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Asigra vs Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Asigra
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
60th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Ba...
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
33rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (28th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (19th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Asigra is 0.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup0.9%
Asigra0.7%
Other98.4%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

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Technical Team Lead at Eldama Technologies
Plenty of useful feature and reliable
We use Asigra for backups I have found all the features useful in the solution. I have been using Asigra for approximately two months. The solution is stable. The six people in our IT department are using the solution. The initial setup was a medium difficulty level. Some parts were complex…
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…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It provides a secure and stable cloud backup solution."
"Asigra’s multi-tenancy feature is most valuable as it allows the company to on-sell a private cloud backup and recovery solution to existing customers."
"Asigra's agent-less capabilities make it a very convenient solution to implement."
"We can provide a reliable service to our customers."
"The solution has been very stable."
"Cloud backup is easier to manage and administer than our previous tape solution."
"It allows our backup engineers to build great relationships with customers as they know their data is being protected by best-in-class software."
"Asigra's client-less approach is one of the best in the industry."
"The initial setup was simple and easy. Anyone without prior experience can install, configure, and use it."
"This product is not expensive, does the job what I bought it for, and is not time consuming."
"We looked for a cheaper Hyper-V backup solution, and Altaro is the best choice for this purpose."
"No other product offers these features for this price."
"The ability to test the backups without having to manually mount the VHDs after restore allows us to check the integrity of the backups."
"Valuable features for us include quick recovery, compression, and deduplication, and the mix of these features leads to a reduced backup footprint while having guaranteed fast recovery in case of DR."
"Give it a try as it's very easy to setup and works like charm."
"The intuitive interface allows you to set up and perform backups and restores easily."
 

Cons

"Asigra's implementation and day-to-day costs are very high; necessary features can significantly increase the cost of implementation."
"More integration with leading storage solutions."
"I think Asigra still needs to simplify their GUI."
"They should have 24/7 support for customers in different time zones. They are slow to respond to requests, and I get the impression that the ServiceDesk is overloaded."
"Technical Support: 5/10, Due to different timezones it would always be difficult to get hold of a tech."
"The GUI isn't the slickest, because Asigra has opted to focus on features and capability over a shiny interface."
"Product would occasionally encounter issues when it impacted other software."
"They should improve the malware scanning capabilities, extending it to protect cloud application data."
"The yearly maintenance fee can be improved. It is high."
"If you look into the performance of a virtual machine and you look to the performance of the physical machine, the correlation between these is totally unclear."
"Basically, how it works is that you have a single local drive, and then you have a cloud backup. It'd be nice if you could rotate the single local backup drive. As of now, you can't."
"Being able to backup the actual host machine would be an improvement for us."
"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."
"The scalability of the solution is limited."
"The cloud backup and VMware support (now available in the latest releases), could do with some improvement."
"Storage usage: you have often to manually free disk spaces."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Asigra is priced competitively, but requires technical expertise to operate, optimize, and maintain its services."
"The price of Asigra could improve, it is expensive. We have purchased an annual license."
"There is a free version for Hosts with 2 VMs."
"The pricing is okay,"
"The price is great for the utility you get and the licensing has never caused any issues with my company."
"Altaro had the best prices and ROI in the whole bunch that we evaluated."
"No other product offers these features for this price. The ROI is great."
"VMware is a little pricey, but it is a good solution and priced similar to other products."
"There is a free version for two VMs. I would advise to study the deployment environment well, prior to committing to order a license per host."
"​By implementing the solution at multiple locations, significant cost savings were achieved."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
18%
Construction Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise4
 

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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...
 

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Sample Customers

British Red Cross, Special Olympics, London and Capital, L and K Bennett London, The Commonwealth, Hanrick Curran
Thomson Reuters, Microsoft, Amazon, Harvard University, MIT, Peugeot, Xerox
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