Bacula Enterprise vs OpenText Data Protector
Bacula Enterprise
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| Figure | Bacula Enterprise | OpenText Data Protector |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7.50/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 3 |
| Spec score · Enterprise Backup Software | 9.2 (#1) | 7.3 (#11) |
| Spec score · Server Backup Software | 9.2 (#2) | 7.3 (#22) |
| Spec score · Backup and Disaster Recovery Software | 9.2 (#4) | 7.2 (#18) |
| Founded | 2008 | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Delaware, United States, and Switzerland | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
| Purpose | Bacula Enterprise is commercially supported software for managing backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across networks. | OpenText Data Protector provides backup protection and recovery for business-critical data and applications across virtual, physical, and cloud environments. |
| Security | The feature page lists FIPS 140-3 compliance, multi-factor authentication, AES encryption options, TLS communications encryption, and immutable disk volumes. | The data sheet states that traffic is encrypted in transit, secure peering uses TLS 1.2, and the product is Common Criteria Certified. |
| Virtualization integrations | Native or agentless integrations cover VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, OpenStack, Proxmox, Xen, XCP-ng, Nutanix AHV, Red Hat Virtualization and Azure VM. | Native VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V integrations provide agentless backup and protection policy inheritance. |
Plans
Bacula Enterprise
- Endpoint Subscription$90 a year
- 30-day trial with support€199, paid once
- Bacula Enterprise subscriptionPriced on request
- DiamondPrice not published
- EmeraldPrice not published
- PearlPrice not published
- RubyPrice not published
- SapphirePrice not published
OpenText Data Protector
- OpenText Data Protector ExpressPriced on request
- OpenText Data Protector for Cloud WorkloadsPriced on request
- OpenText Data Protector PremiumPriced on request
In their own words
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise is commercially supported software for managing backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across networks. It lists support for virtual environments, containers, SaaS and IaaS, databases, Windows environments, and storage systems. Virtualization integrations include VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, Xen, XCP-ng, Proxmox, KVM, Red Hat Virtualization, Azure VM, and OpenStack; cloud interfaces include S3, Azure, Glacier, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud. Backup policies can be full, incremental, or differential, with a built-in scheduler, incomplete-job restart, and bandwidth limits. The subscription includes the software suite, BWeb web-based administration, technical support, and future patches, updates, and version changes. Listed security features include FIPS 140-3 compliance, multi-factor authentication, AES encryption options, TLS communications encryption, and immutable disk volumes. SIEM and SNMP monitoring integrations are also listed. Subscription tiers depend on secured endpoint count and support response time, not data volume or storage consumed. Pricing is available on request; the maker offers a 30-day trial with support for €199, with trial support responses stated at one to two business days.
OpenText Data Protector
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