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Cortex I.T. Labs Pty Ltd

BackupAssist

Composite Score

8.1 /10

CX Score

8.4 /10

41 Reviews Write a Review

What is BackupAssist?

Backup software that saves your servers from ruin. Never suffer from data loss ever again. Use BackupAssist to perform onsite and offsite backups to safeguard your servers.

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Awards & Recognition

BackupAssist won the following awards in the Email Backup category

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2 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Contract Negotiation

2022

7 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2022

BackupAssist Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

2
Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love BackupAssist?

0% Negative

9% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Compliance

Information Store Backup Restore

Permissions Awareness

Mailbox Backup Restore

Media Support

Security

Full System Backup Restore

Backup Archiving

Support for Backup Types

Granular Restore

Transaction Log Backup Restore

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

BackupAssist Reviews

Mwangi G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2021

Better Backup Features and Very Secure

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates BackupAssist from other similar products?

BackupAssist keeps business servers secure and backups up data to make restoration easy in case of data losses.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect is the ability to restore data easily in case the business suffers data losses. I also like that BackupAssist is very secure and offers great capabilities when it comes to serve protection.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While it is resourceful, there is a longer learning curve.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

You can never go wrong with BackupAssist more so when it comes to backup and restoration of business data. With the solution in place, you no longer have to worry about data loss.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Gaitho N.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2021

Perfect solution For Business Data Backup

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates BackupAssist from other similar products?

BackupAssist is the best when nit comes to protecting servers. It offers backup to both local and cloud data. You never suffer data loss with BackupAssist

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like that it offers protection to both onsite and off-site data. It protects servery The software is affordable and scalable

What do you dislike most about this product?

No complaints because BackupAssist is the best I have used

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For all your backup needs, trust BackupAssist. It has worked for us without issues

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Sanket K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Good to Use with Accuracy

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates BackupAssist from other similar products?

Accuracy of Software

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Quality & Accuracy

What do you dislike most about this product?

More Simplification Required

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ease of Use

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

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BackupAssist

What is BackupAssist?

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Awards & Recognition

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

BackupAssist Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love BackupAssist?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Compliance Compliance with privacy legislation, including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the ability to enact requests for purging of personal information.

Information Store Backup Restore Ability to backup and restore only the Information Store (full contents of all mailboxes) of an email server, common with MS Exchange Server.

Permissions Awareness The backup software having awareness of mailbox permissions, rules, and delegates, and the ability to backup and restore associated permissions.

Mailbox Backup Restore The backup and restore of individual mailboxes without having to restore an entire email server to extract a single mailbox.

Media Support Support for backup to various backup media formats, including disk, Cloud, optical drives, and tape etc.

Security The software provides appropriate data and access security for the message store, individual mailboxes and messages.

Full System Backup Restore The backup of the full email system and all of its servers, including the operating system.

Backup Archiving Ability to conduct archive backups for long-term storage.

Support for Backup Types Support for Full, Incremental (change since last incremental backup) & Differential (change since last full backup) backup types.

Granular Restore The ability to restore individual email messages, message threads, or messages within a specified date range.

Transaction Log Backup Restore Ability to backup and restore the transaction log (which can be “replayed” in order to rebuild an email Information Store) of an MS Exchange email server.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

BackupAssist Reviews

Mwangi G.

Better Backup Features and Very Secure

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Gaitho N.

Perfect solution For Business Data Backup

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sanket K.

Good to Use with Accuracy

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Compliance

Information Store Backup Restore

Permissions Awareness

Mailbox Backup Restore

Media Support

Security

Full System Backup Restore

Backup Archiving

Support for Backup Types

Granular Restore

Transaction Log Backup Restore

Vendor Capability Ratings

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness