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Acronis Disaster Recovery vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 23, 2025

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
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
13th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veeam Data Platform
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
423
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (1st), Cloud Backup (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (5th), Cloud Monitoring Software (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Acronis Disaster Recovery is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Platform is 22.8%, down from 28.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
 

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.
Edward Hore - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable with good support but needs a better navigation menu
We use Veeam Data to back up our VMware infrastructure Veeam Data Platform is valuable for its stability and the ability to easily contact support for assistance. The support team provides answers whenever we need them. It is also one of the most scalable backup solutions I've worked with. The…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Our customers use Acronis Disaster Recovery for data backup."
"Using the backup as an image helps our organization to have a clean machine in disaster recovery."
"One key feature is it encrypts your data at rest which is really good."
"Acronis Disaster Recovery has good scalability."
"The most valuable features of the product for me are its backup and recovery functionalities."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is data restoration or data recovery."
"Patch management, backup, and disaster recovery have been the solution's most valuable features for our data protection strategy."
"Acronis provides ease of use with all tools and solutions operating through a single console and agent."
"It is a powerful software for communicating with the storage and for redundancy."
"The ntegration of physical agents with our cloud connect service is positive."
"Storage gateway feature is very flexible."
"The most valuable feature is the internal recovery."
"The monthly reports come complete with graphs and summaries, it's really helpful."
"Veeam ONE has proven to be a reliable tool not just for backups but also for general hypervisor management."
"The solution's customer service is good."
"The good thing about Veeam is that its initial setup and usage are straightforward."
 

Cons

"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."
"The product should improve compute points."
"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."
"Overall, Acronis is a good solution, but it needs improvements in some areas like IDR, XDR, and other aspects."
"Acronis Disaster Recovery is an expensive solution compared to other products."
"Acronis Disaster Recovery should provide software information wherein I can change my setup to collect more information."
"The documentation can be improved, this would have helped."
"Integration with other equipment could be improved."
"The backup and integration could be improved."
"I would want them to improve some technical features that are still missing because we are working with NetApp NVMe and they're not fully supporting it yet. But both NetApp and Veeam know about it and they're working on it."
"They could offer a hardware appliance as a comprehensive, full-stack solution."
"The price could be optimized, and I am still waiting for support for physical hardware. However, it is currently easy to back up and restore environments with this software."
"The initial setup is not always easy, and customers often need a lot of help to get Veeam up and running successfully."
"I would like to have them come up with more robust features when it comes to individual endpoint protection."
"The implementation was straightforward. However, we used an integrator, the process could be easier for us to do it ourselves."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product has an affordable price."
"The solution’s pricing is average."
"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."
"Acronis Disaster Recovery is a cheap solution."
"The tool's pricing is reasonable."
"This pricing is quite reasonable."
"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."
"The license subscription could be more straightforward."
"I rate the pricing a five, depending on the application and environment."
"It is not expensive and I would rate it five out of ten."
"On a one to ten scale, where one is very cheap and ten is very expensive, I rate the price as a five out of ten."
"It is an affordable solution."
"The pricing is good and affordable."
"The licensing is based on the number of cores you have in your ESX or Hyper-V environment."
"I consider that the product's price falls under the middle range category."
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Comparison Review

it_user159711 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 9, 2014
VMware SRM vs. Veeam vs. Zerto
Disaster recovery planning is something that seems challenging for all businesses. Virtualization in addition to its operational flexibility, and cost reduction benefits, has helped companies improve their DR posture. Virtualization has made it easier to move machines from production to…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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.
Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?
Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four ...
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Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file system backups inside VMs., support for tape library & FC too. But Veritas Netbac...
How does Nakivo compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?
Nakivo is my favorite backup software. Below are the main benefits of Nakivo compared to Veeam 1. Low cost. 2. Backup storage with global deduplication (this is the main requirement of a backup sol...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Acronis DRaaS
Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Bristows LLP, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
Business & Legal Resources Inc., Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities, Alliance Healthcare, Poulin Grain Inc., Linear Technology, Northwestern University, ARKEMA, Sogegross, City of Lynchburg
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