IBM Cloud Backup vs. Percona XtraBackup

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Cloud Backup
Score 9.9 out of 10
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IBM Cloud Backup is a full-featured, automated, agent-based backup and recovery system managed through the Cloud Backup WebCC browser utility.N/A
Percona XtraBackup
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Percona XtraBackup is a free, open source, online backup solution for all versions of Percona Server for MySQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. Percona XtraBackup performs online non-blocking, tightly compressed, secure backups of InnoDB, XtraDB, and HailDB storage engines on transactional systems, so that applications remain fully available during planned maintenance windows. Percona XtraBackup can perform streaming, compressed, and incremental MySQL backups. Percona…N/A
Pricing
IBM Cloud BackupPercona XtraBackup
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Cloud BackupPercona XtraBackup
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsFree and open-source
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Features
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Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Backup
8.9
4 Ratings
6% above category average
Percona XtraBackup
8.6
2 Ratings
2% above category average
Universal recovery10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant recovery8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Recovery verification9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Business application protection8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Snapshots7.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Management dashboard10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform support8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Retention options9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Encryption9.04 Ratings8.62 Ratings
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IBM Cloud BackupPercona XtraBackup
Small Businesses
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.8 out of 10
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.6 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.6 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM Cloud BackupPercona XtraBackup
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(4 ratings)
8.8
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Cloud BackupPercona XtraBackup
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Percona
Well suited to databases < 10TB. For larger than this, I would go with snapshots.
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Pros
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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Percona
  • Non-blocking backup : Backup process will not put any lock on the database.
  • Fast recovery : As it's a file level backup so it's quite fast in both backup and recovery.
  • Consistent backup : Xtrabackup always ensures consistent backup.
  • Easy to configure and Use.
  • Integration with clouds
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Cons
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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Percona
  • The only feature that could use some improvement is partial backup restores. For example, I have a multi-tenant database at the schema level running on a single Percona Server instance. As a tenant grows too large for the share instance or becomes a noisy neighbour we need to move a the tenants schema to its own instance with minimal downtime, meaning that we would run the new instance as a replica with replication filters until failover. In terms of doing a consistent backup, there may be challenges and it is currently possible with XtraBackup, but it would be great if the process was simplified and ensured to be consistent.
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Usability
IBM
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Percona
Takes a bit of getting used to when you first set it up.
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Support Rating
IBM
No answers on this topic
Percona
If you pay for support it is great, otherwise you have to google.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Percona
We have evaluated Mysqldump and MySQL Enterprise backup. Mysqldump is not a scalable solution. MEB is a paid and closed source. As we are truly open-source, we were looking for an open-source solution that was reliable and scalable. Xtrbackup has all the required features to fulfill our requirements.
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Return on Investment
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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Percona
  • Secure, reliable, fast and consistent backups. Open source with zero cost.
  • We satisfy our regulatory requirements.
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ScreenShots

Percona XtraBackup Screenshots

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