Carbonite Server vs. Veeam on IBM Cloud

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
Veeam on IBM Cloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Veeam on IBM Cloud promises to provide continuous availability to enterprise clients through its combined and automated backup and recovery solution. Veeam is deployed in the user's IBM Cloud environment for: · Agentless image-based backups · Recovery of entire VMs, individual files, and application items · Item-level recovery and eDiscovery for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and Active Directory · Transaction-level restore of…
$11
per VM
Pricing
Carbonite ServerVeeam on IBM Cloud
Editions & Modules
Power
$800.04
per year
Ultimate
1,300.08
per year
Veeam Backup and Recovery
$11.00
per VM
Veeam Availability Suite
$15.00
per VM
Veeam Physical Agent
$18.00
per VM
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Carbonite ServerVeeam on IBM Cloud
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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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Carbonite ServerVeeam on IBM Cloud
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Features
Carbonite ServerVeeam on IBM Cloud
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
Veeam on IBM Cloud
8.9
13 Ratings
9% above category average
Universal recovery8.37 Ratings8.713 Ratings
Instant recovery8.28 Ratings8.813 Ratings
Recovery verification7.97 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Business application protection10.014 Ratings8.913 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations10.015 Ratings8.913 Ratings
Incremental backup identification10.019 Ratings9.113 Ratings
Backup to the cloud10.020 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression7.612 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Snapshots10.010 Ratings8.713 Ratings
Flexible deployment7.99 Ratings8.613 Ratings
Management dashboard7.59 Ratings8.712 Ratings
Platform support7.510 Ratings8.513 Ratings
Retention options7.711 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Encryption8.511 Ratings8.913 Ratings
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User Ratings
Carbonite ServerVeeam on IBM Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(35 ratings)
8.6
(13 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.8
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
5.5
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.5
(1 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.4
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Carbonite ServerVeeam on IBM Cloud
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 Veeam on IBM Cloud functions [is] easy to set on the first time to use the platform and the effective capability on predictive disaster, easy to backup the most important data through the Veeam on IBM Cloud functionalities. The features [have] multiple different responsibilities like copy data management, effective data restore functions among many more.
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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 program installation is straight forward and uncomplicated.
  • Once running it does not put a drain on system resources. After the initial backup subsequent backups are quick.
  • It does what it is deigned to do and they have kept it simple for a reason.
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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 reporting could use some work. If you have a client who has some serious audit controls in place, you may find yourself creating the report versus depending on the system do that piece for you.
  • My complaint would be with the notification emails. They are not configurable and come out regardless of whether a backup set completed or is still running.
  • The scheduling is a little clunky. It would be much nicer if the backup could be "continuous" anytime it's connected to the Internet (similar to Carbonite).
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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
No answers on this topic
Usability
Carbonite, an OpenText company
Product needs a lot of improvements in some features like Cloud and Reporting.
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IBM
Veeam is very easy to use once fully on-boarded and trained. Part of the reason we can respond to a critical situation swiftly is that it is so easy to use. We did take 2 years to be fully comfortable with the product as we tested it with others, but once we committed to Veeam, there was no question about it.
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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
At the moment I cannot say anything bad about the overall provided services. It's holding me back to put the mark even higher as other cloud solutions have their advantages as well, so I can't rate this one higher than competitor ones. However the experience is really positive to the moment and it has delivered always.
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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
Veeam BLOWS AWAY Veritas in terms of reliability, recoverability, and Especially PRICE! Veritas is literally thousands of dollar more than comparable Veeam Software. Veritas's support is virtually non-existent. I believe the only reason Veritas is even still in business is because of their reputation as the ONLY backup software a decade or more ago. If you use Veritas, I HIGHLY recommend throwing it away and trying out Veeam - You will NOT go back to Veritas!
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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
  • We solved a problem where we needed a backup for some remote clients and paying the cost for local backup was not feasible.
  • allows us to put a solid backup and recovery solution in a client with very little monthly cost.
  • Business backup and recovery, disaster recovery, hybrid data protection (onsite and cloud), server and workstation backup.
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