We compared Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud and AWS Backup across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Features: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is commended for its simplicity, intuitive management, incremental backups, and proactive defense against ransomware. AWS Backup is highly regarded for its flexibility and point-in-time recovery options. Users appreciate AWS Backup’s snapshot feature that allows them to back up applications to a secondary site.
Room for Improvement: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud should focus on enhancing server performance, reporting capabilities, and remote restore capabilities. AWS Backup could enhance its reporting and visualization, user interface, encryption options, and troubleshooting indicators.
Service and Support: Acronis customer service received mixed reviews, with some users expressing dissatisfaction with the level of support received. Some users described AWS Backup's customer service as amazing, but others noted that AWS support may take longer to resolve complex issues.
Ease of Deployment: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud has a simple setup that can be finished within one to two weeks, with deployment times varying based on the chosen modules. Users reported varying experiences setting up AWS Backup. Some said it took only a few minutes, but others said it could take up to 10 days.
Pricing: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud offers different licensing options. Some customers find the cost to be high but manageable. AWS Backup’s pricing is generally regarded as reasonable and flexible. There are no licensing fees. Users are only charged for backup storage and data transfer. However, some users consider the model to be costly and complex.
ROI: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud has demonstrated financial advantages. AWS Backup offers significant value by enabling backup restoration and readiness for unforeseen events.
Comparison Results: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is a simple, user-friendly solution offering advanced features like incremental backups and sophisticated ransomware protection. Still, Acronis has room to improve in areas like performance, reporting, support, and pricing. AWS Backup provides flexibility in services, point-in-time recovery, and seamless integration. At the same time, some users noted that AWS Backup requires specific configuration knowledge and has room for improvement in reporting and restore functionality.
"What I like best about Acronis Backup Cloud is the active protection feature that helps you protect your workload from ransomware attacks."
"The product is a good anti-ransomware solution."
"The most valuable features are the automated backup, and that you are able to manage all of your devices centrally."
"One of the best benefits of using Acronis is that it also provides data security along with the backup of data. It checks everything, and that's the main benefit of using Acronis"
"We find the product to be very scalable."
"Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud provides unlimited backup features for Office 365 accounts."
"I do not need to touch my firewall, especially when it is managed by the provider and takes ages to do a single NAT."
"I would recommend this solution. It's easy and fast, you don't need to be on-premises you can use it from anywhere."
"Reporting is one of the key elements that are valuable for C-suite executives. In terms of monitoring, the solution provides comprehensive details into ongoing processes, flagging issues and warnings as necessary."
"The auto-scaling feature and the time efficiency of setting up AWS Backup are the most valuable aspects for us."
"The most valuable feature is its ease of use."
"It's very easy to configure. Since it's a managed service, it's very straightforward to set up and use. And my customers get on with it very fast."
"I rate the tool's stability a nine out of ten."
"The solution's most valuable features are its backup capability and tight integration with other AWS services."
"The replication in the recovery region is the most valuable feature."
"The advantage that AWS Backup has over competitors is that it's very simple."
"For you to actually see the full logs, you have to use additional tools or even contact support so they can pull them with own tools."
"We'd like to see more DLP, data loss prevention."
"I would like to have support for agentless backup, where you don't have to install an agent on the host."
"In the solution, you have the customization option for reports but it is limited and should allow more customizations in terms of how long or when you can do the reports."
"The reporting could be improved. I would like to see some enhancements in that regard."
"There could be some changes done to the action page to simplify it."
"Not many people know about this product, so they may need to concentrate more on marketing."
"We'd like to see more integration for Nutanix, Oracle, et cetera."
"To create a plan and for all the configuration, one has to do multiple steps, which could be organized in a much simpler way, making the user experience better."
"It requires a lot of time to connect the snapshot, identify the files, and restore a single file manually."
"The tool is a good fit if your environment is VM-specific. However, it might not be the most suitable option if you have physical servers or an on-premise setup."
"For additional functionalities, it should be more intelligent, like more AI-capabilities."
"If AWS Backup were a hybrid solution that also supported on-premises backups then it would be very helpful, especially if you are doing a migration to the cloud."
"The service disconnects a lot."
"One of the limitations of AWS Backup is that it only does file-based copying."
"When it comes to encrypting data, it is not so convenient."
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is ranked 10th in Cloud Backup with 41 reviews while AWS Backup is ranked 12th in Cloud Backup with 22 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is rated 8.6, while AWS Backup is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud writes "A solution that unites backup and next-generation, AI-based anti-malware, antivirus, and endpoint protection management in one solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of AWS Backup writes "Useful point-in-time recovery, highly scalable, and implementation straightforward". Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Veeam Backup & Replication, Synology C2 Backup and Druva inSync, whereas AWS Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Rubrik Go, Veritas Alta SaaS Protection and AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery. See our AWS Backup vs. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud report.
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