We performed a comparison between Acronis Backup and Azure Backup based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Acronis Backup nudges slightly ahead of Azure Backup in this comparison. Reviewers say Acronis is user friendly and makes tracking and managing a great number of devices easy. The solution immediately alerts users if any backups are missed or have failed. Users have the flexibility to back up locally or to the cloud. Azure backup has set limits on both the size and frequency of backups allowed, which many users find problematic.
"I can encrypt the data, I can make it send me an email if it fails. It lets me choose which files I want to ignore during backup."
"Acronis has a very rich functionality."
"The most valuable feature is its consistency."
"The main reasons that our customers like Acronis are that it is very strong and easy to use."
"Stability is always good. I have used Acronis for 10 years now, if not more. I have never had a problem with availability, etc."
"Universal Restore is valuable to us."
"It's always stable. It's very good, useful, and user-friendly."
"The performance has been fine so far."
"Setting up Azure Backup is straightforward and the total deployment time was about a month."
"We are happy with this product and have not found any issues while using it."
"You have the flexibility to encrypt your backups and choose the storage capacity you're comfortable paying for."
"With a couple of buttons, we can configure a VM for a backup and use the wall service, the storage wall service, pretty seamlessly."
"When it comes to Azure Backup, the advantage is that it's native and it's very easy to configure. We don't require a separate tool or manage something on a separate server. At the backend, it's managed by Microsoft itself, and we don't need to manage it."
"All of the core features are valuable to us."
"It is easy to schedule backups."
"The most valuable features of Azure Backup for us are its flexible retention options and the ability to recover to a second region with geo-replication and read access."
"They've got an agent to back up Microsoft SQL, to our Office 365, but there is not an agent to back up my SQL databases."
"We have sometimes issues with the child copies and other similar functions, but it's normal with any backup solution. We need to fix those issues first in order for us to be able to do the backup properly."
"It supports Microsoft SQL and Microsoft Exchange, but it does not support Oracle databases or Postgres."
"I needed tech support to straighten out an issue with cloud backup. I have troubleshooting to do with failed backups."
"The problems that we face are often related to the customer's network, although sometimes there are problems with the software, such as an error in the configuration."
"Improved support for immutability and Utility AirGAP could be beneficial."
"I have no suggestions for improvements as I have only used the product for a month and have yet to really discover all of its aspects."
"There are a lot of products out there that are a little bit stronger than Acronis where AV is concerned."
"I can’t use the solution to restore another native cloud solution. Azure must add this new feature."
"The only thing I would say that could be improved is the reporting."
"The integration with the record database and integration with other applications will be good, especially with the database piece."
"I once tried restoring a Linux environment, and the size of the Linux VM or the data disk was really huge. It took a really long time to restore the environment and send the data from the storage to the disk. It took around 25 to 30 minutes, which was much longer than I anticipated. They can improve the duration of such restore operations. In the next release, it would also be good if they could reduce the duration for transferring the data from their storage to the actual storage while creating a virtual machine. They can reduce the duration or increase the data transfer rate."
"Technical support is in need of improvement."
"The product must improve on a database level."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"I would like to see better integration with more products, and more services."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 10th in Backup and Recovery with 117 reviews while Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while Azure Backup is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Commvault Cloud and N-able Cove Data Protection, whereas Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup and Cohesity DataProtect. See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. Azure Backup report.
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Acronis:
-Modern mobile-enabled web interface
-Touch-friendly, works on tablets
-21st century look and feel
Veeam:
-Basic outdated windows interface
-Windows only – no mobile devices
-Ancient look and feel
Veeam is a good easy to use backup solution. But it has some limitations when you have an HCI Infrastructure like Nutanix.
Veeam BEM though can manage the jobs in Nutanix but if I need to fetch any reports for compliance requirements, it's not available. BEM will provide reports only if you are using VMWARE or HyperV. hence we are moving towards Rubrik.
First off Azure is not a backup strategy or solution, its an S3 repository. Acronis, Veeam, Rubrik, Cohesity are Enterprise Backup Solutions/EBS that can facilitate an S3 (Cloud-out). Read the Gartner Report on EBS publisehd last Nov 2019 for better insight. - Best, Aaron
I have used Acronis and Veeam and choosing between the two depends on result you expect to get from the Backup Solution. I will advise you try the trial version of both and decide which gives you better result.
That all comes down what exactly you are looking to backup. Virtual, physical, cloud. Nevertheless if you are looking for a simple, reliable, scalable, and flexible solution which has a portable license model that fits all go with Veeam
There is no “proper” answer to your question.
First, before the tool, define your goal as:
- how many systems?
- how many virtual vs physical?
- sizing (even roughly)
- is there some DBs or specific app?
Then time will come to choose the correct tool.
Veeam is a leader. Acronis is a niche player. Veeam is integrated with most storage systems on the market. Functionality - I'd recommend Veeam.
Hi Mark, hope you are well and keeping safe. Would this be for an on-prem, off-prem or hybrid solution you are looking for? For the record, Azure is a Cloud based solution and other vendors like Arcserve, Acronis, Veeam etc...have an on-prem/hybrid solution offerings. Happy to discuss