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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Backup

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's Azure Backup is a cloud backup service.

    $5

    WeTransfer

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AWeTransfer offers a large file transfer service which includes up to 20 GB transfer with its Pro service, as well as 100 GB of cloud storage.

    $12

    per month

    Pricing
    Azure BackupWeTransfer
    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
    Pro
    $12.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure BackupWeTransfer
    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 BackupWeTransfer
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    WeTransfer
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Azure BackupWeTransfer
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Azure Backup and WeTransfer
    Feature
    Azure Backup
    8.7
    11 Ratings
    4% above category average
    WeTransfer
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files9.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    File search7.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Azure Backup and WeTransfer
    Feature
    Azure Backup
    8.7
    11 Ratings
    0% above category average
    WeTransfer
    -
    Ratings
    User and role management9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    File organization9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device management8.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Azure Backup and WeTransfer
    Feature
    Azure Backup
    9.0
    11 Ratings
    6% above category average
    WeTransfer
    -
    Ratings
    Performance9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reliability9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Reports8.811 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Azure BackupWeTransfer
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    Egnyte
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Dropbox DocSend
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    ownCloud
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Dropbox DocSend
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ownCloud
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure BackupWeTransfer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (4 ratings)
    9.6
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure BackupWeTransfer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Azure Backup is suitable for companies of various sizes, with varying amounts of data. The cost of the investment should be thought out carefully so that there are no bad surprises with unnecessary files going to Azure Backup. The interface is friendly and easy to configure and it does not require your company to have a backup expert. It is highly recommended for companies with smaller number of servers and better if the servers are already running in an Azure environment.
    Incentivized
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    WeTransfer
    It is the most appropriate tool to quickly share documents with someone you don't want to give access to your company's own online library, yet you have to share files. It's great that there's no need to create a user, nor for uploading or downloading files. Just have in mind that the documents on the link have an expiration day!
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    WeTransfer
    • WeTransfer is very fast for uploading & downloading.
    • WeTransfer allows you to see if the document was opened by the recipient & how many times.
    • WeTransfer allows you to password protect documents.
    • WeTransfer is extremely secure & safe to use.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    WeTransfer
    • The price for Pro is a bit high.
    • A way for free users to save an address book.
    • The offline app isn't as robust as the web client.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    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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    WeTransfer
    As noted previously, sometimes it can take more than once to upload and share a file if you are using Chrome. It doesn't happen often but of course it always seems to when we are on a really tight deadline. It just takes patient in those cases
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    WeTransfer
    WeTransfer is extremely reliable 99% of the time. There has been twice in 4 years that their service was unavailable due to server outage for several hours.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    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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    WeTransfer
    I've only reached out to WeTransfer support once, but they were prompt, courteous, and answered my question. I assume that future interactions would be the same, I'm looking forward to being a long term customer.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Azure Backup works on Azure, the most famous of the cloud systems that the whole world has switched to, which is now a very large part of the Microsoft ecosystem that we have been used to using for years. Therefore, it is less tiring to use the additional service of an infrastructure that we already use, even if it is a part of it, which can be easily integrated with existing systems, which is one of the most important issues we IT professionals pay attention to. For this reason, we wanted to swim in familiar waters instead of another brand.
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    WeTransfer
    Dropbox is too complex and unreliable to use. I have had many headaches with files not downloading properly, going missing or not opening. I have to spend a lot of time to figure out what I need to do. And just as you think you have everything under control, you set up a nice work environment with organized folders, you realize your storage space is up anyway! Since I've discovered WeTransfer, I never went back to Dropbox.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • 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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    WeTransfer
    • I haven't paid for this software personally, so I'm not sure, but $12/month is very reasonable if you are constantly sharing files.
    • WeTransfer is fairly professional, so in my opinion, links sent to clients look more professional than using a link from Google Drive or Dropbox.
    Incentivized
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