We compared Acronis Cyber Protect and N-able Cove Data Protection across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: In comparing Acronis Cyber Protect to N-able Cove Data Protection, both options are user-friendly and have efficient setup processes. Acronis Cyber Protect stands out for its flexibility and ability to back up a wide range of products, while N-able Cove Data Protection is praised for its ease of use, reliability, and cloud-based data protection. Acronis Cyber Protect offers additional features like antivirus and ransomware protection, while N-able Cove Data Protection has unique capabilities such as backup of MySQL databases. However, Acronis Cyber Protect has more reviews mentioning potential complexities related to pricing structure, licensing, and configuration processes, whereas N-able Cove Data Protection receives more positive feedback regarding customer service and support.
"The licensing model is very good."
"It has simple buying options and deployments. You can buy on-cloud, on-premises, or hybrid solutions. Acronis Backup is very easy to deploy. It also does not consume much hardware. The administrator's tasks are very simple. It is very user friendly, and it also has good security features with low-level encryption and data encryption."
"Acronis is a flexible solution. It can back up workstations, endpoints, and even your virtual environments and cloud-based environments. So, we can do the backup of the whole gamut of products."
"Acronis Backup is easy to use."
"It works with different types of partitions or different OSs."
"I've reimaged servers and been back up and running in exactly no time with the completely new hardware."
"Acronis has many features, which are really very interesting, when it comes to data backup and recovery, especially disaster recovery (DR)."
"The interface is easy to use. They keep on adding new features. Acronis recently added multi-platform support."
"The ease of use and the console are great."
"The initial setup of N-able Cove Data Protection was very easy."
"What I like the most about it's the ease of use and the reliability that it has when copying information to the cloud."
"For starters, this is one of few databases that allow us to backup MySQL databases, most others only support Microsoft SQL. This solution also has a very user-friendly interface accessed through a web browser. Additionally, backups can be easily configured through N-able Backup."
"We use a neat feature called VDR status, Virtual Disaster Recovery status. It only works on servers... It's automated. Once or twice a month it will virtually mount the backup and provide a screenshot and advise whether or not there have been any errors."
"The user interface is the most valuable. It gives us the ability to check everything. With more than 100 endpoints running that software, I like the ability to quickly check that everything is working correctly. That's one of the biggest selling points."
"The most valuable aspect is the added protection of having a cloud-based backup service. It provides redundancy in case of data loss."
"The product is simple to use and manage. The customers have access to verify the backups."
"I needed tech support to straighten out an issue with cloud backup. I have troubleshooting to do with failed backups."
"The licensing approach becomes intricate when dealing with SharePoint."
"I would change the GUI a little to make it a bit more interactive. It should have a slightly more updated look, not something which looks like it was designed five years ago despite the fact it is easy to follow and very appealing."
"Acronis Backup can improve on the virtualization backups because they are not as good as Veeam Backup."
"The initial setup was complex. We had to deploy it through an external consultant team."
"I would like to see better centralized management, because I use it across multiple clients. To have a console that centrally manages them would be nice."
"In some cases, at the time of reinstallation, some disasters happen. For the licensing on the computer the name of the computer and domain, everything is removed from the registry level. Then we have to install the Acronis from the start for it to work properly. Otherwise, the Acronis software will cause a lot of trouble at the time of reinstallation. That's where they need to improve the product. In the case people want to install the same software with the same hardware, it should not stop me."
"If we could have a mass deployment option using Acronis, that would be helpful."
"There could be a possibility to create a local NAS backup for infrastructure."
"For small amounts of data, recovery is easy, but when it's large amounts of data, it takes forever. So, if they can have a service where they put our data on a hard drive and ship it to us as fast as possible, it would be great. Even if there's a fee associated with it, it's fine."
"Having the licensing available for partners to be able to take advantage of testing without paying would make a big difference."
"An area for improvement that would really work out well would be if there were a little bit more of an elegant handshake relationship between SolarWinds RMM and the PCs that are being backed up, to advise regarding "up" status... Since RMM is an agent that feeds back that a machine is alive and on, I don't see any reason why they can't either tap into that one feature or build the same exact polling within the backup agent, to update right away and say the system is online or offline."
"The only area that needs improvement is that it is a little bit difficult when you get into virtual machines. The initial deployment of Cove is a little tedious, not for standard machines, but when you get into specialty stuff, like Hyper-V."
"A better default view on my dashboard would be great. There is a lot of useless information there that it pulls up. They could present the dashboard slightly better, in terms of the extra information after the first five columns. The first five columns are awesome. After that, I don't care about the rest, and there are another seven things after that."
"One area I don't like has to do with the agent that goes on the system... if a system stays offline for some length of time, say for a week or so, I may have to go back in and reinstall the agent to get it back in business. I don't know what's causing that."
"I have some issues with the agent failing on workstations. I've had to completely uninstall several of them, delete everything, and start over to get them to work."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 5th in Cloud Backup with 117 reviews while N-able Cove Data Protection is ranked 8th in Cloud Backup with 20 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while N-able Cove Data Protection is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of N-able Cove Data Protection writes "Provides feature flexibility and modularity for our customers". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Azure Backup and Veritas Backup Exec, whereas N-able Cove Data Protection is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup, MSP360 Backup and Datto Cloud Continuity. See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. N-able Cove Data Protection report.
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