Arcserve UDP vs Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup comparison

Arcserve and Hornetsecurity are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Arcserve is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.0, while Hornetsecurity is ranked #32 with an average rating of 9.0. Arcserve holds a 1.2% mindshare in BRS, compared to Hornetsecurity’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Arcserve users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Hornetsecurity users who would recommend it.

Arcserve UDP

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84% willing to recommend

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96% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Arcserve UDP and Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup are competitors in the data backup and disaster recovery sector. Users find Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup superior due to its features and perceived worth.

Features: Arcserve UDP offers robust backup options, comprehensive data protection, and multiple recovery points. Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is noted for its ease of use, efficient VM backups, and sandbox restore verification.

Room for Improvement: Arcserve UDP needs enhancements in reporting capabilities, performance speed during large backups, and user interface. Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup could improve scalability, scheduling flexibility, and support for more diverse environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Arcserve UDP is complex to deploy, requiring significant time and resources. Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is straightforward to set up. Arcserve UDP support can be slow, while Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup offers responsive and helpful customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Arcserve UDP is cost-effective with a good return on investment due to its comprehensive features. Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is often perceived as pricier but justified by its efficient performance and specialized VM backup capabilities.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

19th

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

11th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Ba...

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

32nd

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

18th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (27th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 1.2%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is 0.8%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

TeresitaSabile

Head of Operation and IT at Elgrade Inc

Cost savings and efficient decompression but needs better cloud integration

Our primary use case for Arcserve UDP is its decompression feature, which helped us save money by reducing storage needs. Despite moving to cloud applications, we have been using Arcserve UDP for backup and disaster recovery Arcserve UDP has helped our organization save considerable amounts of…

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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

"Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution."

"The product's deployment process was straightforward."

"The most valuable features of this solution are that I can by just one click, copy and paste anything that I would want. I do not have to restore the whole virtual machine."

"Our customers are happy with the product’s functionality."

"Arcserve UDP has a good configuration and user interface. It makes the job of an administrator easy."

"The most valuable feature is the duplication."

"Instant recovery is the most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP."

"The data protection functionality is the most valuable feature of this solution."

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"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 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."

"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."

"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."

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

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

"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."

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

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Cons

"The product is not user-friendly."

"It should be easier to switch between backup locations. We have multiple data storage locations and sometimes one of those storages need to be replaced. It would be nice if they made it easier to reconfigure the backup configuration."

"We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive."

"We could not go into granular details of retrieving backup information."

"The time to backup servers that sit in DMZ must be improved."

"StorageCraft ShadowProtect can improve by making one console that can control backups of all desktops and servers in one place. Additionally, the recovery process of the backups is very slow and could improve. It's very slow when we went to recover a complete disc but to recover one file is very fast."

"The only problem with the solution is that when I change the drive capacity, it has to do a full backup. It's a problem when I have five servers to backup. When I only want to change the size of the drive, I have to do a full backup that can take one week."

"Licensing can be quite difficult."

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"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."

"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."

"Stability."

"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."

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

"Replication is not fast, the GUI could be more user-friendly, and technical support is lacking in Iran."

"The scalability of the solution is limited."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is based on the number of sockets. We use a four-socket price that includes two servers and the cost is $4,375."

"The solution is not very expensive, but it is not cheap."

"The retail fee is $1300 for a year for one server. Other than that, there is just the cost of your hardware."

"Pricing is most likely comparable."

"The price of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is competitive in the market."

"I do not work with the pricing or licensing issues of the solution for our organization."

"As an MSP partner, I believe that the prices are fair."

"The solution is priced well compared to other solutions."

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

"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."

"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."

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

"The pricing is okay,"

"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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Non Profit

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?

Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four ...

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What do you like most about StorageCraft ShadowProtect?

The interface is very refined, works fine, and is very intuitive most of the time. Scalability is nice. The multi-tenancy feature is very welcome. The integration with Linux works fine too.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for StorageCraft ShadowProtect?

Pricing for SPX MRP/MSP is under $400 per server (Single VM) with a 1-year subscription. After discounts, it could decrease by 20%-30%, and opting for a 3/5/10 server pack may offer even better (lo...

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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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Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer

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Overview

Arcserve UDP is a comprehensive solution that empowers even a one-person IT department to protect virtual and physical environments with a high degree of simplicity. It allows you to design and manage your entire data protection strategy with a unified management console, and enables you to scale your data backup coverage as your organization grows with the push of a button.

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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

ITPS, North Hertfordshire Homes, SEMIKRON, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Test Valley Borough Council, EK Services

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

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