Azure Backup vs. Proton Drive

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Backup
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Azure Backup is a cloud backup service.
$5
Proton Drive
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Proton Drive is an end-to-end encrypted Swiss vault for your files that protects data. End-to-end encryption ensures that no one, not even Proton, can access files. Files, file names, and folder names and more, are all fully encrypted at rest and in transit to the secure cloud.
$4.99
per month 200 GB total storage
Pricing
Azure BackupProton Drive
Editions & Modules
Storage in GB/Month
$0.0224 to $0.0569
per GB
Backup Instance <50GB
$5.00 + storage consumed
Backup Instance > 50 GB but < or = 500 GB
$10.00 + storage consumed
Backup Instance Instance is > 500 GB
$10 for each 500 GB increment + storage consumed
Drive Plus
$4.99
per month 200 GB total storage
Proton Unlimited
$12.99
per month 500 GB total storage (includes Proton Mail, Proton VPN, Proton Calendar, and Proton Pass)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure BackupProton Drive
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Azure BackupProton Drive
Features
Azure BackupProton Drive
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Azure Backup
8.7
Ratings
3% above category average
Proton Drive
-
Ratings
Versioning9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
File search7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Azure Backup
8.7
Ratings
0% above category average
Proton Drive
-
Ratings
User and role management9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Azure Backup
9.0
Ratings
6% above category average
Proton Drive
-
Ratings
Performance9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
Azure BackupProton Drive
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure BackupProton Drive
Likelihood to Recommend
By using Azure Backup, you can back up your NAS device you use locally as a file server, virtual machines you use in [a] production environment, critical databases, and everything you can think of. I do not know if there are scenarios that are not suitable, it meets all my needs.
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Pros
  • Azure Backup is fast! Coupled with the fact that Microsoft created Azure and Windows - these two operate phenomenally together!
  • Administering the backups inside of Azure is a breeze. The ability to mount, restore entire backups, or recover files, has been made very easy. You do not have to download any media to recover something, you do this all in the cloud and it gets mounted in Microsoft's systems. Making this process less than a quarter of the time you would have spent with your 'other' backup solutions.
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Cons
  • backup schedule calendar would be cool
  • Backup vaults should ask if you want to send notifications when you first set it up, there have been a couple of times when I noticed a month later that, backup job failures were not configured to send email notifications.
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Usability
Azure backup is easy to implement, accessible by using the web portal GUI, and has the ability to restore at the file level or the complete VM. We have experienced zero issues with the backup process or performing file-level restorations. We have not restored an entire VM to date.
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Support Rating
One of the differentials of the solution is the high level of guarantee and support of the Azure Backup solution. Microsoft is a reference in a technology company with a highly trained support team and helps us with any questions or technical problems with the tool. Service is fast and efficient with trained engineers.
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Alternatives Considered
The cost, not only in the short term, but in our long-term calculations.
Even in need of improvements, the pre-sale and post-sale support is very good.
The ease, like many Microsoft products about scheduling backups, the friendly interface, the fact that there is no need for an expensive resource dedicated to this backup and some other details, made us choose Azure Backup.
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Return on Investment
  • It allowed us to have our VMs protected very quickly and with simple implementation.
  • It saved us from taking backups from Azure workloads from the on-prem environment, or even deploying a Backup environment on the cloud.
  • It has a low/'controlled' cost as you "pay-as-you-go."
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