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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Barracuda Backup

    Score7.6 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

    IDERA SQL Safe Backup

    Score5.3 out of 10
    N/ASQL Safe Backup from Houston based software company Idera is a data recovery and protection option.

    $1,036

    per instance with first year maintenance included

    Pricing
    Barracuda BackupIDERA SQL Safe Backup
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard via eCommerce
    1,036.00
    per instance with first year maintenance included
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Barracuda BackupIDERA SQL Safe Backup
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Barracuda BackupIDERA SQL Safe Backup
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Barracuda Backup and IDERA SQL Safe Backup
    Feature
    Barracuda Backup
    7.9
    35 Ratings
    7% below category average
    IDERA SQL Safe Backup
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Universal recovery8.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery1.530 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Recovery verification10.030 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Business application protection8.724 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations6.032 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.033 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud6.034 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression10.035 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Snapshots8.026 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.019 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.021 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Platform support8.021 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Retention options10.021 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Encryption9.017 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Barracuda BackupIDERA SQL Safe Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (35 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Barracuda BackupIDERA SQL Safe Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    SQL Safe is appropriate and well-suited for any backup scenario. Having used SQL Safe, I probably wouldn't want to manage a set of servers in the future without it. If you only have a couple of SQL servers, it might not be worth the spend as there are well-maintained free options that are very functional (though they do require more technical knowledge). But I can't think of a scenario where SQL Safe wouldn't be appropriate.
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    Pros
    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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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    • History visibility
    • Very intuitive
    • Easy to set up
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    Cons
    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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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    • When you're adding a new SQL server, sometimes the install from the management server to the SQL server will fail. I'm guessing this happens because of some version difference in Windows components or similar. Not a huge deal because you can just copy the agent to the SQL server and install it there, but considering how easy everything else is, I would expect this to be a little more fluid.
    • I ran into a situation where part of our business decided to move their servers to a third-party data center. When they took away a SQL server that I was managing with SQL Safe, anything having to do with that policy took forever. Click. Wait 10 minutes. Window reacts. I'm guessing this is because the Management Console is trying super hard to contact the server in question, but I wish it handled losing a server better than it does.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Love the units
    Incentivized
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Work on a backup agent for Mac OS X or any Apple OS.
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    IDERA SQL Safe Backup winning thanks to the pricing, nothing more.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    • SQL Safe allows me to spend less time managing my DR plan and still maintain confidence that my backups and restores are solid. Saving my time means saving money.
    • SQL Safe does an amazing job at backup compression over and above SQL's native compression. SQL backups are probably our single largest consumer of network drive space. Any product that helps reduce my network footprint, saves money.
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