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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 on IBM Cloud

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AVeeam on IBM Cloud promises to provide continuous availability to enterprise clients through its combined and automated backup and recovery solution. Veeam is deployed in the user's IBM Cloud environment for: · Agentless image-based backups · Recovery of entire VMs, individual files, and application items · Item-level recovery and eDiscovery for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and Active Directory · Transaction-level restore of…

    $11

    per VM

    Pricing
    Bacula EnterpriseVeeam on IBM Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Veeam Backup and Recovery
    $11.00
    per VM
    Veeam Availability Suite
    $15.00
    per VM
    Veeam Physical Agent
    $18.00
    per VM
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bacula EnterpriseVeeam on IBM Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Bacula EnterpriseVeeam on IBM Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Bacula Systems
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    44 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    41 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    42 Answers
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    Features
    Bacula EnterpriseVeeam on IBM Cloud
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Bacula Enterprise and Veeam on IBM Cloud
    Feature
    Bacula Enterprise
    9.4
    52 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Veeam on IBM Cloud
    8.9
    13 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Universal recovery9.11 Ratings8.713 Ratings
    Instant recovery10.037 Ratings8.813 Ratings
    Recovery verification10.045 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Business application protection3.02 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations10.050 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.051 Ratings9.113 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud10.031 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.744 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    Snapshots10.039 Ratings8.713 Ratings
    Flexible deployment10.047 Ratings8.613 Ratings
    Management dashboard9.749 Ratings8.712 Ratings
    Platform support10.051 Ratings8.513 Ratings
    Retention options9.852 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    Encryption10.041 Ratings8.913 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Bacula EnterpriseVeeam on IBM Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    8.6
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 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 on IBM Cloud
    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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    IBM
    The Veeam on IBM Cloud functions [is] easy to set on the first time to use the platform and the effective capability on predictive disaster, easy to backup the most important data through the Veeam on IBM Cloud functionalities. The features [have] multiple different responsibilities like copy data management, effective data restore functions among many more.
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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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    IBM
    • The program installation is straight forward and uncomplicated.
    • Once running it does not put a drain on system resources. After the initial backup subsequent backups are quick.
    • It does what it is deigned to do and they have kept it simple for a reason.
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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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    IBM
    • The reporting could use some work. If you have a client who has some serious audit controls in place, you may find yourself creating the report versus depending on the system do that piece for you.
    • My complaint would be with the notification emails. They are not configurable and come out regardless of whether a backup set completed or is still running.
    • The scheduling is a little clunky. It would be much nicer if the backup could be "continuous" anytime it's connected to the Internet (similar to Carbonite).
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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.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    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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    IBM
    Veeam is very easy to use once fully on-boarded and trained. Part of the reason we can respond to a critical situation swiftly is that it is so easy to use. We did take 2 years to be fully comfortable with the product as we tested it with others, but once we committed to Veeam, there was no question about it.
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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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    IBM
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    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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    IBM
    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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    IBM
    At the moment I cannot say anything bad about the overall provided services. It's holding me back to put the mark even higher as other cloud solutions have their advantages as well, so I can't rate this one higher than competitor ones. However the experience is really positive to the moment and it has delivered always.
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    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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    IBM
    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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    IBM
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    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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    IBM
    Veeam BLOWS AWAY Veritas in terms of reliability, recoverability, and Especially PRICE! Veritas is literally thousands of dollar more than comparable Veeam Software. Veritas's support is virtually non-existent. I believe the only reason Veritas is even still in business is because of their reputation as the ONLY backup software a decade or more ago. If you use Veritas, I HIGHLY recommend throwing it away and trying out Veeam - You will NOT go back to Veritas!
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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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    IBM
    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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    IBM
    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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    IBM
    • We solved a problem where we needed a backup for some remote clients and paying the cost for local backup was not feasible.
    • allows us to put a solid backup and recovery solution in a client with very little monthly cost.
    • Business backup and recovery, disaster recovery, hybrid data protection (onsite and cloud), server and workstation backup.
    Incentivized
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