Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup vs Precisely Assure MIMIX comparison

Hornetsecurity and Precisely are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Hornetsecurity is ranked #20 with an average rating of 9.0, while Precisely is ranked #15 with an average rating of 9.0. Hornetsecurity holds a 2.0% mindshare in DRS, compared to Precisely’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Hornetsecurity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Precisely users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 15, 2024

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup and Precisely Assure MIMIX are competing in the data protection and recovery domain. Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup offers competitive pricing and robust support, while Precisely Assure MIMIX provides advanced features justifying its higher price for comprehensive solutions.

Features: Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup excels with reliable backup, easy restoration processes, and effective deduplication. Precisely Assure MIMIX stands out for high availability, data replication capabilities, and comprehensive disaster recovery strategies.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup ensures straightforward deployment with efficient customer service, ideal for quick implementation. Precisely Assure MIMIX has a complex deployment model reflecting its advanced capabilities, supported by comprehensive customer service suited for complex IT environments.

Pricing and ROI: Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup features attractive pricing with a strong ROI due to low setup costs and operational efficiency. Precisely Assure MIMIX involves higher setup costs, but its advanced features can deliver significant ROI for environments requiring high availability and continuity.

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Categories and Ranking

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Ba...

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

20th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (31st), Cloud Backup (25th)

Precisely Assure MIMIX

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

15th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is 2.0%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Precisely Assure MIMIX is 1.6%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Precisely Assure MIMIX	1.6%
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup	2.0%
Other	96.4%

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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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Rob

Cyber Security Team/Governance, Risk, Compliance at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has enabled seamless disaster recovery with virtual rollovers and rapid failovers between systems

Improving Precisely Assure MIMIX is going to be a really hard one; over the years, the tech support started off kind of rough but gradually got better and better as I used it often, being on a first-name basis with many of the customer service reps because of having to call with issues that they were always able to resolve fairly quickly. I would have liked to see more reporting, maybe automation of reports, but as far as integration with other systems, I always used Precisely Assure MIMIX on an AS/400, iSeries, IBM iSeries machine, and I cannot speak to using it on any other device.

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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."

"Ability to restore to any host."

"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."

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

"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."

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

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

"The CDP backup feature is very nice, as it allows you to take backups at high frequencies and with application consistency."

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"Precisely Assure MIMIX has positively affected our organization by reducing downtime because it takes 30 minutes from swapping from one box to another; production is back up and running within 30 minutes, and a lot of times, I could get it down to 20 minutes."

"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward and simple."

"Database replication is most valuable. It is multi-platform, so it can replicate from a variety of different database types to a variety of different database types."

Cons

"It would be nice to be able to recover the items to their original location."

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

"Stability."

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

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

"The scalability of the solution is limited."

"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."

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

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"It does data manipulation language (DML) replication, but it does not do data definition language (DDL) replication. In my opinion, it is a disadvantage. It would be nicer if it was able to do both DML and DDL. I'm not 100% certain of this, but it seems Oracle Golden Gate does both DML and DDL. MIMIX only does DML, and it would be very nice if they included DDL replication. This is one feature that would be very helpful to have."

"The pricing was a little steep; I believe it could have been lower, but for what I received as far as the service, the price is pretty close."

"The high cost of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

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

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

"VMware is a little pricey, but it is a good solution and priced similar to other products."

"The pricing is okay,"

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

"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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"The licensing provides the access to support. I do know that there's an annual charge for being able to call into their support line and get a technical team from Precisely to assist with any issues we may have. I don't think there are any additional costs other than what we incur internally in terms of the infrastructure that we need to run and operate the product."

"The cost of the product is too high."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Insurance Company

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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What do you like most about Precisely Assure MIMIX?

The product's initial setup phase was straightforward and simple.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Precisely Assure MIMIX?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Precisely Assure MIMIX is that the pricing was a little steep; I believe it could have been lower, but for what I received as far as the se...

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What needs improvement with Precisely Assure MIMIX?

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Also Known As

Altaro VM Backup

MIMIX Availability, Syncsort MIMIX Availability, Syncsort Assure MIMIX

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

Assure MIMIX DR protects your business from lost data and extended downtime by maintaining a real-time replica of your production server on a recovery server located on-site, off-site, or in the cloud.

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Sample Customers

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

Toyota Material Handling Australia, Westpac Pacific Banking, Symphony Health, Wimbledon, OCBC Bank

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