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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Actifio Enterprise

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AActifio Enterprise is a copy data virtualization, & data center backup and recovery platform from Boston-based Actifio.N/A

    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
    Pricing
    Actifio EnterpriseBarracuda Backup
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Actifio EnterpriseBarracuda Backup
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Actifio EnterpriseBarracuda Backup
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Actifio Enterprise and Barracuda Backup
    Feature
    Actifio Enterprise
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Barracuda Backup
    7.9
    35 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Universal recovery9.01 Ratings8.028 Ratings
    Instant recovery9.01 Ratings1.530 Ratings
    Recovery verification9.01 Ratings10.030 Ratings
    Business application protection8.01 Ratings8.724 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations10.01 Ratings6.032 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.01 Ratings10.033 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.01 Ratings6.034 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression10.01 Ratings10.035 Ratings
    Snapshots10.01 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.01 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.01 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Platform support9.01 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Retention options10.01 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Encryption10.01 Ratings9.017 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Actifio EnterpriseBarracuda Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (35 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Actifio EnterpriseBarracuda Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Actifio
    Actifio is a good fit for anyone looking for draas or backup as a service with Bluechip.co.uk being able to tailor a solution to fit your need if you are a medium size business looking to protect over 20TB of source data on a mix of virtual and physical servers in your datacentre our hosted within our state of the art datacentres.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    If you are a small business with a few machines and your backups aren't of servers that are public facing. If you had to restore a server from backup, it would take a day at least. So, if the server being restored was public facing, that may impact customer relations.
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    Pros
    Actifio
    • Reliable and easy to deploy backup solution with low administration overhead.
    • Fast backup solution with low impact on production systems as it backs them up.
    • Dedup and replication of backed up data between sites and with streamsnap very quick recovery on dr site.
    • Great customer support with quick response to changing demands.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • Set and Forget. I rarely have to touch the Backup Servers. Once you specify your criteria, you really don't need to change it unless you have a physical change.
    • Alerts. When there are issues such as files failing to backup or a directory no longer present, you get an email giving you all the information you need. In addition you will typically get contacted by support about it.
    • Recovery is very simple. The restore browser is very good and it's just easy to find and restore data when you need it.
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    Cons
    Actifio
    • Single file restore has always been an issue but hopefully will be added soon.
    • Physical server backup restoring has always been tricky but achievable.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • The pricing solution has gone from allowing on-premise ownership to forced cloud extortion. Basically, if you buy now you will be ok, but those of us who "owned" our solution previously are now forced to subscribe to the cloud model or be stuck with a brick.
    • Speed of recovery could be improved.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Actifio
    No answers on this topic
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Love the units
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    Usability
    Actifio
    No answers on this topic
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Dashboards and interfaces within Barracuda Backup are very easy to navigate, with clear success/warnings shown. Setting up backup jobs is probably one of the most simplest tasks - compared to competitors we trialed. Trouble shooting backup issues is also simple due to clear errors (VSS errors shown in a understandable format for example)
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    Support Rating
    Actifio
    No answers on this topic
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    They are always quick to get you routed to a tech support person and always get follow up after contacting them. Last experience was amazing, she adjusted my boxes and they perform even better. I cannot say enough about the support. We had some trouble with one of the windows servers leaving the volume shadow copy out there and would fail. They worked with us to adjust and get working. After that it has been months since I have had to do anything with the server to keep the backups running.
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    Implementation Rating
    Actifio
    No answers on this topic
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Work on a backup agent for Mac OS X or any Apple OS.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Actifio
    Actifio is quicker to deploy easier to manage and capacity plan with less components to keep patched.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Each backup solution has its pros and cons, and each customer has their needs, and budget constraints. Barracuda Backup has helped us dramatically in the area of being able to provide customers a cost-effective solution, that's easy to manage and is one of those things you're not having to check on daily, or switch out backup tapes, or hard drives.
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    Return on Investment
    Actifio
    • We have managed to scale up the size of our environment without the need for extra admin overhead.
    • Over 99% backups complete.
    • Solution is robust and quick to scale to meet demands.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • Countless positive impacts from being able to restore lost or deleted files - or even restoring an entire server.
    • Being able to restore files for users and allowing them to recover lost work or preventing them from having to redo files at any level is priceless. You can't accurately measure lost time of employees having to recreate files. Especially things like 3D drawings and multi-sheet spreadsheet.
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