Acronis Cyber Protect vs Oracle Data Guard comparison

Acronis and Oracle are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Acronis is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.0, while Oracle is ranked #24 with an average rating of 9.3. Acronis holds a 2.5% mindshare in BRS, compared to Oracle’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of Acronis users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Acronis Cyber Protect

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86% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Acronis Cyber Protect and Oracle Data Guard are both prominent solutions for data protection and disaster recovery. Acronis Cyber Protect seems to have the upper hand for ease of use, while Oracle Data Guard stands out for its seamless integration with Oracle databases and robust performance.

Features: Acronis Cyber Protect offers integrated backup and cybersecurity, automation of patch management, and AI-based protection against malware. Oracle Data Guard provides real-time data replication, automatic failover, and data integrity verification. Users value Oracle Data Guard’s high reliability in critical environments, whereas Acronis Cyber Protect’s holistic approach is frequently praised.

Room for Improvement:Acronis Cyber Protect could improve its reporting capabilities, offer more flexible pricing options, and refine its user documentation. Oracle Data Guard needs better user documentation, more intuitive management tools, and expanded support for non-Oracle databases.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Acronis Cyber Protect is noted for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer support. Oracle Data Guard, although complex in deployment, offers highly rated technical support for issue resolution.

Pricing and ROI: Acronis Cyber Protect is considered cost-effective with lower setup costs, providing good ROI. Oracle Data Guard, despite higher initial costs, delivers strong ROI through exceptional reliability and performance in safeguarding critical data.

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

12th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

123

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (7th)

Oracle Data Guard

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

24th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Protect is 2.5%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Data Guard is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Acronis Cyber Protect	2.5%
Oracle Data Guard	0.9%
Other	96.6%

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Mohamed Naeem

Responsible for Internet Technology Development at College of International Transport & Logistics - CITLC

Has ensured reliable data protection and quick recovery across various industries

The features of Acronis Cyber Protect that I find most useful for my customers are the Vault, data protection, and the ability to protect and access data anytime with the Vault feature. The AI-based antimalware feature in Acronis Cyber Protect is very effective in preventing cyber threats. AI is a good asset in protecting cybersecurity because it provides inception into threats and how to react with them before securing. It is very important and a great asset as a feature. The biggest benefit of Acronis Cyber Protect for my customers is that it is a great asset to protect business data and ensure data is in a secure Vault. Users can gain access to their data anytime. My future work will require mobility, so cloud-based access to data will be very beneficial.

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Azhagupandi Parthiban

Vice President Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers near-real-time replication for data consistency and continuously introducing new features through upgrades

There are various advantages. First of all, easy to deploy. The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. In other ways, the implementation is very, very important. Like, we have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product. Once you configure it, it goes through the rollback, and then Data Guard introduces this snapshot thing. So once the restoration happens, we can go back to the original thing, and we make that a standard. It's a pretty decent and key function for Oracle. So, enterprise organizations go for Oracle only for features like these.

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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 most valuable feature of Acronis Backup is the data recovery and restoration details."

"Consistency and reliability. The interface is easy to understand and consistent across applications. While not 100%, it is a very reliable backup solution."

"It actually does its job very well and has interesting capabilities, but it has the most awful interface."

"The AI-based antimalware feature in Acronis Cyber Protect is very effective in preventing cyber threats, providing inception into threats and how to react with them before securing, and is a great asset as a feature."

"The main reason we went with Acronis Cyber Protect is because it provides a virtual machine backup feature."

"One of the most valuable features of Acronis is its AnyData Engine which allows any device to connect to any other device for the purpose of data restoration."

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

"Stability is always good. I have used Acronis for 10 years now, if not more. I have never had a problem with availability, etc."

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"Backup and application continuity are most valuable."

"One of the most valuable features is real-time replication. The version we're using is reliable and easy to deploy."

"With Data Guard, Oracle guarantees zero data loss, providing peace of mind for organizations relying on their data for critical operations."

"Oracle Data Guard is a free solution. When you apply for Enterprise Manager, it comes for free with the solution."

"The solution can scale as needed."

"It is a top-notch product, super stable, making it our go-to for internal operations."

"The most important feature is that if I want to test the database at the disaster recovery site, I can take a snapshot, test it, and then revert it back to the original state without needing to restore the complete database from the primary data center to the disaster recovery."

"Another valuable feature is the possibility of backing up the database from the standby database instead of the primary database, to avoid backup process overhead in the primary system."

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Cons

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

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

"There are some limitations to the backup."

"The solution could improve by providing more database backup features and have better integration with many different types of databases. We cannot implement it in all of our infrastructures."

"It would be nice to have a partition that I can boot and reinstall when taking a backup image from the operating system."

"There are times when the backups are slow. A faster backup would be better."

"There are a lot of products out there that are a little bit stronger than Acronis where AV is concerned."

"In the span of six months, maintenance is done at least twice and you are told that it is coming up, with apologies for the inconvenience. It's a distraction, and it interferes with the backup schedule."

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"The pricing of the solution is quite high. They should do what they can to bring it down so that it is more reasonable for customers like us."

"It is a rather complex solution, so it could be more user-friendly."

"The implementation is complex for anyone who's jumping into it without any experience. It's all command-line driven implementations. For some, that's a turn-off."

"Oracle Data Guard is stable, but you need to keep monitoring the system all the time. You need to keep monitoring the archives."

"For Italian medium-sized companies, the main challenge lies in the cost associated with licenses."

"Sometimes, the technical support team takes time to respond."

"The usage of block storage devices in the cloud or migration of a type of storage from one site to another site can be improved. Currently, we have to use multi-node to single node because of the lack of storage support on the Azure side. It did not really work. Our DBA had to spend a lot of time tweaking the Data Guard tools, or the underlying Oracle VMs, to make sure that Data Guard would run on top of different types of storage. So, if it can support transporting or getting from one type of storage to another type of storage in a different site or a different technology, it would be very helpful."

"For every standby server you have, you must pay a licensing fee, which is the main disadvantage."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The current subscription model of Acronis Backup compared to other backup solutions is not costly."

"The tool's subscription costs are monthly. The product's pricing is fair."

"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."

"There is a license required for this solution and it can be on a monthly basis."

"The pricing is comparable to the newest solution available on the market, Altaro."

"There are monthly fees to use Acronis Backup."

"I would describe the product as a mid-priced tool for small and medium businesses."

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

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"It's a cost-effective solution."

"It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product."

"Oracle Data Guard is a feature available only in Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and is available for extra cost."

"The licensing cost is significantly high."

"This is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive than Oracle Grid."

"If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses."

"The cost is expensive."

"The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

21%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Educational Organization

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	68
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	23

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	22

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

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

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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

Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

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