Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office vs Microsoft Defender for Endpoint comparison

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office vs. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect Home ...

Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools

23rd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (41st)

Microsoft Defender for Endp...

Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

213

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (2nd), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (5th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (3rd), Microsoft Security Suite (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Anti-Malware Tools category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is 7.8%, down from 17.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Anti-Malware Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	7.8%
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office	0.8%
Other	91.4%

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Featured Reviews

Gerald Rodrigues

General Manager at Tilaknagar Industries Ltd

Reliable backups have protected our manufacturing data and now provide confident disaster recovery

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is used to take care of the data for our manufacturing company and its users. I work with CrowdStrike only for antivirus. We have antivirus products, but not as a main solution. The antiviruses we are using are from another vendor. For antiviruses, we are using Falcon CrowdStrike. My main experience is with CrowdStrike antivirus and Palo Alto firewall. These are the two things for security, and we are exploring other software solutions that will be beneficial for us. I track two levels of ransomware protection: one from Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office and one from CrowdStrike. I do not work with Cortex cloud by Palo Alto; I have the hardware on-premise at my location. I do not work with WildFire, Prisma Access, or Prisma SD-WAN, but I will be looking forward to it. This is the only firewall I am using, but very soon, I will be opting for another Palo Alto firewall of the same model that will be working on high availability. I am not knowledgeable about the CN-Series firewall; I can only talk about the one I have. We have acquired one particular brand, a company called Pernod Ricard, which manufactures products like Chivas Regal whisky and Beefeater. Endpoint Detection and Response is something we will explore after a certain period of time and we are looking for it very soon. I would rate this review an overall eight out of ten.

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Robert Arbuckle

Security Analyst III at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Automatically isolates threats and integrates with logging to reduce response time

Overall, I would evaluate the Microsoft support level that I receive at probably about a seven, but that depends on the day. It has been spotty. We have had issues where the urgency level of the Microsoft support is not as high as ours, especially during a data breach or potential data breach situation. We have had issues with some of the offshore support being lackluster. One specific thing that comes to mind is we were on a support call with our CISO on the call, and the Microsoft agent, who did not actually work for Microsoft, is one of the vendors that Microsoft uses for support, said, "Just to set expectations, my lunch break is in an hour and I am going to go away then." For us, it was already ten o'clock at night and we had been working on this for a couple of hours, trying to get a security engineer on with us. For him to tell us that he was going to go away and have lunch, it was, "Okay, but go find somebody else if you need to." It was just the lackluster approach, and it seemed like he did not really care. We seem to get a lot of this when we get non-Microsoft support. I can identify areas for improvement with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, as it is kind of a convoluted mess to try to take care of false positives. Especially when they have been identified as false positives but they keep going off over and over again. It is great for my pocketbook because it generates a lot of on-call action, but I would really prefer more sleep at two o'clock in the morning than dealing with false positives. I would say that the unified portal for managing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is suitable for both teams as they are all in there. It would be great if they would stop moving things around and renaming things, which makes sense. The new XDR portal is pretty nice. Being able to have it central again inside of the regular Security Center without having to open up two windows is helpful. Overall, I think it is pretty good. There is always going to be something that could be improved, such as alerting and the ability to modify alerts would be a little bit helpful to have. Being able to add more data into the alerts and turn off alerts that are not as useful would be beneficial. It is hard to say what the quantitative impact the security exposure management feature has had on our company's security, because a lot of it is kind of subjective. I think we are sitting at around a fifty percent score still, and a lot of it is just kind of unusual circumstances that we cannot really implement without breaking the organization.

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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 reliable tool allows for quick restoration from backup copies, meaning I do not have to reload Windows or programs."

"Acronis schedules in the background and does incremental images so it doesn’t take forever to backup."

"The customer service and support are excellent."

"When it comes to backup, the biggest benefits of Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office are its reliability and the assurance it provides, which we have specifically tried and tested during disasters as it saved us from losing data."

"The malware feature is most valuable."

"Automatic scanning and cleaning of viruses is the best and most valuable feature helping this tool to thrive. If any viruses are found, they are cleaned automatically."

"Integration between Microsoft products is very easy."

"The endpoint detection of threats is valuable. The initial detection of things like ransomware and viruses and being able to shut down machines immediately and stop a threat is valuable. We can stop a threat at a source versus allow it to propagate it across the network."

"The detection features are valuable, as is the fact that it is easier to port these logs into Sentinel. That is also useful for us. It is more comprehensive."

"Defender has very little impact on the end-user and the agent works quite well with a minimal impact on the client and server."

"I like the simplicity of the portal and the integration with Microsoft Intune. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is easy to use and implement."

"Microsoft Defender has been around for many years, and since Windows 10, they've really ramped it up, and it has gotten a lot better."

"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is quite good; we haven't really experienced any issues with it."

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Cons

"I had a couple of false positives, but that’s it."

"I originally intended to use Acronis for cloud backup, however, the cloud backup had major problems. After struggling with it for about two years, I switched to Carbonite and have not gone back."

"I originally intended to use Acronis for cloud backup, however, the cloud backup had major problems."

"Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office needs to improve their reporting part, and the support provided is sometimes inadequate, which causes issues for customers."

"The configuration needs improvement."

"I would like the solution to be able to prevent unauthorized programs from installing and to block unauthorised URLs which is similar to web filtering product."

"The frequency of the patching, and the frequency of the updates, are not included with the free version."

"This solution needs to move beyond relying on virus definitions alone and protect the system using behavioral analysis of the processes that are running."

"The system can always be simplified and have a better integration check."

"The GUI is very complex, particularly for normal users who work on it."

"I would like to see online updates for patches for this solution. I would also like to see online information about what is trending in the market in terms of spams, viruses, or trojans. It takes some time to understand how this solution works. A few things are unclear at the beginning, such as whether it actually restricts the virus or spam at the initial stage, or when there is a security update, how will we come to know and how will it get synchronized. It would be really helpful if there is some kind of knowledge base in the form of video, audio, or document that can explain in a user-friendly way the setup, features, risks, and process to mitigate the risks. Currently, I have installed endpoint security for every individual system. I could not install it like other endpoint solutions where we have a server and a client. It would be really helpful if Microsoft Windows Defender has a server-client based model so that I can save some bandwidth when it downloads or uploads features. It will be helpful if we have a LAN-based or WAN-based controlling system."

"I think Microsoft needs to improve some of the security aspects of Defender. The email part, in particular, needs to be improved in terms of security effectiveness."

"I think the solution needs to be more on par with other antivirus products in the market."

More Microsoft Defender for Endpoint cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Microsoft Defender is an expensive product in my country."

"We have a bundle where the price includes all Microsoft products."

"We went for Microsoft Defender once we were informed that it would be part of our Office 365 package. So, we combined the licensing for the OS with Office 365. Yeah. We thought it was a good bargain."

"I recently switched from education to private business, and all I can say is that private business licensing from Microsoft is not cheap until you hit certain quantities or scale. That does not mean that it is not comparable to other industries. It is similar pricing, but it is still crazy to me how much you pay for a client. I feel it is high, but it is in line with other vendors."

"There is no licensing fee."

"The solution is free and comes with Windows."

"When customers haven't deployed the solution and don't have licenses, it can be expensive to start from scratch."

"The solution comes free with Microsoft Windows 10."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

33%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	81
Midsize Enterprise	40
Large Enterprise	95

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office?

The malware feature is most valuable.

What needs improvement with Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office?

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office needs to improve their reporting part, and the support provided is sometimes inadequate, which causes issues for customers. The technical support from the third pa...

What is your primary use case for Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office?

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is used to take care of the data for our manufacturing company and its users. We are just exploring ourselves in cybersecurity, and it will take time for us to mat...

How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security solution. The tool reduces the attack surface, applies behavioral-based endpoint protection and response, and includes risk-ba...

Which offers better endpoint security - Symantec or Microsoft Defender?

We use Symantec because we do not use MS Enterprise products, but in my opinion, Microsoft Defender is a superior solution. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security s...

How does Microsoft Defender for Endpoint compare with Crowdstrike Falcon?

The CrowdStrike solution delivers a lot of information about incidents. It has a very light sensor that will never push your machine hardware to "test", you don't have the usual "scan now" feature ...

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Also Known As

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Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, MS Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender Antivirus

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Overview

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is used primarily for data backup and recovery. Highlights include effective malware protection, ransomware defense, ease of use, and cloud storage integration.

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office offers robust backup and recovery, advanced ransomware protection, and anti-malware features. Integrated tools such as disk cloning, image backup, and cloud storage enhance its functionality. Users benefit from automatic backups, flexible scheduling, intuitive operation, and hybrid cloud-local protection. Regular updates ensure threat detection and reliability.

What are the main features of Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office?

Backup and Recovery: Comprehensive options for safeguarding data.
Ransomware Protection: Advanced defenses against ransomware threats.
Anti-Malware: Strong malware detection and removal capabilities.
Disk Cloning: Efficient disk cloning tools for data migration.
Cloud Storage: Seamless integration with cloud storage solutions.
Automatic Backups: Convenient scheduling for regular backups.
Hybrid Protection: Combines cloud and local backups for added security.
Regular Updates: Ensures the latest threat protection and features.

What benefits and ROI should users expect?

Data Security: Ensured through comprehensive backup and recovery.
Reliability: Consistent performance with quick restoration processes.
Ease of Use: Simplified operation with intuitive tools and interfaces.
Cross-Platform Support: Compatible with multiple systems and devices.
Customer Support: Dependable assistance and regular software updates.

In specific industries such as healthcare, finance, and education, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is implemented to secure sensitive data and ensure business continuity. Its encryption capabilities and cross-platform support make it a versatile choice for handling large volumes of critical information while providing seamless integration with existing IT infrastructures.

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a comprehensive security solution that provides advanced threat protection for organizations. It offers real-time protection against various types of cyber threats, including malware, viruses, ransomware, and phishing attacks.

With its powerful machine-learning capabilities, it can detect and block sophisticated attacks before they can cause any harm. The solution also includes endpoint detection and response (EDR) capabilities, allowing organizations to quickly investigate and respond to security incidents. It provides detailed insights into the attack timeline, enabling security teams to understand the scope and impact of an incident.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint also offers proactive threat hunting, allowing organizations to proactively search for and identify potential threats within their network. It integrates seamlessly with other Microsoft security solutions, such as Microsoft Defender XDR, to provide a unified and holistic security approach. With its centralized management console, organizations can easily deploy, configure, and monitor the security solution across their entire network.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a robust and scalable security solution that helps organizations protect their endpoints and data from evolving cyber threats.

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Sample Customers

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Petrofrac, Metro CSG, Christus Health

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