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Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office vs Veritas NetBackup comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect Home ...
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
38th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Anti-Malware Tools (23rd)
Veritas NetBackup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
116
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

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 Veritas NetBackup is 3.7%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

BH
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…
Wesam Qashou - PeerSpot reviewer
A mature backup solution, with many features, and great support
Veritas NetBackup is the first line of defense when disaster strikes. Before performing disaster recovery, we must have a good backup of our image that is also protected from ransomware. This way, we have a golden image that is resilient to ransomware attacks. We saw the benefits of Veritas NetBackup within the first three months.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The malware feature is most valuable."
"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."
"It is a good solution. It covers most of the applications."
"The features are good."
"I like the virtual server backup."
"The solution is stable."
"Good graphical user interface. It's easy to create policies and to do installs."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas NetBackup is the protection policies or protection module."
"The Replication Director, Auto Image Replication, Accelerator, Oracle Intelligent Policy, synthetic and VADP backups are the most valuable features."
"It provides us with the versatility to back up everything we require which eliminates the need for a secondary backup solution."
 

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."
"The configuration needs improvement."
"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."
"We want a solution that can be scaled-out because our data is growing very quickly, and we aren't able to back it up quickly. It takes one or two days, which is a problem. It is very slow. We just use one backup server. We want another solution with maybe a backup server cluster to back up more data in one day. We want a solution that can be scaled-out to back up our data quickly and efficiently."
"When the customer is using SaaS applications like Office 365, the integration falls short and needs to be improved."
"The biggest additional features needed are more cloud capabilities and security from ransomware."
"We would like the Java console to be updated."
"It is a very expensive solution. They should have a different scheme for selling it. They should also make it easy for us to switch from Solaris to Linux. We are having some trouble in migrating our actual catalog from Solaris to Linux."
"Licensing costs are quite high."
"The restoration method and the compression ratio need improvement."
"I would advise not to use this tool. I think between the licensing issues and the older solution mentality it is not a great solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Veritas NetBackup is quite expensive and licensing costs are fixed."
"So far I can only say that the license structure could be looked at to be aligned as either capacity-based or traditional."
"Veritas Netbackup offers affordable licensing."
"The solution is expensive."
"If you have a complex environment with dozens of different servers and apps, I recommend you look for TB licensing."
"If you want to have more scalability you have to purchase more licenses. The license is annually and there are a lot of different licensing depending on the number of terabytes needed. It is not based on per-user, core, or servers. You can backup anything you want using the purchased terabyte space."
"Veritas NetBackup is very expensive, and I think price is the main reason which some customers don't want to use this solution."
"The pricing, of course, can always be better."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
39%
Computer Software Company
13%
Performing Arts
6%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

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?
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...
What is the best next generation backup tool?
Assuming you have an onprem ecosystem which runs the VMware, physical systems on Win, Linux and Unix and run both traditional DB's and nosql DB's like mongo, then Netbackup (NBU) will be the right ...
What do you like most about Veritas NetBackup?
The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achieved by integrating cloud tier options or other object storage solutions.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup?
The product is cost-effective, and I would rate its pricing as an eight out of ten. The pricing model is based on the amount of data transferred, making it manageable for us.
 

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