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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Barracuda Backup

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ADesigned to be simple to configure and manage, the scalable Barracuda Backup solution is offered via a capacity-based, all-inclusive subscription model allows you to pay for only what you need to protect today, avoiding large upfront hardware costs.N/A

    Unitrends

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AThe Unitrends Recovery Series Backup Appliances are hardware developed for data backup and management. They cover enterprise backup, ransomware detection, recovery assurance, proactive monitoring, and cloud continuity into a single platform for organizations of all sizes.N/A
    Pricing
    Barracuda BackupUnitrends
    Editions & Modules
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    Barracuda BackupUnitrends
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Barracuda BackupUnitrends
    Considered Both Products
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Chose Barracuda Backup
    Barracuda was a much more cost effective solution than the others we evaluated. Its interface was light years ahead of Avamar, and its cost was much lower than Unitrends. Avamar had it beat in backup time, and Unitrends was a more mature product. In the end, Barracuda won out …
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Backup
    Barracuda is MUCH easier to set up and use then Unitrends. Unitrends does not offer direct download of backed up files from their cloud, while Barracuda does. Unitrends uses a non-standard and difficult to use implementation of retention/archiving. Unitrends' backup to Amazon …
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Backup
    Back when I was vetting this solution, I tested Zenith and Unitrends. Both were more complicated and expensive - especially considering the amount of end points that I needed to backup.
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Backup
    Barracuda's price point, and it didn't require additional servers and/or storage.
    Incentivized
    Kaseya
    Chose Unitrends
    I was not involved with the deployment of Barracuda Backup since I started at my current company after implementation. Back then I used Barracuda for a limited amount of time and it did the job, but the cost was more expensive and that's why we decided to switch to Unitrends …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    While looking for a new backup solution, we also evaluated the Barracuda Backup appliance. While this solution met many of our needs, one of our requirements was the ability to archive to tape, which Barracuda didn't provide.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    We tried the Barracuda Backup appliance which showed promise however, it did not allow us to archive to our existing tape library. This was a deal killer for us. The Unitrends appliance still allows us to utilize our tape drive for archiving purposes. This was not an option for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    We compared Unitrends to Barracuda and selected Unitrends based [on] total cost over a three-year period. The Barracuda product was more than double the cost over the same three-year period. Additionally, both appliances offer similar feature sets and support, but the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery's artificial intelligence plays a major role in all the appliances that run a scanning procedure during each and every backup to analyze the change logs of the files and identify if the backups are infected by
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Unitrends [Data Center Backup and Recovery] has a much better UI. It's easy to navigate. Barracuda was a little pricey, and if you were to reduce your backup size under the current tier, you had to call in to get them to adjust the space requirements on the bill. They were …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Most companies have been using tape backups for along time and Unitrends allows to completely move away from tapes.

    Once the Unitrends solution is in place, I don't really have to worry about it. I get notifications to my email about every job and that's how this is monitored.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    VEEAM is the product that I decided to go to from Unitrends recently, as it is something that I have relied on in past companies. I am happy with the backups, however they do take up a lot more space than what Unitrends has provided. Barracuda does not have the same ROI as …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    We found the Unitrends solution to be a better fit than Legato, Barracuda, Dell/EMC and other solutions. They are relatively price competitive, and frequently offer good upgrade/expansion financial incentives. They could improve on the scalability of solutions, instead of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Unitrends stacks up very well against the other solutions I've used in the past. Feature set is very good. The thing that tips the scale heavily in their favor for me is the support team - they do an awesome job for us.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Barracuda is what we were using before, it was unreliable, support was iffy at best, and the interface was horrendous. After numerous issues, we asked one of our providers to look into other options and they came back with Unitrends. We have been happy with it since. Unitrends …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    The price is better; the support is much better and there is a roadmap that has a lot of new features that are great.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    In the past I have used Symantec Backup Exec, Windows Server backup and also Windows System Center. Unitrends is easier to use and I don't have to worry about licensing. Unitrends prices based on disk size not the number of units being backed up.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    For us the cost, simplicity of use, system design, and features of the Unitrends system all matched up well to our organization's needs. They were products with more robust feature sets, but the cost was prohibitive. And, there were less expensive alternatives. But, they tended …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Barracuda and Datto could only do cloud replication, not site-to-site. Barracuda could not act as a host server in an emergency. Barracuda was cheaper, but Datto was way more expensive. Unitrends was the winner on features and cost.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Unitrends offered a low price compared to our previous vendor. Their tech support also had good reviews.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Unitrends gave us all of the different requirements that we needed as well as thers that we did not know that we needed at the time.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    We selected Unitrends due to unique features, cost of appliance, cost of service, and excellent reviews.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    We've been using Unitrends for 5+ years and one thing that we've always enjoyed is the great customer support and hardware monitoring so we don't have to waste our time making sure that everything is running smoothly. We've had a few hiccups over the years, but all-in-all …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    We had a very old version of Symantec in place that Unitrends replaced. We didn't upgrade it because we were looking for a separate appliance for our solution. We did look at Barracuda briefly and have nothing against it, it's a good solution in it's own right, we just found …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    This was our first backup appliance that we used/evaluated. Prior to this all our backups were done on tape using Symantec Backup Exec. Because of the amount of time spent on the management of the tapes, the poor user interface, and low reliability and that we were adding 3 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Unitrends was able to give us a feature set unmatched in its price range. Their support was fantastic while we were playing with our demo and the professionalism of every representative we spoke with was a comfort.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Unitrends crushes Backup Exec in terms of usability and reliability. It seems very comparable to the Barracuda system we used at my previous employer. We went with it based on a recommendation by a backup specialist at CDW.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Unitrends is appliance based, did not want to have to purchase tape library and subscribe to local vaulting. Unitrends cloud and appliance came in cheaper and better recommended then the competitors.
    Incentivized
    Chose Unitrends
    Veeam and Barracuda were both tested before we made the decision to use Unitrends. Neither solution filled all of our needs like Unitrends did. Veeam could not backup our physical servers and Barracuda was outside our budget at the time.
    Incentivized
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Barracuda BackupUnitrends
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Barracuda Backup and Unitrends
    Feature
    Barracuda Backup
    7.9
    35 Ratings
    Unitrends
    8.4
    360 Ratings
    Universal recovery8.028 Ratings9.0302 Ratings
    Instant recovery1.530 Ratings8.0290 Ratings
    Recovery verification10.030 Ratings8.0288 Ratings
    Business application protection8.724 Ratings8.0262 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations6.032 Ratings8.0268 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.033 Ratings9.0338 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud6.034 Ratings8.0213 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression10.035 Ratings8.0326 Ratings
    Snapshots8.026 Ratings8.0243 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.019 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.021 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Platform support8.021 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Retention options10.021 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Encryption9.017 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Barracuda BackupUnitrends
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (35 ratings)
    8.0
    (372 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.2
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (7 ratings)
    7.9
    (23 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (12 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    3.8
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)