Barracuda Backup 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Barracuda Backup

4.7

(21)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Barracuda Backup

Barracuda Backup Service is a cloud-based data protection software. The software offers a user-friendly platform with features such as ransomware protection, data recovery and data management. It can be used for data stored in any type of location, from virtual to hybrid physical.

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Barracuda Backup Features

Popular features found in Business Continuity
Backup and Recovery
Disaster Recovery
Incident Management
Risk Assessment
Secure Data Storage
Task Management
More features of Barracuda Backup
Authentication
Backup Log
Backup Scheduling
Compression
Continuous Backup
Data Management
Data Recovery
Data Storage Management
Encryption
File Transfer
Incremental Backup
Local Server Options
Monitoring
Multi-Factor Authentication
Policy Management
Ransomware Protection
Remote Server Options
Web Access/Restoration

Barracuda Backup User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

67%

33%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

3.8

Customer support

4.4

Functionality

4.4

Zyren Christian D.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2021

Barracuda Backup Service

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

As part of IT Team we're tasked to do Businesses Contingency plan for any disaster or loss of any kind of data. With the help of Barracuda Backup, I can manage to proper data backup and recovery, and data encryption. Features like advanced security, advanced replication and instant data recovery really helps us to manage our plan for business Contingency

Cons:

I didn't have anything to dislike about this software.

Lisa A.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2022

Easy to set up and simple to use!

Barracuda Backup Service is very simple to use and is best at providing complete protection against the threats and malware and their response system is also best that helps to remove the threats faster and quickly. They help the security teams to detect the threats faster understand them and prioritize the threats that are most important for our business and system.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Barracuda Backup Service has secured all our systems and is best at splitting the traffic and does not cause a burden on only one website. They automatically connect us to the required features and functions if want to use a VPN they will automatically connect us to the VPN office. The VPN runs very quickly using their features as there is no delay.

Cons:

Barracuda Backup Service needs to make their system simplified and make their features updated and they should ensure the latest support to keep the backup system updated according to our current requirements. They should allow the features to be introduced on the android and IOS gadgets.

Daniel E.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

Hardware needs a refresh but good interface

Overall the interface is intuitive and easy to navigate and the product functions as it should. Support is great when needed. Old technology is the bottleneck for restores and only 1 cloud replication destination are the big negatives. Restoring from the cloud is faster than a local restore which shouldn't be the case. I would come back as a customer if the two issues above were ever resolved. As it stands now, we won't be renewing and will be replacing the appliance with an alternative solution because of these limitations.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We really like the simplicity of looking at all the different aspects of the backup and restore areas. It's easy to navigate and simple to deploy. The confidence of the product is high after having used it for both large and small restore jobs and support is great when needed.

Cons:

There are some areas that need improvement. The cost of the unit for what you get with what is available with current technology and knowing what is under the hood in those appliances is disappointing. For the price of a 4TB backup appliance, I would like to see NVMe or SSD at the least. Having spinning rust is just unacceptable. The internal hardware is just a basic desktop motherboard with 2 SATA drives. Not 5k worth of hardware. The offsite replication is another negative. The only option is AWS. They said 3 years ago that adding other cloud storage providers to the replication list was on their roadmap, but no apparent progress has been made in this area.

Reasons for choosing Barracuda Backup

At the time Barracuda backup was chosen because of its familiarity to the techs who had used it at previous options.

Jerry A.

Verified reviewer

Museums and Institutions

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2021

Barracuda Backup works, and works right. It is what we needed.

We had a Backup Exec solution, but it wasn't working for us. Barracuda Backup was exactly what we needed. It allowed us to backup all our physical servers, all our virtual servers, and all our databases. The system was extremely easy to setup. We have an on-site component that backs up everything, and all of that gets sent to the cloud. Restoring data is fast and easy. Working with Hyper-V virtual machines is straightforward, but there seems to be more compatibility with vSphere than with Hyper-V. With vSphere, you can spin up a VM on-site, but Hyper-V optiosn are only Cloud LiveBoot.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The system is extremely easy to setup. We set up the physical device in minutes, we set up and configured the cloud portion within hours, and were ready to go. Installing the agents on our servers was a snap, and it was quick and easy to verify that data was being backed up. The restore process was also quick and easy to verify.

Cons:

It could work better with Hyper-V VMs. It seems to work better with vSphere than with Microsoft Hyper-V. Like LiveBoot for vSphere vs Cloud LiveBoot for Hyper-V.

Reasons for switching to Barracuda Backup

Better features and performance with Barracuda Backup.

Renny H.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2019

Barracuda Checks all the Boxes

Barracuda 290 appliance is an affordable and reliable backup solution. Add on Cloud and other Support services for a premium experience.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The agent software is very light weight and easy to install. With cloud replication I don't have to worry about restoring from a disaster.

Cons:

You can only have one backup schedule per device. It would be nice to have more than one, for example: A Server with a database you might want to back up the file system once a week then the SQL twice a day. But its not that big of a deal, just back up the server using SQL schedule, the deduplication and retention policy takes care of the rest.

Verified

Reviewer

Automotive

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2019

Barracuda Backup Service

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

So very easy to use and manage. Initial setup is simple as are restorations of files.

Cons:

We have not identified any drawbacks at this time.

Rica Mae D.

Verified reviewer

Construction

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2021

Barracuda Backup Service Review

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I liked how Barracuda Backup team provide assistance to us when we encounter any problem or concern. Barracuda Backup is a very straightforward product for us dealing with company's backup scheduling and data management.

Cons:

Providing more how to's, tips and tricks will be a good thing to do.

Stuart W.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

Simple to use

A good all round product, does what it suggests and the support experience is good.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The product is simple to use and implement. Management interface is good and easy to use.

Cons:

Some restoration tasking can be a fiddle.

Grant S.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

Brilliant but very expensive

Great product but very expensive.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like that Barracuda have 3 data centres, 2 in the UK that replicate data between them so any data that has been lost due to a disaster can be recovered very quickly and restored onsite.

Cons:

As this product is qualified using the amount of TB's you think you may need in the future for expansion, this makes the solution very expensive.

William B.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2019

Barracuda is the Best!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

We have an on-site backup box that runs every night. It has been in place for many years and has saved our tails more than a couple times! Once the box is set up, there is very little configuration to get your backups to start. If you need a backup solution, Barracuda is the best.

Cons:

We have had a couple issues updating our box and recovering a certain backup, but both of these problems were solved by their great customer service.

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