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Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup vs N-able Cove Data Protection comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.9
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup enhances productivity and ROI by reducing recovery failures, troubleshooting time, and overall costs.
Sentiment score
7.9
N-able Cove Data Protection enhances profit with fixed pricing, cloud-based automation, and efficient, cost-effective backup and recovery solutions.
I have experienced time savings and money savings.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.3
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup's customer service is praised for prompt, effective responses, though regional sanctions may limit access.
Sentiment score
7.6
N-able Cove Data Protection offers efficient, knowledgeable customer support, with effective resolutions and access to experienced teams including developers.
Technical support is rated an eight out of ten.
If I raise a ticket, they get back to me.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup offers scalability, easy management, high reliability, but may struggle in high-end enterprise environments.
Sentiment score
7.8
N-able Cove Data Protection excels in scalability, easily managing numerous systems and seamlessly expanding storage through the cloud.
There are some limitations, such as storage, where I cannot support a large number of employees who need to back up their data.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is stable, highly rated for performance, with minimal issues, especially on Hyper-Visor systems.
Sentiment score
8.1
N-able Cove Data Protection is highly stable and reliable, with minor issues mostly due to external factors.
 

Room For Improvement

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup needs enhancements in file restore, recovery speed, platform support, scalability, pricing, and user interface.
N-able Cove Data Protection requires enhancements in reporting, cloud integration, dashboard customization, and improvements in backup, recovery, and compatibility.
The solution needs multi-platform support as it is currently only available for VMware and Hyper-V.
Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup could be improved in several areas, such as enhancing scalability features.
N-able Cove Data Protection does not provide a lot of SaaS backup products, which is an area they can improve.
 

Setup Cost

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is affordable, offers a free version for two VMs, and has variable regional pricing.
N-able Cove Data Protection offers flexible pricing and billing, pooling storage to avoid overage charges and support scalability.
The pricing of the solution is considered affordable.
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.
In terms of pricing, N-able Cove Data Protection is neither cheap nor expensive compared to other competitors.
 

Valuable Features

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup offers robust VM backup features, including easy setup, strong compression, and ransomware protection.
N-able Cove Data Protection provides fast cloud backup, robust recovery, and a user-friendly dashboard for comprehensive data management.
The ability to perform data compression updates enhances overall efficiency and effectiveness.
It provides storage for Office 365, which is beneficial, and the deduplication technology is excellent.
The most valuable feature of N-able Cove Data Protection is its ease of use.
 

Categories and Ranking

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Ba...
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
32nd
Ranking in Cloud Backup
26th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (17th)
N-able Cove Data Protection
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
30th
Ranking in Cloud Backup
17th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
SaaS Backup (8th), MSP Backup (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is 0.9%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of N-able Cove Data Protection is 2.6%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Backup
 

Featured Reviews

Asif Usmani - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
Jack Henson - PeerSpot reviewer
Allows us to back up workstations and servers, and saved us time when checking endpoints and the viability of backups
I have some issues with the agent failing on workstations. I've had to completely uninstall several of them, delete everything, and start over to get them to work. That's been the biggest source of my problems recently. The problem is that when we delete one, we lose the backup. Consequently, it means we're without a backup unless we have a local copy. When we delete the agent, there's the problem of how to go back and restore it. I haven't had to deal with it yet, because I haven't had a failure that occurred while I was doing that. I had a workstation that started failing, and we couldn't get the services to run. I don't know what caused it. I had to reinstall the agent, which didn't work. I had to go into the machine and delete everything and load another agent onto it. Once I did that, I was able to make it work, but 90% of the time I never have an issue. During the other 10% of the time when I have a problem, it's a mess. The ability to recover to a different workstation or a different data point is a little bit clumsy. It could use some work.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
21%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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.
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.
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...
What do you like most about N-able Backup?
The initial setup of N-able Cove Data Protection was very easy.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for N-able Backup?
In terms of pricing, N-able Cove Data Protection is neither cheap nor expensive compared to other competitors.
What needs improvement with N-able Backup?
N-able Cove Data Protection does not provide a lot of SaaS backup products, which is an area they can improve. Additionally, there are some limitations on the storage side, where I cannot have a lo...
 

Also Known As

Altaro VM Backup
N-able Backup, SolarWinds Backup, SolarWinds MSP Backup & Recovery, SolarWinds MSP Backup
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Thomson Reuters, Microsoft, Amazon, Harvard University, MIT, Peugeot, Xerox
Computer Depot, Leading Edge Computers, IT Logic Australia
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