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

Hornetsecurity and N-able are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. Hornetsecurity is ranked #26 with an average rating of 9.0, while N-able is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.7. Hornetsecurity holds a 1.0% mindshare in CB, compared to N-able’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Hornetsecurity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of N-able users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup and N-able Cove Data Protection offer robust backup solutions. N-able Cove Data Protection is seen as superior in features, considered worth its price by users.

Features: Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is praised for its straightforward setup, scalability, and efficient VM backup. N-able Cove Data Protection stands out with its comprehensive data protection, ease of use, and integration capabilities. Users find N-able Cove Data Protection's extensive feature set more valuable.

Room for Improvement: Users indicate that Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup can enhance its reporting, user permissions management, and navigation. N-able Cove Data Protection could improve by offering more intuitive navigation, faster restoration speeds, and more detailed documentation. The room for improvement in N-able Cove Data Protection is considered less critical compared to Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is noted for its quick deployment and responsive customer service. N-able Cove Data Protection is also user-friendly with prompt customer support, yet some users experience smoother deployments with Altaro. Both products excel in customer service, but Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup has a slight edge in deployment ease.

Pricing and ROI: Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is viewed as cost-effective with a good return on investment. N-able Cove Data Protection while more expensive is also seen as delivering significant ROI due to its advanced features. Users generally lean towards Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup for budget-friendly solutions but regard N-able Cove Data Protection as providing substantial value for the price.

To learn more, read our detailed Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup vs. N-able Cove Data Protection Report (Updated: January 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Ba...

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

33rd

Ranking in Cloud Backup

26th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (16th)

N-able Cove Data Protection

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

24th

Ranking in Cloud Backup

16th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SaaS Backup (8th), MSP Backup (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is 1.0%, 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.

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Albeez

IT Director at DAR AL ARKAN

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

Key features: * Easy to install and use * Built for virtual environments * Multi-hypervisor support (Hyper-V and VMware) * Offsite backups boosted by WAN acceleration * File and Exchange item level restore * Backup live VMs with no downtime * MS VSS Integration * Cluster shared volumes aware scheduling * Restore to different Hyper-V host or clones * Central management console * Compression and encryption * Supports WS2008 R2, WS2012 and WS2012 R2 * Supports ESXi, vSphere, and vCenter 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. This means that if you require the latest version of a file, it is possible to access it directly from your backup drive without having to rebuild the file from delta files. The delta files are only used if you want to build a previous version of the file; building one delta file at a time for each version as you travel back in time in the reverse direction. This works for both Hyper-V and VMware.

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Jack Henson

Owner at Henson Business Products

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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Pros

"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."

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

"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."

"Ability to restore to any host."

"Excellent compression and deduplication with off-site WAN backup included."

"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."

"Valuable features for us include quick recovery, compression, and deduplication."

"The ability to test the backups without having to manually mount the VHDs after restore allows us to check the integrity of the backups."

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"The most valuable feature by far is the Virtual Disaster Recovery. On top of that is the bare-metal recovery. The recovery options that we have are great. We have tested the Virtual Disaster Recovery and the bare-metal recovery in just about any scenario you can think of. We have even restored bare metal, a full server, to a laptop, and had full functionality. It's just insane how well it works and how simple it is. It does most of the work for you."

"N-able Cove Data Protection is user-friendly and straightforward, and the dashboard is clear."

"It provides a single dashboard for all types of data protection, we monitor everything through a single dashboard. It simplifies everything overall. It allows us to see everything, whether passing or failing any issues, any problems through a single pane of glass that we don't have to click through or adjust as we go forward."

"It's extremely important that Cove provides cloud-based data protection with backup, disaster recovery, and archiving. That is a necessity for my insurance. As an IT company, my insurance would cost more if my backups were not offsite and off-network."

"It's their cloud, it's their storage. I don't have to buy a space on Amazon or Google's cloud and then use their software to push it. That works well for me. This way, I don't have to worry about another option or the opportunity that there might be a credential leak."

"The user interface is the most valuable. It gives us the ability to check everything. With more than 100 endpoints running that software, I like the ability to quickly check that everything is working correctly. That's one of the biggest selling points."

"We use a neat feature called VDR status, Virtual Disaster Recovery status. It only works on servers... It's automated. Once or twice a month it will virtually mount the backup and provide a screenshot and advise whether or not there have been any errors."

"The most valuable aspect is the added protection of having a cloud-based backup service. It provides redundancy in case of data loss."

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Cons

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

"It would be nice to be able to recover the items to their original location."

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

"The scalability of the solution is limited."

"The application could include a feature to install a set size of data, such as the ability to store a single application with all its registry information for easy transfer."

"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."

"It would be nice to see a feature that backs up the host so that, in case of a server failure, an entire server could be restored all at once."

"To improve Altaro, I would like to see the ability to choose more than one backup location at a time."

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"The only area that needs improvement is that it is a little bit difficult when you get into virtual machines. The initial deployment of Cove is a little tedious, not for standard machines, but when you get into specialty stuff, like Hyper-V."

"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."

"Having the licensing available for partners to be able to take advantage of testing without paying would make a big difference."

"A better default view on my dashboard would be great. There is a lot of useless information there that it pulls up. They could present the dashboard slightly better, in terms of the extra information after the first five columns. The first five columns are awesome. After that, I don't care about the rest, and there are another seven things after that."

"This solution is not very good for image restores, mainly just files. The solution also does not allow you to enable or disable backups. Sometimes, our users will connect via mobile device and it will use their data to perform the backup. If they were able to enable and disable the backup, they would not have this issue."

"Integration with a hybrid cloud is something that I found complicated."

"One area I don't like has to do with the agent that goes on the system... if a system stays offline for some length of time, say for a week or so, I may have to go back in and reinstall the agent to get it back in business. I don't know what's causing that."

"For the MSP side, they could have more of a "security user" that can go in and only see certain clients. If you give somebody access as a technician, they can see all the clients."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Altaro had the best prices and ROI in the whole bunch that we evaluated."

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

"There is a free version for two VMs. I would advise to study the deployment environment well, prior to committing to order a license per host."

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

"By implementing the solution at multiple locations, significant cost savings were achieved."

"Its yearly maintenance fee is fairly high for me to renew for upgrades and support."

"VMware is a little pricey, but it is a good solution and priced similar to other products."

"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."

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"The price isn't extreme, but I'd love to pay less."

"The pricing is very competitive and it's well worth the price."

"The pricing is affordable. N-able Cove Data Protection has a direct-to-cloud architecture, but it also allows saving backups locally without extra storage costs."

"There is no per node cost, at least not the way I am doing it. I am on bulk. New customers can be set up on a trial, where they can get things all squared away, then they can switch over to being a billed customer."

"The pricing, for now, is good. The package that they gave us recently is pretty good. It depends on how many clients you have, and you pay for certain terabytes per license. These terabytes, if not used, are pooled together."

"N-able Cove Data Protection is an averagely-priced product."

"I believe that the price is very reasonable in comparison to other options. It is cheaper than both Redstor and Acronis and, since we are now using our own on-premise cloud, there is absolutely no comparison since we have unlimited storage rather than paying per gigabyte used for their onsite storage. We are currently able to backup fifty computers for the same price that we use to backup five computers."

"When you have a device/appliance on the site quite a lot of the other enterprise class backup people insist that you have their appliance, which is frankly offensively expensive. Because when you pry the top off, it's just a standard 19-inch tin box with a standard Intel I5 in it, some RAM, and a hard drive. Then, you go, "Why have they just charged me 5,500 quid for a box, which I could have probably build for under 500." Whereas, with the SolarWinds product, they don't have that. The backup appliances that we have onsite are just plain cooking PCs. We can build our own machines, which is reflected in the price that we can offer a customer."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

14%

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Financial Services Firm

Government

Computer Software Company

21%

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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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup?

The pricing of the solution is considered affordable.

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What needs improvement with Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup?

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup could be improved in several areas, such as enhancing scalability features and possibly reducing the price. The backup locations and time to backup could also be imp...

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What do you like most about N-able Backup?

The initial setup of N-able Cove Data Protection was very easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for N-able Backup?

The pricing is affordable. N-able Cove Data Protection has a direct-to-cloud architecture, but it also allows saving backups locally without extra storage costs.

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What needs improvement with N-able Backup?

There aren’t any challenges. Regarding the additional features, Cove is limited to disaster recovery with Azure. It would be great to make disaster recovery compatible with AWS.

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Also Known As

Altaro VM Backup

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

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Overview

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.

Cove Data Protection, from N-able, is a comprehensive solution designed to safeguard critical business data. It offers a range of features including backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and endpoint protection. With automated backups and flexible scheduling options, it ensures data is protected and easily recoverable.

The solution also includes advanced security measures such as encryption and ransomware detection to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches. Cove Data Protection provides seamless integration with various platforms and offers centralized management for efficient monitoring and control.

With its user-friendly interface and robust capabilities, Cove Data Protection is an ideal choice for businesses seeking reliable data protection.

Sample Customers

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

Computer Depot, Leading Edge Computers, IT Logic Australia

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