HYCU vs. Percona XtraBackup

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HYCU
Score 9.0 out of 10
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HYCU is a SaaS Data Protection platform that delivers SaaS-based data backup, recovery, and ransomware protection for on-prem, cloud, and SaaS environments serving vendors globally.N/A
Percona XtraBackup
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Percona XtraBackup is a free, open source, online backup solution for all versions of Percona Server for MySQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. Percona XtraBackup performs online non-blocking, tightly compressed, secure backups of InnoDB, XtraDB, and HailDB storage engines on transactional systems, so that applications remain fully available during planned maintenance windows. Percona XtraBackup can perform streaming, compressed, and incremental MySQL backups. Percona…N/A
Pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsContact vendor for pricing informatioon.Free and open-source
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
HYCU
8.9
Ratings
5% above category average
Percona XtraBackup
8.6
Ratings
1% above category average
Universal recovery9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant recovery5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Recovery verification9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Business application protection8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Snapshots9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Management dashboard9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform support10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Retention options10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Encryption10.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
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HYCUPercona XtraBackup
Small Businesses
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.9 out of 10
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
HYCUPercona XtraBackup
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.8
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
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7.9
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Support Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HYCUPercona XtraBackup
Likelihood to Recommend
It’s well suited for Nutanix AHV data protection and includes the ability for immutable backups via WORM policy. I’m unsure of its performance in environments that use Hyper-V OR VMware for virtualization. The use of tiered backups without additional policies are great when creating new VMs, even automatically assigning a default backup policy to ensure that all workloads have at least a minimal level of data protection
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Xtrabackup has many excellent features that are supposed to be in any backup solution. It's well suited for all MySQL deployments but it's not appropriate for any other database. If you are using any MySQL flavor (MySQL, MariaDB, Percona Server for MySQL), it's your only and perfect solution for backup and disaster recovery.
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Pros
  • Backup of virtual machines.
  • Upload to Cloud backups.
  • Recovery of databases backed up through HYCU.
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  • The ability to stream backups (using netcat or socat) to a target destination has many uses, for example, 1)We do not need to store a backup locally on the database server 2) We can stream backups into object storage using GCSFUSE.
  • The hot-backup functionality is probably the most important function. We are able to take backups of our primary instances with minimal impact on the database instance.
  • XtraBackup has many parameters that can be tuned, allowing us to increase performance or reduce by using the parallel thread parameter for example.
  • Partial backups.
  • The ease of use when doing restores. Simplified, fast and accurate.
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Cons
  • Better DR support guidance/best practices
  • Reporting isn’t straightforward and as customizable as I’d like
  • Including M365 backups without additional cost would be a big value add for us
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  • Remote execution: Xtrabackup doesn't support remote backup. The backup process has to run locally and have to store data locally.
  • LifeCycle management: Xtrabackup doesn't support backup lifecycle management. Users have to manage it themself.
  • Stability for large databases.
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Usability
Very simple interface. Can learn it in a day. The instances where I needed a little hand holding, I just called support and they assisted immediately. That's the best of both worlds.
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Takes a bit of getting used to when you first set it up.
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Support Rating
I have had several requests, and issues with the rollout and deployment of HYCU in our production environment. The HYCU team of support and developers have met each issue with importance and some kind of resolution or explanation of help. They have been so supportive even in the not so easy ones. That says something for their product and team behind it.
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Great support, detailed online documentation, and examples in many scenarios. Bugs can be logged and are tracked. Great community support has been built-up due to Percona XtraBackup being a great product. Frequent releases ensure bug fixes are committed as soon as possible. Over and above this, the development team stays up to date with the latest releases of MySQL and ensures it is 100% reliable.
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Alternatives Considered
I have used several backup programs, I selected 2 just to be brief. The best thing I see with HYCU over Veeam is that it is much more difficult for an attacker if inside the network to gain access to the backups and objects saved in the backup storage. The best part about HYCU over Bacula is that it is much easier to use and more stable. The interface alone will save you from time and energy using other products
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Percona XtraBackup saves us time and money. Besides the performance and reliability, the support and documentation are top-notch. It's not just about the cost savings, but about the functionality and the minimal impact that XtraBackup has on the database server during a backup window. Percona XtraBackup has been integrated into Percona XtraDB Cluster which makes adding nodes easy and fast.
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Return on Investment
  • I trust this product to protect our organization if things go badly.
  • I am able to not lose sleep thinking about backups.
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  • It is free and the best backup tool that I know of. Using this for free means we save on having to purchase other backup software.
  • As a DBA it is the standard backup tool that is used everywhere I have been.
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ScreenShots

HYCU Screenshots

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Percona XtraBackup Screenshots

Screenshot of Percona XtraBackup: Backup and Restore of a Single Table or DatabaseScreenshot of Migrate to Amazon RDS Using Percona Xtrabackup - Time Comparison