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Barracuda Cloud Archive
Formerly Sonian

Overview

What is Barracuda Cloud Archive?

Barracuda Cloud Archive (Sonian) is a file archiving option developed by Sonian and now supported by Barracuda Networks since the November 2017 acquisition.

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Recent Reviews

Sonian Archive Review

7 out of 10
April 20, 2017
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Sonian Archiving was previously used across the organisation for our email archiving needs.

Sonian is simple, intuitive and easy to set …
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What is Barracuda Cloud Archive?

Barracuda Cloud Archive (Sonian) is a file archiving option developed by Sonian and now supported by Barracuda Networks since the November 2017 acquisition.

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  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Details

What is Barracuda Cloud Archive?

The Barracuda Cloud Archive (Sonian) provides an on demand Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud solution with a guided setup wizard that helps most customers get up and running in less than an hour.

Users' emails are archived without the need to install an email client or server software. This helps to keep operational costs low and predictable, with a reduction in support overhead. Barracuda's global cloud infrastructure ensures security, and centralized management is provided through its Cloud Control portal.

The Barracuda Cloud Archive provides unlimited storage per user. Users pay for the number of users whose emails need to be protected. There are no charges for retaining data in inactive mailboxes, importing existing data into the service, or exporting data back out again if needed.

Barracuda Cloud Archive Features

  • Supported: Unlimited storage per user
  • Supported: Protects On-Premises and Cloud Email
  • Supported: Searching and e-discovery
  • Supported: Web-Based Management
  • Supported: Retention and Litigation Hold
  • Supported: Standard Format Storage
  • Supported: Skype for Business Archiving
  • Supported: Export of Archived Data

Barracuda Cloud Archive Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
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Reviews and Ratings

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November 08, 2022

Cloud Archiving Made Easy

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use the Cloud Archiver to back up all of our O365 emails. This allows us to no longer use PST files as well as keep our inboxes clean. It has also helped us with legal compliance, where we need to pull old emails.
  • Easy to find old emails
  • Easy to export for review
  • Easy setup with O365
  • Speed is slow sometimes
  • The Outlook plugin does not always find all emails when searching
The Cloud Archive is a great service to ensure users never lose an email. It also helps admins and legal to be able to find anything they need. It does not replace a good backup as there isn't a way to easily restore back to a mailbox. There is also no way to export your data if you ever want to migrate.
  • Saving all emails
  • Export to PST
  • We have been able to reduce a lot of store space by moving all PST files to the archiver.
  • Users love how easy it is to find old emails that were deleted long ago.
  • Some users now rely on this service
We started with the Message Archiver on-prem and filled up two of them. After we migrated to the cloud, we no longer had to worry about storage, and it was an easy transition. The Cloud Archive is a lot easier to manage with no worries.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Our Barracuda Cloud Archiving is used across our entire organization. It archives all incoming and outgoing email, as well as inter-company email. The ability to have an Outlook extension for users to search for emails months or years old, has proven useful. No more calls to IT to restore old email files or do searches for the users.
  • Granular searches
  • Results are fast and easy to read through
  • Searches can be saved for future
  • The displayed message area can be made larger
We have had a couple of legal inquiries which required us to review emails for a user or users. Using the Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, we have been able to perform searches quickly, narrowing or expanding the search criteria is easy, resulting in exactly what we were looking for. This has saved us with claims for collections, as well as a couple of legal HR matters. It is my trusted go to application.
  • It has resulted in some claims being settled in our favor
  • Proven our case for HR matters
We only need support when initially setting it up. We really have not had to call for user or help support on this product. It has always worked and is always easy to use.
It performs as expected with no exceptions.
April 20, 2017

Sonian Archive Review

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Sonian Archiving was previously used across the organisation for our email archiving needs.

Sonian is simple, intuitive and easy to set up. However, it’s lacking in some areas in terms of the level of functionality which some of its competitors can offer. However, Sonian has a healthy roadmap for 2017 which addresses these gaps and if done well, could make their product market leading.
  • Sonian search is rightly praised for ease of use, scale, performance and accuracy.
  • Sonian archive can be deployed rapidly without the need for costly professional service engagements.
  • Seamless process to import PST files into the archive.
  • Sonian has a high focus on compliance and governance which is reflected with their fast and accurate search function.
  • It's not possible to integrate the Sonian archive with Outlook. The outlook add-in allows users to quickly retrieve items that have been archived, directly from their Outlook client.
  • Sonian does not currently offer email management systems such as Email continuity, spam protection etc., which you can get through other archiving suppliers as an all-in-one bundled solution with email archiving included.
It's a great product for archiving emails but I believe it could expand its features to make it more competitive.

The search capability really stands out for me, particularly at an administrator level. It reduces time and effort by allowing you to quickly find and access data.
  • We saw a significant reduction in storage of email data that was previously stored in PST files on local machines.
  • We can archive data for longer periods, which drives retention and email data storage needs.
  • This product gives us quick access and support for eDiscovery requests from legal departments.
Sonian is a pure SaaS solution and is easy to manage and use. It's cost effective and does exactly what it says on the tin.
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