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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Carbonite Endpoint

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ACarbonite Endpoint provides an enterprise-grade backup solution for all endpoints, including mobile devices or devices spread across a distributed enterprise network.

    $24

    per month

    GoodSync

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AGoodSync for Business provides complete enterprise data backup and synchronization across data sources, destinations, and systems. The GoodSync for Business Control Center is specifically designed to minimize user interaction and increase management control by deploying pre-created GoodSync backup and synchronization jobs to GoodSync for Business Workstations and GoodSync for Business Servers, and enabling an administrator to monitor performance from a centralized location.N/A
    Pricing
    Carbonite EndpointGoodSync
    Editions & Modules
    Basic Computer Backup
    $24
    per month
    Advanced Endpoint Protection
    $34
    per month
    Basic Server Backup
    $50
    per month
    Basic Backup
    $55
    per month
    Advanced Server Protection
    $147
    per month
    Advanced Protection
    $199
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Carbonite EndpointGoodSync
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Carbonite EndpointGoodSync
    Considered Both Products
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    No answer on this topic
    Siber Systems, Inc.
    Chose GoodSync
    SyncToy - this is better at keeping 2 locations identical if they need to be that way at all times as it runs in the background as a service and updates in real time.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
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    Features
    Carbonite EndpointGoodSync
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Carbonite Endpoint and GoodSync
    Feature
    Carbonite Endpoint
    5.6
    1 Ratings
    39% below category average
    GoodSync
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Instant recovery8.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Recovery verification4.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression4.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Flexible deployment4.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Management dashboard6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support4.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Retention options4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Universal recovery00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Carbonite Endpoint and GoodSync
    Feature
    Carbonite Endpoint
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    23% below category average
    GoodSync
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Continuous data protection10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities8.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Carbonite EndpointGoodSync
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (23 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Carbonite EndpointGoodSync
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    Carbonite Endpoint 360 is a great solution for any organization with compliance needs. Office 365 defaults to a 30 day backup of all data. Carbonite Endpoint 360 extends this well beyond 30 days and provides an all-inclusive source for retention for data in Office 365. Any small to medium business would greatly benefit from this solution as they can design their entire infrastructure in Office 365 and ensure it's all backed up.
    Incentivized
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    Siber Systems, Inc.
    It is mainly because of its features and reliability. Even when dealing with large drives, after the analysis step, it can identify the changes that occurred between the backup or synchronization drive and the master drive and presents to the use the choices of what should be done about the changes. The user can accept the changes or tweak which the backup or synchronization will do. The SW will remember those decisions for future activities on the same drives.
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    Pros
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    • It is excellent at automating your backups. You don't need to manually do it, just set it up once and let it run in the background.
    • It's pretty simple to set up and use. It will automatically suggest the best options that work for most people and you can be up and running pretty quickly.
    • It's safe and reliable. We have been using it for a couple of years now and had no major issues.
    • Their phone support is excellent.
    • It's also really easy to maintain your backed up data to reduce redundancy.
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    Siber Systems, Inc.
    • Quickly analyzes the drives and compares files and dates to give a complete picture
    • Gives you complete control over what to do with files that are similar but my not be matching. (same name, different size or date)
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    Cons
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    • To be honest not so impressed with the amount of time it has taken to get data backed up to the cloud.
    • I have not had to do a restore at this time so I cannot comment on the restore process.
    • I was not aware at time of procurement that the upload process would take so long since we were not procuring their hardware. Sales rep mad it seem like upload would only take a day or two and we are now starting week 7 hoping to be done by week 8 for 1.5 TBs of data.
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    Siber Systems, Inc.
    • For what it is, I can't find any shortcomings.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    I found their alerting to be very poor. I missed several days of backups without knowledge of this, until I signed into the portal. I would get daily emails reporting backups were in progress or done, but nothing indicating that a backup had been stuck or paused for 3 days. For this reason alone, I did not renew.
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    Siber Systems, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    Does what it needs to do quietly and efficiently in the background without interrupting the workflow. It offers instant automated back-ups without troubling the end user. As it is such an automated system, once it is up and running, there is little or no support needed from the service provider. From what I understand the support from Carbonite during the setup and implementation was absolutely fine.
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    Siber Systems, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    We have also used Mozy Pro and Dropbox. They are all pretty similar in functionality/features of backing up data (not system state or databases as I don't think any of the 3 are well suited for that). To me, it comes down to personal preference and choosing a product that is universal for multiple users, for ease of management.
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    Siber Systems, Inc.
    I don't know, I have not tried anything else. This product was easy to use and it actually worked even with the trial version.
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    Return on Investment
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    • Carbonite Endpoint has demonstrated value in its ability to easily restore seemingly lost files for remote users.
    • While we haven't yet had to exercise it, knowing we have the option of remotely wiping endpoints containing sensitive data has brought confidence to our management team that we can mitigate data breaches through preventable means.
    • The privacy issue around device tracking is costing the company in terms of employee trust and morale and needs to be mitigated with appropriate messaging and/or disabling of this feature.
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    Siber Systems, Inc.
    • positive impact is the reliability of backup
    • positive impact knowing that the backup is complete with no missing files
    • positive impact is can be used by all, so does not require IT to be involved
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