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We use the data sources on the side for ranking solutions and awarding badges in backup software category. Our data sources in backup software category include;
Backup software provides data security by creating duplicates of the critical data. When the data is lost, corrupted, or inadverently erased, this software replaces the lost data with its copy.
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We use the data sources on the side for ranking solutions and awarding badges in backup software category. Our data sources in backup software category include;
review websites
social media websites
search engine data for branded queries
According to the weighted combination of 7 data sources
ESET Endpoint Security
NetApp V-Series
IDrive
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Veeam Backup & Replication
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current backup software market leaders. Market leaders are not the overall leaders since market leadership doesn’t take into account growth rate.
ESET Endpoint Security
NetApp V-Series
IDrive
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Veeam Backup & Replication
These are the number of queries on search engines which include the brand name of the solution. Compared to other IT / Tech categories, Backup Software is more concentrated in terms of top 3 companies’ share of search queries. Top 3 companies receive 63%, 17% more than the average of search queries in this area.
49 employees work for a typical company in this solution category which is 28 more than the number of employees for a typical company in the average solution category.
In most cases, companies need at least 10 employees to serve other businesses with a proven tech product or service. 171 companies with >10 employees are offering backup software. Top 3 products are developed by companies with a total of 600k employees. The largest company building backup software is IBM with more than 300,000 employees.
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the fastest growing solutions:
ESET Endpoint Security
NetApp V-Series
IDrive
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Veeam Backup & Replication
We have analyzed reviews published in the last months. These were published in 4 review platforms as well as vendor websites where the vendor had provided a testimonial from a client whom we could connect to a real person.
These solutions have the best combination of high ratings from reviews and number of reviews when we take into account all their recent reviews.
This data is collected from customer reviews for all Backup Software companies. The most positive word describing Backup Software is “Easy to use” that is used in 13% of the reviews. The most negative one is “Difficult” with which is used in 3.00% of all the Backup Software reviews.
According to customer reviews, most common company size for backup software customers is 1-50 Employees. Customers with 1-50 Employees make up 46% of backup software customers. For an average IT / Tech solution, customers with 1-50 Employees make up 27% of total customers.
These scores are the average scores collected from customer reviews for all Backup Software. Backup Software is most positively evaluated in terms of "Overall" but falls behind in "Likelihood to Recommend".
This category was searched on average for 13.6k times per month on search engines in 2022. This number has increased to 19.9k in 2023. If we compare with other it / tech solutions, a typical solution was searched 710 times in 2022 and this decreased to 620 in 2023.