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Acronis Disaster Recovery vs Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 15, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
4.6
Acronis Disaster Recovery offers reliable data restoration, cost savings, and fast recovery, proving invaluable against modern threats and hardware failures.
Sentiment score
6.9
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup enhances productivity and ROI by reducing recovery failures, troubleshooting time, and overall costs.
My customers are finding value in Acronis Disaster Recovery, as they are happy with the tool and continue to use the services after facing many situations where they found it useful and got good returns on their investment.
Technology Specialist at Ideeya technologies
Acronis regularly introduces new features to meet customer needs, which can lead to efficiencies.
Technical Director at Tecstaq
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
Acronis Disaster Recovery offers reliable support praised for expertise, though improvements in response time and outage management are needed.
Sentiment score
8.3
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup's customer service is praised for prompt, effective responses, though regional sanctions may limit access.
The technical support is reliable and efficient.
Senior Engeneer at Telco Systems
We face issues connecting with the account manager, which needs to be improved.
Technology Specialist at Ideeya technologies
They were experts regarding Acronis support for any kind of issues.
Responsible for Internet Technology Development at College of International Transport & Logistics - CITLC
Technical support is rated an eight out of ten.
Manager at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Acronis Disaster Recovery is highly scalable and flexible, ideal for mid-sized businesses but costly for large enterprises.
Sentiment score
8.3
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup offers scalability, easy management, high reliability, but may struggle in high-end enterprise environments.
If you set it up with a particular template and want to scale, you can always go to the template and edit and select a different template, demonstrating its scalability.
Technical Support Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
It is easy to scale; you can directly add licenses for scalability.
Technology Specialist at Ideeya technologies
The scalability of Acronis Disaster Recovery is good, and I would rate it an eight out of ten.
Senior Engeneer at Telco Systems
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Acronis Disaster Recovery is stable and reliable, with users praising its performance despite early issues, especially in disasters.
Sentiment score
7.4
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is stable, highly rated for performance, with minimal issues, especially on Hyper-Visor systems.
 

Room For Improvement

Acronis Disaster Recovery requires enhancements in backup, support, cost management, security, customization, and clearer documentation for international clients.
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup needs enhancements in file restore, recovery speed, platform support, scalability, pricing, and user interface.
The only area for improvement is the price.
Technical Support Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
For shared drives, when configuring SharePoint services for backup, licensing becomes difficult to understand, so that would be a point of interest for improvement.
Technology Specialist at Ideeya technologies
If a server is completely offline and destroyed, the system should offer an intelligent response, providing options to start recovery without requiring manual intervention from engineers.
Senior Engeneer at Telco Systems
The solution needs multi-platform support as it is currently only available for VMware and Hyper-V.
Regional Sales Manager at S2
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup could be improved in several areas, such as enhancing scalability features.
Manager at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
 

Setup Cost

Acronis Disaster Recovery's pricing is seen as justified for its features, despite recent increases and regional cost perceptions.
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is affordable, offers a free version for two VMs, and has variable regional pricing.
The price for Acronis Disaster Recovery is fair from the perspective of features, but for Indian customers and in light of the competition, it would be better if the price were a little lower to pitch services more effectively.
Technology Specialist at Ideeya technologies
The pricing for Acronis products has increased by 10% to 15% over the past few years, making it challenging for existing customers to accommodate the rising costs annually.
Technical Director at Tecstaq
While it might be expensive for users in Egypt, I believe the benefits justify the cost.
Responsible for Internet Technology Development at College of International Transport & Logistics - CITLC
The pricing of the solution is considered affordable.
Manager at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
The pricing and licensing cost is challenging since most competitors offer cheaper pricing, making it difficult to penetrate the market with the current pricing strategy.
Regional Sales Manager at S2
 

Valuable Features

Acronis Disaster Recovery provides efficient backup, strong encryption, and automation, minimizing downtime with seamless restoration and advanced recovery options.
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup offers robust VM backup features, including easy setup, strong compression, and ransomware protection.
The automation failback feature in Acronis Disaster Recovery is very helpful and very seamless, requiring only one click to initiate the failback, and Acronis does the rest automatically.
Technical Support Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The ability to automate the backup solution and recover entire mailboxes or even granular-level emails is very good for restoration and backup.
Associate Product Executive at Connex Information Technologies
For data recovery, when we lose a server, we are able to restore it in place with the click of a button.
Senior Engeneer at Telco Systems
The ability to perform data compression updates enhances overall efficiency and effectiveness.
Manager at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
It provides storage for Office 365, which is beneficial, and the deduplication technology is excellent.
Regional Sales Manager at S2
 

Categories and Ranking

Acronis Disaster Recovery
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
15th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Ba...
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
21st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (32nd), Cloud Backup (30th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Acronis Disaster Recovery is 1.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is 2.1%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Acronis Disaster Recovery1.6%
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup2.1%
Other96.3%
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
 

Featured Reviews

SB
Technology Specialist at Ideeya technologies
Effective data recovery with strong backup features
I am not using the blockchain-based data integrity verification feature. We have not implemented proactive ransomware protection and anti-malware features, so they have not been helpful to my customers. For shared drives, when configuring SharePoint services for backup, licensing becomes difficult to understand, so that would be a point of interest for improvement. The licensing features should be improved. The licensing for SharePoint should be more visible for SharePoint services backup to make it more feasible and understandable. In terms of management, group management is not available for bulk activities, which I have previously given feedback on in a training session conducted by Acronis. If you want to do any recovery for bulk users, the option for bulk activities is not available in Acronis currently. Bulk activity should be available. Technical support from Acronis requires some improvisation; we do not get on-time support, and we face issues connecting with the account manager, which needs to be improved.
Asif Usmani - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Sales Manager at S2
Lacks multi-platform support and physical infrastructure but excels in storage optimization
We use it for VM backup and Office 365 backup I find the solution to be user-friendly and easy to manage and deploy. It provides storage for Office 365, which is beneficial, and the deduplication technology is excellent, especially in optimizing storage capacity compared to others. In terms of…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Marketing Services Firm
11%
University
7%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Acronis Disaster Recovery?
Acronis Disaster Recovery is very reasonably priced for this product. While it might be expensive for users in Egypt, I believe the benefits justify the cost.
What needs improvement with Acronis Disaster Recovery?
Apart from the cost, which is one aspect, there is no improvement I can think of at the moment for Acronis Disaster Recovery. The only area for improvement is the price.
What is your primary use case for Acronis Disaster Recovery?
If our clients want to have their servers to be highly available, we mainly use Acronis Disaster Recovery. In the event that there is an issue with their servers in the production site at the offic...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup?
The pricing and licensing cost is challenging since most competitors offer cheaper pricing, making it difficult to penetrate the market with the current pricing strategy.
What needs improvement with Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup?
The solution needs multi-platform support as it is currently only available for VMware and Hyper-V. It also lacks support for physical servers and workstations. Additionally, they should add more p...
 

Also Known As

Acronis DRaaS
Altaro VM Backup
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Bristows LLP, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
Thomson Reuters, Microsoft, Amazon, Harvard University, MIT, Peugeot, Xerox
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