Carbonite Online Backup Review

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Aug 15, 2019

What is Carbonite Online Backup?

Carbonite Online Backup is a data storage and backup service for your business. The software was designed by Carbonite Inc., headquartered in Boston, United States. Two separate editions of the software are available for home and office users for the backup of documents, music and image files etc.

Average Rating -

The rating of Carbonite Online Backup is 3.5 stars out of 5. The rating is based on ITQlick expert review.

Typical Customers

Carbonite is suitable for all business sizes as well as personal users. This is because the software is available in different versions designed for different kind of users. Whether you are a home user or running a company, you can use the software for the backup of important data in the form of documents, images, music and video files etc.

Any organization would like to outsource the data backup services and concentrate on the more important operational respects. Carbonite can provide safety for any kind of data over any duration of time. The software has thousands of clients all over the world, including individual home users as well as large organizations. Some noteworthy corporate clients include Falcon Construction, Lesron Insurance, and Foundation Real Estate etc.

Features

The software provides both online and network based storage options and uses various backup media for storage. Data repository models that the software follows are differential backup, full system backup, reverse delta, and continuous data protection.

The software allows you to store data in a variety of forms including files, video and audio movies, images in different formats, database, applications and accounts. Data can be stored for a long time without being compromised, thanks to the multi-layered security provided by the software. Important security features include encryption, password protection, authentication, and media server encryption.

Core software features of Carbonite include automatic update, backup history, duplication, de-duplication, file sharing, live backups, quick restore, scheduling, and CD/DVD burning.

Carbonite Online Backup 5 Pros

• Client program of the software automatically backs up the new and changes files on your system.
• Before storing the data, it is compressed and encrypted using 128-bit Blowfish encryption for added protection.
• Secure SSL link is provided for the transmission of data to ensure its safety and integrity.
• De-duplication at bit level results in new files being backed up twice.
• With the remote access facility, you can download your files and data from any location using the secure account.

Carbonite Online Backup 2 Cons

• Data repository models of the software do not include incremental backup option.
• Core software features of Carbonite do not include archiving, prioritization, and refactoring.

Competitors & Alternatives

Other data storage systems that can be considered the competitors of Carbonite are DirDup and FBackup software. FBackup can be used for any kind of business data storage and offers a feature set that is similar to Carbonite. However, Carbonite offers some additional features that are not found on FBackup.

Two data repository models of Carbonite that are not offered by FBackup are differential backup and reverse delta. FBackup also lacks the security features of encryption and media server encryption. Finally, the core features of file sharing, quick restore, scheduling and CD/DVD burning are also not available on FBackup.

DirDup is designed for the data backup needs of small businesses and startups and accordingly offers quite a limited set of features. It follows the unstructured data repository model and does not offer any of the models followed by Carbonite.

In addition, DirDup offers only three core features of scheduling, automated update and selected file storage. Rest of the Carbonite features are not offered by DirDup. The software also lacks security features and only offers simple password protection. 

Carbonite Online Backup Pricing Information

The cost of license starting from $59 per user/year. The experts at ITQlick has reviewed Carbonite Online Backup pricing and gave the software a total cost of ownership (TCO) rating of 6.2 out of 10. Custom price cost for your business is available upon request.

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Specifications

Company:	Carbonite
Address:	Boston, MA
Website:	https://www.carbonite.com/
Customers:	Start up, Small business, Medium business, Large business, Private use
Business Area:	Cross Business Areas
Platforms:	Desktop, Mobile, Cloud
Operating Systems:	Mac OS, Windows, Linux

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