Hornetsecurity

Hornetsecurity VM Backup

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.0 /10

28 Reviews Write a Review

Claim Software

What is Hornetsecurity VM Backup?

Hornetsecurity VM Backup is a fast, affordable, high performance backup solution, specially developed for small and mid-market businesses. We’ve cut the waste and hassle to give you an agile, streamlined solution that is easy to implement, feature-rich, with outstanding support as part of the package.

Company Details

Need Assistance?

We're here to help you with understanding our reports and the data inside to help you make decisions.

Get Assistance

Awards & Recognition

Hornetsecurity VM Backup won the following awards in the Backup and Availability category

Filter By

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

7 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Conflict Resolution

2023

Hornetsecurity VM Backup Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
Download the entire Product Scorecard to access more information on Hornetsecurity VM Backup.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

93 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

{y}

{name}

Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Hornetsecurity VM Backup?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 91

Virtual Machine Backup

Deduplication Implementation

Backup Automation

File Explorer Granular Restore

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Integration With Storage Arrays

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Automated Backup Testing and Verification

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Replication for High Availability

Application Awareness

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 86

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Hornetsecurity VM Backup Reviews

Brent Q.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

10+ year of use and no failed recoveries.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Hornetsecurity VM Backup from other similar products?

Originally it was the only VM level tool for Hyper-V which was a focus of our business and so for our clients. We had another product but it was not performing and cost more so the move made sense. As mentioned, I have never had a failed recovery when the backup ran and the backup target was functional. Which does not mean we could not have gone to the offsite if needed but why if not. When the onsite backup target was not functional, then offsite recovery was the bacon saver

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Very easy interface to use for all aspects of management and operation.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It does not have to run on the Hyper-V or VMware host but as an SMB product it often does so if you want all the features on (automatic testing of recovery for example) it is using CPU cycles that the VMs on the host need and you can get in to a contention situation. Same for disk access, since it pulls from the remote or attached storage to a "sandbox" location and runs the recovery. Finally, if you do not want to do recovery level testing but want to check the backup integrity (similar to a CRC process) it cannot do this while backup operations are running so you end up with a reduced window for backup or reduced days of integrity,

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Perpetual licenses are a commitment in CAPX but with a moderate renewal cost over a period of years they pay for themselves, Also, based on number of VMs per host and number of hosts the scale may make that pricing more attractive. Be aware of how you deploy the backup ingest and management machine and if you can avoid deploying that on the host you will better utilize the features available.

Pros

Saves Time
Appreciates Incumbent Status
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Vytis K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Functional and reliable, very good value for money

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Hornetsecurity VM Backup from other similar products?

Have not used other similar products, but compared to native MS backup it is like day and night considering the functionality and ease of use.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Is reliable, never a crash over a course of 10 years.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Offsite copies are a bit cumbersome.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a very small price to pay for this critical aspect of your IT environment (back-ups) to have total piece of mind.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

Extraordinary with data replication.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Hornetsecurity VM Backup

What is Hornetsecurity VM Backup?

Company Details

Need Assistance?

Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Hornetsecurity VM Backup Ratings

93 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Hornetsecurity VM Backup?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Virtual Machine Backup Automatically discovers and protects VMs as they come online, move, and change. Production VMs are replicated to a secondary data store.

Deduplication Implementation Deduplication of redundant data blocks is implemented by the solution. Deduplication can be at source, target, or globally (source and target).

Backup Automation Solution automates backup, recovery and remediation tasks using RestAPI and CLI to integrate with 3rd party solutions, reduce cost and enforce standards.

File Explorer Granular Restore Individual files can be located and restored from backup media without the need for full system mounting and restore.

Backup of Cloud Based Data In addition to targeting backups to the cloud, the solution also has the capability to back up primary data and services already in the cloud.

Integration With Storage Arrays Integrates with APIs from major storage vendors (NetApp, HP, Dell EMC) to leverage capabilities in these arrays such as data snapshots and replication.

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery Onsite backup data is replicated and stored to a public cloud (AWS, Azure). Can also include restore-to-cloud capabilities for Disaster Recovery as a Service.

Automated Backup Testing and Verification Goes beyond monitoring whether backup jobs completed by verifying the integrity of data restoration.

Backup Monitoring and Reporting Backup and replication are continually monitored for status and effectiveness. Detailed reporting is available on successful and unsuccessful operations.

Replication for High Availability Beyond secondary copy backup, the solution also manages replication of primary data host-to-host and site-to-site for live failover and high availability.

Application Awareness Application consistent backup and granular restore for application data from core applications such as MS SQL, Oracle, MS Exchange, MS SharePoint.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Hornetsecurity VM Backup Reviews

Brent Q.

10+ year of use and no failed recoveries.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Vytis K.

Functional and reliable, very good value for money

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Extraordinary with data replication.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Most Popular Hornetsecurity VM Backup Comparisons

Microsoft Azure Backup

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud

Arcserve Backup

Veeam Data Platform

Backup Exec

Zerto Platform

Feature Ratings

Virtual Machine Backup

Deduplication Implementation

Backup Automation

File Explorer Granular Restore

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Integration With Storage Arrays

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Automated Backup Testing and Verification

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Replication for High Availability

Application Awareness

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement