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

Acronis and Veeam Software are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Additionally, 87% of Acronis users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Veeam Software users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between Acronis Cyber Protect and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

121

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (9th), Cloud Backup (5th)

Veeam Agent for Microsoft W...

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

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Featured Reviews

Stuart Grigor

Senior Manager Governance and Quality Assurance at Motus Car Rental

Good backup solution but challenges with the stability

It is recommended that people know what they are starting with. A part of our challenge was we bought and needed to implement it. So by the time we went to implement it, we were running into support issues. Also, make a market comparison to ensure that the product you choose is what you want to end up with. I would give it a six out of ten because restoring from a backup takes longer than usual. It should happen in a matter of hours, not a matter of days. We are yet to have an experience when trying to restore from Acronis that we haven't had to wait at least a couple of days for our server to be available for testing or working.

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Salman Ahmed

Senior Manager at Habib Bank Ltd.

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.

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

Pros

"It makes a full image of the hard drive. If a hard drive fails, all we do is recover to another hard drive."

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

"It is a very fast and reliable backup, which requires less management and restores quickly."

"It has simple buying options and deployments. You can buy on-cloud, on-premises, or hybrid solutions. Acronis Backup is very easy to deploy. It also does not consume much hardware. The administrator's tasks are very simple. It is very user friendly, and it also has good security features with low-level encryption and data encryption."

"I would definitely say the backup and recovery. It used to be a separate module. It was a recovery part and it would literally duplicate the machine to bare bones."

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

"Since the last version, everything has been improved."

"The solution was easy to install and to deploy."

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"This is a good product with a simple environment."

"I don't have any major problems with the agent connectivity with Microsoft applications or Microsoft Azure."

"The most valuable features are backup and restore. This solution is also easy to use."

"The most valuable feature is that it's a VMware environment."

"User-friendly data backup and protection solution for a Windows environment. The Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is very scalable, stable, and has good compatibility and integration."

"The most valuable features are the flexibility and stability of the product."

"The interface of this solution is quite good."

"The solution is meeting all of our client's requirements. It has good performance."

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Cons

"Acronis Backup has a straightforward initial setup process and an easy-to-use interface. However, a potential issue for Acronis partners is that registered partners do not have access to marketing materials, which can make it difficult for them to reach mass markets and sell the product. This could be improved by allowing registered partners to access marketing materials and tools, such as email templates, that would help them to promote Acronis Backup effectively."

"We needed to have help from the vendor for implementation. The vendor used two personnel. We have system administrators and they do the server backups themself."

"If we could have a mass deployment option using Acronis, that would be helpful."

"Acronis Backup isn't scalable at all."

"We have issues with the SQL databases which are a little shaky."

"The support takes too much time to respond to callbacks. Calls are often scheduled around four to five PM and tend to occur with a two-hour delay each time."

"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."

"The solution's reporting feature could be better."

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"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."

"I can't think of anything that may be missing."

"The solution's compression ratio and high speed for backing up can always improve. Aspects that need improvement are less time, better quality, higher security, and more compression. These are continuous requirements for any customer."

"They should improve the solution's automation features."

"A feature I would like to see is universal restore. At the moment, restoration can only be smooth on the same hardware. Let's say you have a server and you back it up with Veeam Agent, in case it fails or crashes. If you later buy a new server because the same one isn't available on the market anymore, there's a high chance that Windows will not boot up if you restore from the Veeam backup because the hardware is now different. Acronis has the universal restore feature, so it will work with generic drivers and you can restore Windows in any dissimilar hardware. As far as I know, Veeam doesn't have this feature yet."

"The stability of this solution needs to be improved."

"I would like to have more flexibility in terms of reporting details about the backup."

"While the Veeam agent is perfect, sometimes the agent doesn't install in Windows."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a Cyber Cloud backup license and we have on-premises storage. Both can be useful for our customers."

"I like the pricing, and that it is easy to use and has performed well. "

"I would describe the product as a mid-priced tool for small and medium businesses."

"If the solution was less expensive it would be better."

"We were on a perpetual license for Acronis Backup."

"The price of Acronis Backup could be reduced, it is expensive."

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

"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."

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"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 license package."

"We are on an annual license to use Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. There are not any additional fees to use the solution."

"The licensing fees are billed on a yearly basis, and the fees are much lower than what I pay for NetBackup."

"The solution is inexpensive, more so than other products."

"It is less expensive than one of its variants."

"The pricing model is based on CPU and must be declared as Microsoft or VMware licensing."

"Pricing is based on license packaging and duration. Longer term licenses are less per year and license packages also offer a discount."

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Computer Software Company

17%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Photography Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

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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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 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 Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows?

It's powerful and user-friendly.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows?

The pricing is very good compared to Micro Focus. It is very affordable.

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What needs improvement with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows?

We don't have any issues with the solution. We do not need any other features. The integration with MS Storage and Dell Media needs to be simplified. Micro Focus may be better in this area as it of...

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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 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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What is Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows?

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is a robust, trusted data protection and recovery solution for both physical and virtual machines. This solution can be used to safeguard all kinds of machines and devices, such as desktops, laptops, and mobile devices. Veeam Agent for Windows can easily be installed on all Windows-based physical servers, workstations, desktops, and virtual machines, and works well in either a standalone or managed mode.

It is widely understood that all users should back up all stored data on a regularly scheduled basis to protect all important data. In the event of a data disaster, data can easily be restored from the backup using this solution and one would never have to experience a loss of important information. Users can implement Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows to perform regularly scheduled backups automatically, or manually, as needed. Users can choose to back up individual folders and files, designate particular computer files, or even the entire computer image.

Backups can be saved in several different locations, such as:

Cloud Repository (Veeam Cloud Connect)
Backup Repository (Veeam Backup Server)
Network Shared Folder
Local Computer Drive
Removable Storage Device (USB, CD, DVD, etc)
Microsoft OneDrive

Veeam Agent for Windows users are able to:

Create a Veeam Recovery Media file on an external hard drive, CD/DVD/BD, internal hard drive, or choose to establish an ISO file using Veeam Recovery Media on disk.

Create a comprehensive system image backup and securely back up chosen computer volumes or specific personal folders with files. Users have the option to store backups in a network shared folder on an external hard drive, or use the Veeam backup repository, Veeam Cloud Connect Repository, or Microsoft OneDrive.

Veeam Data restore offers two options:

Volume-level restore: Veeam Agent is able to restore the complete content of the entire volume. The solution retrieves the data blocks pertaining to the designated volumes and copies them to the desired location. A volume can then be restored to a new location or its original location.
File-Level Restore: Veeam Agent will use Veeam’s proprietary driver to publish backup content safely to a user's computer file system. Users can then access the content user Veeam’s Virtual Disk Driver (VDK), which is included with the solution. Users can then easily browse and copy the desired files and folders to use as desired.

Veeam Recovery Media

Veeam Agent for Windows allows users to create a complete recovery image of their computer using Veeam Recovery Media. This image contains all data necessary to run Microsoft Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) while supplying a viable option to run users’ computer systems.

Reviews From Real Users:

“We use Veeam Agent for security as well as to ensure we have a backup should the server or discs fatally die. We are a small company with just one building, we want to be sure that should a server be gone we have a backup in the cloud so that we can survive.” - Director at a tech services company

“The compatibility of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows with other solutions is good. Its integration with other solutions is also good. I also find the product user-friendly.” - Business Development Manager at a tech services company.

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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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