Actifio Enterprise vs. HYCU

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Actifio Enterprise
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Actifio Enterprise is a copy data virtualization, & data center backup and recovery platform from Boston-based Actifio.N/A
HYCU
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
HYCU is a SaaS Data Protection platform that delivers SaaS-based data backup, recovery, and ransomware protection for on-prem, cloud, and SaaS environments serving vendors globally.N/A
Pricing
Actifio EnterpriseHYCU
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Actifio EnterpriseHYCU
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Actifio EnterpriseHYCU
Features
Actifio EnterpriseHYCU
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Actifio Enterprise
9.3
Ratings
9% above category average
HYCU
8.9
Ratings
5% above category average
Universal recovery9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Instant recovery9.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Recovery verification9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Business application protection8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Snapshots10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Management dashboard8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Platform support9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Retention options10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Encryption10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Actifio EnterpriseHYCU
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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9.0
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Usability
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9.0
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Support Rating
-
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9.0
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User Testimonials
Actifio EnterpriseHYCU
Likelihood to Recommend
Actifio is a good fit for anyone looking for draas or backup as a service with Bluechip.co.uk being able to tailor a solution to fit your need if you are a medium size business looking to protect over 20TB of source data on a mix of virtual and physical servers in your datacentre our hosted within our state of the art datacentres.
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It’s well suited for Nutanix AHV data protection and includes the ability for immutable backups via WORM policy. I’m unsure of its performance in environments that use Hyper-V OR VMware for virtualization. The use of tiered backups without additional policies are great when creating new VMs, even automatically assigning a default backup policy to ensure that all workloads have at least a minimal level of data protection
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Pros
  • Reliable and easy to deploy backup solution with low administration overhead.
  • Fast backup solution with low impact on production systems as it backs them up.
  • Dedup and replication of backed up data between sites and with streamsnap very quick recovery on dr site.
  • Great customer support with quick response to changing demands.
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  • Backup of virtual machines.
  • Upload to Cloud backups.
  • Recovery of databases backed up through HYCU.
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Cons
  • Single file restore has always been an issue but hopefully will be added soon.
  • Physical server backup restoring has always been tricky but achievable.
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  • Better DR support guidance/best practices
  • Reporting isn’t straightforward and as customizable as I’d like
  • Including M365 backups without additional cost would be a big value add for us
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Usability
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Very simple interface. Can learn it in a day. The instances where I needed a little hand holding, I just called support and they assisted immediately. That's the best of both worlds.
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Support Rating
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I have had several requests, and issues with the rollout and deployment of HYCU in our production environment. The HYCU team of support and developers have met each issue with importance and some kind of resolution or explanation of help. They have been so supportive even in the not so easy ones. That says something for their product and team behind it.
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Alternatives Considered
Actifio is quicker to deploy easier to manage and capacity plan with less components to keep patched.
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I have used several backup programs, I selected 2 just to be brief. The best thing I see with HYCU over Veeam is that it is much more difficult for an attacker if inside the network to gain access to the backups and objects saved in the backup storage. The best part about HYCU over Bacula is that it is much easier to use and more stable. The interface alone will save you from time and energy using other products
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Return on Investment
  • We have managed to scale up the size of our environment without the need for extra admin overhead.
  • Over 99% backups complete.
  • Solution is robust and quick to scale to meet demands.
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  • I trust this product to protect our organization if things go badly.
  • I am able to not lose sleep thinking about backups.
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