Verified User in Computer Networking
UC
Verified User in Computer Networking
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"My review of Code 42 CrashPlan"
3.5/5
What do you like best about CrashPlan SMB?

It backs up everything on the secure cloud by default.

It's very easy to restore backups if you're switching computers.

You can set rules for auto backup and timings during which the backup runs. You can also set rules to exclude certain files/file types from being backed up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CrashPlan SMB?

It only supports one machine at a time. You cannot have it running on two computers with the same account once. So in my company, we were supposed to delete the account from old computer before we could login on the new computer and restore the backup. It would be good if multiple accounts were possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
AN
Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Crash Plan Pro from Code42 is a lifesaver"
5/5
What do you like best about CrashPlan SMB?

We have connected the Crash plan Pro to our server which backs up every minute, and keeps a cache for 1 minute interval to 1 year.

We have an incident where because of an outage, The Hard Drives on the File Server got damaged, so After installing the new Drives, all that I had to do is to restore back the files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CrashPlan SMB?

Download Speed caps 5 MB per Seconds where if you have huge data files take a lot of time to restore or backup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daniel W.
DW
Daniel W.
Director Of Information Technology
Building Materials
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"CrashPlan is great! Works as intended!"
5/5
What do you like best about CrashPlan SMB?

I like the automation of CrashPlan the most. I set it up once weeks ago and it...just works. I've logged in once a day to check and make sure it's running, but, I feel like I just have a self-sufficient child here - not really alot on my part to maintain it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CrashPlan SMB?

Upload speed seems to be quite sluggish, though, that doesn't matter once your entire dataset has been uploaded. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bob T.
BT
Bob T.
EZ Backup Prog/Analyst
Higher Education
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best endpoint backup solution for our company"
4.5/5
What do you like best about CrashPlan SMB?

2 items: reasonable user experience (interface + documentation); distributed adminstration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CrashPlan SMB?

Being on the bleeding edge of the Cloud - there is quite a learning curve on both sides Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"More expensive now but good"
3.5/5
What do you like best about CrashPlan SMB?

The backup works well, the native app seems better than it used to be (back when I had it for home users). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CrashPlan SMB?

I was using Crash Plan as a home user and liked it a lot, was very disappointed when they decided to drop the home business. This doubled their prices for the same number of devices. At least they had a promotion to stay on as a small business customer for 75% off for 1 year, which I am doing. If they don't change their prices by then I will switch to a different service, because I really don't need the additional features offered to small businesses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VS
victor S.
Corporate Help Desk Admin
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"by far best backup for end users"
5/5
What do you like best about CrashPlan SMB?

Does the job and it does it really good. Admin portal informs what is being backed up when it was backed up as report wise. Also can setup deployments and custom installs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CrashPlan SMB?

support at times can be hard to contact via their email channel. Meaning at times they will email back 2-3 days after. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
UH
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Using Crash Plan"
4.5/5
What do you like best about CrashPlan SMB?

The ease with which initial setup is done and required folders are to be marked and then we can forget about crash plan.

My laptop had crashed and i did not know my crash plan had my folders backed up, saving crucial files and a lot of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CrashPlan SMB?

Nothing in particular, since i was part of an enterprise it was free for me, but as a stand alone user it might be expensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Networking
UC
Verified User in Computer Networking
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"A one click backup tool "
4/5
What do you like best about CrashPlan SMB?

1. I used Code42 crashplanner to backup all the files of my laptop at work place. It's so seamless that I did not even realize that it backed up all my data.

2. It's also a great tool while you change PCs. All the data gets restored conveniently.

3. The organization of files from different PC's is also a noteworthy feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CrashPlan SMB?

While I used to connect my work laptop at places other than office, it continued backing up without my knowledge and a lot of data would get consumed. This happened without my knowledge. And I had figure out and later disable the back up feature while at places other than work location Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Verified User in Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"awesome backup software"
5/5
What do you like best about CrashPlan SMB?

is user friendly , and you can use it on both windows and linux , the installation on windows is really intuitive and user friendly , the interface is easy to understand, we can do restores from the pro server and also save them on tapes and request those for lter is really amazing what you ca do with this software from your admin console , it also has good integration with other monitoring software since before crashplan has the monitoring part on it we used another software for monitoring and we never got a single issue with it at least not a crashplan related issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CrashPlan SMB?

sometimes on linux we have this issues with antivirus affecting crash plan connection or slowing down the backups . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Defense & Space
AD
Verified User in Defense & Space
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Set it and forget it"
5/5
What do you like best about CrashPlan SMB?

The server end implementation of Crashplan Enterprise was fairly straight forward. The most impressive part of it is the ease of use for the end users. Backups are done without the end user noticing. It's so unobtrusive to the system and the user that most often times, customers are unaware that they have a backup solution in place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CrashPlan SMB?

Our Crashplan server was implemented almost 5 years ago. It requires very little attention. Admittedly, this meant that it wasn't in our "radar" as far as servers to keep a close eye on. Due to the default retention policy of accounts disabled, it continued to work until it ran out of disk space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.