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Acronis Cyber Protect vs Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
124
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (12th), Cloud Backup (7th)
Veeam Agent for Microsoft W...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

ArunKumar24 - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Salman Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Habib Bank Ltd.
Functional application availability
There are not many options available for AIX backup. They provide the agent for AIX, but it could be more mature, and they should improve that option. They also provide the AIX agent, which is similar to the Windows and Linux agents. Since we use AIX machines, we need to take backups of those machines. However, the options available in that agent are limited. Therefore, the new version should have improvements in that area.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The performance has been fine so far."
"I've reimaged servers and been back up and running in exactly no time with the completely new hardware."
"The NASDAQ level CFS level backup is the feature I find most beneficial for our data protection strategy."
"Universal Restore is valuable to us."
"Our customers can backup to local storage and they can back up or replicate to the cloud."
"It actually does its job very well and has interesting capabilities, but it has the most awful interface."
"I would definitely say the backup and recovery. It used to be a separate module. It was a recovery part and it would literally duplicate the machine to bare bones."
"One of its most valuable aspects is its user-friendly interface."
"I don't have any major problems with the agent connectivity with Microsoft applications or Microsoft Azure."
"Veeam is very useful for the Hyper-V environment."
"This is a reliable system that supports Veeam backup and recovery for Windows."
"The interface of this solution is quite good."
"The most valuable features are backup and restore. This solution is also easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is that it's a VMware environment."
"Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows's most useful features is the ease of use and user-friendly."
"The solution is useful for taking backups for end-user laptops and end-user workstations where data is involved."
 

Cons

"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."
"The biggest problem that we have is when the antivirus is installed, the whole machine runs very slowly and some of the machines hang."
"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."
"For smaller companies it's a little more challenging to maintain."
"The pricing could be improved."
"It would be nice to have a partition that I can boot and reinstall when taking a backup image from the operating system."
"I've had some issues with the understandability of the interface. I think if they had someone with expertise in user interfaces to look at this, they could clean up the user interface."
"The UI performance can be slow at times, especially when handling operations like checking backup status or initiating a restore. The response time for these actions could be improved."
"If they could let you can do replication to physical servers - a backup from physical servers and a replication to physical servers - that will be better."
"Troubleshooting is very hard."
"Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows should improve by having more features, easier deployment, and compatibility with Unix boxes."
"I would like to see the ability for incremental backups and reverse backups."
"The solution lacks instant recovery."
"There should be an option to use the solution for physical machines."
"The support could be improved a lot, as it is currently non-existent."
"It is not always easy to update this solution to the newer version, so the update process needs to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"Acronis Backup is cheaper. If you install it on a hypervisor, you only pay for a single license. It would be for the backup server, and everything else will be covered by it. In that sense, it becomes a much cheaper option. However, if you have virtual machines, then it can be more expensive. Also, if you have a lot of physical machines the cost can be higher because each entity will need a separate license. There is a monthly license cost."
"We use the free version that provides very basic functionalities."
"There are monthly fees to use Acronis Backup."
"We have a Cyber Cloud backup license and we have on-premises storage. Both can be useful for our customers."
"The cost of updates is less than $100 USD yearly."
"This is an affordable product and fits within our customers' budgets."
"It is a low-cost solution."
"The solution is inexpensive, more so than other products."
"We have a license package."
"We purchased a three-year license, and I think that the prices are ok."
"We have an annual license."
"We have a cloud provider agreement with Veeam. We are also paying for the agent."
"The pricing model is based on CPU and must be declared as Microsoft or VMware licensing."
"The pricing is good."
"The cost for its licenses is reasonable and as per industry standards."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Photography Company
24%
Performing Arts
21%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business68
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise24
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise10
 

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Also Known As

Acronis Backup, Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard, Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced
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Sample Customers

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