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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bacula Enterprise

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ABacula Enterprise is a data center backup, restore, and recovery solution from Swiss, Dracula-themed software company Bacula Systems.N/A

    Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

    Score9 out of 10
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    Pricing
    Bacula EnterpriseVeeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bacula EnterpriseVeeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Bacula EnterpriseVeeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
    Considered Both Products
    Bacula Systems
    Chose Bacula Enterprise
    The determining factor was the migration of old backup data from the Community version to a new backup platform. We didn't have the initial resources to restore all the backup data, install the new solution on existing hardware, and then back up again. This would directly …
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    Veeam Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    44 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    41 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    42 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    Bacula EnterpriseVeeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Bacula Enterprise and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
    Feature
    Bacula Enterprise
    9.4
    52 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
    9.1
    5 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Universal recovery9.11 Ratings9.74 Ratings
    Instant recovery10.037 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Recovery verification10.045 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Business application protection3.02 Ratings9.25 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations10.050 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.051 Ratings9.75 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud10.031 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.744 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Snapshots10.039 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Flexible deployment10.047 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Management dashboard9.749 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Platform support10.051 Ratings8.55 Ratings
    Retention options9.852 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Encryption10.041 Ratings9.25 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Bacula EnterpriseVeeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bacula EnterpriseVeeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bacula Systems
    Well suited: - I use it for on premise and cloud backup and recovery and it is excellent for this job. - I also experiment with different hypervisors and till now Bacula seems to work with all of them - Security is really important for me as I had many bad experiences in the past and Bacula solution makes me totally confident. Less appropriate - You need to be experienced Linux user, I had to learn few more things in system to make the best use of it. - It's definitely designed for scalability and bigger companies than mine
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    Veeam Software
    We use it as a Simple Deployment. As a simple deployment scenario, the roles of the backup server, VMware backup proxy, and backup repository are assigned to a single machine. These roles are assigned automatically to the machine where we installed Veeam Backup & Replication. The drawback of the simple deployment scenario is that only the backup server handles and stores all data which is a single point of failure.
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    Pros
    Bacula Systems
    • Bacula has great plugins that work very accurately
    • Bacula is very simple to use, with a user-friendly web interface that facilitates operation.
    • Bacula performs the backups very accurately which is clearly noticed when a restore is performed
    • Its ease of use helps in training new support team members
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    Veeam Software
    • File level restore
    • Backing up of difficult Laptops that are in and off the network
    • Reporting
    • Integration into other Veeam Products
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    Cons
    Bacula Systems
    • Our team always points out the same problems, I believe that, today, is our biggest complaint: The interface (both graphical and the CLI) still needs improvement.
    • There is no mobile app to manage backups and restores from smartphones
    • Manual installation is time consuming.
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    Veeam Software
    • Stop the backup job from the console instead of having to stop from the client.
    • Don't consume too many resources while taking a backup.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Bacula Systems
    Easy to use, proactive and effective customer support, and simple deployment method. The high configurability is what makes this tool so effective for my organization - at no point do I have any issues of trust as to the restorability of a fileset. The GUI provided gives clear actionable reports as to the effectivity of the jobs performed.
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    Veeam Software
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Bacula Systems
    This is a hard question. Usability for whom? For someone who is very comfortable at the command line and willing to put in the time to learn Bacula Enterprise's configuration syntax, it's very usable. Just don't expect to be an expert immediately.
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    Veeam Software
    Overall, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is a great backup solution and supplies extremely useful tools to configure backups to suite our needs and our clients requirements. I have only taken some points off as the user interface could be easier to navigate when configuring backups and the ability to update Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows from within the software would be appreciated.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Bacula Systems
    Bacula Enterprise is always available when we need it, both the backup solution and system support
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    Veeam Software
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Bacula Systems
    Operation in the Bacula system has a light and fast interface and reports are generated almost instantly. Perhaps if Bacula is integrated with other solutions it may lose some performance
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    Veeam Software
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Bacula Systems
    They're excellent, fast to respond and knowledgeable. I can't fault the support provided at all. On every occasion that we've had a need to contact them during our evaluation, installation, and use of Bacula Enterprise, they've always given us the help that we required. The responses they provide are detailed and we always feel that they've taken the time to read and understand our issue and give a full and personalized answer.
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    Veeam Software
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Bacula Systems
    The professor understood the tool very well, it was a fact that he had mastery over the system and knew what he was talking about, clearing up all doubts and passing on all the necessary knowledge so that we could handle Bacula Enterprise in our organization.
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    Veeam Software
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Bacula Systems
    Bacula Systems and especially Bacula Brazil were extremely attentive and served us very well, making all implementations or changes work perfectly
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    Veeam Software
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Bacula Systems
    I used CTERA almost from the time they started up. In short, it was very easy to use but configuration was limited; and in the end the agents were troublesome and I could not restore files. They had one person on staff who was terrific with tech support, when he left support became difficult and I lost confidence. Acronis was my first experience with a bare-metal recovery operation and it was terrific. Really saved the day. I would still be using it except the licensing was difficult and expensive and the software wasn't Linux friendly.
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    Veeam Software
    Veeam is just on another level compared to most other software vendors who tend to make backup solutions complicated. Veeam uses intuitive GUI's that make sense to most people and take the stress out of systems recovery at high and low levels by simply explaining the process step by step.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Bacula Systems
    Regarding contracts, negotiations were extremely accessible and clear in every sales model offered.
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    Veeam Software
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Bacula Systems
    Bacula provides intelligent scalability by expanding backups across multiple environments, data backup, Oracle, virtual machines, Office365, cloud...
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    Veeam Software
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Bacula Systems
    • Our Disaster Recovery policy in regards to backups and archiving is made possible because of our use of Bacula Enterprise.
    • TCO is very low as the yearly subscription is very competitively priced. Management of the software is very low so we don't have to spend hours maintaining our backups.
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    Veeam Software
    • It allows end users to easily self-serve their own file restores, freeing up IT resources
    • It provides a seamless DR solution for the resources it backs up
    • It frequently take a long time to resolve problems when they do occur
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