CrashPlan is a good endpoint backup solution, but is it worth the price?
November 09, 2018
CrashPlan is a good endpoint backup solution, but is it worth the price?
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Code42 CrashPlan
We use Code42 across the whole organization to provide hands-free backup to all our users. Code42 ensures that all company data contained on user devices is backed up to a secure location that can be easily restored from. The user doesn't have to do anything and the backup process runs in the background. This service prevents user files from being lost because we can't necessarily force them to copy everything to the network drives. Additionally, when users are offsite or offline, their files are saved to the local computer. Code42 backs up using any connection - wired or wireless.
- Once the original backup is created, Code42 runs in the background and doesn't adversely affect user productivity or system performance.
- Code42 is relatively easy to set up and deploy. A technical advisor walks you through the process, which is very handy and makes the process painless.
- Code42 is centrally managed via webpage which gives administrators a lot of power and visibility into current backup status.
- The first backup is taxing on the system. Some users report that their computers become almost useless. You can set maximum usage and idle time usage parameters but the original backup is still time and resource consuming. Be prepared.
- The initial setup is lengthy and confusing. If it weren't for the walkthrough with the technical support administrator, I would never have attempted it.
- Feedback from the admin portal is non-existent. We had multiple systems whose backups wouldn't start and finally realized, through other means, that we were out of licenses.
- Users can stop and disable the service.
- Again, the initial backup resource drain makes some systems practically unusable and we never got any resolution from support on the issue.
- It is a relatively minimal backup solution but has a lot of enterprise add-ons (at a cost of course).
- It was easy to deploy via script and only required one pass to install. I didn't have to manually install on any system.
- Druva inSync and OneDrive
OneDrive is not a good backup solution for endpoints. It is for storing a few files and sharing those files but not for business backup. Druva is a very good product that we never had any problems with and I'm not exactly sure why we switched from it. Code42 has some extra features but they also cost quite a bit to use. There are a lot of competitors in this space and whichever one you select, you should negotiate a good price per user for it. I think that for the price Code42 is average to slightly below average in value.