valet install free of charge. Call and speak to a specialist who can remotely connect to your machine to ensure it's installed and configured correctly to protect your critical data.
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Features
Carbonite ServerIBM Cloud Backup
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Carbonite Server
8.6
21 Ratings
6% above category average
IBM Cloud Backup
9.0
4 Ratings
10% above category average
Universal recovery8.37 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Instant recovery8.28 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Recovery verification7.97 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Business application protection10.014 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations10.015 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Incremental backup identification10.019 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Backup to the cloud10.020 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression7.612 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Snapshots10.010 Ratings7.24 Ratings
Flexible deployment7.99 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Management dashboard7.59 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Platform support7.510 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Retention options7.711 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Encryption8.511 Ratings9.04 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 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
Carbonite ServerIBM Cloud Backup
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(35 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.8
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
5.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.4
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Carbonite ServerIBM Cloud Backup
Likelihood to Recommend
Carbonite, an OpenText company
More than enough for small companies with several on-prem servers. In 2021, it wouldn't be wise to pit all important data to a single backup service. Carbonite Server is solid, but it's not 100% reliable so I'd definitely recommend having multiple backup services either on the cloud in conjunction with other backup services so the user has multiple safety nets in case of disaster and failed granular restorations.
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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
Carbonite, an OpenText company
  • The end-user experience is as simple and robust as I have ever seen from a backup solution. The end-user dashboard, should you choose to allow them access, is intuitive and granular.
  • eVault has the best bandwidth management I have experienced. The endpoint target is available for all operating systems and is intelligent and efficient using very low overhead. It includes data de-dupe and encryption while using very little system resources. Combine these features with bandwidth throttling and you can backup a large amount of data over any size wire.
  • eVault's deployment options will fit any budget and size environment. You can deploy using your own hardware, even. They really focus on providing the right solution for each customer instead of making each customer fit into their pre-determined box.
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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
Carbonite, an OpenText company
  • The backup report really needs improvement. It is really pathetic, as it gives wrong information. It is not suitable for auditing.
  • The Exchange DAG backup should support instead of configuring each exchange server.
  • Cloud infrastructure supports a lot of AWS and Azure instances that are coming up.
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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
Carbonite, an OpenText company
We packaged carbonite server with the end user product that they provide but we have had issues where the end user site has been down for days at time and backups for both server and user are backing up but we do not the get notification that it was completed for several days. There appears to be latency issues with the mail delivery for completed backups. Additionally, I have used other backup products and find the Carbonite website interface very clunkly and difficult to navigate.
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IBM
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Usability
Carbonite, an OpenText company
Product needs a lot of improvements in some features like Cloud and Reporting.
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IBM
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Carbonite, an OpenText company
Some of the requests we could not get resolved on time. They took a long time to provide the reason for the issue we had raised.
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IBM
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Carbonite, an OpenText company
We had appliance and we just needed to setup the Director Console which was straight forward and easy.
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IBM
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Carbonite, an OpenText company
Netbak is a great product but we also had a secondary issue of having to backup several PC's on site and at remote locations. Carbonite helped with both and gave us one central admin console to be able to check the progress of all our backups, where netbak would have required us to setup a tunnel or use the internet to move data back to our main office.
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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
Carbonite, an OpenText company
  • While EVault can become expensive if you have a lot of data to store, but you have to keep in mind that it does not cost you anything more to restore your data in the event of an emergency. Some systems give you a great upfront cost, until you actually need to retrieve your data.
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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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