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Barracuda Backup vs Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.6
Barracuda Backup enhances data protection, reduces downtime, lowers costs, and boosts ROI with efficient, user-friendly, and reliable features.
Sentiment score
6.6
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery improves business continuity with faster recovery, cost savings, and enhanced operational reliability.</p>
It not only saves time but also protects data.
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.8
Barracuda Backup support's efficiency varies; it resolves issues quickly or slowly depending on staff experience and timezone availability.
Sentiment score
7.6
Infrascale's customer support is praised for responsiveness and technical expertise, despite occasional language and time zone challenges.
Other times I may have to wait longer for solutions if the technical support is less familiar with the product.
Director Of Technology at PT Exa Teknologi Indonesia
From my experience, the technical support from Barracuda receives an eight out of ten.
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sometimes the engineers allocated to our cases appear to be inexperienced as they ask about basic queries we have already tested.
Senior Technical Engineer at Safezone Secure Solutions Private Limited
The right expertise, a timely response, and being able to get to the right person to help you resolve the problem are very important.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
Their average mean time to resolve open tickets is an hour.
President at IT1 Service
The most valuable aspects of Infrascale’s support for my company are the turnaround time and the resolution time.
President at LET US DEAL WITH IT, LLC
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.4
Barracuda Backup offers scalable solutions for businesses, with unlimited space and flexible options, though provider limitations may occur.
Sentiment score
5.9
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery efficiently scales for SMBs, balancing cost with reliability, despite infrastructure sizing challenges.</p>
Opting for a virtual appliance model provides easier scalability without requiring much licensing or configuration work.
Senior Technical Engineer at Safezone Secure Solutions Private Limited
The scalability is sufficient for my clients' use cases.
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
One person can manage hundreds and hundreds of endpoints without any issues.
President at IT1 Service
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
5.9
Barracuda Backup is rated highly for stability, though connectivity issues can affect virtual machines and cause isolated problems.
Sentiment score
7.6
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery is stable, reliable, and praised for support, despite minor issues promptly resolved.</p>
Latency issues only occur due to physical connectivity problems, but with good connectivity, it works well.
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
In using Barracuda Backup, sometimes the VM has issues and becomes non-functional, requiring support tickets to resolve.
Director Of Technology at PT Exa Teknologi Indonesia
I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.
President at IT1 Service
There was a recent announcement in terms of moving Infrascale to the cloud, which makes it easier for the customer in terms of usability.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Barracuda Backup requires better integration, UI updates, improved support, more device compatibility, and AI-driven security features.
Infrascale BDR needs UI improvement, pricing clarity, Linux integration, enhanced dashboard, seamless features, and stronger security measures.
The main area for improvement is integration and support for databases.
Senior Technical Engineer at Safezone Secure Solutions Private Limited
Integration with vendors other than VMware and Hyper-V would make it more competitive.
Director Of Technology at PT Exa Teknologi Indonesia
Adding AI features for security would also be beneficial as artificial intelligence is always helpful from a security perspective.
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Many customers do not rely on just one cloud provider and want to work with multiple clouds.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
When the product works, there is really nothing to fix, but they can allow different types of backups, such as differential or incremental backups.
President at IT1 Service
 

Setup Cost

Barracuda Backup offers budget-friendly pricing with per-terabyte licensing and free device replacement after three years.
Infrascale offers flexible, negotiable pricing based on data volume, with value-added services and integration with MSP billing systems.
Makes it cheaper compared to other solutions.
Director Of Technology at PT Exa Teknologi Indonesia
Barracuda even provides replacements after three years if a device reaches end of life, without any extra charges.
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
To someone considering Infrascale but is concerned about the price, I would say that they should get Infrascale's service no matter what it costs because any downtime or any loss of data is substantially worse than any cost for backup.
President at IT1 Service
We recently renewed one of our agreements with them, and even though we were going to renew anyway, they added more margin in terms of a discount for us for renewing early.
Co-Founder | Director | CTO | vCISO | Lead Consultant Infrastructure & Cloud at UBIQUITY Ltd
The per-terabyte pricing is very competitive compared to the others.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

Barracuda Backup excels with cloud functionality, fast restoration, effective email security, and reliable support, surpassing competitors in data protection.
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery is praised for its ease, speed, security, centralized management, and robust disaster recovery features.</p>
The most valuable feature of Barracuda Backup is that it's on the cloud, so there is no need for hardware.
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Barracuda email security works effectively with O365, and we have been able to achieve many use cases that other competitive products such as Micro, Fortinet, Trellix, or Forcepoint could not accomplish.
Senior Technical Engineer at Safezone Secure Solutions Private Limited
One valuable feature of Barracuda Backup is that it can be used as thin VMware storage.
Director Of Technology at PT Exa Teknologi Indonesia
Performing backup and recovery can be done very intuitively with the solution and the interface that is part of the solution.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
What I like the most about it is that backups and restores are simple, straightforward, and clean.
President at IT1 Service
 

Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
53rd
Ranking in Cloud Backup
49th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Infrascale Backup & Disaste...
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
24th
Ranking in Cloud Backup
22nd
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery as a Service (5th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (16th), SaaS Backup (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Barracuda Backup is 1.1%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery is 1.3%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery1.3%
Barracuda Backup1.1%
Other97.6%
Cloud Backup
 

Featured Reviews

GANESAN K - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Engineer at Safezone Secure Solutions Private Limited
Rating shows fast restoration and reliable support with scope for improved integration and database backup options
The product needs improvement to become better. For example, we attempted to integrate with Postgres SQL server to backup the database alone, which was not supported. For this reason, we required a separate solution for database backups. While other SQL servers are supported, Barracuda Backup has limitations with database backups. The main area for improvement is integration and support for databases.
Vivek_Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Senior Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Cloud backups have strengthened ransomware recovery and now protect critical business data
I see several areas where Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery could be improved. First is the architectural design and configuration, along with operational maturity, as well as security integration. The performance of support can definitely be improved with easier on-call support features for P1 and P2 incidents. Getting quick support from the vendor during major recoveries or disasters would be greatly appreciated. Additionally, improving the strength of ransomware protections, addressing critical gaps in deployments, enforcing backup immutability policies, and making disaster recovery testing routine instead of an ad hoc process are important. Validating that I can quickly recover data should be a priority, and improved runbooks or operational maturity platforms would be beneficial for data recovery from critical incidents.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Construction Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Construction Company
14%
Healthcare Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Backup?
The pricing is very competitive. Licensing is on a yearly basis, and Barracuda even provides replacements after three years if a device reaches end of life, without any extra charges.
What needs improvement with Barracuda Backup?
The product needs improvement to become better. For example, we attempted to integrate with Postgres SQL server to backup the database alone, which was not supported. For this reason, we required a...
What is your primary use case for Barracuda Backup?
We are partners with Trellix Move Antivirus and we have sold it previously. That particular bundle has changed as Trellix has moved to Complete Protection and the DLP comes under another bundle. We...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infrascale Platform?
The pricing of Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery is premium; if it went down, I would definitely be happy, but I don't want to see it go up. Their margin from what they're wholesale and the...
What needs improvement with Infrascale Platform?
What I would like to see improved or enhanced in Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery includes additional features for scalability.
What is your primary use case for Infrascale Platform?
I can describe a few use cases for Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery, which we primarily use for data protection and recovery.
 

Also Known As

LiveVault, Barracuda Virtual Backup, Barracuda Backup Appliance
Infrascale Platform
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Ochsner Health System
MSPs servicing small and mid-size companies VARs servicing mid-sized companies Direct SMB or mid-sized companies
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