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Acronis Cyber Protect vs Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
121
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (8th), Cloud Backup (5th)
Veeam Agent for Microsoft W...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Mohd Fahim - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
Salman Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Functional application availability
There are not many options available for AIX backup. They provide the agent for AIX, but it could be more mature, and they should improve that option. They also provide the AIX agent, which is similar to the Windows and Linux agents. Since we use AIX machines, we need to take backups of those machines. However, the options available in that agent are limited. Therefore, the new version should have improvements in that area.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution's most valuable features are its ease of use and its user-friendly interface compared to other tools."
"For me, the cost is a significant advantage."
"Since the last version, everything has been improved."
"The setup is very easy."
"If you need to recover, it's the best recovery software I've ever used and I've been in this business for over 30 years. Plug a disc in and tell it to recover this machine and it's done. You walk away from it and it's done. Reboot it and it's perfect."
"Acronis has many features, which are really very interesting, when it comes to data backup and recovery, especially disaster recovery (DR)."
"Universal Restore is valuable to us."
"One of its most valuable aspects is its user-friendly interface."
"Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows's most useful features is the ease of use and user-friendly."
"Technical support is good."
"To do the actual backup configuration is also not too bad."
"If you have windows machine at home and you'd like a backup, you can always download their free edition and plug in an external hard disk, and do a full backup of your laptop."
"The initial setup, if it is error-free, is very simple."
"Veeam is very user-friendly and intuitive software."
"The solution is meeting all of our client's requirements. It has good performance."
"Veeam is very useful for the Hyper-V environment."
 

Cons

"The solution could use a single sign-on integration that can default to the admin dashboard. Right now, it's only username and password. If you had had an additional two-factor authentication, this would be beneficial for me."
"Acronis Backup can improve the latency when the file size is larger, we have had issues. Additionally, they could allow more flexibility when searching for information and I cannot download the CBIS backup copy information which could be made easier."
"I would like to have more hardware space. It would make it better. I would like to have two more terabytes."
"There are times when the backups are slow. A faster backup would be better."
"We would always support better pricing."
"When you are using enterprise hardware and software that increases over time, there need to be better and more management features. For pure backup software, it is fine, but when it comes to managing a large infrastructure it is lacking."
"The solution's reporting feature could be better."
"This might be a lack of understanding on my part, but it's difficult to purge old backups."
"The predictability of the solution needs improvement. Sometimes, if it's doing something at the back end, it may go slow. Today, the backup completion took four hours, but sometimes it can do the backup in 30 minutes or an hour. With solutions like NetBackup, I can predict to a much higher degree of certainty how long something will take to complete."
"If they could let you can do replication to physical servers - a backup from physical servers and a replication to physical servers - that will be better."
"There isn't really anything I would like to improve. Maybe the solution could be more secure."
"The price of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows could improve."
"It is not always easy to update this solution to the newer version, so the update process needs to be improved."
"While the Veeam agent is perfect, sometimes the agent doesn't install in Windows."
"The compression ratio and application ratio could still be improved in this solution. Reporting could also be improved, for better monitoring."
"A feature I would like to see is universal restore. At the moment, restoration can only be smooth on the same hardware. Let's say you have a server and you back it up with Veeam Agent, in case it fails or crashes. If you later buy a new server because the same one isn't available on the market anymore, there's a high chance that Windows will not boot up if you restore from the Veeam backup because the hardware is now different. Acronis has the universal restore feature, so it will work with generic drivers and you can restore Windows in any dissimilar hardware. As far as I know, Veeam doesn't have this feature yet."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a license required for this solution and it can be on a monthly basis."
"If the solution was less expensive it would be better."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"It is very cost-effective for the SMB segment, especially for start-ups and smaller environments. It is cost-effective for on-premises and on-cloud deployments in such environments."
"​I like the pricing​, and that it is easy to use and has performed well. ​"
"We pay a yearly subscription fee and the pricing is reasonable."
"There is a license required to use this solution and it is inexpensive. However, it is an old license."
"The price of Acronis Backup could be reduced, it is expensive."
"The solution is free of cost for end users but for enterprise use, a license per user is required."
"There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees, and pricing can be a disadvantage or a weakness for this solution."
"We purchased a three-year license, and I think that the prices are ok."
"The pricing is good."
"The licensing fees are billed on a yearly basis, and the fees are much lower than what I pay for NetBackup."
"We have a cloud provider agreement with Veeam. We are also paying for the agent."
"The solution is inexpensive, more so than other products."
"The cost for its licenses is reasonable and as per industry standards."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Photography Company
21%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

Acronis Backup, Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard, Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced
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Sample Customers

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