Carbonite Backup for Microsoft 365 vs Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup comparison

OpenText and Hornetsecurity are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. OpenText is ranked #63, while Hornetsecurity is ranked #28 with an average rating of 9.0. OpenText holds a 0.5% mindshare in CB, compared to Hornetsecurity’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Hornetsecurity users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Carbonite Backup for Microsoft 365 and Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Carbonite Backup for Micros...

Ranking in Cloud Backup

63rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Ba...

Ranking in Cloud Backup

28th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (31st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (21st)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Carbonite Backup for Microsoft 365 is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is 1.3%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Backup Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup	1.3%
Carbonite Backup for Microsoft 365	0.5%
Other	98.2%

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SergioZuastegui

IT Manager at Grupo UMA Centroamerica

Accessible from anywhere without the requirement to purchase hardware

We are customers of Carbonite Backup and I'm the company IT manager The fact that we don't need to purchase any hardware is a huge benefit. It also means we can have access from anywhere. I think they could implement some new functionalities and I'd like to see some better training provided,…

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Asif Usmani

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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We don't need to purchase any hardware for this solution."

"VM backup and the item level recovery are the most valuable features."

"The ease of use of the solution is its most valuable feature. The interface is also excellent."

"Reverse Delta is Altaro proprietary backup deduplication technology. With Reverse Delta, the latest version of a file is always made available in its entirety, not as a delta file."

"The product has many valuable features for handling backup needs, including replication, live migration, and incremental disaster recovery."

"The ability to test the backups without having to manually mount the VHDs after restore allows us to check the integrity of the backups."

"This solution is stable."

"The intuitive interface allows you to set up and perform backups and restores easily."

"We frequently use the granular restore option for when our users accidentally delete files or to recover emails from mailboxes. We have found that to be a must-have feature and it comes with the solution at no extra cost."

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Cons

"Lacks sufficient documentation or training videos."

"The scalability of the solution is limited."

"The cloud backup and VMware support (now available in the latest releases), could do with some improvement."

"To improve Altaro, I would like to see the ability to choose more than one backup location at a time."

"Improvement areas for Altaro VM Backup include enhancing backup and deduplication solutions for continuous operation and offering an all-in-one solution for hardware backup."

"Backup speed and comparisons between versions used to be slow on big VMs but that was improved greatly later on."

"The initial set up was complex, and I was not able to do the set up myself."

"Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup could be improved in several areas, such as enhancing scalability features and possibly reducing the price."

"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."

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"Its yearly maintenance fee is fairly high for me to renew for upgrades and support."

"The pricing is okay,"

"Altaro VM Backup is affordably priced. It is a best value for its price and has almost every feature that an expensive, popular product offers."

"No other product offers these features for this price. The ROI is great."

"Altaro had the best prices and ROI in the whole bunch that we evaluated."

"There is a free version for Hosts with 2 VMs."

"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."

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What do you like most about Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup?

The most valuable feature of Altaro VM Backup is its ability to backup and restore various types of data, including Active Directory, application servers, and SQL Server databases.

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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.

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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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Overview

Carbonite Backup for Microsoft 365 offers comprehensive backup for the entire Microsoft 365 suite of productivity apps. It allows businesses and IT organizations to recover individual files and folders, permissions settings as well as complete site collections, with an unprecedented level of flexibility.

OpenText

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is a powerful, reliable and easy-to-use backup and replication solution for Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines (VMs) and physical Windows servers, to protect against enterprise data loss. The award-winning solution provides robust, streamlined and enterprise-level functionality.

Reduce downtime and data loss: Thanks to Continous Data Protection (CDP) and WAN-optimized replication, your backup files are available in just minutes in the event of a data loss scenario and you can continue working as usual. The solution’s unique Augmented Inline Deduplication also gives you massive savings on your backup storage and dramatically reduces costs.

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Thomson Reuters, Microsoft, Amazon, Harvard University, MIT, Peugeot, Xerox

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