We performed a comparison between Acronis Cyber Protect and BackupAssist based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."For me, the cost is a significant advantage."
"The solution has all the features I need and user friendly."
"The performance has been fine so far."
"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."
"Acronis is a flexible solution. It can back up workstations, endpoints, and even your virtual environments and cloud-based environments. So, we can do the backup of the whole gamut of products."
"Acronis has a very rich functionality."
"The ability to clone backups."
"Stability is always good. I have used Acronis for 10 years now, if not more. I have never had a problem with availability, etc."
"I get my reports. It is generally very reliable. Unless there is a major change, it doesn't stop backing up. I've got my server room set up with everything connected to the same power, and I never have power issues or failures of backups because a sub-site has gone off."
"The most valuable features of BackupAssist are ease of use, configure is simple, and more importantly, ease of recovery. If you needed to do a complete system recovery or another recovery it is straightforward."
"We can configure the notifications themselves so that the right people get the notifications. This is very helpful. It allows key stakeholders to know if backups have happened and to remind each other to check the backups if something is not right."
"I have found that the backups are usually very successful."
"The solution could improve by providing more database backup features and have better integration with many different types of databases. We cannot implement it in all of our infrastructures."
"The product would be better if they offered more integration capabilities."
"The technical support of Acronis Backup could improve. They have the depth of knowledge but the speed of the response could be quicker."
"The licensing approach becomes intricate when dealing with SharePoint."
"When I first started using Acronis, I found it a little bit confusing when it came to the configuration."
"If there was a wizard that would lead you down a road, when creating a backup, that would probably be better than having to go online or call somebody to actually do a backup. It's not intuitive..."
"Improved support for immutability and Utility AirGAP could be beneficial."
"I've had some issues with the understandability of the interface. I think if they had someone with expertise in user interfaces to look at this, they could clean up the user interface."
"It stopped doing my backups after I did the last update on it."
"Many solutions become stagnant over time. However, BackupAssist has been consistent in updates but they must continue to innovate and improve to avoid stagnation."
"The solution needs a dashboard or some form of central control from which you can manage all backups."
"Many solutions become stagnant over time. However, BackupAssist has been consistent in updates but they must continue to innovate and improve to avoid stagnation."
"In the future I would like to see more support for Linux."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 10th in Backup and Recovery with 117 reviews while BackupAssist is ranked 27th in Backup and Recovery with 5 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while BackupAssist is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of BackupAssist writes "Provides ransomware protection, does good reporting, and is close to perfect for our use case". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Azure Backup and Commvault Cloud, whereas BackupAssist is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication. See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. BackupAssist report.
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