Hornetsecurity VM Backup
No-Nonsense VM Backup for Hyper-V and VMware.
Overview
Hornetsecurity VM Backup (formerly Altaro) is a backup solution designed for ease of use, performance, and affordability, specifically for virtualized environments. It provides robust backup and replication for Hyper-V and VMware, managed through a straightforward central console. While its primary focus is VMs, it also supports backup of physical Windows servers, including bare-metal recovery.
✨ Key Features
- VMware and Hyper-V Backup and Replication
- Physical Server Backup (Bare Metal)
- Augmented Inline Deduplication for storage savings
- Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
- Cloud Backup to Azure, AWS, Wasabi
- Centralized, multi-tenant management for MSPs
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Exceptional ease of use and intuitive interface.
- Outstanding customer support.
- Augmented Inline Deduplication provides significant storage savings.
Unique Value: Provides a powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable VM backup solution that 'just works', backed by world-class support, making data protection effortless for IT admins and MSPs.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Restoring a failed Hyper-V virtual machine from backup
- Replicating critical VMs to a remote site for disaster recovery
- Performing a bare-metal restore of a physical domain controller
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Organizations with a large number of non-Windows physical servers.
- Users needing backup for SaaS applications like Microsoft 365 (requires a separate Hornetsecurity product).
🏆 Alternatives
Often chosen over Veeam for its simplicity and more straightforward pricing. Its deduplication is frequently cited as being more effective than that of competitors like Nakivo.
💻 Platforms
✅ Offline Mode Available
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (All tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 30-day free trial
Free tier: Free edition protects up to 2 VMs per host forever.
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