Acronis Cyber Protect vs Bacula Enterprise comparison

Acronis and Bacula Systems are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Acronis is ranked #13 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 1.0% 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

13th

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

14th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 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 1.0%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Acronis Cyber Protect	2.4%
Bacula Enterprise	1.0%
Other	96.6%

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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

"Acronis Backup is valuable if your data is affected by ransomware, you are able to get it back."

"I've reimaged servers and been back up and running in exactly no time with the completely new hardware."

"The pricing is fine."

"The tool is user-friendly."

"The AI-based antimalware feature in Acronis Cyber Protect is very effective in preventing cyber threats, providing inception into threats and how to react with them before securing, and is a great asset as a feature."

"I recommend this solution every chance I get, including for personal use."

"Consistency and reliability. The interface is easy to understand and consistent across applications. While not 100%, it is a very reliable backup solution."

"The solution is exceptional for desktop backup."

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

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

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

"Bacula is pretty stable."

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

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

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

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

Cons

"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 licensing approach becomes intricate when dealing with SharePoint."

"The product would be better if they offered more integration capabilities."

"Acronis Backup can improve on the virtualization backups because they are not as good as Veeam Backup."

"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."

"We would always support better pricing."

"There are some limitations to the backup."

"The product needs to have a simple DR process."

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

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

"The initial setup could be a bit easier."

"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."

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

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

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

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

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis."

"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."

"I would describe the product as a mid-priced tool for small and medium businesses."

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

"You don't have to pay for licenses. You can pay per gig per month. It is pretty reasonable, especially when you do it per gig."

"The pricing is significantly higher than it was last year, which is understandable since they have introduced new technology, such as transitioning from backup to cybersecurity."

"It is very cost-effective for the SMB segment, especially for start-ups and smaller environments. It is cost-effective for on-premises and on-cloud deployments in such environments."

"The pricing is reasonable. However, it depends on the storage that you use. It would be great to have a package that we can use up to a certain size of the backup, this would allow us to know what the price is going to be up to that capacity."

More Acronis Cyber Protect pricing and cost advice

"We have a perpetual license."

"This is an open-source solution."

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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

13%

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

Questions from the Community

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How does Acronis Backup compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?

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What do you like most about Acronis Backup?

One of its most valuable aspects is its user-friendly interface.

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

Bacula is more expensive than various other solutions. It’s almost completely commercial now. Products like Veeam software are much more expensive.

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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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What is your primary use case for Bacula Enterprise?

The last scenario in which I used Bacula was for a customer who needed some open-source tool which could support encryption at that time. We managed to convince the customer to use Bacula to deploy...

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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.

Acronis

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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