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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Carbonite by OpenText

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ACarbonite by OpenText (also replacing the former EVault products acquired from Seagate in 2016) is a cloud backup solution for small business. Designed to recover anything from a single file to an entire system with the click of a button, Carbonite users can protect virtually any type of file.N/A

    CodeTwo Backup

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACodeTwo’s backup solution for Microsoft 365 & Office 365 lets users create secure copies of Exchange Online mailboxes, SharePoint Online sites, and OneDrive for Business data. The granular recovery feature aims to help users quickly find and restore individual items at any time.N/A
    Pricing
    Carbonite by OpenTextCodeTwo Backup
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Carbonite by OpenTextCodeTwo Backup
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Carbonite by OpenTextCodeTwo Backup
    Considered Both Products
    OpenText
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    CodeTwo Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Carbonite by OpenTextCodeTwo Backup
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Carbonite by OpenText and CodeTwo Backup
    Feature
    Carbonite by OpenText
    8.7
    24 Ratings
    1% above category average
    CodeTwo Backup
    9.7
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Universal recovery10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery3.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification9.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations10.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.821 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.423 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.812 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.812 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Platform support8.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options6.014 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Encryption9.914 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Carbonite by OpenText and CodeTwo Backup
    Feature
    Carbonite by OpenText
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    1% below category average
    CodeTwo Backup
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics6.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    SaaS Backup
    Comparison of SaaS Backup features of Carbonite by OpenText and CodeTwo Backup
    Feature
    Carbonite by OpenText
    -
    Ratings
    CodeTwo Backup
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    SaaS Product Integration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Multiple Data Restoration Options00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Data Auditing and Search00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    Carbonite by OpenTextCodeTwo Backup
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    MSP360 Backup
    Score7 out of 10
    Spanning Backup
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Druva Security Cloud
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Carbonite by OpenTextCodeTwo Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (49 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Carbonite by OpenTextCodeTwo Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OpenText
    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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    CodeTwo Software
    CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 is the rare type of software that works for both SMB's and larger businesses. The built in backup and restore features of Office 365 are too rudimentary and PowerShell based to allow lower level IT people the ability to use them. CodeTwo opens the door to allowing day to day helpdesk employees the ability to assist customers with restore needs. As with anything Office 365, there is a limit on how well is works with the system and CodeTwo does not backup Archive mailboxes so if your organization is one that uses them extensively, you should go into the deal realizing that archive restores would still need to use the built in MS offerings
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    Pros
    OpenText
    • Simple administrative web interface - It's easy to provision users, look at data usage stats, disable users, and update policies to control what folders users are allowed to backup, and what options they can access
    • Easy client installation - Installing and updating clients was very simple. The client would notify the user when a new update was approved by the site admins, and they typically went very smoothly.
    • Good performance - Backups went fairly fast, and were generally invisible to the user, other than the icon updating on files to indicate whether the current version of a file was backed up or not.
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    CodeTwo Software
    • Backup all the information in Microsoft Exchange mail accounts on premise and also Microsoft 365.
    • Backup all the information in Microsoft Sharepoint / OneDrive accounts on premise and also Microsoft 365.
    • Restoring all the data in Microsoft Sharepoint / OneDrive accounts on premise and also Microsoft 365 without any complications.
    • Restoring all the data in Microsoft Exchange mail accounts on premise and also Microsoft 365 without any complications.
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    Cons
    OpenText
    • While overall file restoration is easy to do, obtaining earlier versions is not as user friendly as it could be. You need to enter a date and click search to bring up the latest versions as of the date entered. That’s fine, but what is missing is the ability to see all versions of an individual file. If I am looking for a past file version I want to be able to view the file history as a subset of that file (in other words I should be able to click a + sign and expand to see past versions of the file). Otherwise I am just guessing which dates the file was changed in the past. Sometimes that’s OK, but Mozy needs to build in this enhanced, but necessary feature.
    • A couple of years ago, for non enterprise users, Mozy made radical storage and pricing changes forcing myself and many users off their system, as the price for the same storage was going up significantly. So be careful when using Mozy as past experience has shown they are willing to make major changes regardless of the negative impact on their users.
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    CodeTwo Software
    • None offhand
    • This is really a solid product
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    Likelihood to Renew
    OpenText
    Carbonite Server Backup does not integrate or support any reporting; it is not good at it. We required monthly and quarterly reports for audit. If we fail in that we get fined or we have to pay a certain amount of money to customer. It does not support cloud instances and we are using N2WS for the cloud instances. This is an additional burden for customers.
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    CodeTwo Software
    Great product. Easy to use, does the job without extra overhead.
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    Usability
    OpenText
    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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    CodeTwo Software
    The software is very user-friendly, easy to install and configure and the user interface is very intuitive and easy to navigate throughout. We are am able to get restores of our Microsoft Data (on premise and cloud) easily without any hussle. With the help of the marvelous CodeTwo support team we've been able to overcome any obstacles we encountered.
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    Support Rating
    OpenText
    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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    CodeTwo Software
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    OpenText
    We had appliance and we just needed to setup the Director Console which was straight forward and easy.
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    CodeTwo Software
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    OpenText
    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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    CodeTwo Software
    Code two works well and is pretty easy to use. As long as you have the storage space for the backups it works great. If you lose that local storage however then you've lost those backups. Allowing for me to offload those backups to cloud storage (Azure, AWS) would make this a really good solution.
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    Return on Investment
    OpenText
    • We have a safety net that we didn't have before.
    • Key players are now backed up through an automated system that was easy to silently install.
    • The resources used impacted our exchange server negatively and slowed email until it was disabled.
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    CodeTwo Software
    • It allows us the ability to maintain some lower level IT employees and lower the load on level 3 support...lessening our overhead salaries.
    • The ease to use interfaces speeds up the ability to restore data which in turn gives our users a heads up on doing what they need to do without having to wait for fixes/restores.
    • The cost of a lost file(s) is almost immeasurable. Having this extra layer of protection is such a benefit, we often mention it to our customers as a benefit of working with us.
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    ScreenShots

    CodeTwo Backup Screenshots

    Screenshot of the GUI used to create, manage and monitor backup jobs.Screenshot of the interface to create separate jobs for data backup, recovery and archive tasks.Screenshot of backed-up data or search for items to preview or restore.Screenshot of where to control the size of backup storages by archiving the oldest data or applying a retention policy.