Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup vs ManageEngine Recovery Manager Plus comparison

The compared Hornetsecurity and ManageEngine solutions aren't in the same category. Hornetsecurity is ranked #31 in BRS , with an average rating of 9.0, and holds a 0.9% mindshare in the category. ManageEngine is ranked #5 in ADR , and holds a 7.2% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Hornetsecurity users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup and ManageEngine Recovery Manager Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Ba...

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (31st), Cloud Backup (28th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (21st)

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Average Rating

0.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Active Directory Recovery (5th)

Mindshare comparison

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup and ManageEngine Recovery Manager Plus aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is designed for Backup and Recovery and holds a mindshare of 0.9%, up 0.8% compared to last year.
ManageEngine Recovery Manager Plus, on the other hand, focuses on Active Directory Recovery, holds 7.2% mindshare, up 6.8% since last year.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup	0.9%
Veeam Data Platform	7.0%
Commvault Cloud	4.0%
Other	88.1%

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Active Directory Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
ManageEngine Recovery Manager Plus	7.2%
Semperis Active Directory Forest Recovery (ADFR)	29.5%
Recovery Manager for Active Directory	17.7%
Other	45.599999999999994%

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Featured Reviews

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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Santiago Mantilla

Senior Information Technology Security Consultant at Intelector

Though this tool lacks the features to allow backups on the same server, it is very easy to use

During the current times, solutions must have a backup system from a main server, and an active directory service. Also, it is no longer important to have a backup for different environments, such as databases, application servers, and web servers. However, ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus must get a main server for itself.

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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 use the latest feature in Altaro called CDP (Continuous Data Protection) to back up our VMs as often as every five minutes. It allows us to make sure no data is accidentally deleted or overwritten."

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

"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."

"Excellent compression and deduplication with off-site WAN backup included."

"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."

"This solution is stable."

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

"The initial setup was simple and easy. Anyone without prior experience can install, configure, and use it."

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"Along with its active directory infrastructure, this solution also possesses the ability to recover and exchange, making it a valuable backup tool."

Cons

"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."

"Availability of physical server backup would be an added advantage."

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

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

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

"If you look into the performance of a virtual machine and you look to the performance of the physical machine, the correlation between these is totally unclear."

"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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"The solution has few features as it does not focus on managing anything in the application."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

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

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

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"The license cost for this solution is cheap."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Government

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

10%

Educational Organization

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Government

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	4

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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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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.

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The native Active Directory backup and recovery utility from Microsoft fails to deliver rapid restorations due to its clunky user interface and lack of control over attribute-level changes. This emphasizes the need for an AD backup and restoration tool that must be user friendly, and also be able to restore all AD objects, including users, computers, groups, containers, OUs, DNS data, and GPOs.

RecoveryManager Plus is one such web-based Active Directory backup and restoration software that is easy to use and also enables you to back up all your AD objects as well as recover deleted objects. Additionally, it offers you the flexibility to restore only specific type of objects or just specific attributes of desired objects.

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