Acronis Cyber Infrastructure vs Dell vSAN Ready Nodes comparison

Acronis and Dell Technologies are both solutions in the HCI category. Acronis is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.0, while Dell Technologies is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.6. Acronis holds a 0.4% mindshare in HCI, compared to Dell Technologies’s 2.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Acronis users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

Acronis Cyber Infrastructure

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

Acronis Cyber Infrastructure and Dell vSAN Ready Nodes are data storage solutions. Acronis offers favorable pricing and support, but Dell is seen as superior due to its robust features, making it a worthwhile investment.

Features: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure offers advanced data protection, high scalability, and adaptability for diverse environments. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes provides comprehensive hyper-converged infrastructure solutions, seamless VMware integration, and high availability and performance. The key difference is Dell's feature-rich environment suited for extensive virtualization needs, while Acronis focuses on data protection and flexibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure provides straightforward deployment and reliable customer service, simplifying initial setup processes. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes offers similar deployment ease and benefits from extensive integration with VMware's ecosystem, appealing to tech-savvy enterprises. Acronis's customer service is more personalized compared to Dell's broader approach.

Pricing and ROI: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure offers a cost-effective setup with promising ROI from its flexible licensing model. Dell vSAN Ready Nodes generally involve higher upfront costs, balancing this with significant ROI by leveraging advanced features over time.

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Infrastructure

Ranking in HCI

21st

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Dell vSAN Ready Nodes

Ranking in HCI

10th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes is 2.8%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Rishan Ahmed

Vendor and Partnership Manager at Dataguard MEA

Useful multi-tenancy model, reliable, and simple setup

Acronis Cyber Infrastructure is too populated. They have many features, but some features are still missing, it is not complete. They need to improve many features, such as email security and disaster recovery. In a future release, there needs to be analytics when there is an existing dashboard, this should be a requirement.

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KuldeepSingh4

Technical Solution Architect at HCLSoftware

Experience improved efficiency and customer satisfaction with enhanced integration and management capabilities

Scalability involves two types of environments: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and non-VCF environment where we use VMware Validated Foundation. With VCF we have significant automation built-in within the VCF console within SDDC manager as the primary management console. For non-VCF environments, it depends on customer choice. For small environments, we do manual scalability and sometimes use Terraform scripts to keep the host ready and add in the cluster automatically. For large environments with frequent scalability actions, we propose the Terraform solution that builds ESXi, does necessary configuration, and automatically starts up for associating with the existing environment. If scaling is infrequent, with one or two hosts per month, it is a manual job. From a challenge perspective, it seems easier, with just a few pre-checks regarding make and model compatibility, disks, and server health on the hardware level.

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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

"The most valuable feature of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure is the multi-tenancy model, we can create customers and services for them."

"The best feature of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure is how it backs up files in a user-friendly manner."

"The most valuable feature is the backup capability."

"The technical support provided by Acronis is great."

"The most valuable features are the full image backup, and the file or document sharing, allowing documents to be easily accessed from anywhere."

"It is easy to install."

"The product is useful for DR and other things."

"The solution immediately expands storage area when you add nodes."

"If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability."

"I rate vSAN ReadyNodes as a nine out of ten."

"The tool's most valuable feature is high availability."

"You don't have to spend much time evaluating the hardware. It can be deployed in a short time. The tool is also easy to upgrade."

"The most beneficial feature is the consolidated storage which is the vSAN. It handles most of the heavy work."

Cons

"Acronis Cyber Infrastructure is too populated. They have many features, but some features are still missing, it is not complete. They need to improve many features, such as email security and disaster recovery."

"Backing up Azure resources is an area where there's room for improvement, as they are not fully covered yet."

"If they could make improvements with the virtual environment then it would be better."

"Backing up Azure resources is an area where there's room for improvement, as they are not fully covered yet."

"I would like to see real-time backup supported in the next release of this solution."

"Compatibility with other hardware nodes needs to be improved."

"Dell vSAN Ready Nodes must be flexible since it is complex in designing concepts. It needs to improve stability. The product should integrate with the public cloud."

"Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes is a great hyper-converged system that is a perfect platform for supporting any kind of workload. The only workload that it's not designed to support is big data."

"The deployment is done by doing it one by one and could be simplified."

"The Dell VxRail solution is based on vSAN Ready Nodes, but the Dell VxRail is fully automated. It would be helpful if this automation feature could be added to the Dell vSAN Ready Nodes. For example, we need to install VMware ESXi, and manually expand the cluster."

"Scalability is an area that could be improved. We are looking at a maximum of 32 nodes now in a cluster, but going to 64 or 128 would be a major advantage."

"The solution doesn't scale."

"Sometimes we experience performance issues and disk failure issues frequently. Sometimes it impacts another disk group situation."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is on the high side and the subscription is renewed every year."

"We pay monthly for the use of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure. There are additional features that we use that have an extra fee."

"The solution is more expensive than a traditional array. The prices are skyrocketing."

"There is a problem, which is the lack of an integrated price structure."

"The price of the solution was reasonable."

"Comparing the price of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes to other solutions it is not expensive."

"The tool's pricing is competitive compared to others. The tool's licensing is based on annual subscriptions."

"We have a four-year contract to use Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes."

"My company makes yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the solution. The solution is expensive."

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Acronis Cyber Infrastructure?

Pricing is quite affordable. I would rate it a three on a scale from one to ten.

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What needs improvement with Acronis Cyber Infrastructure?

Backing up Azure resources is an area where there's room for improvement, as they are not fully covered yet. This includes storage accounts, blob storage, and container VMs in Azure.

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What is your primary use case for Acronis Cyber Infrastructure?

I use Acronis Cyber Infrastructure primarily to save our M365 resources. The implementation was simple, and the licensing fees were not too high. This allowed us to sell it to our customers with a ...

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What do you like most about Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?

If I consider the overall product, I would say that it is an excellent solution that offers very good performance and stability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?

There is no specific licensing model for vSAN ReadyNodes as it is linked with Broadcom VMware's solutions rather than Dell's. As a group under Comcast, we receive very good pricing from Dell due to...

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What needs improvement with Dell vSAN Ready Nodes?

The Dell vSAN Ready Nodes can be improved if Broadcom reverts to VMware's previous licensing approach because they've made it difficult for smaller environments to consume the product. Most of our ...

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Overview

The Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Appliance is a ready-to-use cyber protection solution that combines proven and tested hardware and software in one easy to install and operate unit. The Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Appliance is currently available in selected countries.

Acronis

Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are pre-configured building blocks that reduce deployment
risks with certified configurations, improve storage efficiency by up to 50%1
, and can help
you build or scale your vSAN cluster faster.14 Whether you're just getting started, and/or
expanding your existing VMware environment, Dell EMC is here for you every step of the
way with consulting, education, deployment and support services for the entire solution.

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