Acronis Cyber Protect vs Dell PowerProtect Data Manager comparison

Acronis and Dell Technologies are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Acronis is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.9, while Dell Technologies is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.6. Acronis holds a 4.2% mindshare in BRS, compared to Dell Technologies’s 4.3% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of Acronis users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

Acronis Cyber Protect

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86% willing to recommend

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Both Acronis Cyber Protect and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager compete in the data protection space. Based on comparisons, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager appears to have an upper hand due to its richer features and long-term benefits.

Features: Acronis Cyber Protect: comprehensive protection tools, ease of use, integration capabilities. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager: scalability, advanced backup options, robust management functionalities.

Room for Improvement: Acronis Cyber Protect: improved reporting, performance lags, enhancements in current functionalities. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager: more intuitive management console, better integration with third-party tools, user experience refinements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Acronis Cyber Protect deployment is generally straightforward, with support praised for responsiveness. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager requires more initial setup complexity but benefits from extensive documentation and robust customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Acronis Cyber Protect has competitive pricing, providing good value for smaller budgets, and a quicker ROI. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, while more expensive, is seen as a worthwhile investment due to its powerful features and long-term benefits.

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

122

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (5th)

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

11th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Protect is 4.2%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is 4.3%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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SameerMogale

Independent Business Owner at 3Kay Solutions

Encounter challenges in troubleshooting but experience efficient customer support

The application itself is a bit bloated. Although it has a lot of features when it comes to troubleshooting, we don't basically know where to start even though we do give them the log files to troubleshoot they don't give us a proper solution set. So I would say because it's bloated, it's a bit more difficult to troubleshoot where you get certain errors. From my side, on the POC I didn't really need to do much. It's only after we discovered there was a compatibility issue with the application that the client was running that we actually had to do a lot of log file shipping to Acronis themselves and getting solutions because of other problems. So on a day-to-day basis, you don't even maintain it, you just forget about it. You get alerts, but usually in between. It's quite easy to manage. To be honest with you, since I didn't really test that option of Acronis Cyber Protect, it's supposed to make everything feasible and easy to manage but I never got the option of testing it out, so I cannot really say at this stage.

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MinaMagdy1

Senior System Engineer at Nutanix

Comprehensive integration and user-friendly dashboard enhance data protection workflows

PowerProtect Data Manager lacks the tape-out functionality, which is important for organizations relying on it for offsite backup. While PowerProtect Data Manager offers a workaround, it's not always accepted, notably by sectors like banking. Additionally, I would like PowerProtect Data Manager to provide microservices and container backup for modern applications.

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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

"The interface is easy to use. They keep on adding new features. Acronis recently added multi-platform support."

"I can encrypt the data, I can make it send me an email if it fails. It lets me choose which files I want to ignore during backup."

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

"The stability of Acronis Cyber Protect is very high."

"It is fast and easy for an image-based backup across all platforms."

"It is a very stable solution."

"Acronis Backup is easy to use."

"The tool is user-friendly."

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"The most valuable feature of the solution is its integrated approach."

"One notable feature is its robust backup support for Kubernetes and container environments. Additionally, PPDM stands out for its ease of deployment and management compared to other backup solutions. It is highly user-friendly, allowing users to quickly learn and implement backup and restore processes within a week. PPDM represents the next generation of backup software and is comparable to offerings from other vendors. Furthermore, PPDM prioritizes security with various access controls, such as user and database access controls. Its deployment tool is also known for its simplicity."

"It's the perfect solution for virtual and container directives. The data reduction feature works well, and we haven't had any issues."

"I would say flexibility is the most important feature of the product. The performance and speed are the best on the market."

"I love that it has an interactive GUI, and it is not complicated to use."

"The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead."

"The management part of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager has improved significantly."

"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is a comprehensive backup software that integrates with Dell backup storage to enhance data protection."

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Cons

"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."

"The licensing approach becomes intricate when dealing with SharePoint."

"For smaller companies it's a little more challenging to maintain."

"It would be nice if it could support more types of storage: EMC, HPE, Veeam, etc."

"We have sometimes issues with the child copies and other similar functions, but it's normal with any backup solution. We need to fix those issues first in order for us to be able to do the backup properly."

"A little bit more integration would be good. It should support broader platforms."

"One improvement that could be made is adding the option to download files in a PST format when doing a 365 or Google Cloud to cloud backup."

"Because Acronis Backup is an on-premises solution, there is extra overhead. It's harder to manage, and there's no real remote access. You have to physically log in to the machine to manage it. The reporting feature works fine, and you will be able to send out reports. However, that is where it stops. The deployment could be improved and could be through a network chain. If we need to deploy two machines that are not connected to the internet but connected to two different networks, it would be great to have a machine with dual mix that has access to the backup server and to those machines. It would be like a relay that you can install on the machine with a two-mix, and that machine can then connect to your backup server and to the other machines. You should be able to see the other machines on that network and be able to deploy to it and push jobs to it."

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"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."

"PPDM requires further development. It is primarily integrated with DevOps systems."

"There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency."

"The interface is too complex."

"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."

"The marketing strategy is lagging behind competitors such as CommVault. Dell needs to improve its market presence and communication with customers and solution providers."

"The tool's scalability has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."

"They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"You don't have to pay for licenses. You can pay per gig per month. It is pretty reasonable, especially when you do it per gig."

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

"There are monthly fees to use Acronis Backup."

"You pay for what you use in the cloud. If you don't start the virtual machine in the cloud, you only pay for the information stored there. But when you start the virtual machine, another pricing model is activated."

"The pricing is reasonable. However, it depends on the storage that you use. It would be great to have a package that we can use up to a certain size of the backup, this would allow us to know what the price is going to be up to that capacity."

"The pricing is significantly higher than it was last year, which is understandable since they have introduced new technology, such as transitioning from backup to cybersecurity."

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

"The current subscription model of Acronis Backup compared to other backup solutions is not costly."

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"We offer monthly or yearly subscriptions. The price could be cheaper."

"The price of Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is reasonable."

"The solution is more affordable than other vendors."

"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is not an expensive solution."

"The licensing costs and pricing model are based on capacity and the license is easy to upgrade."

"The solution is not less expensive than competitors but pricing deals are available."

"The product is offered at a very competitive price in the market."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

17%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

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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 do you like most about Dell PowerProtect Data Manager?

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Overall, pricing does not significantly impact our decision. The main concern is the solution itself, presales activities, and positioning it in the right place. Commercial aspects are secondary to...

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What needs improvement with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager?

The marketing strategy is lagging behind competitors such as CommVault. Dell needs to improve its market presence and communication with customers and solution providers.

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Also Known As

Acronis Backup, Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard, Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced

PowerProtect, Dell EMC PowerProtect

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.

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PowerProtect Data Manager offers efficient data protection capabilities leveraging the latest evolution of Dell trusted protection storage architecture.

With operational simplicity, agility and flexibility at its core, PowerProtect Data Manager enables the protection, management and recovery of data in on-premises, virtualized and cloud deployments, including protection of in-cloud workloads. You can also protect cloud-native workloads across multiple public clouds via our integrated SaaS based PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager.

Modernize how you protect your VMware virtual machines using Transparent Snapshots. Transparent Snapshots simplifies VM image backups for near-zero impact to your VMs or VM resources – and it works with any VMware supported storage. Transparent Snapshots innovation increases backup performance, lowers costs and simplifies management and reduces the risk of data loss.

Streamline data protection directly for applications or Kubernetes containers to Dell PowerProtect appliances and reduce application resource constraints.

Increase business resiliency with PowerProtect Cyber Recovery capabilities to rapidly recover from cyber incidents.

Modular design allows agile delivery of new features and updates. Rapidly evolve to meet future IT demands.

Software defined: Provide flexible data protection and compliance across applications and cloud-native IT environments
Multi-cloud optimized: Extend protection to the cloud with backup to cloud, backup in-cloud, long term retention and cloud disaster recovery
Self-service: Backup and restore directly from native applications
Cloud-Based Monitoring and Analytics: Telemetry, machine learning and predictive analytics to proactively take action and speed time to resolution

Reviews from Real Users

“We keep an eye on the future, and we are confident that PowerProtect Data Manager and PowerProtect DD series appliances will support our transformation project. Both products are continuously evolving and will cover our future needs, including using the cloud for data protection.” – Dimitris Mavromichalis, IT Deputy Manager at National Bank of Greece

“PowerProtect Data Manager combined with PowerProtect appliances – that’s cutting edge. That’s world leading as far as we’re concerned.” – Drew Hills, Infrastructure Analyst at USC Australia

““Most of my wish list came true with the PowerProtect Data Manager plugin for vSphere, which provides perfect integration with vCenter.” – Dave Chapman, Senior Technician at PSC Publishing

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Sample Customers

Kings Academy, Rush Memorial, Pentagon Credit Union, Oxford School District, New York City Probation, Dolmen Insurance, New Bedford Community Health, Gerard Darel, Ready Honda

National Bank of Greece, USC Australia, PCS Publishing, Dell Digital IT, Rushmore Electric, Melanson Health, Arrow Electronics

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