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Datto ALTO vs Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Datto ALTO
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
12th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Infrascale Backup & Disaste...
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
5th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (17th), Cloud Backup (14th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (12th), SaaS Backup (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Disaster Recovery as a Service category, the mindshare of Datto ALTO is 3.8%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery is 6.2%, up from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Disaster Recovery as a Service Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery6.2%
Datto ALTO3.8%
Other90.0%
Disaster Recovery as a Service
 

Featured Reviews

DG
Owner at Oxford Network Solutions, Inc
Easy to scale, reliable, reasonably price, extremely simple to use, and manage
We are a reseller and primarily use Datto ALTO for disaster recovery It is extremely simple to use, set up, and manage. They do a good job of it.  The interface is very easy. It stayed the same for a long time, which makes it easy to set up and easy to work with. Technical support was superior…
Vivek_Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at LTI Mindtree
Cloud backups have strengthened ransomware recovery and now protect critical business data
I see several areas where Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery could be improved. First is the architectural design and configuration, along with operational maturity, as well as security integration. The performance of support can definitely be improved with easier on-call support features for P1 and P2 incidents. Getting quick support from the vendor during major recoveries or disasters would be greatly appreciated. Additionally, improving the strength of ransomware protections, addressing critical gaps in deployments, enforcing backup immutability policies, and making disaster recovery testing routine instead of an ad hoc process are important. Validating that I can quickly recover data should be a priority, and improved runbooks or operational maturity platforms would be beneficial for data recovery from critical incidents.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It stayed the same for a long time, which makes it easy to set up and easy to work with."
"Previously, we used AppAssure; we switched to Datto ALTO because it was a better product, at the same price point."
"The overall ease of use and management of the solution using the Infrascale Dashboard is very good. We haven't had any issues. It is easy to learn. Most of our techs who deal with backups are usually up and running with the dashboard within a day or so. They don't have a lot of buried features where you have to dig through things to get to the resolution. It is pretty self-explanatory."
"Given that we are in the hurricane belt, the spin-up of replicated servers in the cloud is among the most valuable features, because if our site goes down we can just connect to the cloud appliance, spin up the servers, and we are good to go."
"Overall, I set it up, configured it, deployed it, and walked away from it; it just chugs away happily."
"The biggest lesson that I have learned from using this product is that we should have switched years before we did."
"Infrascale has been great for us and for the relationship with this client."
"For this particular client, the solution’s Critical Server Insurance feature that protects physical and virtual servers including Windows, Linux, VMware, and Hyper-V, was a very big factor as well. They have a bunch of physical servers, as well as virtual. The mix is predominantly virtual. They also have some NAS boxes that we back up using Infrascale."
"If you want something that works and is reliable, here it is."
"The ease of use is valuable. It is user-friendly. Performing backup and recovery can be done very intuitively with the solution and the interface that is part of the solution."
 

Cons

"Technical support was superior when it was owned independently."
"The problem is that sometimes you can use a lot of the bandwidth to upload files."
"When the product works, there is really nothing to fix, but they can allow different types of backups, such as differential or incremental backups."
"There could be some room for improvement in the on-premises hardware selection."
"In terms of what I would like to see, it would be to make the solution available across multiple clouds."
"I would like to be able to limit the bandwidth in cases, for example, where we are uploading the backup."
"The only thing I would suggest, and I have talked to my manager about it already, is that they should have a direct backup-to-cloud solution. It should be something that does not require me to do an image backup, and then individual file and folder backups, to be able to restore individual files."
"The performance of support can definitely be improved with easier on-call support features for P1 and P2 incidents."
"The customer was probably down for about three days; this was a very difficult situation for us to be in."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you have a small server, it's approximately $100 per month."
"The pricing is pretty good and competitive with the market. The per-terabyte pricing is very competitive compared to the others."
"The pricing is fair, and they are interested in working with MSPs as part of their market."
"The licensing is based on how much data you have plus what appliances you need."
"The licensing structure was changed some time ago and it's a lot more efficient and the price points are a lot better. They're improving and heading in the right direction."
"I appreciate their pricing. We went for this solution for its pricing."
"The appliances have different prices because of storage, size, and memory. For example, the older machines support more virtual machines, whereas the new one only supports one virtual machine. As we have purchased the later appliances, they have probably been a little bit more expensive because they have to be good enough to keep the business running if the physical server goes down. We learned our lesson from the one that went down when we tried to run products and it wasn't quick enough."
"They are incredibly fair and willing to work with their partners to make their pricing work for both partners and the end users."
"Our licensing fees are billed every four months."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
12%
Healthcare Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

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Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise7
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infrascale Platform?
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery have been handled by the account manager and leadership. The discussions regarding the pricing and licensing cos...
What needs improvement with Infrascale Platform?
In terms of how Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery can be improved, I can suggest using the recovery time objective system, where current state systems can be restored in about zero downtime...
What is your primary use case for Infrascale Platform?
My main use case for Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery is that day-to-day, we never use it; we use it only yearly once. I can give you a quick, specific example of a time when I used Infras...
 

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