IBM Cloud Object Storage vs MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup)

Likelihood to Recommend

Scenarios where IBM Cloud Object Storage is well suited:

* Building enterprise-grade data solutions with large teams

* Where an all-in-one platform is needed to solve complex problems that require an ecosystem of tools to work together

* Where IBM services already exist in the business

* Projects where scalability, security and technology integration are key drivers

Scenarios where IBM Cloud Object Storage is not well suited:

* Small teams with small budgets may be better off using open source tools

* Solving niche industry problems that require niche solutions

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Ausrine S.

RPA Developer

InnoviorManagement Consulting, 11-50 employees

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For any Managed Service Provider (MSP) that offers backups services to its clients, Cloudberry MBS is a winning solution. It is fast, powerful, flexible and priced to provide room for decent profit margins for the MSP. MSP's that handle clients so large that they need Appliance-based backups and recovery will need more sophisticated (read pricier) solutions, but for the vast majority of customers that have 1-10 servers, CloudberryLab MBS is an excellent solution.

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Steve Putnam

Senior Cloud Services Architect and Engineer

The PC Wizard LLCInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

IBM Cloud Object Storage

MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup)

Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime

Dynamic scaling

Elastic load balancing

Monitoring tools

Security controls

Pros

IBM Cloud Object Storage is fast, secure, reliable and provides quick support when required.
Step by step documentation is easy to understand and implement for new users across the organization.
It is highly customizable and available based on the need of the use-case.

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Low cost backup solution for servers and workstations that is easy to setup and manager and it works!
I love the file level backups with ransomware protection also. Perfect for file servers.

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David Judice

IT Director

Women's Pavilion of South MississippiMedical Practice, 51-200 employees

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Cons

While this platform has been around, it does take some getting used. The interface could be refined. My Firefox Browser automatically closed when selecting some options and creating new objects as an example.
The tutorials are a bit outdated in comparison to the screens shown. We understand the system is constantly improving. The tutorials should reflect the changes in the interface.
There are many pre-trained models. However, it is not clear as to how those models were trained, what bias may exist in the training data, and how a user could improve those models unless we simply have to build our own.

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Dana Rafiee

Director of Worldwide Strategic Consulting

Destiny CorporationInformation Services, 51-200 employees

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The CloudBackup Drive has some issues.
Would be nice to have a single interface to manage all my servers.
Requires a console on each machine being backed up.

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chris maddox

Senior Consultant

Moser ConsultingInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup) 10.0

Based on 1 answer

I love Cloudberry. I am using it at three different sites to backup their mission critical file servers and it works great. It is a very cost effective backup solution that is easy to setup and use and the support is also very good. I would recommend it to anyone that needs a good backup solution for their business.

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David Judice

IT Director

Women's Pavilion of South MississippiMedical Practice, 51-200 employees

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Usability

IBM Cloud Object Storage 5.8

Based on 2 answers

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MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup) 7.4

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They have a great app with more backups. It can be confusing to provide and push backups until you get used to it. Auto-renew is also a little weird with the licenses.

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Daniel Cauley

Co-Owner

Dawn till Dusk TekInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

IBM Cloud Object Storage 8.7

Based on 6 answers

I have been working in IT sector for more than 15 years. I have worked with various vendors. IBM's sales team, support team have been really helpful. After we start to use their product, their UX design team also contacted us to get feedback from us. They are really interested about our experience.

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Christopher J Evans

IT Manager

Nation FarmChemicals, 51-200 employees

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MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup) 8.4

Based on 6 answers

It's easy to set up, but a few things prevent it from being great. All the computers require one license. You have to stay on top of it, otherwise you fill up data storage with outdated and unused data. It's super easy to call CloudBerry for support and they are very friendly to work with. It's difficult as a tech when you want to fix the issue, but you are relying on technical support. Many times an error happens and you cannot find a single issue. The only solution is to update the application and hope the newest build fixed the issue.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Accounting Company, 51-200 employees

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Implementation Rating

IBM Cloud Object Storage 8.5

Based on 2 answers

IBM's professional service for migrating data and implementing new cloud environment was perfect. They started to help us before we begin to bring together all data such as how can it could be best to transfer all data without problems. During the migration they watched all the process closely to prevent any failure. Lastly, after the migration, they gave us trainings on implementation.

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Christopher J Evans

IT Manager

Nation FarmChemicals, 51-200 employees

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MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup) 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Easy and successful implementation and the results have been very good with no issues since the install and go live. I highly recommend Cloudberry Backup software to anyone needing an easy to install, setup and manage backup solution. Excellent product with great features and reliability at a very good price point.

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David Judice

IT Director

Women's Pavilion of South MississippiMedical Practice, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I have evaluated Amazon S3 and Google's Cloud Platform.IBM Cloud Platform is well documented and very integrated with its other range of cloud services.It's quite difficult to differentiate between them all. IBM Cloud Storage is not a service I would have considered on its own merit, but with the power of Watson, which was an absolute pleasure to work with, alongside the cloud server options, I think the IBM cloud ecosystem provides something for everyone.

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Keldon Alleyne

Programmer

Avasopht DevelopmentComputer Games, 1-10 employees

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The MSP360 web management portal is unbeatable. It makes management and fault correction much easier. Unfortunately, Veeam does not have this without setting up a specific server for this purpose.

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Prior to cloud storage, we used on-premises storage devices to store and backup, and sometimes it was a headache to scale up or down the storage according to our needs. With the introduction of Cloud Object Storage, we don't have to worry about scaling.
The uptime is also improved a lot after the introduction of Cloud Object Storage in our organization
Obviously, it's a very cost-effective way to store and archive data.

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Verified User

Contributor in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 201-500 employees

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We spend little time managing the backups once deployed.
It is a little more expensive than other backup solutions by the time you figure in the cloud storage portion.

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Verified User

Account Manager in Information Technology

Computer Networking Company, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

IBM Cloud Object Storage Editions & Modules

Edition

Lite Plan	Free¹
Standard Plan	There is no minimum fee, pay only for what you use²

Up to 25 GB/mo. For all terms go to https://www.ibm.com/cloud/object-storage
For pricing and all terms go to https://www.ibm.com/cloud/object-storage

Additional Pricing Details

The Lite and Standard service plans for Cloud Object Storage include resiliency options, flexible data classes and built-in security. Pricing is based on your choice of location, storage class and resiliency choice.

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup) Editions & Modules

Edition

CloudBerry Backup Free	$0¹
CloudBerry Backup Pro	29.99¹
CloudBerry Backup Server	119.99¹
CloudBerry Backup Ultimate	299.99¹
CloudBerry Backup MS SQL	149.99¹
CloudBerry Backup MS Exchange	229.99¹

Per server

Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

IBM Cloud Object Storage

MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup)

IBM Cloud Object Storage

MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup)

IBM Cloud Object Storage

MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup)

IBM Cloud Object Storage

MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup)

IBM Cloud Object Storage

MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup)

Likelihood to Recommend