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Network Administrator at Hanatech
Real User
Jul 28, 2020
Enables us to find agents and is good, useful, and user-friendly
Pros and Cons
  • "It's always stable. It's very good, useful, and user-friendly."
  • "I would like to have more hardware space. It would make it better. I would like to have two more terabytes."

What is our primary use case?

My daily use is that I log into the Admin Portal and I go to the portal of our customers and I get agent software for Windows or Linux. I then copy this agent on another server and I register that.

Our primary use case is to find agents.

What needs improvement?

I would like to have more hardware space. It would make it better. I would like to have two more terabytes. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I started using Acronis six months ago.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's always stable. It's very good, useful, and user-friendly.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We are planning to buy the disaster edition and to use more of Acronis. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was simple. It was done in ten minutes. 

I set it up for somebody else. 

What other advice do I have?

I think that Acronis Backup is good.

In terms of improvement, it would be helpful to know the Acronis support email to directly contact other Acronis support emails.

I would rate Acronis Backup a ten out of ten. I am very satisfied with Acronis. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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reviewer1381935 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Reseller
Jul 7, 2020
Restore point gives us what we need at the time we need it
Pros and Cons
  • "One of the features I have found most valuable is the restore point - it gives us what we need at the time we need it. The important thing is that the backup for Acronis doesn't depend as much on the device."
  • "For smaller companies, it's a little more challenging to maintain."

What is most valuable?

One of the features I have found most valuable is the restore point - it gives us what we need at the time we need it. The important thing is that the backup for Acronis doesn't depend as much on the device. 

Another reason we use Acronis is that it allows you to back up a lot of data without losing too much on the time delay during the backup. Also, the amount of data that you can back up for one price is much better than other solutions where the price depends on the amount of the data being backed up.

The speed of the backup solution depends a lot on the speed being deployed on the customer side. For some customers, Acronis is a much better solution.

What needs improvement?

For some customers, it doesn't just depend on the type of product that you use, but on the infrastructure of the customer as well. Some customers don't have the potential or the infrastructure to support a cloud-based solution as a backup. That's why he had to go to on-premises and use a hybrid solution, which is why using SolarWind for our customers.

So for smaller companies, it's a little more challenging to maintain. But it's hard to say because you could have a very small company, but they have the potential of moving everything using a cloud infrastructure because they have the local infrastructure ready to support that kind of service. But another company may not have the infrastructure to support that kind of service. There are many factors for what kind of services are good for one customer and not good for another one, including the speed of data transfer that the customer can allow. That will determine if you're going to use a backup cloud solution versus a hybrid solution.

Actually, with Acronis, you can back up almost everything that you need to back up, including the engine database. So I don't see what else we could add to that solution for improvement.

When I look from the customer's perspective, everything is there. What could be good is just to have a simple package that could be appropriate for small companies who don't have the requirements for using the cloud solution. Maybe they could just have something a little more on-premises that could allow Acronis to do the customer's backup and then bring it to the cloud. That could be something that Acronis could try because everything now seems to be going to the cloud.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Acronis Backup for at least eight months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is nice. It's good. I love it.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I like Acronis Backup's scalability. It is very easy. Acronis gives you a lot of options.

How are customer service and technical support?

Up to now I didn't have to reach technical support for any kind of problem with Acronis because up to now I never had any problem.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. You just deploy the program and the setup. Then you just have to specify what you need to backup with the schedule that you want. That's it.

What other advice do I have?

On a scale of one to ten I would give Acronis Backup a nine.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jun 29, 2020
A web-based interface that is stable and easy to use, but error messages need to be more clear
Pros and Cons
  • "The web-based interface makes it easy to use."
  • "Acronis Backup is the kind of product that is quite easy to get started with, as it is pretty straightforward."
  • "When an error occurs, the information is not always easy to understand and these messages should be made more clear."
  • "One of my clients is using version 11.7, which I feel has quite a few bugs and is not easy to work with."

What is our primary use case?

We are a solution provider and Acronis Backup is one of the products that we implement for our clients. We have one management server, 20 servers with agents, and between 15 and 20 workstations that we take regular backups of. All of these backups are stored on tape.

What is most valuable?

The web-based interface makes it easy to use.

The popularity of the product means that many people are familiar with it, which is helpful. For example, the company that supplies our hardware also deals with Acronis.

What needs improvement?

One of my clients is using version 11.7, which I feel has quite a few bugs and is not easy to work with. I always recommend that my clients upgrade to version 12.5. It is much more stable and better than the older version.

When an error occurs, the information is not always easy to understand and these messages should be made more clear. Because our system is not connected to the internet, we cannot use the incorporated links to the knowledge base.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been dealing with Acronis Backup for about six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We had some problems in the beginning when it came to getting all of our clients running the way we wanted, but once you get it implemented properly, it is quite stable. For the past few years, it has been running without a problem.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Our installation base is not very large, at 20 servers, and 15 to 20 workstations, although I have also worked with the virtual hosts and virtual machines. From what I have seen, the scalability has been very good. The majority of our clients are medium-sized businesses.

How are customer service and technical support?

I have been in touch with technical support and the last time, at least, was very good. We did get put in contact with a very good person who was able to help us. However, I know that my colleague had some problems a few years ago, so it might depend on who you get for support. Also, if you escalate the ticket to level two or level three support then it will be good.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is quite straightforward. My colleague handled the implementation and from what I could see, it was quite fast and there were no issues. On person is suitable for deployment.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before one of my recent clients choose Acronis Backup, I was looking to see if there any other products that were preferable. However, my client ultimately preferred Acronis. 

What other advice do I have?

My advice to anybody who is considering this solution is that they are a well-known product, and you can find a lot of information about it online if you search the knowledge base and forums. There are a lot of people who have a lot of experience with it. In fact, the biggest lesson that I have learned from using it is that if I run into problems then I can find answers by searching the internet.

Acronis Backup is the kind of product that is quite easy to get started with, as it is pretty straightforward. The user interface is easy to understand, except for the trouble we have when it comes to reading the error messages.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user1347747 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Consultant at HGC Global Communications Limited
Consultant
Jun 8, 2020
A full software service product with quick deployment but lacking in technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "This is a full software so deployment time is very quick."
  • "The most valuable feature of the solution for me is that it's a full software as a service product so deployment time will be very quick."
  • "There is no technical support available for this product and there is also minimal documentation available."

What is our primary use case?

I'm a solutions consultant and we're a customer of Acronis. 

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of the solution for me is that it's a full software as a service product so deployment time will be very quick.

What needs improvement?

We're based in Hong Kong and I think if Acronis could provide local support and some local consultants that would be an improvement. I've just carried out the trial on the solution and actually there is no technical support available for this product. There is also minimal documentation available and if that could be improved it would make a big difference. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using a trial version of the product for two months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's a stable solution. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of the product is fine. It's a cloud product so you just purchase online. For now, I'm the only one in the company using the solution. Once testing is complete that will change.

How was the initial setup?

I'm using the software as a service, so there's no installation.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution a seven out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user449823 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at PeerSpot
Real User
Mar 26, 2020
Does its job very well and has interesting capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "It actually does its job very well and has interesting capabilities, but it has the most awful interface."
  • "The whole product structure is confusing. You can actually get to do what you want to do. But Acronis seems to have a singular ability to make things difficult."

What is our primary use case?

We implement Acronis for our clients and we also use it internally. 

What is most valuable?

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

It's like there hasn't been any clear thought of linking process to the interface model. It's a very frustrating product but what it does, it does well, which is why even for all of those reasons we still standardize on it as our preferred backup solution. But it drives us mad. 

What needs improvement?

I'll be completely honest, it's a very annoying product.

The whole product structure is confusing. You can actually get to do what you want to do. But Acronis seems to have a singular ability to make things difficult.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Acronis Backup for a few years now. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's scalable. We have around ten to fifteen users. The users are a combination of end-users and admins. 

How are customer service and technical support?

Their technical support is excellent.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is slightly complex because the interface design is poor. So certainly, we've often had to scrap our strategies and go back and redo them. I would say that it's slightly complex to get to what you want.

You have to recognize that you might have to go and do it again once or twice until you get it working exactly the way you want it to work.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend it, but warn people new to it, to be aware that they might well be a bit frustrated at first.

I would rate Acronis Backup an eight out of ten. It's one of those products that probably needs an overhaul because it's kind of evolved over time and sometimes when you evolve things, you end up in a hole. It's probably about time for them to sit back and realize that they've made all this functionality and made all these changes so they should go back. 

Also, managing the product is difficult. As a partner, it's difficult to manage our end-user clients because there's no single dashboard where we can go and see our clients and manage them individually. You have to set up an individual setup for each client, which is a bit frustrating.

I would like to see improvements for people that are probably doing an MSP type of approach, managed service providers so that they had a much simpler way to view their end-user situations.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. reseller
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ERP / HMIS / EMR Specialist at Fauji Foundation
Real User
Aug 23, 2019
Backup & Recovery Tool for System Administrators

In any network and system environment, backup and recovery is one of the most crucial, critical and inevitably important and demanding task. There are two products (Norton Ghost & Acronis True Image) which are top of the line in terms of granularity and flexibility. Reliable and rapid recovery is one of the system administrators’ strong needs in deployed domains.


I had used Norton Ghost v.9 quite for some time and the sole purpose for usage was client pc’s restoration in case of HDD failure caused by malfunction, viral activity or any other reason for system drive corruption. Though both Ghost and Acronis provide excellent recovery from scratch for partition recovery to full HDD and Logical Volume backup and restore for almost all Microsoft operating systems (MS Small Business Server, MS Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012 and downstream to Windows Xp), moreover both support for Linux flavors like Ubuntu, Fedora and RHEL 6.


As a regular user of Acronis True image now for windows domain which consist of 74 pc's, with identical hardware and software considerations I found the Acronis true image as an best solution for backup & recovery and optimum tool for any HDD cloning.(Domain Controller with Windows 2003 R2 64 bit operating system on it without any limitation).


I found Acronis to be the best solution for following salient reasons:


1. Acronis UI is simple and easy to understand for novice user as well as advance user .All important tasks focused on one page.


2. True image is providing far more granular facilities like file and folder recovery.


3. Acronis doesn’t require .NET framework 2.x as Norton Ghost.


4. Acronis provides bootable support for Linux as compared to Norton Ghost and NovaStor Backup.


5. Acronis provided unlimited number of backups and doesn’t limit.


6. Network Drive backup is also supported for backup through Acronis True Image.


7. Image size of Acronis is less than image created through Norton Ghost.


8. Acronis keeps all of its incremental and full backups in Acronis Secure Zone which is inaccessible by malware, user interventions or any possible corruption of the image for backup. Secure zone is a propriety partition which is referred as ASZ only accessible by Acronis Backup and Recovery.


9. Recovery disk can be created on almost any type of portable device i.e. USB memory stick, external HDD, Zip drive etc.


Possible Cons:


Help Support is far less than Norton Ghost.


Domain Controller HDD image created through Acronis might pose problems like rejoining of the client pc to domain ,


Reliability in case of Active directory partition, MS SQL Server, Exchange Server is doubtful.


I am using Acronis bootable USB stick with image on it and almost saving 3 hrs. of manhours of our technical staff. One of other benefit which my Windows Domain gets is restoration of image on different hardware with Acronis Universal Restore.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Sofiane Medhkour - PeerSpot reviewer
Sofiane MedhkourHead System /Solution Architect at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User

nice product, i'm using it for more then 12 years

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Directord378 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Global Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
May 20, 2019
An established and consistent product but is lacking in cutting-edge features
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is its consistency."
  • "This is not a feature-rich solution."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution to backup some core, critical systems in our primary data center.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is its consistency. It is an established product.

What needs improvement?

I feel like this product a little bit locked in the past.

This is not a feature-rich solution.

I would like to see a more SaaS-based solution, perhaps more cloud-centric. Essentially, keeping in lock-step with the other companies out there doing platform (PaaS) or software (SaaS) as a service, solutions.

We would like a more cutting edge, cloud-based DR solution that uses, for example, compression algorithms to make sure that backups run faster.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have never had scalability problems with it.

How are customer service and technical support?

I have not directly spoken with technical support.

What about the implementation team?

We leverage all of our operations through what used to be Dell Services but is now known as NTT Data.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did an evaluation of many different solutions, primarily because we were moving from more on-premise to cloud-based solutions. So, as a result of going to the cloud, we looked at the Best of Breed in the cloud space.

Ultimately, we implemented two solutions. We use a Veeam cloud backup appliance solution and a leveraged TSM environment for our core operations provider. It was decided based on cost flexibility and technology richness.

What other advice do I have?

Because this solution is not feature-rich, we have looked at other solutions.

My advice for somebody who wants to implement this solution is to make sure that they understand the requirements. This includes the RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and the RPO (Recovery Point Objective). Based on the requirements, find the solution that is going to fit best for what they really want to invest in.

I would rate this solution a six out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Engineering Director at IT group
Real User
Mar 11, 2019
It has improved the efficiency of work
Pros and Cons
  • "It has improved the efficiency of work."
  • "The manual is too simple."

What is our primary use case?

Backing up the whole machine of the workstation.

How has it helped my organization?

It has improved the efficiency of work.

What is most valuable?

Active protection.

What needs improvement?

The manual is too simple.

For how long have I used the solution?

Trial/evaluations only.
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‎IT Software Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Jul 24, 2018
It's possible to use the solution not only on-premise but also in some cloud environments
Pros and Cons
  • "Acronis is quite a good solution for that."
  • "They need to continue working on it to make it work more smoothly and faster."

What is our primary use case?

I am using it for testing, to investigate the program.

What is most valuable?

For me, the valuable feature is that they are looking forward at some cloud integrations and to bring in some of their solutions for Azure and other clouds. It's possible to use the solution not only on-premise but also in some cloud environments that have been growing lately.

They also have a very big knowledge base and support. If you don't know something or something goes wrong, you can always find yourself a solution or contact help and receive good consultation.

What needs improvement?

They need to continue working on it to make it work more smoothly and faster.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I am satisfied with the stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability is good.

How is customer service and technical support?

I have been satisfied with technical support.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was average, not very hard but also not a one-click installation.

What other advice do I have?

it's better to search for a solution from among the top vendors. Acronis is one of them. In any environment you need a backup solution and protection for disaster recovery. You need to use a solution to back up your servers and Active Directory, etc. Acronis is quite a good solution for that.

The most important criteria when selecting a vendor are the vendor's reputation and the quality of the solution.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner.
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Jason Bloom - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at Bloom Technology Group
Real User
Top 20
May 31, 2018
Takes a lot of the manual work out of replicating backups
Pros and Cons
  • "The ability to clone backups."
  • "It has taken a lot of the manual work out of replicating backups."
  • "I would like to see better centralized management, because I use it across multiple clients. To have a console that centrally manages them would be nice."

What is our primary use case?

I use it for server backups and workstation backups and it performs pretty well.

How has it helped my organization?

It has taken a lot of the manual work out of replicating backups.

What is most valuable?

The ability to clone backups, to have backups replicated.

What needs improvement?

Better centralized management, because I use it across multiple clients. To have a console that centrally manages them would be nice.

For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I use it for very small workstations to launch servers, so the scalability is good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We chose Acronis because it had better non-cloud backup features.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was very straightforward, it was easy. There weren't any complications to it.

What other advice do I have?

My most important criterion when selecting a vendor is the usual: pricing.

I rate this solution at eight out of 10. I don't think any backup solution is perfect, so I think eight is a fair rating for it.

Make sure you are looking for objectives for your backup. There are less expensive solutions out there. You really have to weigh what your backup objectives are in the first place.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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