Acronis Cyber Infrastructure vs Dell XC Appliance comparison

Acronis Cyber Infrastructure vs. Dell XC Appliance

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Infrastructure

Ranking in HCI

18th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Dell XC Appliance

Ranking in HCI

16th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure is 1.2%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell XC Appliance is 1.6%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

HCI Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Dell XC Appliance	1.6%
Acronis Cyber Infrastructure	1.2%
Other	97.2%

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Featured Reviews

Sahan Hettiarachchi

Associate Product Executive at Connex Information Technologies

Integrated cybersecurity and backup have improved ransomware resilience and simplified recovery

In my opinion, it would be better if Acronis expanded their integration with multiple products. Right now, backup and mail backup are only limited to M365 and Google. Most of the customers in my country use hosted servers or cPanel, IceWarp, and other small office and home office email solutions. If they can expand that integration, it would be helpful. Making it even better would be if they have an industrial-level backup solution with multiple integrations and multiple backup capabilities that their competitor has. This would allow us to focus on one singular license for backup and confidently position it to an enterprise-level environment, such as a data center-level environment.

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reviewer2644977

Works

Enables seamless integration with multiple software and outstanding AI tools

The main issue with the DirectVXL appliance is that it only supports a single orchestrator or hypervisor. If multi-hypervisor support is required and VMware does not provide it, then Dell's appliance won't support it. I find it overly reliant on VMware. In cases of company mergers involving different platforms, software that can handle a multi-hypervisor environment would facilitate quicker integration.

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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 most valuable feature is the backup capability."

"The reporting and auditing features of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure are the most effective for data protection; it has a single console management system, and all products are integrated into one console, which makes it very efficient."

"The most valuable feature is the backup capability."

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

"Because they have multiple solutions integrated into one license, we can justify the cost."

"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."

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"The stability of the product is pretty good, as there have been no bugs, glitches, or crashes that I'm aware of."

"We are getting time back to other things because we are not having to look after the infrastructure, as we have had to do in the past."

"Overall, the Dell XC Appliance is a very good product."

"What I like the most is that it is easy to implement, easy deployment and that it's easy to manage."

"Dell's appliances provide several key benefits, including horizontal and vertical scalability up to 64 nodes, proprietary artificial intelligence tools that are uncommon in the industry, seamless iDRAC integration with VMware to monitor VM details, performance, and hardware issues from one screen, and CloudIQ software that proactively addresses configuration errors."

"The solution's best feature is its simplicity."

"What I like the most is that it is easy to implement, easy deployment and that it's easy to manage."

"The stability of the product is pretty good, as there have been no bugs, glitches, or crashes that I'm aware of."

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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."

"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."

"The only downside is when comparing backup scenarios. Veeam has much more backup capabilities for data center and enterprise environments, but Acronis only focuses on SMBs and mid-level markets."

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

"Acronis Cyber Infrastructure is too populated. They have many features, but some features are still missing, it is not complete."

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

"The support for this solution is a major thing that they need to focus on and improve."

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"The cost of using the public cloud deployment is astronomical."

"Currently, there is no support for the servers that are not in the cluster."

"The solution's storage size could be improved."

"The main issue with the DirectVXL appliance is that it only supports a single orchestrator or hypervisor."

"There should be more provisioning capabilities within the solution."

"To improve this product, I think there is a lot of work that is required by Dell to simplify the maintenance and life cycle upgrades."

"There should be more provisioning capabilities within the solution."

"The pricing for Dell EMC solutions is quite expensive and not really made for small or medium-sized businesses."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"The pricing is good."

"The pricing for Dell EMC solutions is quite expensive and not really made for small or medium-sized businesses."

"We received a good price from Dell."

"The pricing is dependent on the technology and is in direct relation to the manufacturer and the components."

"The price point is very fair for a product in this category but can vary depending on the components selected within the family of products."

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	2

Questions from the Community

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

Compared to the products in the market, Acronis is very affordable. Because they have multiple solutions integrated into one license, we can justify the cost. It is affordable within region-wise po...

What needs improvement with Acronis Cyber Infrastructure?

What is your primary use case for Acronis Cyber Infrastructure?

I am working with Acronis, and I have experience with Veeam Backup for VMware and similar technologies. I have experience with VMware configuration from vSphere and backup, replication, and related...

What advice do you have for others considering Dell XC Appliance?

My advice for people who are selling this product is to first make sure that you educate the customers. The customer doesn't often know much about HCI and what the need to be using it for. If they ...

What needs improvement with Dell XC Appliance?

What is your primary use case for Dell XC Appliance?

Dell offers several benefits with its appliances. Primarily, I can combine them horizontally and vertically, reaching up to sixty-four nodes. Additionally, Dell employs its own artificial intellige...

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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

XC Series hyper-converged appliances integrate Dell EMC 14th generation PowerEdge servers with Nutanix software to offer one of the industry’s most versatile and scalable hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) platforms. By supporting a choice of hypervisors, XC Series appliances can be deployed quickly for all virtualized workloads to reduce management complexity and total cost of ownership.

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Sample Customers

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Cardlytics, AEW Energie, Aubert, Zhongtong Information Service, Commune de Villepinte, Teikyo University Hospital

Acronis Cyber Infrastructure vs. Dell XC Appliance