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User review of Altaro VM Backup

Competitively Priced But Still Full Featured

- by Scott Siri

USER SATISFACTION

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

PROS & CONS

What are the best aspects of this product?

Easy integration with Hyper-V.

Allows for simple offsite backup and options for offsite to Azure.

Customer support is quick via chat and always very helpful.

Features for backup verification and assessment of overall backup health.

Nice dedup features and even continuous data protection (high frequency backup schedule)

Price is considerably less than similar competitor products.

An upgrade is relatively smooth but requires re-install of software.

What aspects are problematic or could work better?

Software is updated probably twice a year and requires re-install to take advantage of new features.

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

This gave us a production-grade backup for our VMs and allowed for quick restore of those VMs to other hosts when needed. It also gave us options for offsite copies that we did not have previously.

Are you a current user of this product?

Yes

USER DETAILS

What is your role with this product?

  • I use it myself

How long have you been using this product?

1-3 years

COMPANY DETAILS

What is your company size?

51-100 Employees

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

What is the primary use of this product in your company?

mostly B2B

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 restores lost files quickly and easily.

PRICING & COSTS

What was the cost of implementing this product?

$700 per host.

What is your total annual cost for using this product?

600/year for our whole organization. For this cost we utilize it on 4 hosts. This includes upgrades, but I think it can be a single time purchase if you don't need SLA.

Did you get any discount for this product? How much?

Yes, but unsure on % discount.

FEATURE DETAILS

Main Features

Data compression
4
very good
Access to open files
5
amazing
Volumes
5
amazing
Differential and incremental backups
5
amazing
Schedules
4
very good
Transaction mechanism
4
very good
Versioned backups
4
very good
Data recovery
4
very good
Data deduplication
5
amazing
Virtual server backup
5
amazing
Privacy and control
5
amazing
Data security
5
amazing