Barracuda Entra ID Backup Premium vs ScalePad Backup Radar: Side-by-Side Comparison (2026)

Barracuda Entra ID Backup Premium

Mid-market and enterprise teams running Microsoft Entra ID as their identity backbone need Barracuda Entra ID Backup Premium because it backs up the 13 infrastructure components Microsoft itself doesn't, not just user accounts. The tool covers RC.RP incident recovery explicitly, meaning you can actually restore Entra ID configurations and policies after ransomware or misconfiguration, not just re-provision identities. Skip this if your organization treats Entra ID as read-only or has no recovery SLA for identity infrastructure failures; the ROI only shows up when you've actually needed to restore conditional access rules or app registrations under pressure.

ScalePad Backup Radar

MSPs managing backup jobs across dozens of client environments will find the most value in ScalePad Backup Radar's ability to collapse ticket noise by distinguishing actual failures from expected transient issues, which typically cuts backup-related support load by 40 percent. The multi-tenant dashboard and alerting engine are built specifically for the fragmented client-per-silo workflow that makes generic monitoring tools tedious; US and EU data residency options also matter for MSPs with compliance-bound clients. This is not the tool for organizations that need deep forensic analysis of backup contents or ransomware detection integrated into the backup layer itself; Backup Radar monitors job health and recovery readiness, not threat analysis.