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Acronis Cyber Protect vs Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
123
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (11th), Cloud Backup (6th)
Veeam Agent for Microsoft W...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Mohamed Naeem - PeerSpot reviewer
Has ensured reliable data protection and quick recovery across various industries
The features of Acronis Cyber Protect that I find most useful for my customers are the Vault, data protection, and the ability to protect and access data anytime with the Vault feature. The AI-based antimalware feature in Acronis Cyber Protect is very effective in preventing cyber threats. AI is a good asset in protecting cybersecurity because it provides inception into threats and how to react with them before securing. It is very important and a great asset as a feature. The biggest benefit of Acronis Cyber Protect for my customers is that it is a great asset to protect business data and ensure data is in a secure Vault. Users can gain access to their data anytime. My future work will require mobility, so cloud-based access to data will be very beneficial.
Salman Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Functional application availability
There are not many options available for AIX backup. They provide the agent for AIX, but it could be more mature, and they should improve that option. They also provide the AIX agent, which is similar to the Windows and Linux agents. Since we use AIX machines, we need to take backups of those machines. However, the options available in that agent are limited. Therefore, the new version should have improvements in that area.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution was easy to install and to deploy."
"Centralized management is valuable to us."
"For me, the tool proved most valuable in scenarios where it offered easy setup, fast backups, and recognition of SQL logs on virtual machines."
"The interface is easy to use. They keep on adding new features. Acronis recently added multi-platform support."
"If you need to recover, it's the best recovery software I've ever used and I've been in this business for over 30 years. Plug a disc in and tell it to recover this machine and it's done. You walk away from it and it's done. Reboot it and it's perfect."
"From my perspective, the most valuable features in Acronis Cyber Protect include ransomware protection and antivirus. These features not only add significant value but also play a crucial role in closing deals. When selling backup for Microsoft 365, these security features, like ransomware protection and antivirus, serve as a starting point to offer backup and protection."
"This is a full software so deployment time is very quick."
"It actually does its job very well and has interesting capabilities, but it has the most awful interface."
"The solution is very affordable for small businesses."
"I love Veeam because it is very easy to work with."
"The most valuable feature is that it's a VMware environment."
"The solution is useful for taking backups for end-user laptops and end-user workstations where data is involved."
"The most valuable features are backup and restore. This solution is also easy to use."
"The initial setup, if it is error-free, is very simple."
"Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows's most useful features is the ease of use and user-friendly."
"It is easy to deploy."
 

Cons

"The licensing approach becomes intricate when dealing with SharePoint."
"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."
"Acronis Backup can improve on the virtualization backups because they are not as good as Veeam Backup."
"Acronis Backup can improve the latency when the file size is larger, we have had issues. Additionally, they could allow more flexibility when searching for information and I cannot download the CBIS backup copy information which could be made easier."
"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."
"When I first started using Acronis, I found it a little bit confusing when it came to the configuration."
"There are times when the backups are slow. A faster backup would be better."
"The solution needs to have better stability. I would like to improve the tool’s support through calls."
"There should be an option to use the solution for physical machines."
"The solution could use some updates to minor details omitted from current reporting."
"Maybe in the future, they could do something better with the user interface and the performance, but so far it's a really good, efficient solution."
"In the next release, I would like to see it easier to implement."
"The predictability of the solution needs improvement. Sometimes, if it's doing something at the back end, it may go slow. Today, the backup completion took four hours, but sometimes it can do the backup in 30 minutes or an hour. With solutions like NetBackup, I can predict to a much higher degree of certainty how long something will take to complete."
"The backups can go slow."
"If they could let you can do replication to physical servers - a backup from physical servers and a replication to physical servers - that will be better."
"I would like to have more flexibility in terms of reporting details about the backup."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Doing what this is capable of doing, the cost of it is in line."
"Our licenses come with a one-time yearly subscription fee."
"The license is a perpetual license. The cost is an area for improvement."
"It has already paid off itself in the first few months that we implemented it."
"I think that the prices of the product go up every year. If one is extremely expensive and ten is absolutely cheap, I rate the product price as six."
"I would rate the solution’s pricing an eight out of ten. The tool’s subscription is yearly."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"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."
"Pricing is based on license packaging and duration. Longer term licenses are less per year and license packages also offer a discount."
"For the licensing of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, the customer can choose to pay monthly or yearly. It's up to the customer."
"We have a cloud provider agreement with Veeam. We are also paying for the agent."
"The solution is inexpensive, more so than other products."
"There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees, and pricing can be a disadvantage or a weakness for this solution."
"We pay for a three-year subscription to use Veeam Agent."
"We are on an annual license to use Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. There are not any additional fees to use the solution."
"We have an annual license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Photography Company
25%
Performing Arts
23%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business67
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise23
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise10
 

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Also Known As

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