Evaluating a Datto Backup Review
If you’re researching your options and interested in reading a Datto backup review or two, look no further. We have compiled a few reviews so you can get a sense for what people are saying about Datto and know whether it is right for your company.
Datto Reviews from Real Users
Starting with industry forums, feedback on Spiceworks is quite favorable. Below is a sampling of some recent posts.
Extremely easy to deploy with retention settings available for local and cloud storage independently. Throttling available to adjust the upload to the cloud and easily capable of running multiple backups on each device independent of others.
“I used to work for an MSP that moved away from Axcient over to Datto. I’ve deployed a number of them, supported clients with Datto deployed and now as a Sys Admin for a municipality, we’ve deployed Datto SIRIS here. If you have any questions or concerns don’t hesitate to contact me.”
“We use the Datto SIRIS to backup our entire environment. You can restore from the file level, bare metal, plus in emergencies, you can virtualize a server that’s gone dead while you’re waiting on repair from the local NAS appliance. Then you add cloud replication into the mix and it’ll take the end of the world to lose your data.”
How Should You Evaluate Datto Reviews?
When evaluating product reviews, it’s critical to look past each company’s own marketing and seek real feedback from actual users. To find out the truth, it’s a good idea to search for reviews across a wide variety of sources, such as:
- Third-party review websites
- Online forums focused on business continuity or managed service providers (MSPs)
- Reputable news sources and tech articles
To make your review search more insightful, consider these specific questions as they relate to business continuity solutions:
- How do the products perform versus what the company claims in their marketing?
- What flaws or failures were unexpected?
- How might those flaws impact your own disaster recovery objectives?
- How similar is your infrastructure and/or business continuity plan to the reviewer’s?
- How successful were the products in helping administrators achieve their RTO/RPO?
- Does the reviewer have experience with competitors’ products that you’re also considering for your company? If so, how do they compare?
- Have systems been put to the test in a real-world disaster situation?
What Do Datto Reviews Reveal about Its Backup Solutions?
So, what are IT professionals saying about Datto specifically? We’ve compiled a wide range of Datto reviews from outside sources, as well as our own customers here at Invenio IT, to help guide you in your technology decision.
Client Testimonials
- “The backup solution to use. We use Datto in-house to back up our data. We have 13 servers being backed up hourly by an SP2000 device which we have had for several years. We find this image-based solution the best solution when it comes to backups. Not only can we go back to restores every hour, but we can go back to the first image we created of the server. Granted, this is not an archive as some people view backups. That’s a whole different ballgame, but for what it is, Datto gives us peace of mind that our data is backed up consistently and properly.” – Rob Rotundo, Professional Computer Associates (via TrustRadius)
- “Saved the day in many emergencies. The Datto SIRIS is simply the most important device in our network rack. This ingenious device has saved the day in many emergencies while migrating files and making hardware upgrades. There is peace of mind and insurance in knowing the Datto SIRIS has you covered with a local and cloud backup for emergency recovery and data security.” – Ron Rizzi, Ballenisles Community Assn, Delray FL (Invenio IT customer)
- “We use Datto to back up our entire environment. You can restore from the file level, bare metal, plus in emergencies, you can virtualize a server that’s gone dead while you’re waiting on repair from the local NAS appliance. Then you add cloud replication into the mix and it’ll take the end of the world to lose your data.” – Spiceworks user: jermcool9, Healthcare industry (via Spiceworks)
- “A complete solution with near-instant recovery. We’ve moved far beyond the days when server backup typically meant crafting a schedule to rotate magnetic storage tapes. The Datto SIRIS 5 device supports creating instant virtual machines from backup images, and the Datto cloud service allows you to create VMs in the cloud. This complete solution gives you near-instant recovery options regardless of the disaster scenario.” – Mauricio Prinzlau, Tech Writer (via CloudWards)
- “Top notch. The level of expertise and customer service associated with the Datto SIRIS solution has been top notch. They have gone above and beyond expectations to make sure that our data is being backed up and protected.” – Jason Alexander, MPH2 Funding, Denver CO (Invenio IT customer)
Datto Case Studies
Next, let’s look at a couple of case studies for organizations currently using the Datto portfolio of products.
Pediatric Home Service (PHS) offers home-based health care for children with the goal of giving them the ability to thrive at home with their family and friends, rather than in a hospital. The nurses at PHS work ‘round-the-clock to give children 24/7 diagnostic monitoring and therefore true business continuity is a must. Read about their story and Datto backup review here.
Johnson Level & Tool is a leading manufacturer of high-quality measuring tools designed to help professional tradesmen do their work more accurately, efficiently and reliably. The company has been around for about 70 years and stays in business in part due to a conscious effort to keep the firm’s IT as simple, modern and efficient as possible. To read their story, just click here.
Is Datto Backup Good?
Datto’s backup solutions are widely regarded as one of the best choices for data protection today. The company has an 8.6 rating on TrustRadius with more than 80 independent Datto reviews from users and IT professionals.
For more information about Datto solutions and reviews from our customers, contact us at Invenio IT.
