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    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

    OpenText Core Endpoint Backup

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AOpenText Core Endpoint Backup, formerly Carbonite Endpoint, provides an enterprise-grade backup solution for all endpoints, including mobile devices or devices spread across a distributed enterprise network.

    $24

    per month

    Pricing
    Carbonite by OpenTextOpenText Core Endpoint Backup
    Editions & Modules
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    Basic Computer Backup
    $24
    per month
    Advanced Endpoint Protection
    $34
    per month
    Basic Server Backup
    $50
    per month
    Basic Backup
    $55
    per month
    Advanced Server Protection
    $147
    per month
    Advanced Protection
    $199
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Carbonite by OpenTextOpenText Core Endpoint Backup
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    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 OpenTextOpenText Core Endpoint Backup
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    OpenText
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    OpenText
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Carbonite by OpenTextOpenText Core Endpoint Backup
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Carbonite by OpenText and OpenText Core Endpoint Backup
    Feature
    Carbonite by OpenText
    8.7
    24 Ratings
    1% above category average
    OpenText Core Endpoint Backup
    5.6
    1 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Universal recovery10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery3.311 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Recovery verification9.89 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Business application protection9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations10.016 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.821 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.423 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.013 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Snapshots10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.812 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.812 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Platform support8.813 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Retention options6.014 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Encryption9.914 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Carbonite by OpenText and OpenText Core Endpoint Backup
    Feature
    Carbonite by OpenText
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    1% below category average
    OpenText Core Endpoint Backup
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Continuous data protection8.33 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Replication8.32 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics6.93 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Malware protection9.01 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities8.22 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery10.02 Ratings4.01 Ratings
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    Carbonite by OpenTextOpenText Core Endpoint Backup
    Small Businesses
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    MSP360 Backup
    Score7 out of 10
    Carbonite by OpenText
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Druva Security Cloud
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Druva Security Cloud
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Carbonite by OpenTextOpenText Core Endpoint Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (49 ratings)
    7.0
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (8 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    9.7
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Carbonite by OpenTextOpenText Core Endpoint 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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    OpenText
    Carbonite Endpoint 360 is a great solution for any organization with compliance needs. Office 365 defaults to a 30 day backup of all data. Carbonite Endpoint 360 extends this well beyond 30 days and provides an all-inclusive source for retention for data in Office 365. Any small to medium business would greatly benefit from this solution as they can design their entire infrastructure in Office 365 and ensure it's all backed up.
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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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    OpenText
    • It is excellent at automating your backups. You don't need to manually do it, just set it up once and let it run in the background.
    • It's pretty simple to set up and use. It will automatically suggest the best options that work for most people and you can be up and running pretty quickly.
    • It's safe and reliable. We have been using it for a couple of years now and had no major issues.
    • Their phone support is excellent.
    • It's also really easy to maintain your backed up data to reduce redundancy.
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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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    OpenText
    • To be honest not so impressed with the amount of time it has taken to get data backed up to the cloud.
    • I have not had to do a restore at this time so I cannot comment on the restore process.
    • I was not aware at time of procurement that the upload process would take so long since we were not procuring their hardware. Sales rep mad it seem like upload would only take a day or two and we are now starting week 7 hoping to be done by week 8 for 1.5 TBs of data.
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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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    OpenText
    I found their alerting to be very poor. I missed several days of backups without knowledge of this, until I signed into the portal. I would get daily emails reporting backups were in progress or done, but nothing indicating that a backup had been stuck or paused for 3 days. For this reason alone, I did not renew.
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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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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    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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    OpenText
    Does what it needs to do quietly and efficiently in the background without interrupting the workflow. It offers instant automated back-ups without troubling the end user. As it is such an automated system, once it is up and running, there is little or no support needed from the service provider. From what I understand the support from Carbonite during the setup and implementation was absolutely fine.
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    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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    OpenText
    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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    OpenText
    We have also used Mozy Pro and Dropbox. They are all pretty similar in functionality/features of backing up data (not system state or databases as I don't think any of the 3 are well suited for that). To me, it comes down to personal preference and choosing a product that is universal for multiple users, for ease of management.
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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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    OpenText
    • Carbonite Endpoint has demonstrated value in its ability to easily restore seemingly lost files for remote users.
    • While we haven't yet had to exercise it, knowing we have the option of remotely wiping endpoints containing sensitive data has brought confidence to our management team that we can mitigate data breaches through preventable means.
    • The privacy issue around device tracking is costing the company in terms of employee trust and morale and needs to be mitigated with appropriate messaging and/or disabling of this feature.
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