Acronis Cyber Protect vs Bacula Enterprise comparison

Acronis and Bacula Systems are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Acronis is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.1, while Bacula Systems is ranked #24 with an average rating of 10.0. Acronis holds a 2.4% mindshare in BRS, compared to Bacula Systems’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of Acronis users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Bacula Systems users who would recommend it.

Acronis Cyber Protect

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86% willing to recommend

Bacula Enterprise

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90% willing to recommend

Acronis Cyber Protect

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Acronis Cyber Protect and Bacula Enterprise are prominent tools in the data protection market. Users are happier with the pricing and support of Acronis Cyber Protect, but Bacula Enterprise has robust features, and users find it worth the price.

Features: Acronis Cyber Protect offers integrated backup, cybersecurity, and protection management. Bacula Enterprise provides highly customizable features and supports a wide range of environments. Users appreciate the ease of use and comprehensive protection from Acronis, while Bacula is praised for its flexibility and scalability.

Room for Improvement: Users of Acronis Cyber Protect suggest enhancements in reporting and analytics capabilities. Bacula Enterprise users recommend a more intuitive setup process and better documentation. Both tools have room for growth but in different areas, with Acronis focusing on analytics and Bacula on setup usability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Acronis Cyber Protect is noted for its straightforward deployment and responsive support. Bacula Enterprise, while powerful, has a more complex deployment process but is backed by knowledgeable customer service. Users find Acronis easier to implement and support, but Bacula’s service quality is high once configured.

Pricing and ROI: Acronis Cyber Protect is seen as more budget-friendly with a quicker return on investment. Bacula Enterprise, although higher in initial setup cost, delivers significant ROI through its extensive features and customizability. Users generally find Bacula worth the higher investment for long-term benefits.

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

8th

Ranking in Cloud Backup

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

124

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Bacula Enterprise

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

24th

Ranking in Cloud Backup

16th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Protect is 2.4%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Bacula Enterprise is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Acronis Cyber Protect	2.4%
Bacula Enterprise	1.1%
Other	96.5%

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ArunKumar24

Chairman at ONGC

Reliable image backups have protected our HMIs and simplified on‑premises recovery

We have not tried the vulnerability assessment feature yet because we have a different set of protocols for our cybersecurity. We conduct audits and plug the gaps as part of our security approach. We are not using AI with the anti-malware from Acronis; we are using it only for backup and recovery. On the backup and restoration side with Acronis Backup, some on-premises AI features which can detect anomalies may be something which would improve the product significantly. Otherwise, we are not very comfortable with cloud-based solutions at this time. We are looking for products which are entirely on-premises, so they remain within our control.

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Davilson Aguiar

Analista Tecnologia Banco de Dados at Centro de Gestão da Tecnologia da Informação

Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression

It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company. A managerial user who wants more information beyond the operational technician should be able to access it. It could include greater transparency regarding the volume of data trafficked on the network, as well as the expectation of deduplication. A more practical strategy could come with a backup policy model as a suggestion for both large and small companies. A simple suggestion is to visually implement the backup time as far as your physical media.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Universal Restore is valuable to us."

"It works with different types of partitions or different OSs."

"I have everything I need in the backup or in the partition. "

"It actually does its job very well and has interesting capabilities, but it has the most awful interface."

"It's always stable. It's very good, useful, and user-friendly."

"The pricing is fine."

"For me, the tool proved most valuable in scenarios where it offered easy setup, fast backups, and recognition of SQL logs on virtual machines."

"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."

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"It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light."

"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."

"It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure."

"It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers."

"Bacula is pretty stable."

"The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization."

"The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."

"Bacula is very solid, very stable, and very scalable."

Cons

"It could have a better ability to manage backups over a longer period."

"I can't select a network location. I have to map a drive on the server, and then I have to select the mapped drive in order for it to put the backup out there."

"Because Acronis Backup is an on-premises solution, there is extra overhead. It's harder to manage, and there's no real remote access. You have to physically log in to the machine to manage it. The reporting feature works fine, and you will be able to send out reports. However, that is where it stops. The deployment could be improved and could be through a network chain. If we need to deploy two machines that are not connected to the internet but connected to two different networks, it would be great to have a machine with dual mix that has access to the backup server and to those machines. It would be like a relay that you can install on the machine with a two-mix, and that machine can then connect to your backup server and to the other machines. You should be able to see the other machines on that network and be able to deploy to it and push jobs to it."

"The cost of Acronis Cyber Protect is good, but as a general judgment here in Egypt, the economic situation is not good. If they can provide a waiver or discount for low-income countries, it would help to spread adoption."

"The solution needs to have better stability. I would like to improve the tool’s support through calls."

"It would be nice to have it on the cloud platform without using third-party equipment."

"They can include something called a backup appliance. Although Acronis is a software-driven company, it would be good for customers to have some kind of backup appliance on top of a lightweight operating system. This will also reduce the cost. Currently, the customers have to buy the hardware in addition to the operating system, which increases the overhead in terms of procurement."

"I would like to have more cybersecurity integration to properly round up the product and its offering. In terms of cybersecurity, if the offerings can be more versatile so that it is not just a backup solution, it would be great. Some addition to cybersecurity would really be helpful so that it becomes a kind of a suite of products. Backup and recovery form a part of the broader security strategy. Its integration with other cybersecurity solutions would provide proper visibility to not just your cybersecurity dashboard but also to all of your backups. You would have a pretty good view of the entire security landscape that you are managing."

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"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement."

"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."

"We would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI."

"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."

"Bacula needs a graphical user interface because, for administrators, the command-line interface is okay, but for the average user it is not very easy."

"Many features have been converted to commercial licensing, which restricts their availability."

"The initial setup could be a bit easier."

"A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"You pay for what you use in the cloud. If you don't start the virtual machine in the cloud, you only pay for the information stored there. But when you start the virtual machine, another pricing model is activated."

"When it comes to elements like cost, I think it is the only backup solution which has perpetual licenses, whereby you buy the license once and for all."

"If the solution was less expensive it would be better."

"I think that the prices of the product go up every year. If one is extremely expensive and ten is absolutely cheap, I rate the product price as six."

"The license is a perpetual license. The cost is an area for improvement."

"The price of the solution is expensive and could be reduced a little."

"The price of Acronis Backup could be reduced, it is expensive."

"The tool's subscription costs are monthly. The product's pricing is fair."

More Acronis Cyber Protect pricing and cost advice

"This is an open-source solution."

"We have a perpetual license."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

12%

University

10%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	68
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	24

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	4

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What do you like most about Acronis Backup?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bacula Enterprise?

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What needs improvement with Bacula Enterprise?

Many features have been converted to commercial licensing, which restricts their availability.

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Also Known As

Acronis Backup, Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard, Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced

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Overview

Acronis Cyber Protect offers a revolutionary approach to cyber protection by integrating data protection with cybersecurity. This integrated method eliminates complexity challenges, delivers better protection against today’s threats, and maximizes efficiency by saving time and money. With its full-stack antimalware protection and comprehensive endpoint management, Acronis Cyber Protect combats advanced cyberattacks with a unique integration of protection technologies while simplifying daily IT operations, endpoint deployments and management, and reporting. Now you can manage all cyber protection aspects from a single pane of glass.

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Bacula Enterprise is a highly scalable, especially robust and secure data backup and recovery software. Its unique low cost subscription model empowers data centers to truly escape data volume price traps. With a high degree of flexibility and customizability, Bacula offers native integration with a wide range of hypervisors, databases, file systems, cloud interfaces and containers. High numbers of enterprise organizations worldwide (incl. NASA, Bank of Austria, Swisscom or Sky PLC) have adopted Bacula Enterprise backup software in mission critical environments because of its advanced features and ability to handle high data volume at very low cost.

Bacula Systems

Sample Customers

Kings Academy, Rush Memorial, Pentagon Credit Union, Oxford School District, New York City Probation, Dolmen Insurance, New Bedford Community Health, Gerard Darel, Ready Honda

NASA, SwissCom, Navisite, Turner Studios, Bank Austria, Caixa Bank, SdV Plurimedia, Leibniz University Hannover, Zeta Global, Tricore, NetLog, Siemens, LocaWeb, wbsGo, itesys, Queens School of Computing, Escrypt.

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