Hitachi Universal Replicator vs Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup comparison

Hitachi Vantara and Hornetsecurity are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Hitachi Vantara is ranked #26 with an average rating of 8.0, while Hornetsecurity is ranked #15 with an average rating of 9.0. Hitachi Vantara holds a 0.2% mindshare in DRS, compared to Hornetsecurity’s 2.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Hitachi Vantara users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Hornetsecurity users who would recommend it.

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96% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Hitachi Universal Replicator

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

26th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Replication (7th)

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Ba...

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

15th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (32nd), Cloud Backup (26th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Hitachi Universal Replicator is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is 2.0%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Bratislav Petkovic

System Engineer for Core Infrastructure at Raiffeisen bank Serbia

Optimizing data replication and management with unique resource handling features

The features of Hitachi Universal Replicator that I use include data flow, monitor, and Data Mobility Services. We have Data Mobility Services resource pool and resource group mirror unique allocated. Features like source journal, destination image, remote path, volume name, and capacity saving mode are valuable. De-duplication, compression, and capacity saving processing mode are essential. Other useful aspects are storage target, default data reduction, shared volume, and automatic journal creation. These features work synchronously for tasks like remote cloning or universal replication.

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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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

24%

Financial Services Firm

20%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hitachi Universal Replicator?

I am not familiar with the pricing of Hitachi Universal Replicator. The storage purchase includes this feature, but a license is needed for replication, shadow image, and thin image.

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What needs improvement with Hitachi Universal Replicator?

I think the graphical user interface can be more user-friendly. Although it is easy and intuitive now, there is always room for improvement regarding user interaction.

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What is your primary use case for Hitachi Universal Replicator?

I use Hitachi Ops Center and Protector to create Thin Image, Shadow Image, and for remote replication. We also connect to Site Recovery Manager to replicate virtual machines to another site. We hav...

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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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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.

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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

Hitachi Universal Replicator satisfies the most demanding business continuity and disaster recovery requirements. This software asynchronously replicates data between Hitachi storage systems, over any distance.

Hitachi Vantara

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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Sample Customers

Shandong Telecom

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

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