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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    SysTools Cloud Backup Tools

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/ASysTools G Suite/Google Apps Backup can export a complete mailbox to MSG, PST, EML and MBOX files. The utility downloads and copies all the items of the user’s G Suite account like emails, contacts, calendars and documents on their local machine. To export G Suite/Paid Google Mail account data items a valid username and password is required. Filling out admin credentials are required if the user wants to copy/export an entire domain user’s mailboxes. Documents are saved in latest formats,…

    $19

    Pricing
    Hornetsecurity VM BackupSysTools Cloud Backup Tools
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Single G Suite Mailbox License
    $19
    Enterprise (minimum 5 users licenses)
    $24
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Hornetsecurity VM BackupSysTools Cloud Backup Tools
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$49
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    Community Pulse
    Hornetsecurity VM BackupSysTools Cloud Backup Tools
    Considered Both Products
    Hornetsecurity Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Hornetsecurity VM BackupSysTools Cloud Backup Tools
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Hornetsecurity VM Backup and SysTools Cloud Backup Tools
    Feature
    Hornetsecurity VM Backup
    9.5
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SysTools Cloud Backup Tools
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Hornetsecurity VM Backup and SysTools Cloud Backup Tools
    Feature
    Hornetsecurity VM Backup
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SysTools Cloud Backup Tools
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Hornetsecurity VM BackupSysTools Cloud Backup Tools
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Hornetsecurity VM BackupSysTools Cloud Backup Tools
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    • Very good for a backup that is also used for frequent access (like a remote HD) and is easy to share.
    • Not 100% reliable as a full copy (like TimeMachine) of the HD, but not far off.
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    Pros
    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.
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    • Fast response
    • Excellent analysis
    • Easy migration
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    Cons
    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.
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    • Backup to Dropbox and other cloud services would be great.
    • Online backup to 3rd party cloud services that do not affect band-width on the user end.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hornetsecurity Inc.
    It simply works and it is making our lives easier. The renewal process is also really good
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    Super easy usability is something you don’t find out there these days with back up utilities.
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    Support Rating
    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.
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    Great over all for what the purpose is. Not needing to spend much time focusing on backup
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    Implementation Rating
    Hornetsecurity Inc.
    Altaro has really designed their product so well that you can honestly implement this within a couple of minutes
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    From my research, SysTools was chosen mainly due to its simplicity. Other software tends to add a lot of eye candy, which for me was not necessary. I needed something that I could configure and leave running in the background relatively unnoticed. SysTools provided that with little interruption to my daily activities.
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    • Reduces time of sharing files and working on them collaboratively, in fairly large groups. We stopped using email attachments.
    • Reduce recovery time from a faulty or retired PC.
    • Reduce time of recovering old and large files we do not keep offline.
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