Compare Arctera Backup Exec and Bacula Enterprise 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (60.7% of reviews)
Mid-Market (56.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Arctera Backup Exec
Star Rating
(274)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (60.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Arctera Backup ExecBacula Enterprise
Star Rating
(56)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (56.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Bacula EnterpriseArctera Backup Exec vs Bacula Enterprise
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Bacula Enterprise easier to use and do business with overall. However, reviewers felt that Arctera Backup Exec is easier to set up. Both products were equally easy to administer.
- Reviewers felt that Bacula Enterprise meets the needs of their business better than Arctera Backup Exec.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Bacula Enterprise is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Bacula Enterprise over Arctera Backup Exec.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Arctera Backup Exec
No pricing availableBacula Enterprise
No pricing availableFree Trial
Arctera Backup Exec
Free Trial is available
Bacula Enterprise
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.7
216
9.5
43
Ease of Use
8.3
218
8.8
43
Ease of Setup
8.3
201
7.7
37
Ease of Admin
8.4
200
8.4
38
Quality of Support
7.8
203
9.8
42
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.3
192
9.8
36
Product Direction (% positive)
7.4
209
8.2
38
Features by Category
Compatibility
9.3
103
9.6
28
8.8
97
9.6
24
8.8
94
9.5
24
8.1
77
9.3
23
Management
8.5
88
9.4
27
8.7
93
9.3
25
8.8
100
9.4
29
8.1
87
9.4
25
8.6
96
9.2
24
Compliance
8.7
94
9.3
23
7.6
64
9.6
13
8.5
81
9.6
24
Agentic AI - Server Backup
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
7.8
12
9.3
15
8.9
12
9.3
15
8.3
11
9.7
15
8.5
12
9.4
15
5.8
11
10.0
5
Compatibility
9.4
12
9.5
14
9.3
12
9.6
15
8.8
12
9.4
15
Management
8.2
12
9.4
14
9.0
12
9.4
15
8.5
11
9.6
13
Agentic AI - Online Backup
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Compatibility
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
10.0
7
Not enough data
9.6
8
Management
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Agentic AI - SaaS Backup
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
22
9.7
26
7.8
16
9.6
12
8.1
20
9.8
21
8.3
20
9.4
21
8.5
19
9.8
17
Management
9.0
21
9.5
25
9.2
20
9.7
25
8.5
19
9.6
23
8.0
19
9.1
21
8.5
19
9.3
18
Agentic AI - Disaster Recovery
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
Solution Provision
8.6
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Arctera Backup Exec and Bacula Enterprise are categorized as Server Backup, Online Backup, and Disaster Recovery
Unique Categories
Arctera Backup Exec is categorized as Data Replication
Bacula Enterprise is categorized as SaaS Backup
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Arctera Backup Exec
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Bacula Enterprise
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
17.2%
Oil & Energy
3.4%
Computer Software
3.4%
Automotive
3.4%
Education Management
3.1%
Other
69.5%
Military
15.1%
Government Administration
13.2%
Telecommunications
11.3%
Higher Education
9.4%
Information Technology and Services
9.4%
Other
41.5%
Alternatives
Discussions
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4 Comments
GS
Backup Exec comes with full functional with 60 days trial version. If the questions is about resore the answer is yes. After the data is backed up and it is...Read more
How does Backup Exec help optimize storage?
2 Comments
SS
Backup Exec have inbuilt features and capabilities to support storage deduplication which reduces your storage space needs, saving you money and reducing how...Read more
How do I use Veritas Backup Exec?
1 Comment
SS
1. You need to configure backup policies for the workloads,
2. Monitor the daily backup status
3. Check for any backup failures and rectify the same if...Read more
can we use baculam for adding a mutiple jobs concurrently?
2 Comments
RM
Hello Bhupesh,
The Bacula Enterprise doesn't support Baculum because it instead uses BWeb. If you are a BEE user, you should use BWeb which is more...Read more
Who else has had problems with Bacula support telling them "You're the only customer reporting this, nobody else has this problem" foe svereal years before confirming a fault but then declining to fix it?
1 Comment
GG
That is ugly indeed! The only thing I can advise you, and have good experience with, is to escalate the ticket as soon as you're unhappy with the support...Read more
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