We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Bacula Enterprise based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."The most valuable features of Azure Backup for us are its flexible retention options and the ability to recover to a second region with geo-replication and read access."
"The most valuable feature is the ease in which it backs up our data."
"The storage backup is very efficient."
"It is a stable solution...It is a highly scalable solution."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"You can select the tiering for your backup and manage your cost."
"This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed."
"The fact that Azure Backup is integrated is one of its biggest advantages."
"The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization."
"Bacula is pretty stable."
"It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure."
"The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."
"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."
"It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers."
"It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light."
"I believe more options could be available to understand better what's happening in the system. Additionally, automating the client updates and connector updates would be beneficial. Updating the connector from time to time can be challenging, and it could be made more transparent and straightforward for users. Moreover, another drawback lies in the time it takes to test full data backup recovery. Deploying a full recovery takes longer. We need to allocate a longer period for complete data recovery to establish the environment again."
"I would like to see better integration with more products, and more services."
"The time required to restore files should be a little faster."
"We would like to see some kind of notification given to the user that a file was not synchronized well or what may have happened."
"I can’t use the solution to restore another native cloud solution. Azure must add this new feature."
"The solution is still in its infancy; it's not a mature product yet."
"I would like to see more automation, integration, and security. The price could be better."
"It still does not have a lot of customization, especially if your workloads are not in Azure."
"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."
"The initial setup could be a bit easier."
"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement."
"A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed."
"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."
"Bacula needs a graphical user interface because, for administrators, the command-line interface is okay, but for the average user it is not very easy."
"We would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI."
Azure Backup is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 50 reviews while Bacula Enterprise is ranked 29th in Backup and Recovery with 9 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Bacula Enterprise is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Bacula Enterprise writes "Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Bacula Enterprise is most compared with Bareos, Veeam Backup & Replication, UrBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain).
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