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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Help Desk Migration

    Score9.5 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Help Desk Migration is a tool used to transfer data from one platform to another securely, accurately, and with no downtime.N/A

    Hornetsecurity VM Backup

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AHornetsecurity VM Backup (formerly Altaro) is a backup and replication solution for Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. VM Backup can manage large infrastructures, with the revamped backup repository providing long-term storage and more efficient use of disk space.

    $59.80

    per VM/per year

    Pricing
    Help Desk MigrationHornetsecurity VM Backup
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Subscription License - Standard Edition
    $59.80
    per VM/per year
    Subscription License - Unlimited Edition
    $73.80
    per VM/per year
    Subscription License - Unlimited Plus Edition
    $89.20
    per VM/per year
    Perpetual License - Standard Edition
    $595
    per host
    Perpetual License - Unlimited Edition
    $695
    per host
    Perpetual License - Unlimited Plus Edition
    $875
    per host
    Free
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Help Desk MigrationHornetsecurity VM Backup
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Help Desk MigrationHornetsecurity VM Backup
    Considered Both Products
    Help Desk Migration
    No answer on this topic
    Hornetsecurity Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    Help Desk MigrationHornetsecurity VM Backup
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Help Desk Migration and Hornetsecurity VM Backup
    Feature
    Help Desk Migration
    -
    Ratings
    Hornetsecurity VM Backup
    9.5
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Help Desk Migration and Hornetsecurity VM Backup
    Feature
    Help Desk Migration
    -
    Ratings
    Hornetsecurity VM Backup
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Continuous data protection00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Replication00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Malware protection00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Help Desk MigrationHornetsecurity VM Backup
    Small Businesses
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    Acronis Cyber Protect
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Carbonite by OpenText
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Druva Security Cloud
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Help Desk MigrationHornetsecurity VM Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Help Desk MigrationHornetsecurity VM Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Help Desk Migration
    Any time you have a complex migration project where losing critical data isn't an option. We previously used Help Desk Migration to migrate from Salesforce Service Cloud to Zendesk, and after a seamless migration, they were the perfect partner to enlist for the migration to Odoo Helpdesk. If you need reliability, structured mapping, and a communicative team to guide you through the process, this platform is for you.
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    Hornetsecurity Inc.
    Do you have VMWare? Yes I can back it up. Do you have Hyper-V? Yes I can back it up. That in itself should speak for itself. Altaro has really given a great deal into their software, not only making it easy to use, BUT also a really good and reliable product where you can support your workloads hassle-free, and super lightweight
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Help Desk Migration
    • Listening and gathering information
    • Transitioning work among their staff - we talked to 4 different people during the project, and ever single person was up to speed on the work and status
    • Reasonably priced
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    Hornetsecurity Inc.
    • Fast and simple setup. I didn't need to read through ANY documentation to set up and have a backup running.
    • Easy and cost-effective licensing. I didn't need to count CPU's or VM's or other random facts to work out my licensing. Just how many hosts, and then one of 3 feature levels of which two have unlimited VM licensing. Hosts x Feature Set = Cost.
    • Easy Restores. Backing up is one thing, but restoring and having confidence in the restore is another. It just works, simple and effective.
    • Help is easy to find if you need it. From within the app, it gives you options of email, phone, and live chat, which is usually available even with odd time zones in play.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Help Desk Migration
    • I think the field map could be a little more entuitive with better explanations of what each field is for.
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    Hornetsecurity Inc.
    • More cloud-based storage options. Currently, only Azure is supported, which is excellent, but it would be good to have AWS and Google storage options too.
    • It would be AWESOME if they could do a restore from Azure cloud direct to an Azure VM instance. Currently, you need to set up an Azure VM machine with nested Hyper-V, install Altaro on that, and then restore into a nested VM, this gets crazy expensive.
    • Better notification of errors, or more around having a threshold, so if it misses one backup of a constant backup that happens every 5 minutes but recovers at the 10 minutes back, it is ok. Just think it needs to identify significant or long-running issues better than the occasional little issues.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Help Desk Migration
    No answers on this topic
    Hornetsecurity Inc.
    It simply works and it is making our lives easier. The renewal process is also really good
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Help Desk Migration
    Overall, the service is very easy to use. The only hang up I ran into was that it's difficult to avoid re-running the demo once the demo is complete and you're ready to look at the full migration options.
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    Hornetsecurity Inc.
    A lot of people in the technical industry deliver what I would call snack crackle pop topics, where the software gets over complicated, and they drown people in all the "fancy" features. Altaro, from my point of view" has designed the software to be super usable, easy to implement, as well as support. It is really one of the best designs
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Help Desk Migration
    No answers on this topic
    Hornetsecurity Inc.
    One of the most important benefits of the Altaro HyperV backup solution is the support. From the free edition, you're able to chat with the support that can assist you in a remote session an find a quick solution that solves the issue. It is always available. The email support is also.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Help Desk Migration
    No answers on this topic
    Hornetsecurity Inc.
    Altaro has really designed their product so well that you can honestly implement this within a couple of minutes
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Help Desk Migration
    Mainly used vendor PS teams and individual consultants in the past plus some more enterprise-gearer ETL platforms. Relokia's Help Desk Migration service beats them all by a massive margin due to low cost, high speed and low complexity
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    Hornetsecurity Inc.
    The only other competitor I am personally familiar with is Carbonite. I use that for file-level backups throughout my network and it works well but while it does offer backups for virtual machines, I have never found it to be a reliable option. Jobs failed for me regularly for no apparent reason. In the handful of times I have needed support, they were helpful and straight-forward.
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    Return on Investment
    Help Desk Migration
    • In terms of time spent, Help Desk Migration cut our time down to just a fraction of what it would have been had we migrated the articles ourselves. This saved us a tremendous amount of time, manpower, and overtime.
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    Hornetsecurity Inc.
    • Restoring our primary ERP VM has already saved many hours of rebuilding from data backups, so that in itself already gave us an excellent ROI for having Altaro running.
    • The quick and easy setup also makes sense for a fast ROI as we didn't need to spend much time or effort in its set up.
    • Lastly, any other restores we have done for retrieving files or testing backups were so simple and easy to do that the process didn't take long and saved us time and cost.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Help Desk Migration Screenshots

    Screenshot of selecting the source and target platforms.Screenshot of mapping data for an accurate migration process.Screenshot of running the Demo Migration, which includes transferring 20 tickets and 20 articles.Screenshot of reviewing the demo migration results.Screenshot of adjusting the mapping and refining the data migration path.Screenshot of the migration progress — duration depends on the number of records being migrated.