Acronis Cyber Protect vs Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] comparison

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Acronis and Quest Software are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Additionally, 86% of Acronis users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

Acronis Cyber Protect

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86% willing to recommend

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 26, 2025

Acronis Cyber Protect and Quest Rapid Recovery compete in the data protection and backup software domain, with Acronis offering superior features like universal restore and data synchronization.

Features:Acronis Cyber Protect stands out with scheduling backups, seamless data synchronization, and universal restore capabilities, supporting multiple operating systems such as Windows and Linux. It offers diverse backup options including incremental, full, and differential backups. Quest Rapid Recovery is known for its effective virtualization capabilities, especially for mounting and replicating virtual environments, making it suitable for smaller enterprises.

Room for Improvement:Acronis Cyber Protect faces criticism for its lengthy installation process and significant disk space requirements, along with data decryption challenges affecting recovery speeds. Product version inconsistencies also pose issues. Quest Rapid Recovery is hindered by its limited support and complexity in backing up specific files and folders. Its integration features need enhancement, and it lacks file-level backup capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:Acronis Cyber Protect offers flexible deployment across hybrid, public, private clouds, and on-premises settings, while Quest Rapid Recovery is restricted to on-premises, limiting scalability. Both receive mixed reviews for customer service, though Acronis supporters note more consistency in quality and responsiveness compared to Quest's less effective support staff.

Pricing and ROI:Acronis Cyber Protect is perceived as cost-effective for SMBs due to flexible licensing models and reasonable support fees, despite feedback on overall pricing competitiveness. Quest Rapid Recovery is considered expensive for virtual backup offerings but remains competitively priced against peers like Datto. Acronis provides more predictable pricing structures, while Quest demands higher costs for extra features and storage capacities.

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

125

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (14th), Cloud Backup (10th)

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Featured Reviews

ArunKumar24

Chairman at ONGC

Reliable image backups have protected our HMIs and simplified on‑premises recovery

We have not tried the vulnerability assessment feature yet because we have a different set of protocols for our cybersecurity. We conduct audits and plug the gaps as part of our security approach. We are not using AI with the anti-malware from Acronis; we are using it only for backup and recovery. On the backup and restoration side with Acronis Backup, some on-premises AI features which can detect anomalies may be something which would improve the product significantly. Otherwise, we are not very comfortable with cloud-based solutions at this time. We are looking for products which are entirely on-premises, so they remain within our control.

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Ujwal Sawant

Technical Manager at Optimistic Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd

Reliable and efficient for our data backup needs

I would rate the easiness of the initial setup as an eight out of ten. During our initial setup of Quest Rapid Recovery, we encountered some smaller issues, mainly related to version compatibility and system changes. Setting up Quest Rapid Recovery was quick and done within a day. We started by ensuring the required prerequisites were in place. One server was dedicated to Rapid Recovery, and another acted as a proxy for communication. After installing the Rapid Recovery client on both servers and establishing communication, we configured settings and set up a backup schedule, deciding on file-level or full backups as needed. The process was straightforward, making the deployment efficient and completed within a day. One person with the right skills is all it takes for the deployment.

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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 most valuable feature is the quick restoration. We can restore the data quickly."

"For local backups, it has options to back up almost any storage. The back can be either a shared folder or anything you want, it's pretty flexible."

"In our recent experiences, Acronis Cyber Protect proved most valuable during instances of colleagues facing migration challenges due to ransomware impacts. In these situations, where servers and backups were affected, having a backup stored in external drives or other devices within our data centers posed risks. To address this vulnerability, we decided to shift to a cloud backup solution."

"Fortunately, all of their backups were up to date and the recovery went OK."

"Any customer who uses Acronis that has needed to restore anything from their backup has had a 99% success rate, where they have been able to restore data without any problems."

"The best thing about it is that we can back up pretty much everything we want to; we don't have to have multiple solutions, as it can back up any physical or virtual server, including servers in Azure, as well as SharePoint, OneDrive, and G Suite, so everything we need to back up can be backed up, and that's why we like it."

"Acronis Backup is the kind of product that is quite easy to get started with, as it is pretty straightforward."

"The main reason we went with Acronis Cyber Protect is because it provides a virtual machine backup feature."

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"The solution is a great backup for the retail environment."

"Probably the point-in-time recovery is most valuable. The other piece that is really nice is that you can mount a whole server at any point in time. So, you can mount the server with all the drives to a Z drive or something like that. It will just mount it all up, and your data is accessible right there on one drive, which is nice."

"Just knowing that the data is easily recoverable is our ROI. It definitely lowers risk."

"One feature I found that's the most valuable in Quest Rapid Recovery is the VM standby feature which is very useful for my current customer. The solution also has a great replication feature. The third most valuable feature in Quest Rapid Recovery is the five-minute RPO and the fifteen-minute RTO. The solution is also very user-friendly."

"The general backup for replication and virtual standby are the most valuable aspects; it does what it says it does and is a decent tool for not a big budget."

"Disk backup (archiving to the cloud) is its most valuable feature because it provides for our disaster recovery plan."

"The local mount utility is most valuable. I do restores fairly regularly. Thankfully, I have not ever lost an entire server that I've had to resurrect, but I certainly have people who erroneously saved over a file or have deleted a file. So, we've done that quite a bit. We still have the DL4000 appliance, and we had, kind of, extrapolated that out over a five-year period. Now, we're in year six, so we had to add storage, which we did as a SAN next to DL4000, but prior to adding in that extra storage, we, here and there, would run into situations where for whatever reason, it would want to be pulling a new base image, and then we would run out of storage. So, we would utilize the archive feature and archive the old data that we want to hang on to, but we don't necessarily need it taking up current data storage. Being able to export out really old data is most valuable to us. Then, we just store that on a NAS that we keep in another building."

"Rapid Recovery is one of the most durable and rock-stable solutions."

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Cons

"Yes, especially in the restore, a simple update for the software messed up the whole setup."

"I would like to have more cybersecurity integration to properly round up the product and its offering. In terms of cybersecurity, if the offerings can be more versatile so that it is not just a backup solution, it would be great. Some addition to cybersecurity would really be helpful so that it becomes a kind of a suite of products. Backup and recovery form a part of the broader security strategy. Its integration with other cybersecurity solutions would provide proper visibility to not just your cybersecurity dashboard but also to all of your backups. You would have a pretty good view of the entire security landscape that you are managing."

"The solution could use a single sign-on integration that can default to the admin dashboard."

"The replication part and failover are areas in which improvements are required."

"When an error occurs, the information is not always easy to understand and these messages should be made more clear."

"Their support process can be quite lengthy...This is an area that needs improvement."

"In the span of six months, maintenance is done at least twice and you are told that it is coming up, with apologies for the inconvenience. It's a distraction, and it interferes with the backup schedule."

"I would change the GUI a little to make it a bit more interactive."

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"It's very expensive which is why I want to drop it."

"One area where Quest Rapid Recovery has room for improvement is in the handling of snapshots on Hyper-V."

"The terminology didn't seem easily available. When I go to the website, it is hard to search for things. You get all the articles, then you finally get the search button. They need the search at the top of the knowledge base. Then, on occasion, if you get an error message in the system, which is very important, it says, "Click here for more information," but I never get more information. The search engine doesn't find it or it is some weird error. It has never worked for me."

"In terms of what needs improvement in Quest Rapid Recovery, though the solution is seamless, right now, they are just giving the software which means we'll need to arrange the hardware. If they can combine the appliance and software, that would be a great approach. In the next release of Quest Rapid Recovery, it would be great if they'd add a folder backup feature because only a snapshot backup feature is available at the moment."

"Rapid Recovery can only backup the machine or disc, but it can't back up from folders, and files, and things like that."

"It is expensive. If you do not need physical backups, it is expensive for basic virtual backups."

"I think the self-paced learning and knowledge base can always be improved so that users can self-service without having to contact either a reseller or Quest. I know there are things that I would have been looking for to try and solve. And the only way I could get there was to actually open a ticket rather than go through self-service through the portal."

"There is room for improvement in customer service and support. I would like to see faster response time."

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"The pricing model is a little complex to find the right size for what you need. It takes a lot of hours to figure it out."

"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."

"There is a license required for this solution and it can be on a monthly basis."

"The pricing is comparable to the newest solution available on the market, Altaro."

"I would say that at the pricepoint that it's at, it's definitely worth the money."

"The price of the solution is expensive and could be reduced a little."

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

"Licensing fees are billed annually and there are no extra charges."

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"Its price is okay. It is reasonable in terms of the way it works."

"The pricing is on the higher end."

"I'm not aware of the exact cost of Quest Rapid Recovery because I'm from the technical team, but in general, the solution is quite competitive cost-wise."

"When I purchased the change to the license, it was $1,600. I think that was for changing the license. I don't believe that I had to purchase technical support in a while, so I must've bought maybe for five years, but I don't feel there was a huge cost involved in technical support. Its cost was definitely worth it because we've had a fantastic experience with them."

"I believe the basic license comes with six terabytes, whereas a lot of the other ones are four terabytes. From the price point, it seemed a lot better than the comparative models, such as Datto, Barracuda, and some of the others. I believe Barracuda was about $15,000 for four terabytes, and Quest was around $12,000 for six terabytes. Pricing is based on the period. There is just the maintenance fee that you have to pay annually, or you can pay for a three-year or four-year contract. This includes Premier Support."

"It is a little expensive. However, I haven't compared it to other solutions. Being a nonprofit, it is always good to have nonprofit discounts on products."

"Licensing fees are based on the amount of data that you want to store, which is related to how many customers you want to cover."

"It's very expensive which is why I want to drop it. They charge us per core and we have a six-core server. It's expensive to pay for maintenance charges. I want to switch to something cheaper."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

17%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	70
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	24

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	2

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How does Acronis Backup compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?

Acronis Backup is a versatile backup-as-a-service solution for service providers. It allows you to protect workloads on-premises and in the cloud and provide backup to any storage. The deployment i...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Acronis Backup?

I am from the technical team, so I do not get pricing information, and those things are managed by product managers. I think it is not that expensive. That is why many of our customers are using it...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Quest Rapid Recovery?

Dell solutions are approximately 30% to 35% more expensive than Veeam.

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What needs improvement with Quest Rapid Recovery?

The product is expensive.

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What is your primary use case for Quest Rapid Recovery?

We have sold some of the products to our customers, mainly to remove competitors like Veeam and also other appliances that do not have the whole package integrated into just one appliance.

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Also Known As

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

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Overview

Acronis Cyber Protect streamlines data recovery and security with cloud compatibility, supporting diverse environments seamlessly. Its powerful interface facilitates management and deployment, ensuring data integrity for businesses prioritizing operational efficiency.

Acronis Cyber Protect delivers comprehensive protection with easy data recovery, encryption, and a user-centric interface that simplifies management tasks. It excels in supporting a broad range of hardware and operating systems. Featuring universal restore and image backup, it enables rapid deployment, while providing robust anti-malware and ransomware protection, coupled with backup deduplication. The flexible deployment options and effective management console are complemented by real-time reporting and customizable backups, enhancing operational efficiency. However, resource consumption during installation, complex interface, and limited database support can be points of consideration. The complexity in installation and pricing structure can affect affordability, yet its multifaceted utility in securing critical data remains a compelling advantage.

What are the key features of Acronis Cyber Protect?

Easy Data Recovery: Facilitates rapid data recovery to minimize downtime.
Encryption: Provides secure data protection through advanced encryption methods.
Cloud Compatibility: Seamlessly integrates with cloud platforms for flexible deployment.
Universal Restore: Allows quick system recovery on different hardware.
Anti-Malware: Offers strong protection against malware threats.
Ransomware Protection: Shields data from ransomware attacks.
Backup Deduplication: Saves storage space through efficient backup management.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Operational Efficiency: Enhanced workflow with real-time reporting and customizable backups.
Data Integrity: Security features significantly bolster data protection.
Deployment Flexibility: Supports diverse environments for easy adaptation.
Effective Management Console: Streamlines management of backup and recovery tasks.

Acronis Cyber Protect finds significant use in industries such as finance, healthcare, and IT services where data security and recovery are paramount. By supporting server, workstation, and cloud environments like Azure VMs, it provides versatile recovery and backup solutions. Its implementation by solution providers ensures clients benefit from comprehensive data protection strategies, enhancing business resilience.

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Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] provides easy-to-use backup and recovery capabilities, emphasizing granular recovery and point-in-time restoration with simple installation, data replication, and user-friendly navigation.

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] helps manage infrastructure environments with features supporting disk backup, archiving, VM standby, and replication. Despite limitations like sluggish GUI, lack of support for tape and Mac, and high memory use, users appreciate its real-time data replication and strong reliability. The tool is employed in on-prem deployments and aids in disaster recovery, protecting data across cloud and on-premise servers, securing databases, and facilitating quick recovery during failures.

What are Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]'s key features?

Ease of Use: Simplifies operations with a user-friendly interface.
Granular Recovery: Allows detailed data retrieval.
Point-in-Time Restoration: Enables specific time data recovery.
Real-time Replication: Ensures up-to-date data replication.
Compression and Deduplication: Streamlines data management.

What benefits can users expect from Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]?

Improved Storage Efficiency: Enhanced by archiving and disk backup support.
Flexibility: Utilizing VM standby and replication features.
Reliability: Offers fast emergency recovery with minimal admin burden.

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] is integral for industries requiring robust data protection, encompassing crucial server and database backups in compliance-focused environments with SQL databases and Hyper-V hosts, ensuring swift and dependable recovery solutions.

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