Acronis Cyber Protect vs Bacula Enterprise comparison

Acronis and Bacula Systems are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Acronis is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.2, while Bacula Systems is ranked #25 with an average rating of 10.0. Acronis holds a 4.3% mindshare in BRS, compared to Bacula Systems’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Acronis users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Bacula Systems users who would recommend it.

Acronis Cyber Protect

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87% willing to recommend

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90% willing to recommend

Acronis Cyber Protect

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Acronis Cyber Protect and Bacula Enterprise are prominent tools in the data protection market. Users are happier with the pricing and support of Acronis Cyber Protect, but Bacula Enterprise has robust features, and users find it worth the price.

Features: Acronis Cyber Protect offers integrated backup, cybersecurity, and protection management. Bacula Enterprise provides highly customizable features and supports a wide range of environments. Users appreciate the ease of use and comprehensive protection from Acronis, while Bacula is praised for its flexibility and scalability.

Room for Improvement: Users of Acronis Cyber Protect suggest enhancements in reporting and analytics capabilities. Bacula Enterprise users recommend a more intuitive setup process and better documentation. Both tools have room for growth but in different areas, with Acronis focusing on analytics and Bacula on setup usability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Acronis Cyber Protect is noted for its straightforward deployment and responsive support. Bacula Enterprise, while powerful, has a more complex deployment process but is backed by knowledgeable customer service. Users find Acronis easier to implement and support, but Bacula’s service quality is high once configured.

Pricing and ROI: Acronis Cyber Protect is seen as more budget-friendly with a quicker return on investment. Bacula Enterprise, although higher in initial setup cost, delivers significant ROI through its extensive features and customizability. Users generally find Bacula worth the higher investment for long-term benefits.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

9th

Ranking in Cloud Backup

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

121

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Bacula Enterprise

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

25th

Ranking in Cloud Backup

18th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

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 is 4.3%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Bacula Enterprise is 1.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Stuart Grigor

Senior Manager Governance and Quality Assurance at Motus Car Rental

Good backup solution but challenges with the stability

It is recommended that people know what they are starting with. A part of our challenge was we bought and needed to implement it. So by the time we went to implement it, we were running into support issues. Also, make a market comparison to ensure that the product you choose is what you want to end up with. I would give it a six out of ten because restoring from a backup takes longer than usual. It should happen in a matter of hours, not a matter of days. We are yet to have an experience when trying to restore from Acronis that we haven't had to wait at least a couple of days for our server to be available for testing or working.

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Davilson Aguiar

Analista Tecnologia Banco de Dados at Centro de Gestão da Tecnologia da Informação

Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression

It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company. A managerial user who wants more information beyond the operational technician should be able to access it. It could include greater transparency regarding the volume of data trafficked on the network, as well as the expectation of deduplication. A more practical strategy could come with a backup policy model as a suggestion for both large and small companies. A simple suggestion is to visually implement the backup time as far as your physical media.

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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 ability to clone backups."

"i use the backup solution and I use something called Disk Director, which is a related product. Together, they allow me to manage all of my storage space."

"In my opinion, it's the best product for end-users and PCs."

"The licensing model is very good."

"One of the features I have found most valuable is the restore point - it gives us what we need at the time we need it. The important thing is that the backup for Acronis doesn't depend as much on the device."

"For me, the tool proved most valuable in scenarios where it offered easy setup, fast backups, and recognition of SQL logs on virtual machines."

"For local backups, it has options to back up almost any storage. The back can be either a shared folder or anything you want, it's pretty flexible."

"Since the last version, everything has been improved."

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"It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure."

"It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light."

"It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers."

"Bacula is very solid, very stable, and very scalable."

"Bacula is pretty stable."

"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."

"The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization."

"The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."

Cons

"They've got an agent to back up Microsoft SQL, to our Office 365, but there is not an agent to back up my SQL databases."

"The biggest problem that we have is when the antivirus is installed, the whole machine runs very slowly and some of the machines hang."

"When an error occurs, the information is not always easy to understand and these messages should be made more clear."

"Improved support for immutability and Utility AirGAP could be beneficial."

"Their support process can be quite lengthy...This is an area that needs improvement."

"Some of the default settings out-of-the-box should already be set up for the novice user. For instance, the warnings that say a hard drive has bad sectors and stops the backup from performing."

"I've had some issues with the understandability of the interface. I think if they had someone with expertise in user interfaces to look at this, they could clean up the user interface."

"Acronis Backup has a straightforward initial setup process and an easy-to-use interface. However, a potential issue for Acronis partners is that registered partners do not have access to marketing materials, which can make it difficult for them to reach mass markets and sell the product. This could be improved by allowing registered partners to access marketing materials and tools, such as email templates, that would help them to promote Acronis Backup effectively."

More Acronis Cyber Protect cons

"Bacula needs a graphical user interface because, for administrators, the command-line interface is okay, but for the average user it is not very easy."

"A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed."

"The initial setup could be a bit easier."

"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."

"Many features have been converted to commercial licensing, which restricts their availability."

"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."

"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement."

"We would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis."

"We pay a yearly subscription fee and the pricing is reasonable."

"It has already paid off itself in the first few months that we implemented it."

"Pricing is what it is. I don't shop around once I find a good solution. I insist they maintain ongoing support year after year for updates and tech support."

"We were on a perpetual license for Acronis Backup."

"The pricing is significantly higher than it was last year, which is understandable since they have introduced new technology, such as transitioning from backup to cybersecurity."

"When it comes to elements like cost, I think it is the only backup solution which has perpetual licenses, whereby you buy the license once and for all."

"Licensing fees are billed annually and there are no extra charges."

More Acronis Cyber Protect pricing and cost advice

"We have a perpetual license."

"This is an open-source solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

19%

University

10%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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How does Acronis Backup compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?

Acronis Backup is a versatile backup-as-a-service solution for service providers. It allows you to protect workloads on-premises and in the cloud and provide backup to any storage. The deployment i...

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What do you like most about Acronis Backup?

One of its most valuable aspects is its user-friendly interface.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bacula Enterprise?

Bacula is more expensive than various other solutions. It’s almost completely commercial now. Products like Veeam software are much more expensive.

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What needs improvement with Bacula Enterprise?

Many features have been converted to commercial licensing, which restricts their availability.

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What is your primary use case for Bacula Enterprise?

The last scenario in which I used Bacula was for a customer who needed some open-source tool which could support encryption at that time. We managed to convince the customer to use Bacula to deploy...

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Also Known As

Acronis Backup, Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard, Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced

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Overview

Acronis Cyber Protect offers a revolutionary approach to cyber protection by integrating data protection with cybersecurity. This integrated method eliminates complexity challenges, delivers better protection against today’s threats, and maximizes efficiency by saving time and money. With its full-stack antimalware protection and comprehensive endpoint management, Acronis Cyber Protect combats advanced cyberattacks with a unique integration of protection technologies while simplifying daily IT operations, endpoint deployments and management, and reporting. Now you can manage all cyber protection aspects from a single pane of glass.

Acronis

Bacula Enterprise is a highly scalable, especially robust and secure data backup and recovery software. Its unique low cost subscription model empowers data centers to truly escape data volume price traps. With a high degree of flexibility and customizability, Bacula offers native integration with a wide range of hypervisors, databases, file systems, cloud interfaces and containers. High numbers of enterprise organizations worldwide (incl. NASA, Bank of Austria, Swisscom or Sky PLC) have adopted Bacula Enterprise backup software in mission critical environments because of its advanced features and ability to handle high data volume at very low cost.

Bacula Systems

Sample Customers

Kings Academy, Rush Memorial, Pentagon Credit Union, Oxford School District, New York City Probation, Dolmen Insurance, New Bedford Community Health, Gerard Darel, Ready Honda

NASA, SwissCom, Navisite, Turner Studios, Bank Austria, Caixa Bank, SdV Plurimedia, Leibniz University Hannover, Zeta Global, Tricore, NetLog, Siemens, LocaWeb, wbsGo, itesys, Queens School of Computing, Escrypt.

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