--- description: Review of Azure Backup Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Azure Backup | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Backup Software](/directory/4294/backup/software) > [Azure Backup](/software/402160/azure-backup) # Azure Backup Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/402160/azure-backup Page: 1 / 8\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/402160/azure-backup?page=2) > Azure Backup is a cloud-based backup solution, which helps businesses create policies and secure a variety of enterprise workloads such as Azure Virtual Machines, SQL and SAP databases and Azure file shares. Other features include reporting, customer managed keys, private endpoints, data export and more. The application enables IT teams to manage, monitor and optimize data protection and restore data from virtual machines with application consistency in Windows. Administrators can track the entire backup estate via the backup center module. It also lets professionals audit and analyze the backup data using historical patterns. Security teams can protect data against ransomware attacks through multiple user authentication and role-based access control. Pricing is based on the amount of storage required and support is extended via documentation. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 158 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 158 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Microsoft - **Location**: Redmond, US - **Founded**: 1975 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$5.00 - **Pricing model**: Other - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Backup Scheduling - Cloud Backup - Compression - Encryption - Incremental Backup - Monitoring ## Support Options - Knowledge Base ## Category - [Backup Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4294/backup/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Hence, no cost is required for capital expenditure (CapEx). > > **Cons**: There are no cons as such for Azure Backup but data latency can be improved while recovering database from its backup image. > > Overall, Azure backup is an excellent way for backing up all business data with minimal configuration required for setting it up. Azure backup can be operated in the Azure portal in a really easy way and minimizes time for backup storage, increases retention period, and improved the recovery of the database. Azure backup service can be used with the Pay-as-you-go model which is nothing but only involves operational expenditure and huge capital expenditure can be saved and invested further to improvise other business aspects. ----- ### "Great backup system" — 4.0/5 > **Chris** | *13 January 2019* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Cloud based backup. Easy to use and configure. > > **Cons**: Back ups are completely dependent on your office network speed. > > Set this up for a client with offices throughout the world. It was great, as all I needed to do was remote in and install the agent. Then we are backing up. Setup took 2 hours and we were running. Bad side is your are network dependent. We had one office in Jakarta that had a terrible network, and took months to get the initial backup. The problem is they had months of changes that didn't get backed up. Server eventually needed a recover, and pulling from the cloud there was not an option. But if you want a good price for the options, and you have a good network bandwidth, it's a great tool. ----- ### "One of Microsofts more expensive products, with average delivery." — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *1 April 2018* | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: Great integration with other Microsoft tools, and even other operating systems. User-friendly for storing data (Very secure,) great for beginners to set up. > > **Cons**: Pricing is affordable but can get very expensive right away. The pay-as-you-go option is deceptive. Tech support is at an additional cost. ----- ### "Microsoft Azure - Cloud based backup and restore" — 4.0/5 > **Jaidev** | *2 December 2018* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: MS Azure is easy to use and we can customize the backup frequency as per the need. Backup schedule during working hours not impacting much on our network. After using this recovery task become pretty easy. Now we are paying only for that what we are using and we can change this usage limit at anytime. Its automatically restoration service is amazing feature. > > **Cons**: It does require a bit expertise to manage the server monitoring on cloud. > > After shifting on Azure Backup we reduced hardware cost but increased the data security, access over the network. Now our data is more secure and we are not worry about disaster. ----- ### "Is nice but" — 4.0/5 > **Felipe** | *18 October 2019* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I love that the backup goes directly to the cloud, and even that slows down the Servers and the network is not that bad and you can schedule the replications time. > > **Cons**: You get fail notifications, but if you want success notifications there is no way to do it. In case of support need it you need to pay more even when you are already paying a lot for the service > > So far so good, we manage to solve the issues we faced some days ----- Page: 1 / 8\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/402160/azure-backup?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/402160/azure-backup) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data