Ahsay Offsite Backup Server
About Ahsay Offsite Backup Server
Ahsay Offsite Backup Server pricing
Ahsay Offsite Backup Server does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Ahsay Offsite Backup Server paid version starts at US$1.50/year.
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Ahsay Offsite Backup Server Reviews
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- Industry: Computer & Network Security
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Very reliable backup solution
We have used Ahsay since 2003. Their product continues to get better with each new version. We are very happy with the functionality.
Pros
This covers all necessary backup points in most networks. You can perform backup jobs to your whim. Even keep files backed up in near real-time with the synchronization features. Beyond that, there are agents for Exchange, Databases, etc.
Cons
The per-agent costs is extremely high. It compares to industry standards, but for some reason the software developers feel there is more money in the retail side of operations that is really there. The reality is that companies like Backblaze are eating up the market share because their monthly fees are too low to compete with based on this model.
- Industry: Computer Networking
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Ahsay Backup
After getting the software installed, it does not require much maintenance. The backups will fail intermittently for random reasons that are hard to identify with the reports and logs. The biggest frustration is how inflexible the company is with being able to change your licensing after the purchase. I initially purchased a bunch of workstation backup licenses with my order and then found that most of our clients go with server backups and dont need individual workstation backups running. So I wanted to remove the ACB workstation licenses from future maintenance renewals. Nope, I have to pay for maintenance on those or lose all of my maintenance. You can add more to your license, but you cannot downgrade or upgrade the workstation licenses to server licenses. Ahsay won't let you do it. So in order to keep getting future updates, they wanted me to keep paying maintenance on licenses I have never and will never use.
Pros
The back and restore process works most of the time.
Cons
The customer service staff is very inflexible on licensing changes after the purchase.
If you buy too many licenses that you are not using, they will not allow you to remove them from your maintenance for subsequent years. You have to continue paying maintenance on licenses you will never use or the option is to not pay that maintenance and never get any future upgrades.
Backup client doesn't always give much information on why a backup fails.
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BDRSuiteReasons for Choosing Ahsay Offsite Backup Server
Needed a backup solution for centralized support of multiple clients.Reasons for Switching to Ahsay Offsite Backup Server
Initial price was lower than Vembu and I could customize the branding of it to my clients.Response from Ahsay
Thanks for your comment. Regarding your maintenance, can you email me the details of your unwanted license on maintenance? I'll then see what we can do for you.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Good software, bad QA
It's a good software, popular in the online backup market, but with many issues. If I had another solution with less issues and as many options, I would probably switch - in the meantime I keep using it, doing workarounds for things that are not working properly, and hope that the next update doesn't break something else...
Pros
Ahsay is very light and fairly easy to use. It has multiple modules to support the different types of backup.
Cons
There are a few major irritants: the restore time is extremely long, so if you have a few terabytes, expect it to take days. When they bring out a new version, it happens often that they break something that was working before. We were never able to make the VM images and Office365 modules work properly, so we had to use another solution for those. Pricing wise, they have become less competitive since they started charging per server and module instead of per account. The fact that they charge for replication, which should be standard, convinced us to use our storage system to replicate directly instead of purchasing the module through Ahsay. Finally, as an MSP, their reporting is very bad, so we had to use a third party that connects to Ahsay to generate daily report logs.
Alternatives Considered
NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationReasons for Switching to Ahsay Offsite Backup Server
I have had experience with it for years.Response from Ahsay
Thanks for your comment. We'll be working on enhancing the reporting in the future releases. For your VM and O365 backup, can you email your problems to us? Our Support Team should be able to help you out.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Good backup software, unreliable company
Pros
Installing and configuring is fine, as is the use of the backup sofware. Overal it works fine.
Cons
The company is unreliable. We did have a maintenance contract, but when a new version came out (7), we did have to pay again to be able to use it. The investment was even higher then when we became a customer.
- Industry: Computer & Network Security
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Monst reliable software with technical support for any online backup needs
Our users are very happy with the software friendly interface. Resellers are satisfied with brandings options and we like the possibility of multi-destination to backups, replication options and the features of latest version 8. Which combines: all experience of version 6, plus stability of v7 with the unique new features like Office 365 backup, 2-factor authentication login, B2 and Wasabi support
Pros
Recoverability, Data Compression Ratio and People (Technical Support).
Cons
Backup server side could be less passive. It could have options like: stop running specific backups jobs and disconnect clients.
Response from Ahsay
Thanks for your nice comments
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Reliable online backup but unreliable commercial support
The suite is a very good product and satisfied our company as msp and our customers for 7 years
Pros
The software is reliable and full of options. Was our choice after TSM. Server side wasn't amazing and technical support average.
New version looks like they improved server side but upgrade cost was huge so we still use the old V6
Cons
A proper sales policy, and and maybe a little effort to be nice with overseas customer also if they are small.
Response from Ahsay
Thanks for the comment. Regarding the huge upgrade cost, can you email me your info so that we can make some good offer to you?
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review
Very Good!
Pros
The very fast Support, and the easy to use software, install it nad use it. No complicated setup.
Upgrade of the Server is very simple and then the Clients will update automaticly!
So you really have a al in one backup solution for Office 365, Windows Server, Data Backup or MySQL and so on!
Cons
A small! disatvantage is that the company ahsay is not in our timezone, but this is a pretty small problem!
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Acronis Cyber BackupReasons for Choosing Ahsay Offsite Backup Server
Price and simple usage!Reasons for Switching to Ahsay Offsite Backup Server
Price and simple usage! The overall performance of the Server!Response from Ahsay
Thanks for your comment. Glad to know you like our fast support, easiness to use, and the all in one backup for O365, Windows Server, file and MySQL. We have expanded our support team to Philippines to have more coverage on different timezone.
- Industry: Computer Networking
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Good product for a fair price
When you know what you are doing it works flawless.
Pros
Simplicity with its separate modules.
It does what it has to do.
Simple configuration and installation.
Cons
Java engine with its strange error descriptions.
Nu UPD support.
Response from Ahsay
Thanks for your comment, and those 5 stars. Cheers~
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Excellent Backup Suite - Highly Recommended!
This suite has been a critical component of our data stability and management protocols; we have relied on data restorations via Ahsay on a few occasions and it has always been reliable and quick to return the data to a usable state.
Pros
The ability to target backup data to a multitude of local and cloud data storage services was a key feature we were looking for, and Ahsay's ability to transport data directly (instead of pushing it through the management server first) greatly speeds up backup and restore operations. The availability of clients for every OS, application platform (MSSQL, MySQL) and cloud service we use (O365, OneDrive) make this a well-rounded system that meets all of our needs now and into the foreseeable future.
Cons
Initially the speed for backing up large volumes of O365 data, particularly 20gb+ sized online mailboxes was too slow to be stable and usable. However in the last year or so the updates to this functionality have greatly improved this and no further troubles exist for us here.
The only other concern we have is with the reporting options; the reports in general are great but with the volume of servers and end users a consolidated backup report indicating last successful backup, amount of data backed up and total data retention size would be very helpful
Response from Ahsay
Hi Mike, thanks for your comment. Better reporting is in our enhancement list, and will be releasing in future version.
- Industry: Computer & Network Security
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Great MSP Cloud Backup solution for our Resellers and Costumers
We work with Ahsay for over 10 years with around 1000 users. Ahsay always adds more features and keep a simple and easy to use client setup.
Pros
Easy of use, many features especially on version 8, very reliable, GREAT support!
Cons
Licensing on version 8 . Need a separate license for replication.
Response from Ahsay
Thanks Shlomi for your continuous support. We'll be bringing new improvements continuously to meet and exceed partners' needs.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Ahsay offsite backup for large customers
For large custoimers with a lot of virtual machines or data, it's a good solution with a good price.
Pros
The price is very low in competition of others, it works and does what is should do. Based on Linux very important because of data security, compression is great! Offsite storage is very easy to use!
Cons
The support is based in Asia, you get answers in the night
Response from Ahsay
Thank you for your support
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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A hidden gem in the backup market
Very positive. It's been consistently reliable and is very unobtrusive on both clients and server. We use a number of different backup solutions across our estate for various different applications so we have a good benchmark.
Pros
This is an easy to use, easy to deploy and inexpensive solution. We spent a long time looking for a backup solution that would suit remote workers long before covid became a thing. Many of the solutions fall short of our requirements (eg. dynamic IP addresses, back up to our DCs, some users running Linux etc.) and are extremely expensive or will only run on Windows machines. This one ticks all the boxes and also provides a nice, intuitive interface for end users to restore files from their backups.
Cons
The OBM solution for Linux servers has a very clunky restore process. Ideally, a web-based interface like the CBS server would be ideal, so it's a little surprising that this hasn't been done. The documentation is also a little convoluted, but ultimately gets the job done.
Response from Ahsay
Thank you for your supporting.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Honest Opinion from long time partner
I have been using this software for around 15 years. I have used this and brought this every company I have worked at and now that I own my own business, it was a perfect fit.
The software is an easy sell to new clients and onboarding is great too.
The only negative is pricing can work out expensive and the pricing modules is a bit all over the place. the support really needs to be UK based for its customers for them to have any effect. Waiting at certain times of day for help and not being able to speak to people is actually a big put off.
Pros
The deployment / branding and quality of the product speak for itself. The varied types of backup you can perform and ease of which you can restore is quicker than other backup software I have used.
Cons
the support time difference lets this product down. A support team in the UK would make the software experience 100% better and make me push this to my clients with more confidence.
Response from Ahsay
Hi Paul, thanks for your comment. We will continuously improve our product and support to meet your need. Currently, we have extended our support team to Philippines with our subsidiary there to extend our service hours. Will definitely put more effort on it in the near future.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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P's and C's of Ahsay
GREAT---right up to the end.
Pros
Love (ed) this product. Affordable solution for MSPs. Allowed me to manage it. Not priced by storage like the other rip-offs.
Cons
I loved it right up to the point they changed the licensing. I requested a quote for the update/upgrade. I was sent a spreadsheet to "figure out" what licenses I would need for the upgrade.
That is what salespeople are for. I was looking for a quote that said --- pay this much -- get this --- this will be the new version of your software. As a result, we are moving to a new product in the near future.
The only issue I have ever had with Ahsay was communications. There is a certain amount lost in translation.
Response from Ahsay
Thanks for the comment. Regarding the communication, sorry about your bad experience. We'll try our best to make it smoother in the future.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Ahsay ACB and OBM
We have been using this company's sw since 2005. Earlier versions were simpler and easier to get the
installed and clients oriented to it. We don't like the current version. The company has by and large been
pretty good about support except being 16 hours or so difference which on occasion has made things difficult.
Pros
It usually works pretty well.
Cons
It's extremely complicated. Installation is sometimes tricky and the sw is picky about OS settings.
The company is located in Hong Kong and my concerns re the PRC coming in and taking over HK are
going to force me to find another vendor. Originally we had customized it with our logos etc. Now it is too complicated.
Response from Ahsay
Thanks for your comment. Glad to know you like our support service. There's no issue on PRC to the business so far, and we can have same operation as usual. Therefore, you don't have to worry about that.
- Industry: Computer Hardware
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Good but needs bdr
Good. I havent left because it is easy. But I have had to switch some clients to other products because if their wants for a bdr. Bdr is becoming popular and ahsay doesnt do it
Pros
Java based and easy to understand from a technical point of view.
Cons
Licensing is complicated and seems to duplicate when wanting redundancy. Also dont have a bdr option for backup virtualization.
Alternatives Considered
Datto SIRISReasons for Switching to Ahsay Offsite Backup Server
Its cost effective for file backup.Response from Ahsay
Thanks for your comment. Regarding the licensing on replication (redundancy), the replication module's pricing is only additional 8.6% on the client software. So, it's not duplicated. In case you need any further clarification on it, please feel free to contact me. Regards :-)
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Ahsay Review
Support is inexistent due to the fact that you operate out of Hong Kong and have no support in US hours.
Pros
Easy to use. You have a good choice of agents and modules
Cons
Licensing is complicated. Technical support is inexistent.
Response from Ahsay
Thanks for your comment. Glad to know you like the easiness of the software, and the wide range of modules that we are offering. Regarding our US support service, now we have set up a new support office in Philippines which covers 18 hours already, with a leave 4-5 hours of support to US region. Can you let me know in details on your poor experience, and then I'll discuss with our team how we can improve in the future. Thanks!
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Easy to use
Perfect software made by an awesome group of People.
Pros
Easy to use, always UP to date. Realy good support
Cons
Office365 is backup to slow. Using a lot of cpu/memory
Response from Ahsay
Hi ?rjan, thanks for your comment. Regarding the slow Office 365 backup, may I know if this is still the case for the latest v8.3.6?
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Ahsay??? Think again... Much better choices out there...
I have been an Ahsay partner for the last 11 years and have seen many improvements with the product. The product is designed for use mostly in small residential and small commercial backup solutions. While the product has had its reliability issues on some versions, I have really been struggling to stay with Ahsay as a partner. Over the past few years, the quality and reliability of their software has fluctuated with their versions. And now with version 7.5 out, I have ben seeing many bugs within the software. 7.5 really makes it easy for the service provider with the easy branding, however, with issues on "missed backups" having my customers being notified that their backups were missed while it was successful isn't a pat on the back for reputation tho. While being a faithful partner with maintenance over the years, they have always said you could update to the latest version of the software. This isn't quite true and I am not happy with the management at Ahsay for misleading their partner network. You can only upgrade to version 6.x and if you want to go to version 7.x it will cost you even if you have paid for maintenance. Ahsay has changes much of its licensing and is confusing now. With the misleading of product upgrades for it's partners and the only way is to pay more for product licensing, I will shortly be looking for a replacement for Ahsay as many other partners have done in the past year due to Ahsay management philosophy change. For those considering Ahsay, I would strongly consider alternatives to this product since it will cost you more down the road in not only time and licensing, but business and service reputation. Overall, technical support is okay if you only expect 1-2 day response - critical issue support? Better have a great "developer" understanding of their product, since you will need it. Sales team - lots of turn over there. Sales managers are seasoned but I'm sure your impression of their front line sales folks will damage your impression before you get to the Sales management team. The market now has much better products to choose from due to technology changes that have happened in the past years while Ahsay has not kept current. Thanks, Chris
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Data is the new Oil
Backend is great, good reporting structure
Pros
Ease of use
All features inclusive
Bank Grade Encryption
Encryption at Source
Retention Policies
etc
Cons
Unlike V6 where we could use OBM with multiple backup sets for many devices, with V8 it is per device billing makes it very hard to sell.
When white labelled the name Ahsay appears in error reports this actually revels the name of Ahsay to our competitors and our white labelling value is lost
Response from Ahsay
Thanks for your comment. Glad to know you like our easiness to use, features, encryption and retention. Regarding your concern in whitelabelling, does the problem still exist? If yes, please let me know, and I can put you thru our Support Team to further help you resolve it.
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
Ahsay Backup Service
My experience has been positive. Although creating a custom client is somewhat challenging.
Pros
The software is easy to setup and start backing up "right out of the box". The installation process is complete and gives you a working environment when done.
Cons
I wish there was further information on the optimal setup. While we have it up and functional, I'm sure that there are settings that if optimized, would increase performance.
Response from Ahsay
Hi Craig, thanks for your comments. Regarding optimal setup, have you tried contacting our Support Team on it? I'm sure they will be able to assist you on this.
- Industry: Computer & Network Security
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Change your interface!!!! Please, please and please...
Good until it work. If something fail, we prefer to begin from scratch instead investigate in a sea of disorganized information presented in the worst way via admin interface.
Pros
The best product if you ignore (letterally: ignore) the interface (admin and client).
Cons
User interface. All aspect of admin and guest interface.
Unusable, hard to manage, unfriendly.
After years of usage, most of the time, we give up investigating and get lost in useless information and necessary but impossible to find information
Response from Ahsay
Thanks for your review and continuous support. Regarding our UI, your opinions have been reflected to our development for future improvement.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Stay Away
Not good. Happy to move off it.
Pros
Initially it was inexpensive, but then got more expensive through the years.
Cons
Unreliable with large data sets. Built on java which caused a lot of issues. Made in Hong Kong Chinese, so too risky to keep using.
Response from Ahsay
Thanks for your comment. Regarding your frustration on our current pricing, we have released a new Annual Pricing that is very low. OBM server backup up is only US$48 / device / year, and ACB is only US$18 / device / year. See the details here: https://www.ahsay.com/jsp/en/pricing/ahsay-pricing.jsp Will you consider to adopt this option?
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Why i use this cloud backup solution?
I like this backup solution because is a alternative for Backup Exec, ArcServer and others solutions.
How to i am a partner and use in my clients, this is solution i can have totaly control and customize.
Pros
Easy to use.
Enables multiple backup destinations.
Meets all server backup needs.
Have many agents.
Cons
Have bugs and need more atention ofr errors that happen, and you need fix de problems.
Many times frozen the routines.
Response from Ahsay
Hi Vicente, thanks for your review. Regarding the problems you encountered, please kindly submit ticket to us thru our Partner Portal for our Support Team to help you out. Normally they will be able to solve your problem quickly~ Kind regards :-D
- Industry: Computer & Network Security
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
MSP reselling to support customers
Pros
Whitelabelling
Ease of updates
Next to no maintenance
Great compatibility with cloud storage
Easy to migrate between servers
Cons
Default option to upload encryption keys is enabled - this is a bit dangerous in that if the CBS is compromised, all data and encryption keys are potentially available, we have to manually disable this on each new user account
Response from Ahsay
Hi Scott, thanks for your comment. For the upload encryption key option, the keys uploaded to CBS are encrypted. And you don't have to manually disable this feature for each user, you can just turn it off in Group Policy. Email us if you need help on Group Policy setting.