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Hornetsecurity VM Backup

Hornetsecurity VM Backup
Formerly Altaro

Overview

What is Hornetsecurity VM Backup?

Hornetsecurity 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.

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Easy Backup and Restoration: Several users have found the backup process for Hyper-V environments to be super easy and hassle-free. They …
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Awesome product!

10 out of 10
February 19, 2020
I've been in the IT industry for 9 years, and I've used many different backup solutions and I would say this is the best back up solution …
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Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees
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Pricing

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Subscription License - Standard Edition

$59.80

On Premise
per VM/per year

Subscription License - Unlimited Edition

$73.80

On Premise
per VM/per year

Subscription License - Unlimited Plus Edition

$89.20

On Premise
per VM/per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Altaro VM Backup Cloud Management Console for End Users - Demo

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MSP Video Demo

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SysAdminDay 2017 in Leipzig - Altaro VM Backup for Hyper-V - Demo by Haiko Hertes

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Altaro VM Backup v7 - Demo and introduction

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An Introduction to Altaro VM Backup v8

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Product Details

What is Hornetsecurity VM Backup?

Hornetsecurity's 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.

Designed for IT departments, IT resellers, IT consultants and Managed Service Providers (MSPs), the solution provides enterprise-level functionality. With its WAN-Optimized Replication and Continuous Data Protection (CDP), it helps companies to achieve minimal RPO and RTO, i.e., and reduces the length of time virtual machines are down and the amount of data lost when disaster strikes. Additionally, its augmented Inline deduplication helps to reduce storage costs.

For organizations with multiple sites, VM Backup provides a cloud-based management platform that gives a central view of all installations. This gives IT resellers/consultants a centralized multi-tenant view across all their customers.

Hornetsecurity VM Backup Features

  • Supported: Fast performance
  • Supported: Minimal RPO and RTO through CDP
  • Supported: WAN-Optimized Replication
  • Supported: Boot from Backup

Hornetsecurity VM Backup Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Hyper-V, VMware
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesWorldwide

Frequently Asked Questions

Hornetsecurity 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.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Hornetsecurity VM Backup are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Easy Backup and Restoration: Several users have found the backup process for Hyper-V environments to be super easy and hassle-free. They appreciate how simple it is to restore emails into a PST file.

Excellent Training Portal: Many reviewers have praised the product's training portal, which they found reliable and easy to use for setting up and configuring the software. This feature has been highly appreciated by users.

Effective Notifications: A common positive sentiment among users is their appreciation for the product's notifications when backup jobs fail. This prompt action allows them to quickly address any issues that arise during the backup process.

Pricey Replication and Cloud Backups: Some users have mentioned that Altaro can get pricey if replication or cloud backups are desired. They feel that the cost associated with these features may not be worth it for their specific needs.

No Automatic Updates: According to multiple reviewers, Altaro doesn't automatically update itself. This means that users need to manually initiate updates, which can be inconvenient and time-consuming.

Limited Features in Free Edition: Several users have noted that the single file restore feature is not included in the free edition of Altaro, even for 2 VMs. This limitation can be frustrating for those who rely on this particular feature for their backup and recovery needs.

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Reviews

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January 02, 2024

Hornetsecurity a backup solution that won't sting your wallet

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It is great for backing up virtual machines locally to a hard drive or off-site to a cloud storage component. It is not good for backing up physical servers. Has to be installed on a VM host operating system.
November 25, 2021

Altaro VM Backup - A legend in the making.

Martin Venter | TrustRadius Reviewer
Martin Venter
Senior Engineer
Network Configurations (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
July 13, 2021

Great value for backing up your virtualized systems

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Construction Company, 201-500 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Altaro VM Backup is great if you have 1 or 2 VMs that aren't backed up by any other means. I initially had some issues with setting it up so it backed up to a NAS, and sometimes the host wouldn't sync to the client. There probably wouldn't be an issue if the host system is the backup location. The interface and configuration were pretty intuitive and gave you a lot of information on the status of your backups.
March 19, 2020

Easy-to-use VM backup software

JS
Jarret Schwartz
Operations Manager
Technics Dental Laboratory (Medical Device, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
While I am not an IT professional, I can get around and do a lot of things. For a novice user like myself, the UI is fairly straightforward and easy to set-up and manage. If I was delving into more detailed backups and replication (not currently using) I still believe that a novice user like myself would be able to manage. Pricing based on host and not VMs is attractive for the end-user. If you had your VMs stored on a number of different hosts, it could get pricey.
February 15, 2020

Best HyperV backup solution

SS
Stefano Sanna
System Administrator
GOP (Legal Services, 501-1000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I would recommend Altaro because if you have one, two or 100 HypverVs you can quickly deploy the solution from a central management console to all of your hosts and allow you to set up the basic settings and start to back up all of your VM in no more than one hour.
February 04, 2020

A very nice easy-to-use feature-rich software that may be unreliable.

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are backing up a small number of VMs, want to play with retention and replication offsite, this is an incredibly easy-to-use product. I could set up in hours and get it running and ready, you just need to understand how to assign retention, and schedule, and there you go.

If you want to back up a large number of VMs, you will see those policy assignments becoming a pain, and you may face corruptions.
November 22, 2019

Altaro VM Backup - Quick, Easy and Great Value.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Computer Hardware Company, 11-50 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
  • Within our SMB space, it is a perfect solution as it's simple to set up and use for either VMware or Hyper-V hosts. The licensing is simple to understand, and purchasing is secure either direct from Altaro VM Backup or via their worldwide resellers.
  • The options for where to backup is good, local USB drives, network drives, offsite Altaro VM Backup server, and recently Azure cloud storage.
  • Testing of backups is easy, restore as clone, start Altaro VM Backup and check it (it disables the network on these) for accuracy and function.
  • Data Deduplication means less storage than is being backed up, even with versioning enabled.
  • The only scenario I'm not sure of its suitability would be when there are lots of physical hosts. Where it may be cumbersome track and control many physical hosts, Although Altaro has its Cloud Management Console to do precisely that. I haven't used this, so can't provide much insight.
October 25, 2019

Altaro - Great Value

Calin Popescu | TrustRadius Reviewer
Calin Popescu
Owner
Office Wave Technology Solutions (Computer & Network Security, 1-10 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Altaro brings value to any organization that has numerous VMs (either Hyper-V or VMWare). It is easy to setup and to maintain. The web portal can be accessible from anywhere giving System Administrators and Backup Operators an easy way manage the backup solution.
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