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User review of Altaro VM Backup

Altaro Backup, Is there another Product this good?

- by Kevin Carpenter

USER SATISFACTION

RECOMMENDATION
7 out of 7
Definitely
COST EFFICENCY
7out of 7
Superb
OVERALL IMPRESSION
4out of 5
very good
EASE OF USE
5out of 5
amazing
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5out of 5
amazing

PROS & CONS

What are the best aspects of this product?

The Pricing is the best I have seen in any backup solution. I have been with this product for years and have watched it grow.I believe it has caught up to Veeam in speed and now it also has Replication. Although I have not used that as of yet. I do work with both products too. I think the interface is clean and simple to use. But by far the best feature of this product is the support. With an instant chat client built in you can simply click on it and get connected with support. Never seen a product better supported than Altaro. And the Offsite copies to Microsoft Azure work great. Cheap Offsite backups. I don't think Veeam supports that yet with out a dedicated Server in Azure.

What aspects are problematic or could work better?

There is only one feature that I believe they are missing. When you need to restore a file it puts the restored date on the file, not the original. There are times when you want something retored and you want the original date on the file. I have discovered a work around for it. With the premium version that supports booting of the backup, all you have to do is boot the backup and shut it down. There is an iscsi connection to a VHDX file I believe. Mount it and restore the files you need. It will have the original date on the files.

What features/services would you like to see in future versions of this product?

Original Date on restored files.

What specific problems in your company were solved by this product?

Cheap Offsite storage

Are you a current user of this product?

Yes

USER DETAILS

How long have you been using this product?

3-5 years

COMPANY DETAILS

What is your company size?

More than 100 Employees

What is your industry?

Government Administration

USAGE & IMPLEMENTATION

How did your company implement this product?

on premise

How long did it take to set up this product?

less than 1 day

How many people in your company actively use this product?

just me

EFFECT ON BUSINESS GOALS:

How did using this product affect your business goals?

  • It keeps our data protected in case of emergencies.
  • It reduces the workload on our frontline IT staff.
  • It enables us to protect and save our data in the cloud.
  • It restores lost files quickly and easily.

PRICING & COSTS

What was the cost of implementing this product?

$2000

What is your total annual cost for using this product?

$600

FEATURE DETAILS

Main Features

Access to open files
4
very good
Volumes
4
very good
Differential and incremental backups
4
very good
Schedules
4
very good
Encryption
4
very good
Transaction mechanism
4
very good
Versioned backups
4
very good
Data recovery
4
very good
Data deduplication
4
very good
Virtual server backup
4
very good
Privacy and control
4
very good
Data security
4
very good