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Acronis Disaster Recovery vs IBM Disaster Recovery Services comparison

 

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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 Disaster Recovery
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (13th)
IBM Disaster Recovery Services
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery as a Service (6th)
 

Featured Reviews

RandeepPawar - PeerSpot reviewer
Have improved recovery preparedness and see potential growth with better technical support
Acronis provides ease of use with all tools and solutions operating through a single console and agent. This reduces the workload on endpoints during backups and other cybersecurity operations. Backup is crucial as it allows data recovery. Email security helps protect against malicious emails. The failover process is preconfigured, offering a simplistic switch over for servers.
Şefik Mert Polatay - PeerSpot reviewer
Ease of use, performance, availability, and scalability
The initial setup is very easy, user-friendly, and not complex. It mostly comes with all installed, an operating system, database, and security, all included in Power Systems. So users can easily install, configure, and use it. It's integrated with other systems. You can run different systems from IBM Power Systems, AIX Linux, or IBM I operating system. It's also integrated into Windows systems and other databases and servers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Acronis provides ease of use with all tools and solutions operating through a single console and agent."
"The solution can be improved by including a load balancer."
"The ability to automate the backup solution and recover entire mailboxes or even granular-level emails is very good for restoration and backup."
"The recovery feature is user-friendly and offers effective protection for our backups."
"Acronis provides ease of use with all tools and solutions operating through a single console and agent."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is data restoration or data recovery."
"Acronis Disaster Recovery has good scalability."
"Using the backup as an image helps our organization to have a clean machine in disaster recovery."
"The initial setup is very easy and user-friendly."
"The solution works well for very large organizations. It can scale quite well."
"Disaster Recovery Services is stable."
 

Cons

"The cost is acceptable."
"We need the server configuration capacity to be enlarged with the solution's help, as it does not currently include capabilities for storage expansion during recovery."
"Acronis could improve by incorporating an application or network load balancer."
"The solution covers specific versions of Windows and Linux, and it would be good if other Linux versions or some special appliances could work in the Acronis Disaster Recovery environment."
"They could provide pricing models considering the requirements of various countries and organizations."
"From an improvement perspective, the tool should allow users to add more data centers in the cloud."
"Acronis could improve by incorporating an application or network load balancer. They could also enhance endpoint security by integrating EDR within the security framework."
"Acronis Disaster Recovery is an expensive solution compared to other products."
"Disaster Recovery Services could provide better value for money."
"The infrastructure level of IBM's recovery systems could be improved."
"Stability could always be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Acronis Disaster Recovery is a cheap solution."
"The tool is a little bit expensive. When it comes to pricing, there is a range for the VMs and endpoints. It depends. A set of backups on a DR probably costs around 10 to 20 USD per endpoint."
"The tool's pricing is reasonable."
"The solution’s pricing is average."
"The product has an affordable price."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing two or three out of ten."
"The price of the solution is inexpensive."
"This pricing is quite reasonable."
"Disaster Recovery Services is expensive."
"The pricing of the solution is based on the scale of the project or business. It's based on the server amount and the amount of data being stored. For our client, based on the amount of data they have, it may be around $20,000 USD. It could get much more expensive on the customer side."
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Acronis Disaster Recovery?
Acronis Disaster Recovery is fairly priced. I would rate the pricing a five out of ten, indicating it is not too expensive.
What needs improvement with Acronis Disaster Recovery?
There is room for improvement in incorporating intelligence around disaster recovery. For instance, if a server is completely offline and destroyed, the system should offer an intelligent response,...
What is your primary use case for Acronis Disaster Recovery?
Our primary use case is to ensure that if the critical services for our clients go down, it fails over to a secondary location.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Disaster Recovery Services?
The pricing is perfect. It's not expensive because it's all-inclusive. The operating system, database, security, different file systems. So, overall, it's cheaper than Oracle or UNIX systems with O...
What is your primary use case for IBM Disaster Recovery Services?
The use case is for high availability and disaster recovery.
 

Also Known As

Acronis DRaaS
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Sample Customers

Bristows LLP, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
i-Virtualize, QD, Continuum Managed Services LLC, Royal Arctic Line, Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of the Philippines, Idwala Industrial Holdings Limited, A-Plant c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Hannover, eASPNet Taiwan Inc., Mobile Mini Inc., TriDatum Solutions Inc., M7 Managed Services Ltd., Hospital de la Concepci‹n
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