So many features but great value for money.
April 14, 2023

So many features but great value for money.

Adrian Penpeski | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Bacula Enterprise

Main requirement is for extreme security and fast recovery of data and my applications.
Sometimes I need to do single file recovery but also be prepared for bare metal recovery.
Nowadays we all need to keep the cost at minimum and Bacula helped me with that.
Now I'm experimenting with Bacula replicating my K8s deployment. Seems to work well and will help me grow my business.
My business challenge is that I do not have much time to spend on data backup. It just must me simple and easy thing to manage.
Bacula support team is always fast and super friendly with any inquiries I had
  • Fast recovery of data
  • Very stable and reliable
  • Broad security features
  • Simple pricing
  • Some features are a bit too deep for me
  • User interface takes some time to learn
  • Still waiting for Salesforce integration
  • Many different types of VM's are compatible with it
  • I already had one hacker attack on my infrastructure this year and backup saved all my data luckily
  • I managed to save a lot of money with Bacula over previous solution I used especially since I started to have more and more data
  • Easy to know what my future costs will be
  • They saved my data already once this year (and probably my business too)
  • I would say I'm saving 45% on backup software per annum
- More VM's compatibility
- Better prices
- More customizable

Do you think Bacula Enterprise delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Bacula Enterprise's feature set?

Yes

Did Bacula Enterprise live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Bacula Enterprise go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Bacula Enterprise again?

Yes

Well suited:
- I use it for on premise and cloud backup and recovery and it is excellent for this job.
- I also experiment with different hypervisors and till now Bacula seems to work with all of them
- Security is really important for me as I had many bad experiences in the past and Bacula solution makes me totally confident.

Less appropriate
- You need to be experienced Linux user, I had to learn few more things in system to make the best use of it.
- It's definitely designed for scalability and bigger companies than mine

Bacula Enterprise Feature Ratings

Instant recovery
10
Recovery verification
10
Multiple backup destinations
10
Incremental backup identification
10
Backup to the cloud
9
Deduplication and file compression
10
Snapshots
10
Flexible deployment
10
Management dashboard
8
Platform support
10
Retention options
9
Encryption
10