Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup vs INFINIDAT InfiniGuard comparison

Hornetsecurity and INFINIDAT are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Hornetsecurity is ranked #33 with an average rating of 9.0, while INFINIDAT is ranked #77. Hornetsecurity holds a 0.8% mindshare in BRS, compared to INFINIDAT’s 0.1% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Hornetsecurity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of INFINIDAT users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Ba...

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

33rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (28th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (16th)

INFINIDAT InfiniGuard

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

77th

Average Rating

10.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is 0.8%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of INFINIDAT InfiniGuard is 0.1%, down from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Jim Ganong

Supervisor, IT Operations at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Fast data recovery for large scale datasets

The Infiniguard (dedicated disc storage), offers a petabyte of storage space for on-site disc storage for backups. Because of this, we were able to get rid of our tapes. Essentially, it replaced our tape backups. We're definitely going to be buying another INFINIDAT array. We do have another location that is going to be needing a new array sometime soon, so we'll be buying another one. The beautiful thing about them is that you can set them up to replicate for disaster recovery between the two of them and set up some nice replication jobs, site to site, for automatic database replication.

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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

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

"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."

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

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

"Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup's most valuable features include its user-friendly interface and the ability to perform data compression updates, which enhance overall efficiency and effectiveness."

"Valuable features for us include quick recovery, compression, and deduplication."

"All of the features are fantastic and also the management from Microsoft dealing with multiple machines is great. The whole package is excellent for me."

"I find the solution to be user-friendly and easy to manage and deploy."

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"Essentially, it replaced our tape backups."

Cons

"Stability."

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

"It would be nice to see a feature that backs up the host so that, in case of a server failure, an entire server could be restored all at once."

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

"Migrating the physical through a backup and restore to a virtual environment would be very helpful."

"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."

"The application could include a feature to install a set size of data, such as the ability to store a single application with all its registry information for easy transfer."

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

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"I would like to see more improvement in the GUI."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is great for the utility you get and the licensing has never caused any issues with my company."

"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."

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

"By implementing the solution at multiple locations, significant cost savings were achieved."

"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."

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

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

11%

Company Size

By reviewers

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Questions from the Community

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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Also Known As

Altaro VM Backup

InfiniGuard

Overview

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.

Hornetsecurity

InfiniGuard provides fast, reliable data backup and restore for business continuity/disaster recovery. Built with InfiniBox to optimize performance and target-side dedupe to maximize effective capacity for multi-petabyte datasets.

INFINIDAT

Sample Customers

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

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