Acronis Cyber Protect vs Oracle Data Guard comparison

Acronis and Oracle are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Acronis is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.2, while Oracle is ranked #16 with an average rating of 9.3. Acronis holds a 4.3% mindshare in BRS, compared to Oracle’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 87% 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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87% willing to recommend

Oracle Data Guard

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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

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

121

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (5th)

Oracle Data Guard

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

16th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Protect is 4.3%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Data Guard is 0.8%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Mohd Fahim

IT Specialist at Ramton Technologies Pvt Ltd

Cost-effective with good data protection and a straightforward setup

Acronis Cyber Protect shows only a few features. We are using their default type of security I am using the default features of Acronis Security. The NASDAQ level CFS level backup is the feature I find most beneficial for our data protection strategy. It's a very cost-effective product. The…

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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

"Our customers can backup to local storage and they can back up or replicate to the cloud."

"I've reimaged servers and been back up and running in exactly no time with the completely new hardware."

"The most valuable feature is that you can do a bare-metal restore even with dissimilar hardware."

"Acronis Backup is easy to use, intuitive, and has high performance."

"Acronis has many features, which are really very interesting, when it comes to data backup and recovery, especially disaster recovery (DR)."

"The setup is very easy."

"I like Acronis Cyber Protect's backup process and its management console is intuitive."

"Acronis has a very rich functionality."

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"Snapshot and Data Guard Manager are awesome features."

"The most valuable feature is the application or promotional code used in the production protocol to transfer data to the secondary database, situated on the DR site."

"Oracle Data Guard has a nice feature called the DataGuard snapshot to open the solution in the read-write mode and make some changes to the database."

"You can see how the logs are applied, check the apply time, and how far behind the standby is at any given time."

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

"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."

"We chose this solution for the availability of the databases. We can't afford Oracle Grid, this is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive."

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

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Cons

"The reporting can be improved."

"The backing up of virtual machines in VMware and Nutanix needs better integration and the performance of the solution needs improvement."

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

"The replication part and failover are areas in which improvements are required."

"No technical support and minimal documentation."

"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."

"The new version has anti-malware and software management features, but these features should be enhanced. It is working as an exclusive solution along with the backup and recovery."

"I have no suggestions for improvements as I have only used the product for a month and have yet to really discover all of its aspects."

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"When the data replicates into the standby database there is a possibility of having a microsecond amount of data loss. The data loss occurs when there is a network disconnection between the primary and secondary standby database located in the data centers or if there is a crash in the primary database."

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

"The predominant issue lies in the communication link between the secondary and primary databases."

"They may need to include the monitoring and the alerting part in Data Guard."

"The initial setup is complex."

"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."

"The database administration needs improvement. With Oracle, we have a lot of features for administrating data, but it might be too many. It needs to be simplified. It should be automated. Looking at Enterprise Manager, there are too many KPIs in place."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I like the pricing, and that it is easy to use and has performed well. "

"There is a license required to use this solution and it is inexpensive. However, it is an old license."

"Doing what this is capable of doing, the cost of it is in line."

"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."

"Its price is quite friendly on the pocket. You need to pay the licensing cost upfront, and then the support charges are on an annual basis."

"The tool is cheap compared to other products."

"Our licenses come with a one-time yearly subscription fee."

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

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"The cost is expensive."

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

"It's a cost-effective solution."

"The licensing cost is significantly high."

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

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

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

"The pricing is on the higher side."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

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Questions from the Community

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How does Acronis Backup compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?

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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 advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

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

It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs. I strongly recommend Data Guard. I've been using it for eight years and I would strongly recommend it. I'd rate Oracle Data Guard a se...

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

We're Oracle partners. We've worked with databases 11G and 12C. If a company is planning to implement Oracle solutions, I would suggest they also implement Data Guard. I'd rate the solution nine ou...

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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.

Oracle

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