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Hornetsecurity VM Backup
Formerly Altaro

Overview

What is Hornetsecurity VM Backup?

Hornetsecurity VM Backup (formerly Altaro) is a backup and replication solution for Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. VM Backup can manage large infrastructures, with the revamped backup repository providing long-term storage and more efficient use of disk space.

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Hornetsecurity a backup solution that won't sting your wallet

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 26, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use this to backup our hyper-v servers locally and off-site. We have used VM backup to restore after hard drive and server failures and off-site can be used to restore afte...
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Verified user
C-Level Executive
Hornetsecurity VM Backup5 years of experience

Altaro VM Backup - A legend in the making.

Rating: 9 out of 10
November 25, 2021
IncentivizedVetted Review
We have used Altaro, not only internally, BUT also at our customers we support. Altaro is really a good product, and their support (when required) is super friendly and excell...
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Martin Venter
Employee - Information Technology
Senior Engineer
Network Configurations
Hornetsecurity VM Backup6 years of experience

Easy Setting UP for Backup using Altaro Backup

Rating: 7 out of 10
September 1, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We have been using Altaro Backup for all our VMs spread over all departments, setting up a backup with Altaro Backup is very easy and straightforward. It helps us with off-sit...
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Radhamohan Garg
Employee - Information Technology
GM
Birla Precision Technology
Hornetsecurity VM Backup2 years of experience

Easy-to-use VM backup software

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 19, 2020
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We use Altaro VM backup to backup one physical host with 5 virtual machines. It is used to backup our entire organization across all of our departments. It addresses the need ...
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Jarret Schwartz
General Manager - Product Management
Operations Manager
Technics Dental Laboratory
Hornetsecurity VM Backup3 years of experience

Best HyperV backup solution

Rating: 10 out of 10
February 15, 2020
IncentivizedVetted Review
We needed a quick solution to backup VM in a HyperV environment with many different kinds of VM and operating systems. We started to test a few solutions, and finally, we've f...
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Stefano Sanna
Technician - Information Technology
System Administrator
GOP
Hornetsecurity VM Backup4 years of experience
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Pricing

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Subscription License - Standard Edition

$59.80

On Premise
per VM/per year

Subscription License - Unlimited Edition

$73.80

On Premise
per VM/per year

Subscription License - Unlimited Plus Edition

$89.20

On Premise
per VM/per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Altaro VM Backup Cloud Management Console for End Users - Demo

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MSP Video Demo

YouTube

SysAdminDay 2017 in Leipzig - Altaro VM Backup for Hyper-V - Demo by Haiko Hertes

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Altaro VM Backup v7 - Demo and introduction

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An Introduction to Altaro VM Backup v8

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Product Details

What is Hornetsecurity VM Backup?

Hornetsecurity's VM Backup (formerly Altaro) is a backup and replication solution for Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. VM Backup can manage large infrastructures, with the revamped backup repository providing long-term storage and more efficient use of disk space.

Designed for IT departments, IT resellers, IT consultants and Managed Service Providers (MSPs), the solution provides enterprise-level functionality. With its WAN-Optimized Replication and Continuous Data Protection (CDP), it helps companies to achieve minimal RPO and RTO, i.e., and reduces the length of time virtual machines are down and the amount of data lost when disaster strikes. Additionally, its augmented Inline deduplication helps to reduce storage costs.

For organizations with multiple sites, VM Backup provides a cloud-based management platform that gives a central view of all installations. This gives IT resellers/consultants a centralized multi-tenant view across all their customers.

Hornetsecurity VM Backup Features

  • Supported: Fast performance
  • Supported: Minimal RPO and RTO through CDP
  • Supported: WAN-Optimized Replication
  • Supported: Boot from Backup

Hornetsecurity VM Backup Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Hyper-V, VMware
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesWorldwide

Frequently Asked Questions

Hornetsecurity VM Backup (formerly Altaro) is a backup and replication solution for Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines. VM Backup can manage large infrastructures, with the revamped backup repository providing long-term storage and more efficient use of disk space.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Hornetsecurity VM Backup are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Fast and reliable VM backups

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
October 24, 2019
Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Hornetsecurity VM Backup
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It is currently being used by the IT department. We have several VM servers in production, and we have set Altaro to backup the VMs on a nightly basis. Over the weekend, we have it sent to an off-site location for redundancy.
Pros
  • Fast VM backups
  • File-level restores
  • WAN backups
Cons
  • Easier to manage console
  • Automate multiple off-site backup locations
Likelihood to Recommend
It works great when you have several VM servers to manage and need them to be backed up. It provides statuses and notifications as well.

Easy Setting UP for Backup using Altaro Backup

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
September 01, 2021
RG
Radhamohan Garg
GM
Birla Precision Technology (Automotive, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Hornetsecurity VM Backup
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have been using Altaro Backup for all our VMs spread over all departments, setting up a backup with Altaro Backup is very easy and straightforward. It helps us with off-site locations for redundancy on weekends. It helps us to reduce RPO and also RTO with the help of CDP
Pros
  • Fast setup , no need of any documentation
  • Easy restoration and backup
  • Easy support
Cons
  • It helped us in restoring rep VM which was saved with huge time invested for data backups
Likelihood to Recommend
This software is specially designed for IT industries like IT consultants, IT resellers, and managed service providers.

Best HyperV backup solution

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
February 15, 2020
SS
Stefano Sanna
System Administrator
GOP (Legal Services, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Reseller
Hornetsecurity VM Backup
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We needed a quick solution to backup VM in a HyperV environment with many different kinds of VM and operating systems. We started to test a few solutions, and finally, we've found Altaro Hyperv Backup. A solution that was really fast to set up and use that definitively answers the solution.
Pros
  • Fast setup and configuration.
  • UNC path as Backup repositories.
Cons
  • Single file restore is not included in the 2 VM free edition.
  • Can't restore a single SQL database, you have to restore the entire VM.
Likelihood to Recommend
I would recommend Altaro because if you have one, two or 100 HypverVs you can quickly deploy the solution from a central management console to all of your hosts and allow you to set up the basic settings and start to back up all of your VM in no more than one hour.

Altaro VM Backup - Quick, Easy and Great Value.

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
November 22, 2019
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Computer Hardware Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Hornetsecurity VM Backup
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
  • Altaro VM Backup was chosen as our backup solution for our physical VM host servers to backup the many virtual machines we had. We wanted this solution as the setup was fast and straightforward, and we were backing up within 10 minutes! It also helped that the product was very reasonably priced, and licensing was simple to understand.
  • Restoring is also super comfortable, with various options to restore as a clone for quick testing, restore individual virtual disks, or maybe restore just some files or exchange items. Or failing that, if you don't have time to do a complete restore, boot from the backup. Altaro VM Backup can also be set to test and verify backups, so you know that you have valid backups on hand.
  • The licensing covers either VMware or Hyper-V HyperVisors are making it easy to learn one product and use it across various platforms.
  • Over the years, a constant stream of added features or enhancements has been made to ensure this product is relevant and adding value. Some of the notable improvements/features added have been Data Deduplication, Offsite copies (remote Altaro and now Azure) with WAN acceleration (Altaro server), Constant Data Protection, Cloud management, and many more.
Pros
  • Fast and simple setup. I didn't need to read through ANY documentation to set up and have a backup running.
  • Easy and cost-effective licensing. I didn't need to count CPU's or VM's or other random facts to work out my licensing. Just how many hosts, and then one of 3 feature levels of which two have unlimited VM licensing. Hosts x Feature Set = Cost.
  • Easy Restores. Backing up is one thing, but restoring and having confidence in the restore is another. It just works, simple and effective.
  • Help is easy to find if you need it. From within the app, it gives you options of email, phone, and live chat, which is usually available even with odd time zones in play.
Cons
  • More cloud-based storage options. Currently, only Azure is supported, which is excellent, but it would be good to have AWS and Google storage options too.
  • It would be AWESOME if they could do a restore from Azure cloud direct to an Azure VM instance. Currently, you need to set up an Azure VM machine with nested Hyper-V, install Altaro on that, and then restore into a nested VM, this gets crazy expensive.
  • Better notification of errors, or more around having a threshold, so if it misses one backup of a constant backup that happens every 5 minutes but recovers at the 10 minutes back, it is ok. Just think it needs to identify significant or long-running issues better than the occasional little issues.
Likelihood to Recommend
  • Within our SMB space, it is a perfect solution as it's simple to set up and use for either VMware or Hyper-V hosts. The licensing is simple to understand, and purchasing is secure either direct from Altaro VM Backup or via their worldwide resellers.
  • The options for where to backup is good, local USB drives, network drives, offsite Altaro VM Backup server, and recently Azure cloud storage.
  • Testing of backups is easy, restore as clone, start Altaro VM Backup and check it (it disables the network on these) for accuracy and function.
  • Data Deduplication means less storage than is being backed up, even with versioning enabled.
  • The only scenario I'm not sure of its suitability would be when there are lots of physical hosts. Where it may be cumbersome track and control many physical hosts, Although Altaro has its Cloud Management Console to do precisely that. I haven't used this, so can't provide much insight.

Great value for backing up your virtualized systems

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
July 13, 2021
Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Construction Company, 201-500 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Hornetsecurity VM Backup
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I used Altaro VM Backup at one of our remote divisions that utilized Windows Server Hyper-VMs. The VMs were hosted on Hyper-V servers, but there was no backup for the VMs themselves, just the files on the VMs were backed up on-site and off-site. I downloaded and installed Altaro's trial to see whether or not their software would be of any benefit.
Pros
  • Verification of successful backups
  • Full backups of VMs for disaster recovery
  • Option of having multiple backup restore points
Cons
  • I had some issues with the initial setup, and getting the clients to sync with backup software.
  • Had issues trying to save the backups to a NAS. It eventually worked, but it didn't seem very intuitive.
Likelihood to Recommend
Altaro VM Backup is great if you have 1 or 2 VMs that aren't backed up by any other means. I initially had some issues with setting it up so it backed up to a NAS, and sometimes the host wouldn't sync to the client. There probably wouldn't be an issue if the host system is the backup location. The interface and configuration were pretty intuitive and gave you a lot of information on the status of your backups.
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