Barracuda Networks

Barracuda Backup

Composite Score

8.3 /10

CX Score

8.3 /10

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What is Barracuda Backup?

Barracuda Backup makes it easier and more cost-effective than ever for you to protect all your data from cyber criminals, natural disasters, hardware failures, and more. Physical, virtual, cloud, and SaaS — a single, integrated solution keeps all your data safe.

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Awards & Recognition

Barracuda Backup won the following awards in the Backup and Availability category

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6 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

2024

6 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2023

4 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2022

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Service Experience

2022

Barracuda Backup Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Barracuda Backup?

3% Negative

2% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Trustworthy
Enables Productivity
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 85

AI tech support

100

AI enhanced predictive backup

100

FOUR EYES principle

100

Recovery Automation

100

Integration with Other Security Software

100

Backup Automation

Analytics

Replication for High Availability

Integration With Storage Arrays

Deduplication Implementation

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Barracuda Backup Reviews

Ramon J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

excellent backup solution for critical information

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Barracuda Backup from other similar products?

It was a simple and quick solution to implement and easy to get staff up to speed on using the product, other solutions require a lot of advanced configuration barracuda is software we already know.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Flexible scheduling of backups, as well as settings for on-site and on-site versus off-site replication, you can Backup VMWare hosts, easy file recovery for directories and files, Restore for basic virtual machines is very fast.

What do you dislike most about this product?

should better alert system, Cloud restore can be slow

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

ideal solution for companies of all sizes price a bit high but still affordable. Setup is quick and easy for everyday use. Excellent reporting options and configurable notifications.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Sam A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

Thoroughly protects operating systems and apps

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Barracuda Backup from other similar products?

Barracuda Backup offers a variety of low-cost options for copying business-critical data offsite to protect against local events that may disable our datacenter

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Bare metal recovery lets us restore a complete Windows computer system, including data, settings, applications and operating system, onto a new computer on which no software has been installed

What do you dislike most about this product?

Barracuda offers native agents only for a limited set of operating systems and relies on protocols like CIFS/SSHFS for backup and restore of unstructured data, which does not capture the file system specific metadata such as access controls and ownership rights

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Barracuda Backup can raise your company's agility, scalability and security while lowering operational costs and risks so you can focus on developing great products and services as your infrastructure worries are gone

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Haley E.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

Trustworthy and the best backup solution so far

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Barracuda Backup from other similar products?

Provides multiple recovery options to help us get back up and running quickly. With Barracuda Backup we are able to recover data anywhere at anytime, without the need for a local appliance. It supports a variety of servers, clients, and networked storage platforms, as well as multiple OS platforms

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Barracuda's replication technology gives us the flexibility to securely and efficiently send data to the Barracuda Cloud. It does a great job at filtering spam and backing up email

What do you dislike most about this product?

The cloud restore sometimes is slow and searching for specific files in an extended retention policy is also slow as well as in the cloud

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

With Barracuda Backup it is easy to backup an entire cluster or just a single server. Barracuda Backup will allow you to implement an effective backup solution quickly without much of a learning curve

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

Barracuda Backup Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Barracuda Backup?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

AI tech support Technical professionals can access a generative Ai chatbot when querying the knowledge base

AI enhanced predictive backup Use AI to suggest weaknesses or inefficiencies in backup policies

FOUR EYES principle Require 2 administrators to approve changes

Recovery Automation Orchestrate faster recover of the right pieces to bring them up in the right order and built automated recovery plans

Integration with Other Security Software Service will integrate with existing security systems, such as firewalls, SOAR, SIEM, endpoint security, or other security components.

Backup Automation Solution automates backup, recovery and remediation tasks using RestAPI and CLI to integrate with 3rd party solutions, reduce cost and enforce standards.

Analytics Built-in real-time and historical reporting and analytics on SLAs, performance, and resource consumption, as well as predictive capabilities to plan & optimize.

Replication for High Availability Beyond secondary copy backup, the solution also manages replication of primary data host-to-host and site-to-site for live failover and high availability.

Integration With Storage Arrays Integrates with APIs from major storage vendors (NetApp, HP, Dell EMC) to leverage capabilities in these arrays such as data snapshots and replication.

Deduplication Implementation Deduplication of redundant data blocks is implemented by the solution. Deduplication can be at source, target, or globally (source and target).

Backup Monitoring and Reporting Backup and replication are continually monitored for status and effectiveness. Detailed reporting is available on successful and unsuccessful operations.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Barracuda Backup Reviews

Ramon J.

excellent backup solution for critical information

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sam A.

Thoroughly protects operating systems and apps

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Haley E.

Trustworthy and the best backup solution so far

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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AI enhanced predictive backup

FOUR EYES principle

Recovery Automation

Integration with Other Security Software

Backup Automation

Analytics

Replication for High Availability

Integration With Storage Arrays

Deduplication Implementation

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement