Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office vs N-able Cove Data Protection comparison

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office vs. N-able Cove Data Protection

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect Home ...

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

39th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Anti-Malware Tools (22nd)

N-able Cove Data Protection

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

30th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (17th), SaaS Backup (9th), MSP Backup (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is 0.2%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of N-able Cove Data Protection is 1.3%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery

Featured Reviews

Bert Hickman

Owner at Stoneridge Engineering, LLC

Reliable backup tool ensures quick restoration and peace of mind

I use Acronis for backups. I use it to back up to other drives on the network, back up the entire system, including system images of the Windows C drive and all the data drives. This is for a small business, just myself The reliable tool allows for quick restoration from backup copies, meaning I…

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Jack Henson

Owner at Henson Business Products

Allows us to back up workstations and servers, and saved us time when checking endpoints and the viability of backups

I have some issues with the agent failing on workstations. I've had to completely uninstall several of them, delete everything, and start over to get them to work. That's been the biggest source of my problems recently. The problem is that when we delete one, we lose the backup. Consequently, it means we're without a backup unless we have a local copy. When we delete the agent, there's the problem of how to go back and restore it. I haven't had to deal with it yet, because I haven't had a failure that occurred while I was doing that. I had a workstation that started failing, and we couldn't get the services to run. I don't know what caused it. I had to reinstall the agent, which didn't work. I had to go into the machine and delete everything and load another agent onto it. Once I did that, I was able to make it work, but 90% of the time I never have an issue. During the other 10% of the time when I have a problem, it's a mess. The ability to recover to a different workstation or a different data point is a little bit clumsy. It could use some work.

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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 customer service and support are excellent."

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

"The malware feature is most valuable."

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

"What I like the most about it's the ease of use and the reliability that it has when copying information to the cloud."

"It's their cloud, it's their storage. I don't have to buy a space on Amazon or Google's cloud and then use their software to push it. That works well for me. This way, I don't have to worry about another option or the opportunity that there might be a credential leak."

"The solution has reduced backup times by an immeasurable amount. Its backups are incremental, so you are only backing up data changes based on the last 24 hours or so. If you are also maintaining the stored images, the restores are also only incremental, happening in minutes. Whereas, with a lot of the other solutions that we have looked at, each time it goes to refresh the restore, then it has to build a completely new image. That takes forever. This solution also improves recovery time."

"The most valuable feature is that it's hands-off. I log in every morning and there are pre-canned filters that I've created to make my life easier. I have something called server status color bars, and that gives me all the servers and, in a nutshell, I can see: if any errors are being reported; when the last backup was; if one is not working, should there be one, and it literally jumps off the page."

"The most valuable feature by far is the Virtual Disaster Recovery. On top of that is the bare-metal recovery. The recovery options that we have are great. We have tested the Virtual Disaster Recovery and the bare-metal recovery in just about any scenario you can think of. We have even restored bare metal, a full server, to a laptop, and had full functionality. It's just insane how well it works and how simple it is. It does most of the work for you."

"The most valuable feature of N-able Cove Data Protection is its ease of use."

"The ease of use and the console are great."

"The most valuables feature is the alerts and monitoring that catches the failed backups."

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Cons

"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."

"The configuration needs improvement."

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

"There aren’t any challenges. Regarding the additional features, Cove is limited to disaster recovery with Azure. It would be great to make disaster recovery compatible with AWS."

"There could be a possibility to create a local NAS backup for infrastructure."

"The only area that needs improvement is that it is a little bit difficult when you get into virtual machines. The initial deployment of Cove is a little tedious, not for standard machines, but when you get into specialty stuff, like Hyper-V."

"We don't use the solution’s automated recovery testing because SolarWinds made me cross. When they released it, I went, "Oh, well, that's quite good." Because if you use the system, then it supposedly spins up, and on the portal, it gives you a screenshot of the booted device. So, I phoned up, and I said, "Oh, that's really quite cool. How much is that?" They said, "No, no, no. It's all included in your license." I went, "Okay then," and went and deployed it on about half the fleet. One of the options that our customers have is they can pay us a small amount every month for us to test the recovery just to prove that it's viable, and I thought, "Well, this will do that for us. Nice." Then, in the next invoice, we got a charge for it. While It was not a huge amount, I took offense at the fact that we were told that it would be a no extra cost option that was part of our license, but it turns out that it's chargeable. Therefore, we haven't used it since."

"We would like to have better reporting."

"For small amounts of data, recovery is easy, but when it's large amounts of data, it takes forever. So, if they can have a service where they put our data on a hard drive and ship it to us as fast as possible, it would be great. Even if there's a fee associated with it, it's fine."

"Integration with a hybrid cloud is something that I found complicated."

"An area for improvement that would really work out well would be if there were a little bit more of an elegant handshake relationship between SolarWinds RMM and the PCs that are being backed up, to advise regarding "up" status... Since RMM is an agent that feeds back that a machine is alive and on, I don't see any reason why they can't either tap into that one feature or build the same exact polling within the backup agent, to update right away and say the system is online or offline."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price isn't extreme, but I'd love to pay less."

"N-able Cove Data Protection is an averagely-priced product."

"When you have a device/appliance on the site quite a lot of the other enterprise class backup people insist that you have their appliance, which is frankly offensively expensive. Because when you pry the top off, it's just a standard 19-inch tin box with a standard Intel I5 in it, some RAM, and a hard drive. Then, you go, "Why have they just charged me 5,500 quid for a box, which I could have probably build for under 500." Whereas, with the SolarWinds product, they don't have that. The backup appliances that we have onsite are just plain cooking PCs. We can build our own machines, which is reflected in the price that we can offer a customer."

"I believe that the price is very reasonable in comparison to other options. It is cheaper than both Redstor and Acronis and, since we are now using our own on-premise cloud, there is absolutely no comparison since we have unlimited storage rather than paying per gigabyte used for their onsite storage. We are currently able to backup fifty computers for the same price that we use to backup five computers."

"The pricing of SolarWinds seems to be fair compared to the rest of the industry."

"Cove only takes the data you have on the physical server. I can back that up for long periods of time, and I don't accrue high charges to have the data in the cloud. It stays at one rate. This allows me to forecast payment for the next one or two years and show clients their estimated growth."

"The pricing, for now, is good. The package that they gave us recently is pretty good. It depends on how many clients you have, and you pay for certain terabytes per license. These terabytes, if not used, are pooled together."

"The cost is around ten dollars per workstation a month and that includes a certain amount of data."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

40%

Computer Software Company

13%

Performing Arts

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

21%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Real Estate/Law Firm

Company Size

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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?

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.

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

What do you like most about N-able Backup?

The initial setup of N-able Cove Data Protection was very easy.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for N-able Backup?

In terms of pricing, N-able Cove Data Protection is neither cheap nor expensive compared to other competitors.

What needs improvement with N-able Backup?

N-able Cove Data Protection does not provide a lot of SaaS backup products, which is an area they can improve. Additionally, there are some limitations on the storage side, where I cannot have a lo...

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N-able Backup, SolarWinds Backup, SolarWinds MSP Backup & Recovery, SolarWinds MSP Backup

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.

Acronis

Cove Data Protection, from N-able, is a comprehensive solution designed to safeguard critical business data. It offers a range of features including backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and endpoint protection. With automated backups and flexible scheduling options, it ensures data is protected and easily recoverable.

The solution also includes advanced security measures such as encryption and ransomware detection to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches. Cove Data Protection provides seamless integration with various platforms and offers centralized management for efficient monitoring and control.

With its user-friendly interface and robust capabilities, Cove Data Protection is an ideal choice for businesses seeking reliable data protection.

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Sample Customers

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Computer Depot, Leading Edge Computers, IT Logic Australia

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