ClickCease Asigra vs Ahsay - Backup Solution Comparison
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Ahsay offers two types of backup solutions:
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Managed Backup-as-a-Service (AMBaaS)
For MSPs who prefer not to host or maintain their backup server and infrastructure. With a simple storage-based pricing model, with the option of using either an Ahsay branded or a co-branded service.
No hardware provisioning required.
​No storage provisioning required.​
​No complicated server installation.​
​No advanced technical skills required.​
​No Hassle! Up and running in no time at all.​
The smartest way to start your backup business is to sign up with Ahsay Managed Backup-as-a Service. A platform which allows MSP’s to quickly start their backup business with minimal cost, risk, and time.
As the backup server is hosted and monitored by Ahsay, you can offload all AhsayCBS backup server maintenance and management tasks to our experience IT team. Leaving you to focus 100% on marketing, sales, and customer service to grow your backup business.
A private pre-installed and configured
AhsayCBS
backup server instance.​
A pre-configured login account to AhsayCBS
backup server web admin console.
​​A customized unique URL​
​A pre-configured AhsayOBM user account.​​
100GB of free cloud storage.
​The login credentials for your environment.​
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How Ahsay Stacks Up Against Asigra
(Last update: May 25, 2016)

Among all backup software available in the market, Ahsay comes with the most comprehensive features for businesses and MSPs. For those who is also looking into the features of Asigra, here's how our product stacks up against them.


Centralized management software

Asigra
Web-based management control center
Installable in an enterprise or service provider data center, or in an IaaS cloud
Centralized backup configuration and management
View, edit and update the configuration of clients
Live status monitoring for backup and restore jobs
To-Do lists for all the backup and system errors that need to be fixed
Monitoring and notifications via email and SNMP traps
Reseller management
Run backup for selected client machines through web console
Replicate data and settings on centralized management console to a replication server
Switch clients' backups from a failed backup server to a replication server
High availability configuration
Set up Group Policies for different group of users through web console
Clear overview of underlying system resources information
(Including Java virtual machine, underlying operating system, CPU architecture, number of processor, committed virtual memory, physical memory, and swap space)
Current CPU usage, memory usage and live thread monitoring of the underlying machine that the management software is running on
Option for user to upload hashed encryption key to management console, so that when encryption is lost, system administrator can recover it by sending it to backup solution vendor for decryption
Automatic users creation through Windows Active Directory integration
Send daily consolidated report to administrator
Block unwanted IPs from accessing management console

Destinations that clients can back up to

Asigra
USB drive / local drive / network shares of user's machine
MSP's datacenter
Remote or branch offices
Amazon S3
Aliyun
Amazon AWS Compatible Storage
CTYun
Dropbox
Google Cloud Storage
Google Drive
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft OneDrive / OneDrive for Business
OpenStack
Rackspace
FTP / SFTP

Types of backup data supported

Asigra
Raw File
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft Sharepoint
(by Command
Line Tool)
Windows System
iOS / Android
(in v7.9)
IBM Lotus Notes
IBM Lotus Domino
MySQL Database
Oracle Database
Windows System State
Guest Virtual Machine - VMware
Guest Virtual Machine - Hyper-V
Synology NAS

VMware backup features

Asigra
Point in time backups
Run VM directly from a point in time backup
View and administer all VM protection options across all the VMs in your IT environment from the same GUI tool

Backup features in client software

Asigra
Backup scheduling
Incremental backup
Differential backup
Data filtering
Data retention policy
Continuous Data Protection
Bandwidth throttling for clients
Storage quota alert to client
Fast multi-thread backup
Windows open file backup through VSS
Multiple backup sets for each client machine
Backup data integrity checking and validation
Proxy server support
Run self written command before and after backup
Write backup/restore logs to Windows Event Log
Backup reminder during system logout in client
Off-line reminder in client
Combine multiple clouds as one pooled storage
Sequential or concurrent backup to multiple destinations
Configurable maximum concurrent backups
Remove server-side backup data from client
Seed-load initial backup to cloud or datacenter (require cloud storage to have seed loading support, e.g. Microsoft Azure)

Data restore features

Asigra
Point in time restore
Search for files or folders to restore
Restore data to original or different location
Restore multiple versions in single operation
Restore anywhere through green client agent

Security / Privacy

Asigra
256-bit TLS transmission to cloud
256-bit AES backup data encryption
All data stored in compressed and encrypted format
Password protection in client agent
Individual encryption key per backup set
Lost encryption key recovery
Filename and content encrypted when storing on cloud

Features for MSPs

Asigra
OEM rebranding and customization
Auto upgrade client software to latest version pushed from server
Set storage quota for individual user
Set storage quota for user group
Set user storage quota based on compressed or non-compressed data size
Able to share storage quota among assigned users
Able to set maximum percentage of shared storage quota that each user can use
Customize client agent name and icon shown in public cloud storage authentication page (e.g. Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc.)
Hide actual storage backend used by MSPs so as to make the storage transparent to users
Hide unwanted features in client agents
Hide unwanted storage options in client agents
Set maximum no. of invalid login attempts allowed
Display self-hosted advertisement banners in client agent user interface
Enforce users to run preempted backup sets
20 languages support for serving worldwide customers
Create unlimited trial accounts to potential customers without using paid license quota
Create free trial account within client application
Offer all features and modules to trial users
Create multiple reseller accounts, each reseller manages its own backup users
Each reseller can have its own backup server URL and branding

Licensing

Asigra
Software license independent from backup / restore capacity
Pricing is available to public