HYCU vs. LiveVault

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HYCU
Score 8.8 out of 10
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HYCU is a SaaS Data Protection platform that delivers SaaS-based data backup, recovery, and ransomware protection for on-prem, cloud, and SaaS environments serving vendors globally.N/A
LiveVault
Score 10.0 out of 10
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LiveVault is a data backup and recovery option acquired by J2 Global from Iron Mountain.N/A
Pricing
HYCULiveVault
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HYCULiveVault
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
HYCULiveVault
Considered Both Products
HYCU
Chose HYCU
We moved from VMware w/ Veeam to Hyper-V w/ Microsoft Data Protection Manager. Each backup solution worked well for its respective workload. We made the jump to AHV on Nutanix. MSFT DPM wasn’t compatible and HYCU was a better value than Veeam.
Chose HYCU
This fits Nutanix better than anything I have found. HYCU clearly focuses on personalized service. You can email, call or open a web ticketed, depending on your urgency.
Chose HYCU
I have used several backup programs, I selected 2 just to be brief. The best thing I see with HYCU over Veeam is that it is much more difficult for an attacker if inside the network to gain access to the backups and objects saved in the backup storage.
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LiveVault
Chose LiveVault
LiveVault is the only product we have used. The reason is that we chose it initially was the fact you can restore individual files. Also that the data is transferred offsite to a secure data center and data is backed up again, providing a second offsite copy.
Features
HYCULiveVault
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
HYCU
8.9
Ratings
5% above category average
LiveVault
8.5
Ratings
1% above category average
Universal recovery9.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Instant recovery8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Recovery verification9.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Business application protection8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations8.60 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.60 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Snapshots8.40 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Management dashboard7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform support8.10 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Retention options10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Encryption10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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HYCULiveVault
Small Businesses
Cove Data Protection
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Score 8.8 out of 10
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 8.6 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 8.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 8.6 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
HYCULiveVault
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
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7.0
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Usability
8.4
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Support Rating
9.0
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User Testimonials
HYCULiveVault
Likelihood to Recommend
It’s well suited for Nutanix AHV data protection and includes the ability for immutable backups via WORM policy. I’m unsure of its performance in environments that use Hyper-V OR VMware for virtualization. The use of tiered backups without additional policies are great when creating new VMs, even automatically assigning a default backup policy to ensure that all workloads have at least a minimal level of data protection
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Our company was originally with VaultLogix which was taken over by LiveVault. The transition to the new product was not as smooth as expected and presented us with issues especially with a restore. Restore and what files needed to be included in the backup policy were not communicated to us correctly and it was not until a customer's server failed that we found out we couldn't do a restore because we were missing files that were needed for a complete restore.
I don't believe it works very well for backups of virtual servers. Installation of the product is user-friendly.
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Pros
  • Backup of virtual machines.
  • Upload to Cloud backups.
  • Recovery of databases backed up through HYCU.
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  • Easy to install the client piece.
  • Easy to setup the backup policies.
  • Data encryption and security.
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Cons
  • Better DR support guidance/best practices
  • Reporting isn’t straightforward and as customizable as I’d like
  • Including M365 backups without additional cost would be a big value add for us
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  • It does not play very well with virtual servers.
  • Support is not always responsive.
  • Issues with failed backups have cost our company time and money.
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Usability
Very simple interface. Can learn it in a day. The instances where I needed a little hand holding, I just called support and they assisted immediately. That's the best of both worlds.
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Support Rating
I have had several requests, and issues with the rollout and deployment of HYCU in our production environment. The HYCU team of support and developers have met each issue with importance and some kind of resolution or explanation of help. They have been so supportive even in the not so easy ones. That says something for their product and team behind it.
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Alternatives Considered
I have used several backup programs, I selected 2 just to be brief. The best thing I see with HYCU over Veeam is that it is much more difficult for an attacker if inside the network to gain access to the backups and objects saved in the backup storage. The best part about HYCU over Bacula is that it is much easier to use and more stable. The interface alone will save you from time and energy using other products
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LiveVault is the only product we have used. The reason is that we chose it initially was the fact you can restore individual files. Also that the data is transferred offsite to a secure data center and data is backed up again, providing a second offsite copy.
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Return on Investment
  • I trust this product to protect our organization if things go badly.
  • I am able to not lose sleep thinking about backups.
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  • LiveVault has initially cost us more labor time than we anticipated for our IT staff.
  • Installing cloud backup has given us a piece of mind that our data and our customer's data is safe.
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