# Barracuda Message Archiver Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Barracuda Message Archiver Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Email Archiving products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/168603/Message-Archiver --- # Barracuda Message Archiver Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on December 14, 2025 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. Independent research methodology Capterra’s researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. 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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/) [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Barracuda Message Archiver ## What is Barracuda Message Archiver? Capture all email data accurately, easily meet regulatory requirements, and take complex discovery requests in stride. Barracuda Message Archiver ensures secure, long-term storage, while users get instant, anytime access to archived messages on any device. ## What is Barracuda Message Archiver used for? [Email Archiving](https://www.capterra.com/email-archiving-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 17 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Contact vendor for pricing Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Barracuda Message Archiver?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=https://www.barracuda.com&name=Barracuda Message Archiver) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Barracuda Message Archiver 4.7 (17) VS. [4.9 (14)](https://www.capterra.com/p/275747/Libraesva-Email-Archiver/reviews/) Starting Price Contact vendor Starting Price $10 Per User, Per Year Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.4 (17) Ease Of Use 4.8 (14) Value For Money 4.5 (13) Value For Money 4.8 (14) Customer Service 4.8 (12) Customer Service 4.9 (14) ## Barracuda Message Archiver alternatives [4.6 (34)](https://www.capterra.com/p/268487/ManageEngine-AD360/#reviews) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.6 (9)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10010615/BackAgain/#reviews) Starting price $4.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [ArcTitan Email Archiving](https://www.capterra.com/p/168612/ArcTitan/) [4.7 (20)](https://www.capterra.com/p/168612/ArcTitan/reviews/) Starting price $4.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/168612/ArcTitan/) [MailStore Server](https://www.capterra.com/p/168793/MailStore-Server/) [4.5 (23)](https://www.capterra.com/p/168793/MailStore-Server/reviews/) Starting price $295.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 87% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/168793/MailStore-Server/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/168603/Message-Archiver/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Access Controls/Permissions 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems Backup and Recovery 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create backups and provide methods to recover deleted/lost data Data Import/Export 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Import and export data to and from software applications Data Retention Management 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Manage/customize policies to organize data and determine where data should be stored or archived and for how long. Compliance Management Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier eDiscovery Finding, identifying and collecting information for legal proceedings Barracuda Message Archiver 11 features Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems Create backups and provide methods to recover deleted/lost data Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier Import and export data to and from software applications Manage/customize policies to organize data and determine where data should be stored or archived and for how long. Finding, identifying and collecting information for legal proceedings Convert data into a code for security Looking at data from different sources and finding possible duplicates, or identical matches Store items for a designated period of time Attach digital tags to documents and assets for identification, search, or monitoring purposes Protect incoming and outgoing communications against malware, spam, display spoofing, and other threats Features 4.6 (17) 4.6 Based on 17 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.5 (13) ### Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Free trial available Value for money 4.5 (13) 4.5 Based on 13 reviews ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.8 (12) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.8 (12) 4.8 Based on 12 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.7 Based on 17 reviews Filter by rating 5(12) 4(5) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent DG Daniel G. Systems Administrator Hospitality ### "Works as Advertised" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 August 5, 2022 Works great. Most often I actually use it to determine if an issue I’m working on has happened before (somebody probably talked about it in an email, or logged it in a ticket which sent an email.) Pros It works well and almost never has issues. Emails cannot be deleted, which is great for making sure disgruntled admins can't delete all your backups. Search is robust, fast, and easy to use. Cons GUI feels a bit dated, but otherwise I have no complaints. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. DF Delaney F. Legal Assistant Law Practice ### "Allows Easy Sharing - Good for Multi-business Contact" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 April 7, 2021 Barracuda helps us accomplish securing client records and the transfer of client information appropriately and safely. Good for transfer between businesses. Pros The software is very easy to create an account and to link already existing email accounts to. Allows for good encryption and helpful sharing of files. Cons User interface seemed a little empty overall, can be frustrating to have repeat emails sent, or having copies sent to the same email twice. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. DM dickson m. accounting assistant Education Management ### "barracuda review" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 January 17, 2020 managing emails is always hectic especially work emails. at times you need to refer back to previous emails and revisiting them may take you ages but with this application your messahes are properly archived and by just clicking a button, your messages is easily retrieved. some emails are just too good to loose (delete) Pros it is very easy to use and you can easily access your message anywhere anytime provided you have the necessary gadget. it creates space in your gadget Cons i would say so far so good for me in as far as my message archiving is concerned and i havent missed any message whenever i require it. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User IT Director Automotive ### "Barracuda Message Archiver" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 November 7, 2019 Pros Once the initial setup is completed, it just works. Retrieving any emails is extremely fast and easy. Cons No cons that we have identified at this point in time. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Director of IT Infrastructure Banking ### "Email archiving made easy." 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 July 18, 2019 Pros setup is straightforward if using O365. implementation is cake. usage is easy as well. downloading a PST is also super easy. Cons MFA sometimes doesn't work sometimes if you're using DUO App (not sure about others). GUI and load times could be a bit better. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. SK Stephen K. Director of Infrastructure Legal Services ### "6 years of faithful service, great customer support, until..." 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 2/10 May 21, 2019 Barracuda's support has been the best we have ever experienced. The wait times are short, and their staff is based in the US so it was easy to communicate the issues. Overall we were reasonably pleased with the device and the company until our business needs had changed and we had to move to a different platform that provided more advanced tools. (We really didn't​ want to leave) This is where we feel (and perhaps any company​ that provides cloud services) that Barracuda turned evil. We have an on-prem appliance and rotate older emails to the Barracuda Cloud Archive service​. A word of warning, Barracuda does not provide any way​ or tools to extract YOUR data from their cloud service. You can extract in bulk from the on-prem appliance from an​ SMB share. ALSO, if you don't maintain the minimum Energize Updates, they will shut off access​ to your own data stored on the Appliance. About 15 days after expiration, you will no longer be able to perform searches on the on-prem appliance​, although you can still search and export from the cloud. You will have 30 days after terminating the cloud service to extract all your data. Our experience has been the cloud exports take a long time to complete, and they are spotty on the file downloads, sometimes they will not complete and​ you will have to start again. There is more to say about our experience with this process but there is not enough room to explain further. Proceed​ with caution.. Pros The web interface was straight​ forward and it was easy to do searches. We liked the ability of our end users to be able to search their own archives. Cons Sometimes​ searches were slow, large exports were even slower. You could sometimes wait 30-60 seconds for results to come back. It seemed that the database could use indexing. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Sam L. Systems Administrator Financial Services ### "BMA email archiving is great" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 April 5, 2019 I would recommend the Barracuda message archiver to anyone who needs to save all messages in their organization. Also have cloud mirroring to get off appliance for BC/DR. Pros All messages are journaled, deduplication and compression save disk space, dashboard and options Cons Searching is slow, and results are not easy to export, also slow process Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. JS Jose S. QM Specialist Insurance ### "Barracks review" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 December 8, 2018 Very happy with it Pros The software is so easy to use. I can find archived emails with ease. Cons Can't really think of anything I don't like. I am a user so bad nothing to do with setting up the software. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. JD John D. System Administrator II Insurance ### "The Barracuda Archiver provides a easy to email archiving solution that integrates easily." 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 July 31, 2018 Less stress on main mail server. Easy set up of discovery to comply with retention policy. Easy intergation with Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, or IMAP email. Pros The Barracuda Archiver is a one piece solution that can be intergrated into an email system in about an hour. Pricing depends on storage and there is no charge for additional users. Email or attachments can be stubbed when using Exchange to greatly reduce the size of email on the system. An easy to use interface allows mail users to search for historical email quickly. It is also easy to setup polices for global removal of old email after retention period. Users can be set up based on LDAP directories or Active Directory. Barracuda support was excellent. Cons The device can slow down as it gets full since it is SATA based. Also, depending on the amount of data, recovery can be slow if data needs to be reindexed by the system. There is no automated way to rehydrate (reimport) stubbed email into the system if needed for transition. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Dennis M. Technical Support Analyst ### "Its a good software for storing and archiving the bulky email messages received in an organisation" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 May 15, 2018 I no longer worry about providing backup or retrieving important emails sent to our company Pros It eliminates the need for huge space to store the email messages received in a company Offers backup for the received messages and eventual retrieval when needed Cons Barracuda Message Archiver takes some time to sync the past sent and received emails but its efficient when done Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. 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