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33% willing to recommend
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We performed a comparison between Bacula Enterprise and IDERA SQL Safe Backup based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure.""Bacula is pretty stable.""It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite.""It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light.""The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization.""It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers.""The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."

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"The compression, because it drastically reduces the disk space.""It has reduced our backup time and simplified our backup processes across all the servers."

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"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.""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.""We would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI.""Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement.""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."

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"Make sure you check your backups on a regular basis. Backups do get missed with this tool, for whatever reason.""I would like to see the pieces that they have put in the web only to be put into the thick client sitting on the desktop client.""The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection."

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  • "This is an open-source solution."
  • "We have a perpetual license."
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  • "The product's pricing is a good value. They have a straightforward licensing model."
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    SQL Safe Backup
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    Overview

    Bacula Enterprise is a highly scalable, especially robust and secure data backup and recovery software. Its unique low cost subscription model empowers data centers to truly escape data volume price traps. With a high degree of flexibility and customizability, Bacula offers native integration with a wide range of hypervisors, databases, file systems, cloud interfaces and containers. High numbers of enterprise organizations worldwide (incl. NASA, Bank of Austria, Swisscom or Sky PLC) have adopted Bacula Enterprise backup software in mission critical environments because of its advanced features and ability to handle high data volume at very low cost.

    SQL Safe Backup helps database administrators to back up and recover instantly across SQL Servers. Unlike its competition, it provides virtual databases with access to back up files without consuming disk space, instant restore, centralized management across SQL Servers, and alert notifications for success and failure of operations.

    Sample Customers
    NASA, SwissCom, Navisite, Turner Studios, Bank Austria, Caixa Bank, SdV Plurimedia, Leibniz University Hannover, Zeta Global, Tricore, NetLog, Siemens, LocaWeb, wbsGo, itesys, Queens School of Computing, Escrypt.
    Woman's Hospital; Sisters of Mercy Hospital System; University Medical Center; MetTel; PPG Industries; 3M; Abbott Laboratories; Comcast; Daimler; GameStop; Hormel Foods; Marriott International; Merck; NCR; United Technologies; City of Lynnwood; Linfosys B.V.; TRI-KES; American Customer Care; Merck & Co., Inc.; Service Corporation International; Fresenius Vascular Care Inc.; Bates White; TechPro Inc.; TW Metals, Inc.; Tulane University; ISO Group; Ameriben Solutions; Instron Corporation; Sentric, Inc.; SPIE; GAS Distribution Company of Thessaloniki and Thessaly SA; American Printing House for the Blind; Paysafe; Freeman Decorating Services, Inc.; Sentric, Inc.; Auburn University; Corporate Communications Group; Sagicor Financial Corporation; Crystal Run Healthcare; Principality Building Society; Experiencias Xcaret; Missoula County; Shellpoint Partners LLC; Solix Inc.; Advicent Solutions, Inc.; Phoenix Newspaper Inc.; Park Place Technologies; Kelly & Associates Insurance Group; Boston Medical Center; Service Corporation International; eResearchTechnology, Inc.
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    University10%
    Government9%
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    Financial Services Firm21%
    Government13%
    Computer Software Company9%
    University9%
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    Small Business56%
    Large Enterprise44%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise53%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise74%
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    Bacula Enterprise is ranked 29th in Backup and Recovery with 9 reviews while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is ranked 74th in Backup and Recovery. Bacula Enterprise is rated 8.6, while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is rated 5.0. The top reviewer of Bacula Enterprise writes "Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IDERA SQL Safe Backup writes "You can't see any metrics about how long it took you to backup the entire server. We've had a huge reduction in the nightly backup footprint size". Bacula Enterprise is most compared with Bareos, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas NetBackup and Acronis Cyber Protect, whereas IDERA SQL Safe Backup is most compared with Rubrik and IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact.

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