All Afi SaaS Backup Reviews
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Jamie
Verified reviewer
E-Learning, 2-10 employees
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2020
Excellent software and piece of mind
We love the fact that we have everything constantly backed up - with the ability to easily recall previous versions of creative projects if there's a corruption or anything else goes wrong.
CONSWe've had a couple of issues with the UI not displaying properly when we needed to get into the system. Support were able to fix though.
Matthew
Education Management, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2020
Review of GSuite backup solutions
So far, it has been a great experience. The only issue we have really experienced is regarding notification for billing as the email notification seems to not be obvious as it references a different company and/or is auto-generated from the company's billing system.
PROSAFI is a stable solution that is mid-range priced for schools. It is difficult to justify the cost of SaaS backup solutions compared to traditional on-prem backup solutions so we need to find the cheapest solution that allows us to comply with overarching laws, legislation and policies. At the same time, the solution needs to be stable.
CONSOur previous SaaS backup solution/vendor had more inclusions/services at a cheaper price than AFI so it was difficult to pitch a move to AFI to our school management. It seems that backup products are not considered in-depth at a management level as it is a simple cost for compliance discussion.
Reason for choosing Afi SaaS Backup
Cheapest cost which also addressed the issues that we were seeing/experiencing with the incumbent product.
Reasons for switching to Afi SaaS Backup
The stability of AFI and the support for issue resolution was significantly better with AFI. In saying that, the price of AFI vs Syscloud was/is significantly more.
Michael
Verified reviewer
Arts and Crafts, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
1
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed August 2020
You can't rely on it
I used this to back up my small G-Suite account with five people. Technically, this worked fine. Our Google Drive has nowadays more than 5 TB of data, which is not all that big for a G-Suite account. Such a drive can get much bigger, and Google won’t charge extra. But Afi does. Even though their pricing page clearly says that their license is purely user bases and that shared drives are included at no additional cost, their customer support had a bad surprise for me. They wrote to me that our G-Suite account is larger than 5 TB in their system, so they had to charge $350 per month instead of the $15 per month that I signed up for. That was a shock to me. They stated a fair use clause in their ToS, but when I looked it up, that clause did not mention the 5 TB limit, neither any volume-based price that they have to charge. So I did not pay the $350. We lost our backup and had to switch the provider. In case you take your chance and work with this company despite their questionable business practices, I suggest you either keep a close eye on how much space your G-Suite account takes up in their system or be prepared to pay much more than anticipated.
PROSYou can assign different service levels for the various users of your G-Suite organization
CONSYou can suddenly lose your backup when your data consumes a certain amount of space in their system.
Robert
Biotechnology, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Great Tool that I would Highly Recommend
The standout feature of Afi SaaS Backup is its comprehensive coverage. It seamlessly safeguards my Gmail emails, Google Drive files, and calendars, offering an all-in-one solution for my critical data protection needs.- Even in the lowest pricing tiers it offers a backup history and is very comprehensive when restoring data to an account.- It easily connects with our Cloud and the instructions for setup area easy to understand even for non-technical people- The support from Afi has been very fast and we haven't waited on a response for more than a day ever
CONSI think the feedback here would get them from 4.8 to 5 stars and is not substantial:- The interface gives me the impression that this started as a very technical UI for technical people and now tries to also cater more non-technical users. However it's stuck in a somewhat in-between state that takes some time to get into.- In cases of errors I wish the messages would give more direct insights into the errors and point to the right resource to fix them. This would save a couple of emails with customer support.
Simon
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2021
The only feasible solution to backup Drive in Google Workspace
It mitigates the lack of a built-in backup tools in Google Workspace very elegantly. The build-in data security features of Google Workspace are not sufficient. "Vault", "30 days rewind option" and the "file versioning" are not capable to recover a random human error. (example: John Doe deleted the folder with the quarterly figures 40 days ago. He didn't realise it within the 30 days period, that the onboard tools would cover, because he uses them typically only all 90 days. And vault can only recover single files and looses a lot of metadata).
PROSIt backups also all metadata that we allocate to files in Drive. Ease of use.
CONSEach recovered document gets a new document ID. This is imminent to the Google API - alle backup solution today are dealing with it. But from a user perspective still not ideal.
Reasons for switching to Afi SaaS Backup
Lack of secured metadata in Google Workspace.
Adam
Computer Software, 51-200 employees
Used less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2020
Afi SaaS Backup review
We wanted our users to be able to restore their files from the backup and this software delivers this to us.
PROSWe use it Afi SaaS Backup with Google G Suite and we like most this software for very easy use. This program is also well documented.
CONSAt this moment, we have not found anything that we believe could be improved.
Reason for choosing Afi SaaS Backup
I chose Afi software because of its price and ease of use.
david
Computer Software, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2023
Afi SaaS Rocks!!!
Our experience with AFI.ai has been most positive. I am a fan. It meets all of our requirements and then some.
PROSReliable, fast, easy to set up and configure, easy to restore and remove huge files to reduce our space requirements. Support is quick and knowledgeable.
CONSThere is nothing to dislike. The user interface sequentially to look at or edit users could be improved.
Reason for choosing Afi SaaS Backup
Cost, cost, cost. Easy to set up, worked seamlessly with Office 365 and Google Workspace. It far exceeded all of our requirements.
Kane
Consumer Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2020
Afi SaaS Backup
Friendly, prompt personal customer service <3
PROSGood integration with Google and was quick to setup and easy to see my backups google drive and restore.
CONSNothing really, only risk is that the product is not that well known as some others.
Reason for choosing Afi SaaS Backup
Afi backups worked and allowed me to easily do restores over the other solutions that I looked at that sometimes didnt event work like Adonis offering!
Reasons for switching to Afi SaaS Backup
They stopped supporting small organisations
David
Primary/Secondary Education, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2020
Afi SaaS Backup - Review
Afi has been a great service so far. It is one of the few services that I would recommend without hesitation. It was easy to setup. It works reliably and is fast. It just stays out of your way and does what it's supposed to do without any complications or worries. I highly recommend Afi!
PROS- Easy to deploy and manage - It is reliable and fast - Support has been very quick to respond to any questions I've had
CONSHonestly, I haven't found anything about the product that I don't like. That's pretty rare.
Reason for choosing Afi SaaS Backup
I researched the available products for G Suite backup and many of the "big players" had a lot of unhappy customers. All the Afi customers seemed to be quite satisfied. I demoed Afi and quickly determined that it was indeed the right fit for us.
Anonymous
201-500 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2019
Does the job
Started trial and converted to paying customer in 1 week, never have had to use their support so far
PROSReliable backup, no errors, issues or downtime.
CONSWe'd like to use the same vendor to backup our SFDC
Adam
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2023
Simple, Quick, Effective
Overall it has been a very good experience so far.
PROSI think the simplicity and speed of setup was the most enjoyable factor from the start.
CONSI think it is a little unclear how to get the exact results you're looking for from the restore function.
Reasons for switching to Afi SaaS Backup
Switch from on premise active directory to cloud 365 and provision of services to customers with 365 tenants.
Manu
Real Estate, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2020
Great GSuite back up option
The functionality is generally on par with all the other vendors I checked out and tried. The pricing for the tier of service provided is ahead of the others
PROSThe pricing is better than the competitors I vetted, and the functionality is on par as well. The customer service has been stellar from the start of the sales process through questions that came up after full implementation.
CONSAt this point I have not found any issues that I dislike. There are some features like the archived emails being searched in a manner that might be improved from the current setup, but the system works well already.
Reason for choosing Afi SaaS Backup
Pricing, functionality, customer service
Ad
Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2021
Backup Solution perfect for M365/O365 users with no data on prem
Easy of mind. There is a alert setup which notifies you immediately if something went wrong.
PROSIt has a fully integrated interface with the tenant. The GUI is to our opinion user friendly and it is clear what every task is doing for you.
CONSSetup was a little confusing for us since we are hosting multiple customers and the way to get our engineers in the portal was a small struggle but with the help of our account manager it was quickly solved.
Reason for choosing Afi SaaS Backup
Due to pricing and the fact you can start with 5 licenses this was a better choice for smaller customers than the others who are either more expensive or have a higher requirement like Veeam has a 10 license minimum.
Patrick
Music, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2021
Perfectly matched to our organisation's needs.
For volunteer-based non profit organisations, the capture and protection of organisational knowledge is a critical requirement. Afi were easy to deal with, the product was easy to install and configure and we have everything up and running in less than an hour.
PROSMany competitive products that can back up shared drives were much more expensive and this is a critical function for us.
CONSWe are waiting for the ability to backup V2 (new) Google Sites, but this is waiting on a feature release from Google.
Reasons for switching to Afi SaaS Backup
Spanning's pricing model was way too expensive for a small non-profit like us.
Anonymous
201-500 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2019
Fast Backup solution with support of OUs and G Suite groups
My company used another G Suite solution for a long time and we've switched to Afi after previous vendor could not recover the data after and data loss event. Afi solution is much more stable and we did not have any problems with backup/restore.
PROSNice UI, usage reporting, you can manage backup policies by Organizational Unit
CONSNone so far, we're looking for their launch of SFDC backup.
Vendor Response
Thanks! Salesforce is definitely on our roadmap!
Replied June 2019
Jeremy
Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2022
Great backup system and oricing
The platform is very easy to setup and maintain.
CONSI wish it had slightly more storsge space (like unlimited) but pricing is low enough that we can add more easily.
Reason for choosing Afi SaaS Backup
Price point and well designed interface.
Guillaume
Non-Profit Organization Management, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2020
Perfect for NGO
Really fast to setup, ans easy to use. Not a lot of option. I'm not an expert, and I could manage to do it by my own. In couple of click all our date were saved. Impressive! The offer for NGO is very interesting.
CONSFor our need, there is no really problem I can see
Sten
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used monthly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING: