HYCU vs. Iperius Backup

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Iperius Backup
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
Iperius Backup is a backup software designed for IT resellers and IT consultants. It is presented as versatile backup software that also provides enterprise-level functionality. Its professional features like VM Backup, database backup, tape backup, drive imaging and much more don't impact the price. Iperius provides a cloud-based management platform (Iperius Console) that gives a central view of all installations to IT resellers, and a centralized view across all their customers.…
$32
per installation
Pricing
HYCUIperius Backup
Editions & Modules
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Iperius Backup Desktop
32$
per installation
Iperius Backup Essential
72$
per installation
Iperius Backup Advanced Database
166$
per installation
Iperius Backup Advanced tape
166$
per installation
Iperius Backup Advanced VM
244$
per installation
Iperius Backup Full
299$
per installation
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HYCUIperius Backup
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
HYCUIperius Backup
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
HYCU
8.9
Ratings
5% above category average
Iperius Backup
6.1
Ratings
33% below category average
Universal recovery9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant recovery5.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Recovery verification9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Business application protection8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Snapshots9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Management dashboard9.00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Platform support10.00 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Retention options10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Encryption10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
HYCUIperius Backup
Small Businesses
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.9 out of 10
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
HYCUIperius Backup
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
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User Testimonials
HYCUIperius Backup
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Iperius Backup is a very simple and cheap but absolutely effective solution for small infrastructures. You can use it both on Windows clients and servers, it can integrate with ESXi, MySQL, MSSQL, etc. I think the best way to use it is with their cloud space (Iperius Cloud Storage) that allows you to take care effortlessly of your small customers' data. When it comes to more complex infrastructures, I prefer relying on something different (Nakivo Backup and Replication, Promox Backup Server).
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Pros
  • Backup of virtual machines.
  • Upload to Cloud backups.
  • Recovery of databases backed up through HYCU.
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  • Less than 15' to set up
  • It has its own cloud storage solution
  • It has a monitoring console
  • It's very cost effective
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Cons
  • 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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  • Lack of clear documentation
  • Rsync not supported
  • Apparently NFS shares are supported but it's not clear how to use them
  • Iperius Console should be improved (it's almost a read-only dashboard and you need too many clicks to get where you want to go)
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Usability
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
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
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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The company used several free solutions (e.g. Cobian Backup et al.) but they were outdated and there was no standardization, nor a simple way to monitor all the backup jobs. Iperius had all the key features needed for the task and the project is very much alive (regular new releases).
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • One standard solution for small customers
  • One console to monitor backup jobs
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ScreenShots

HYCU Screenshots

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Iperius Backup Screenshots

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