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Network and Database Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Consultant
It is a set it and forget it application that administrators don't even notice running on their computers.

What is most valuable?

CrashPlan is a set it and forget it application that administrators don't even notice running on their computers. They know it is but in the background and from anywhere...what's not to love.

How has it helped my organization?

Restoring files to admin machines and file servers are not a concern thanks to CrashPlan. CrashPlan is a set it and forget it application that administrators don't even notice running on their computers. ...what's not to love.

What needs improvement?

Upgrade process a bit time consuming, but worth the time. Once you have the backup strategy working you don't really need to touch anything. Once in a while a client will lose contact. We have not figured out why. However, the backup usually kicks back in the next day without touching the client.

For how long have I used the solution?

4 years +

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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No. We were noobies and were able to implement on our two campuses without issue. CrashPlan support is awesome and helped us iron out connectivity wrinkles.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No. We were noobies and were able to implement on our two campuses without issue. CrashPlan support is awesome and helped us. We are so very thankful for the stability and reliability that Code42's CrashPlan offers us.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No. We are a small organization. We have two campuses about a mile from each other. We implemented one campus and then moved to the other. We encountered no issues adding servers and administrator computers to the organizations presence on CrashPlan's servers.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service:

We were noobies and were able to implement on our two campuses without issue. CrashPlan support is awesome and helped us. We are so very thankful for the stability and reliability that Code42's CrashPlan offers us. The Customer support offered is outstanding. I would rate the customer support a 10 out of 10!!!!

Technical Support:

We were noobies and were able to implement on our two campuses without issue. CrashPlan support is awesome and helped us. We are so very thankful for the stability and reliability that Code42's CrashPlan offers us. The Customer support offered is outstanding. I would rate the technical support a 10 out of 10!!!!

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used Symantec Back Up Exec. It was cumbersome to navigate. We have no tapes or hard disk back ups on campus any longer. We've moved to Code 42's CrashPlan for file servers, media servers, administrator laptops.

How was the initial setup?

The initial set up was smooth. As mentioned, we were noobies and were able to implement on our two campuses without issue. Set up / installation was simple. We are a small staff and the network was easy for us.

What about the implementation team?

We have an in-house team. Our level of expertise is higher now that we've worked with CrashPlan employees and understand the rationale behind the way the product is supposed to and intended to function.

What was our ROI?

We are a small organization. We have two campuses about a mile from each other. We implemented one campus and then moved to the other. We encountered no issues adding servers and administrator computers to the organizations presence on CrashPlan's servers.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I would advise all companies and institutions to purchase a few more licenses than you think you'll need. The licenses are inexpensive. Have a good inventory of what you plan to protect.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We moved away from a local disk and tape backup solution to Code42's CrashPlan. I looked at other cloud storage outfits and CrashPlan is the most personal and friendly company to work with. They are also one of the least expensive.

What other advice do I have?

We moved away from a local disk and tape backup solution to Code42's CrashPlan. I looked at other cloud storage outfits and CrashPlan is the most personal and friendly company to work with. They are also one of the least expensive.

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The file versioning is fantastic and provides excellent protection against ransomware-style malware, and the ability to control your own encryption keys.

What is most valuable?

The file versioning is fantastic and provides excellent protection against ransomware-style malware, and the ability to control your own encryption keys and push data offsite to the Code42 cloud using your own encryption makes this a full-featured system at an affordable price.

How has it helped my organization?

Our office was located in an area that was prone to hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes prior to moving not too long ago and we have experienced data loss due to natural disasters. We're also a smaller organization, which limits some of the more complex management capabilities (Active Directory, GPOs, etc.) that can be used to control machines. We end up with ransomware infections as a result and Crashplan gives us a way to get our work back without loss and ensure that data loss due to natural disasters is a thing of the past.

What needs improvement?

The only area of improvement/complaint that I have is that the system is a bit too aggressive during the initial backup - it starts backing up files to the Code42 cloud almost immediately after installation without giving you an option to pick the files to be backed up first. It's easy to correct, but it can be annoying if you don't want the default selections to be backed up.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been on Crashplan for just over a year now.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We had no issues with the deployment or usage, it went fast and smooth. The system is well designed and the UI is intuitive and easy to navigate.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Our Crashplan install has been rock-solid, we've yet to experience any real issues (knock on wood). I have no reason to think that will change though, we've done several upgrades since we started and Crashplan only seems to get better.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We're a small organization, so scalability has never been an issue or area we've focused on and I don't expect it to be for some time. I don't foresee any potential issues though.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

We've never really interacted with customer service as the licensing and renewals can all be done through the Code42 website.

Technical Support:

The few times we've had to interact with customer support, it has been fantastic. These guys really know their product and it shows.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Not really, we had experimented with Mozy and Carbonite, but Crashplan impressed us with the intuitive UI and impressive feature list.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was simple, basically Next, Next, Next, Finish. There's nothing major to configure and most of the out-of-the-box settings are already optimal.

What about the implementation team?

We handled the setup, installation, and configuration of Crashplan fully in-house as our installation was very small and our needs were not complex.

What was our ROI?

We do not measure this so it's difficult to say, however, we have dealt with ransomware and fully recovered our data without paying it, so there's definitely an ROI to be had.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The Code42 website is very transparent with the pricing and licensing, there's not much to explain. The only thing we've ever come across that needs a little clarification is that each user license is for four devices.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We tried out Mozy and Carbonite, but chose Crashplan because of it's feature list and simplicity. It just worked and worked well.

What other advice do I have?

This is a full-featured backup solution with a straight-forward licensing system and affordable pricetag. It's highly recommended for organizations both big and small.

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The ability to restore files from a specific date and time is the feature that I like the best.

What is most valuable?

The ability to restore files from a specific date and time is the feature that I like the best. The software de-duplicates so we are able to store multiple versions without taking much more space.

How has it helped my organization?

With this software I have been able to easily restore files from several months ago that have since been changed. This is very helpful if the client changes their mind and wants to go back to a previous design and we forgot to save a copy of it before modifying the design.

What needs improvement?

The support documents, although very thorough - can take a long time to readthrough. I would often prefer a simplified version

For how long have I used the solution?

Over 3 years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

The Crashplan support team was able to get us up and running very quickly. I didn't have any trouble with the initial deployment.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There are some key settings to increase the amount of memory that Crashplan can utilize that will help with stability. Also the frequency that you scan files.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not encountered any scalability issues with our installation. It is capable of way more than we are asking of it.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

The purchasing process was very pleasant. All of my questions were answered. There were no surprises. Everyone that I have dealt with has been very courteous.

Technical Support:

I normally have great experiences with technical support. When you can get a support person to look at your log files, you can typically solve the problem pretty quickly. Most of the problems that i have encountered have been caused by drive failures.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Tape backups were taking too long. They were not reliable. We were not able to restore files quickly. We didn't have the version history that we desired.

How was the initial setup?

I have configured Crashplan at my home without any trouble at all. At work, I enlisted the support team to help me configure our setup because I needed to be sure it was done correctly. They saved me a bunch of time

What about the implementation team?

I implemented Crashplan Pro E with the help of the Code42 support team. Their experience was exceptional. I remember telling everyone that would listen how great the software was.

What was our ROI?

This is a strange question. This software is much less expensive than all others that I considered. Because we are using Crashplan, I have been able to restore data that would have cost a fortune to recreate.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Ok, this is getting silly. Why so many questions? They can do their own research on pricing. For me, the pricing was reasonable and the licensing was acceptable.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I used Metiix previously. It was essentially rebranded Crashplan software. It was effective much more expensive.

What other advice do I have?

Compared to all other backup solutions that I have encountered, Crashplan is a pleasure to use. It is very simple, yet very powerful. Stop reading these reviews and try it for yourself. You won't be sorry.

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We're able to backup devices even when they don't come into the office on a regular basis.

What is most valuable?

Being able to backup devices even when they don't come into the office on a regular basis. We can still monitor and know they are backed up.

How has it helped my organization?

IT spends less time monitoring and fixing backups and more time on other issues. We just check the dashboard once in awhile to make sure everything is still working as it should.

What needs improvement?

I would love to have an app on my phone to give me status updates on the backup system and push me notifications if something goes offline or has an issue so I wouldn't have to go look at the dashboard as much.

For how long have I used the solution?

3 years. The first 2 years on the public cloud and least year using the private cloud option.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Deployment was a little slow due to the number of servers we needed but we were able to reuse existing servers and storage.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product has been very stable and once we were running has been largely trouble free after the installation was completed.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We started off with 130 users and now are at 141. We add storage as we want to keep archives longer. It has been very easy to scale and add licenses as needed.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Customer service has been great with getting our license codes and getting up and running. Other than that we haven't had much contact with customer service, everything just works.

Technical Support:

I haven't needed technical support from Crashplan as the system has been so reliable. I do sometimes lookup information in the knowledge base for guidance. They could make the installation documentation a little easier to follow.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Yes, we used Retrospect and we switched because Retrospect couldn't backup when computers were out of the office, and the system would frequently freeze and stop backing up devices and we would just have to delete and restart the backup.

How was the initial setup?

It was a little complex due to our having 9 offices and a central console to manage all the sites. But we were able to work through it and it was worth it.

What about the implementation team?

We used our own in-house team to deploy the product. Each member of the team took a couple of sites and we were up and running within two months and that was with all of our regular work and chasing down users to install the client and establish the backup.

What was our ROI?

Almost instant. Crash plan had the same annual cost as our Retrospect system and we were able to use existing hardware and storage. Once the deployment was done we had immediate time savings and reliability improvements.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing model is fine and with the latest version they make it easy to add licenses as the company grows. I would like to see discounts as number of users increase to keep costs down.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Yes, we looked at BackBlaze, upgrades to Retrospect, TimeMachine, and several other solutions. Nothing I found did as much, worked cross platform, worked while mobile, allowed me to use my existing hardware and fell in at the same price point.

What other advice do I have?

It is worthwhile for any IT environment to deploy this solution. I haven't seen any environment where it wouldn't be beneficial.

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Senior Systems Engineer at a real estate/law firm with 501-1,000 employees
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I like the low overhead of the desktop application, that it backs up on a set schedule, and that it can be throttled so that it does not use a lot of bandwidth.

What is most valuable?

  • Deployment of the application to a laptop and or desktop is seamless.
  • The dashboard is very easy to use and has useful information right on the main page.
  • I love the Unlimited Retention. I like the ability to throttle the backups so if you are on limited or metered bandwidth, it's not an issue.

How has it helped my organization?

I like the low overhead of the desktop application. I love the fact that it just backs up on a set schedule and can be throttled so that it does not use a lot of bandwidth.

What needs improvement?

It's not available for iPads yet. As we have users that only have iPads, their data is not able to be backed up at this time. Have to resort to using iCloud.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this for over 6 months.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Setup was flawless. We turned up our server on a Ubuntu Server to allow low overhead and stability. We had some issues getting it tied to LDAP in the beginning, however that was quickly resolved.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have had no issues with stability since our initial trial and since it's been in production. Upgrades to the newer versions were seamless and we had very little downtime.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We did not have any issues yet in scaling. We have 50 users here and have had no problems at all. We had straightforward setup and we have room to grow.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Customer service is amazing with Code42. Everyone is very willing to help and is very professional. They take pride in their product and see this as a value.

Technical Support:

Technical support is amazing. They are always there and whether i am using email or picking up the phone they were there. Tech support was /is very professional and extremely knowledgeable. They take pride in their product

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not have any solutions to compare to and chose Code42 because it just works. I'm glad we didn't use any other solution. It saved us time from ripping out another backup plan.

How was the initial setup?

It is a wonderful relief to know that user data can be backed up to or restored from the cloud from anywhere there is an internet connection.

What about the implementation team?

I installed and configured the server and deployment on my own. I did not feel the need to contract someone out to do this install. If I was to have any issues, I felt comfortable knowing that I could just pick up the phone and ask for assistance.

What was our ROI?

The ROI is priceless. Having the ability to restore data with very little downtime is hard to put a price tag on.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pricing and licensing is pretty straight forward. You get what you pay for. I feel that everyone should be using and or at least testing this product before the purchase.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did not look at any other vendors. They gave us a trial and we even got it extended due to not having enough cycles to put it thru its paces. They let you know what the benefits are for using the cloud vs a hybrid solution.

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It just backs up on a set schedule and can be throttled so that it does not use a lot of bandwidth.

What is most valuable?

I love the ability to integrate it into LDAP. The ease of use for deployment of the application to a laptop and or desktop is seamless. The dashboard is very easy to use and has useful information right on the main page.

How has it helped my organization?

Low overhead of the desktop application. I love the fact that it just backs up on a set schedule and can be throttled so that it does not use a lot of bandwidth.

What needs improvement?

Not available for iPads yet. As we have users that only have iPads their data is not able to be backed up at this time. Have to resort to using iCloud.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this for over 6 months.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Setup was flawless. We turned up our server on a Ubuntu Server to allow low overhead and stability. Had some issues getting it tied to LDAP in the beginning however that was quickly resolved.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have had no issues with stability since our initial trial and since it's in production. Upgrades to the newer versions were seamless and very little downtime.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We did not have any issues yet in scaling. We have 50 users here and have had no problems at all. As for scaling it up or out we have not added to our License yet to add more users but its on the road map.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Customer service is amazing with Code42. Everyone is very willing to help and is very professional. They take pride in their product and see this as a value. There was virtually no hold time when contacting customer service at all.

Technical Support:

Technical support is amazing. They are always there and whether I am using email or picking up the phone, they were there. Tech support was/is very professional and extremely knowledgeable. They take pride in their product

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not have any solutions to compare to and chose Code42 because it just works. It is a wonderful relief to know that user data can be backed up to or restored from the cloud from anywhere there is an internet connection.

How was the initial setup?

Setup was a breeze. The documentation was very straight forward and if you just follow the steps it just worked. I was concerned that most companies do not lean towards using Linux however they do.

What about the implementation team?

I installed and configured the server and deployment on my own. I did not feel the need to contract someone out to do this install. If I was to have any issues I felt comfortable knowing that I could just pick up the phone and ask for assistance.

What was our ROI?

The ROI is priceless. Having the ability to restore data with very little downtime is hard to put a pricetag on. Knowing that a users data can be backed up to or restored from the cloud from anywhere there is an internet connection.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pricing and licensing is pretty straight forward. You get what you pay for. I feel that everyone should be using and or at least testing this product before the purchase. They let you know what the benefits are for using the cloud vs. a hybrid solution.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did not look at any other vendors. They gave us a trial and we even got it extended due to not having enough cycles to put it thru its paces. They let you know what the benefits are for using the cloud vs a hybrid solution.

What other advice do I have?

I love the Unlimited Retention. I like the ability to throttle the backups so if you are on limited or metered bandwidth its not an issue.

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We have had to use it several times to restore documents that have been lost for various reasons. The process was very simple to restore documents.

What is most valuable?

I think that my favorite feature is being able to restore from different times/versions of a document. This has come in very handy several times since we implemented.

How has it helped my organization?

We have had to use it several times to restore documents that have been lost for various reasons. The process was very simple to restore documents.

What needs improvement?

I have not run across anything as of yet that I would improve on with this product. Everything that we have seen so far has been incredible.

For how long have I used the solution?

2 years

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

I have not experienced any issues with deployment of this software with myself or any of my employees. It was a very smooth process.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No we have not experienced any issues with the stability of this software. Everything has been incredibly stable. No issues seen so far.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No, I have not encountered any issues with the scalability of this software. Everything has been great with this product. I have seen no issues so far.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

The customer service for this company is spot on. They have always answered any questions in a timely manner.

Technical Support:

I have not had to use the technical support services for this company. I would expect that it would be similar to the customer service we have received.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No I was not using any other solution before we started using Crashplan. We knew that we would need something after we ran into some issues that were difficult to recover from.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was very straightforward and very easy to install. There were no problems. The process was very simple.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented this in-house. There was no vendor team that helped with the implementation. One of my technicians implemented this and had no trouble.

What was our ROI?

I am not sure exactly what my ROI is. I think that the cost of this product is very affordable. It is a very inexpensive solution to what we needed.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I would advise everyone to look into this product to see if it fits their needs. The cost is definitely affordable. I would recommend it to anyone looking for this type of solution.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

No, I did not evaluate any other options. There were several associates that I know that were using this product and very highly recommended it.

What other advice do I have?

I would only say that I could not recommend this product enough. It has delivered on everything it says it does. The cost is right, and it is very simple to use.

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Senior Desktop Administrator with 1,001-5,000 employees
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While it, like most other backup products, has internal/external cloud backups and granular security settings, its customer support really sets it apart.

Valuable Features:

This product works like most other backup products available. There are some advantages with appliances available, internal or external cloud backups, and fairly granular security settings.

This company stands out on it's customer support. There have been technicians available every step of the way, through testing to deployment, and scaling.

No problem is too big, or too small for these guys!

Use of Solution:

6 months

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