CodeTwo Backup vs. CloudAlly by OpenText

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CodeTwo Backup
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
CodeTwo’s backup solution for Microsoft 365 & Office 365 lets users create secure copies of Exchange Online mailboxes, SharePoint Online sites, and OneDrive for Business data. The granular recovery feature aims to help users quickly find and restore individual items at any time.N/A
CloudAlly by OpenText
Score 10.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
CloudAlly, now from Opentext, which acquired CloudAlly parent company Zix in December, 2021, aims to offer an easy and reliable backup solution for leading online services such as Office365, Google Apps, Box and Salesforce. CloudAlly subscriptions include: - Unlimited secure Amazon S3 storage and unlimited retention of daily archives - Archive storage in Amazon’s U.S., E.U. or Australia Data Centers - One-click non-destructive…
$2
user, month
Pricing
CodeTwo BackupCloudAlly by OpenText
Editions & Modules
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SharePoint Online and OneDrive backups for Business
$2
user, month
Backup Box for Business and Enterprise
$2
user, month
Gmail Backup
$2
user, month
Yahoo! Mail Backup
$2
user, month
IMAP Backup
$2
user, month
Amazon DynamoDB and SimpleDB Backups
$2
user, month
office-365-backup
$3
user, month
Google Apps Backup
$3
user, month
Salesforce Backup
$3
user, month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CodeTwo BackupCloudAlly by OpenText
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
CodeTwo BackupCloudAlly by OpenText
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
CodeTwo Backup
9.7
Ratings
9% above category average
CloudAlly by OpenText
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Ratings
Management dashboard10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Retention options9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Encryption10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
SaaS Backup
Comparison of SaaS Backup features of Product A and Product B
CodeTwo Backup
9.3
Ratings
3% above category average
CloudAlly by OpenText
-
Ratings
SaaS Product Integration9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Data Restoration Options10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Auditing and Search9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
CodeTwo BackupCloudAlly by OpenText
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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10.0
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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Usability
10.0
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User Testimonials
CodeTwo BackupCloudAlly by OpenText
Likelihood to Recommend
Because we have an exchange hybrid environment finding the right product which suited our needs was not easy. But with a product like CodeTwo Backup we are able to back up only specific mail accounts / mails which are mapped to our archive systems. That was not possible with other products we tried.The possibility to be able to choose which account to backup or restore and the option to be able to backup up specific Data on Sharepoint / OneDrive is awesome.Not forgetting how pretty easy the licensing procedure is when purchasing the product.
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CloudAlly is a great backup for Salesforce and Box that is cloud based for a reasonable monthly/annual cost. Thankfully, we have rarely had to use our backups, but the service has been very reliable. It is less appropriate if you are not storing a lot in any of the platforms that they backup
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Pros
  • Takes the unneeded extra technical knowhow out of restoring for lower level IT employees.
  • Like other CodeTwo products, it is very easy to setup and confirm it is working.
  • Allows the ability to restore mail from one users folder to another. A great feature most products like this do not have.
  • Licensing and pricing is very friendly for cost strapped businesses.
  • Has throttling capability to avoid throwing a red flag with your tenant's settings.
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  • Backup Services
  • Salesforce Backup
  • Box Backup
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Cons
  • The possibility to create a support case without having to log in to the portal.
  • Overview of the backup mailboxes or Sharepoint / OneDrive data and their sizes so that one can see how big the mail accounts are
  • The possibility to generate reports of the created backups
  • Possibility to set up mail notifications like alerts, etc.
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  • User interface could be easier to use
  • Backups in Salesforce could be easier to view
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Likelihood to Renew
Great product. Easy to use, does the job without extra overhead.
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Usability
The software is very user-friendly, easy to install and configure and the user interface is very intuitive and easy to navigate throughout. We are am able to get restores of our Microsoft Data (on premise and cloud) easily without any hussle. With the help of the marvelous CodeTwo support team we've been able to overcome any obstacles we encountered.
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Alternatives Considered
Although Veeam's offerings are somewhat similar in trying to add additional layers of protection, on the Microsoft's default offerings, the CodeTwo product was more situated to do what we wanted which was brick level back up and restores of single files and emails. Veeams offering is more backend server/virtual machine savvy
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We chose CloudAlly because it had both Box and Salesforce as backup options so we were able to only setup one service, rather than two. The price point is also much better than OwnBackup, which was our second option. I like Skyvia for importing data, but their interface is not as easy to use.
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Return on Investment
  • Requires physical storage space
  • Does not require much for the app to run
  • Doesn't need a lot of maintenance
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  • Extra layer of protection on our data
  • Ability to retrieve past data if an issue occurs
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ScreenShots

CodeTwo Backup Screenshots

Screenshot of A user-friendly GUI lets you easily create, manage and monitor all your backup jobs.Screenshot of Create separate jobs for your data backup, recovery and archive tasks.Screenshot of Browse through the backed-up data or search for items that you want to preview or restore.Screenshot of Control the size of your backup storages by archiving the oldest data or applying a retention policy.

CloudAlly by OpenText Screenshots

Screenshot of Your ally in the cloudScreenshot of Screenshot of Simple upfront pricing with no hidden fee's