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Barracuda Intronis Backup vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Intronis Backup
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Deduplication Software (13th), MSP Backup (9th)
Veeam Data Platform
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
433
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (1st), Cloud Backup (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Services solutions, they serve different purposes. Barracuda Intronis Backup is designed for Deduplication Software and holds a mindshare of 2.1%, up 0.4% compared to last year.
Veeam Data Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Backup and Recovery, holds 5.6% mindshare, down 14.5% since last year.
Deduplication Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Barracuda Intronis Backup2.1%
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain20.3%
HPE StoreOnce16.6%
Other61.0%
Deduplication Software
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veeam Data Platform5.6%
Commvault Cloud3.3%
Rubrik3.1%
Other88.0%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Gerard Wolters - PeerSpot reviewer
ICT manager at Oosterhof Holman
Easy to use, immutable, and provides good deduplication features
When we wanted to back up our Microsoft environment, we looked for a cloud backup. Barracuda provided a cloud backup. There were no other products that offered similar features at that time. I will recommend the product to others. It is easy to use. It is a complete package. It is easy to integrate the product with Microsoft. We have a complete package that includes antispam and email gateway solutions. We can choose any package we want. We use Barracuda Essentials. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
JitendraSadaye - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Technical Specialist at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Backup operations have become reliable and reporting now simplifies hybrid cloud protection
Veeam Data Platform has Veeam Enterprise Manager as well as Veeam ONE as valuable features, which allow us to generate various kinds of reports that are required for the customer. Instant VM Recovery is a good feature of the high-speed recovery features in Veeam Data Platform, and Continuous Data Protection (CDP) is also a good feature. Ransomware protection is a good feature added in Veeam Data Platform from version 12 onwards, and the ability to create immutable repositories is also a good feature in Veeam. The analytics part of Veeam Data Platform is a good solution because I have worked on various backup technologies such as EMC NetWorker and NetBackup. However, I have not used the analytical parts currently but will check it out. Streamlining processes as well as saving money are benefits that Veeam Data Platform provides for the end user, as it allows for application-aware backups and database backups without the need for various kinds of licenses that other backup software requires. Veeam offers socket-based licenses, instance-based licenses, and capacity-based licenses, which is a great feature.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the speed of backup, which is very good compared to other solutions."
"The scalability of the product is fine."
"I have found the product's LiveBoot feature to be most valuable."
"Most important is its ease of use. You plug it in, follow the steps, and you have your backup file."
"This is a competitive solution that stays on top of cutting edge features."
"The product is easy to install and use while doing what it is expected to do."
"It's a one-stop shop, meaning we just program and schedule the backups, decide what is being backed up, and then it automatically replicates and deduplicates."
"It is very reliable, so we don't have any issues with it. Our customers have never raised any issue with it. Basically, once you set it up and it is running, it is trouble-free. Our customers are happy. They just got a renewal for the subscription for the service."
"I think Veeam ONE is a good product to supervise and monitor infrastructure and for backup purposes."
"This product has more than made up for the initial costs of licensing, hardware and support."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"Exchange and File server backup are valuable features."
"The user interface is good and it is very easy to use."
"Once you get it working, it's fairly reliable and fixes itself."
"It's a very straight forward software that does not require technical intervention."
"It's afforded our organisation peace of mind knowing that we have reliable, fast and a cost effective backup solution for our virtual environment which also allows us to provide our developers with both test and pre-prod environments in hours rather than days."
 

Cons

"The web interface needs to contain a more up-to-date view of the hardware."
"Their technical support is not very good. You never know what they are doing and what is the issue."
"Barracuda works great for smaller network environments, which are not that complex. It is hardware-based with a Linux core, which you don't have access to, and a lot of stuff happens on the back-end. Even from a troubleshooting perspective, it is a bit challenging."
"The solution depends on your connectivity, so it is essential to have a proper connection to the cloud."
"The tool is not user-friendly. The solution should also improve its compatibility. It is also not license-based."
"One part of the product that I think needs the most improvement is the recovery feature. It is not as fast as it should be."
"Setting up Barracuda Backup is straightforward."
"The solution needs fine-grained backup capabilities to service individual users. But this is a minor issue considering all that the product does."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The cost of adding additional sockets. It was a lot more than just purchasing an additional agent like you would for Backup Exec or StorageCraft."
"Although this product is technically designed for virtual environments, it would be very useful if the same concepts or technology is applied to backup physical servers."
"Support for physical servers. Although we are continuing to virtualize all of our servers; there are, at this time, a few physical servers in our organization."
"However, this is a very critical environment, and if you do not enable other things, such as instant recovery or something similar, and you don't have the expertise, it can be painful for the customer."
"Room for improvement is actually more in the way of licensing."
"It would be ideal if they could capture everything and then timestamp and back up everything up to that timestamp."
"The more features the solution has the more complex it can be to set up. Veeam Backup & Replication can be complex."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Low, fixed cost with great savings."
"Its pricing is very reasonable, but it can be reduced."
"The price of the five-year contract was approximately three million Rupees ($42,000 USD)."
"Because it is a single package that includes everything, they are worth the money that you need to pay for it. You are paying for the hardware, licensing, the software that runs on it, regular updates, the cloud features included with it along with the replication, and your space allocated in the cloud for replication. It is fairly priced for what you get."
"The tool's pricing is reasonable."
"The licensing is charged yearly. It's my understanding that the cost of the solution is somewhere around $7,000 every two years."
"You don't need to buy an extra license or agent. With one box, you have licenses for any amount of devices that you want to backed up for whatever is backed up."
"Normally, there is the hardware on the site. So, essentially, there is a server and storage. They can price it a little lower because the customers are making a little investment upfront. Even though it is trouble-free for the end-users, and once it is set up and running, they don't have to really think about it, there is essentially an initial investment. It is not really pricey. We're actually competitive, but we are in a different market. In Asia, customers are a little more price-sensitive than in the west. It is not really a real issue."
"My understanding is that it is a fairly small price point."
"This solution requires a license and the organizations I was involved in were using an enterprise license."
"Veeam Backup Replication can be quite expensive for Office 365 because its license is per user and not for the space that you use. You need one license for each user. If the user only uses a few files on one hard drive, you need a license to back up these files. It was better to have a license model, such as in the Cohesity solution. Cohesity has a license for a space that you use. It's more useful in this case because the license for backup data is on-premises is for CPU. The license is based on how many CPUs you have but it does not depend on how many users use the CPU."
"The price is slightly higher than its competitors."
"Veeam ONE is offered at a good price."
"We dont have the exact licensing costs, but we pay for a comprehensive service package that includes technical support, cloud services, and data center services. There may be additional costs beyond the standard license, but I'm not sure about the specifics. However, I believe the yearly cost is around five thousand dollars."
"The price is quite fair."
"The price of Veeam Backup Replication is reasonable."
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Comparison Review

it_user159711 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Nov 9, 2014
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business219
Midsize Enterprise98
Large Enterprise142
 

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?
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Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?
Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four ...
How do the backup solutions of Veeam and Veritas compare?
Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file system backups inside VMs., support for tape library & FC too. But Veritas Netbac...
How does Nakivo compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?
Nakivo is my favorite backup software. Below are the main benefits of Nakivo compared to Veeam 1. Low cost. 2. Backup storage with global deduplication (this is the main requirement of a backup sol...
 

Also Known As

Barracuda Backup
Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Veeam Backup & Replication
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Dematic, Levitt Safety, Osoyoos Credit Union, Viborel Distribuiao, European Tour, Papergraphics, Levitt Safety, Academy of Contemporary Music, Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton, LLP, National History Museum, California Almond Board, American Radio Relay League, Kirkpatrick Bank, IAC, Healey Brothers Automotive Group, Mechanicsburg Area School District, Taylor Shellfish Farms, Drew Marine, inMusic, Mills Law Library, Healy Brothers Automotive Group, Thomas Kinkade Company, Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit
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