We performed a comparison between Acronis Cyber Protect and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Commvault, Zerto and others in Cloud Backup."It is fast and easy for an image-based backup across all platforms."
"It works with different types of partitions or different OSs."
"Acronis has many features, which are really very interesting, when it comes to data backup and recovery, especially disaster recovery (DR)."
"Acronis Backup is valuable if your data is affected by ransomware, you are able to get it back."
"It's a good solution that's very easy to use. Acronis has two valuable features. The first one is creating images, and the other is starting virtual machines in the cloud so the client can work immediately."
"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."
"The Acronis panel is user friendly and tracking backups across a number of different devices is great. Acronis provides prompts and reminders to users if certain files are not backed up."
"The tool’s licensing and pricing are economical for SMB customers."
"This solution has a feature called Domain Boost, which allows for source deduplication and compression."
"The most important feature is the level of data compression provided by Dell EMC. It's a leader in data compression and deduplication, and the level of compression isn't available with any other vendors in the market."
"This is a superior and reliable backup system that can handle large capacities with little management."
"The initial setup was straightforward. Deployment takes about two weeks."
"The solution is very stable."
"Stable and scalable suite of solutions with deduplication, apart from data protection, storage, and backup."
"The most valuable features of Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are the duplication security and uptime."
"PowerProtect is a flexible solution that you can cover various cloud and on-premise environments."
"It could back up more things. I don't think it can back up Box and some of the other third-party ones. Not that we use them that much, but the more they can do, the better it would be. There could also be better integrations with RMM tools."
"It would be better if they made it easier to obtain images for laptops and desktops. It isn't easy right now to have many different types of desktop computers. This is because Microsoft is changing a lot of things in Windows 10."
"There are a lot of products out there that are a little bit stronger than Acronis where AV is concerned."
"No technical support and minimal documentation."
"This might be a lack of understanding on my part, but it's difficult to purge old backups."
"The product needs to have a simple DR process."
"The problems that we face are often related to the customer's network, although sometimes there are problems with the software, such as an error in the configuration."
"It would be nice if it could support more types of storage: EMC, HPE, Veeam, etc."
"I would like to see better integration and support for backing up to cloud providers such as Alibaba Cloud."
"They need to make migration easier."
"Installation and deployment for this product need improvement. These processes need to made easier. Currently, it's not an easy installation for customers. This product needs to be installed by professionals."
"We have some problems with backing up on the Power Platform. PowerServer is an IBM product, and it forces us to back up over LAN, which is not suitable for us."
"I would like to see some kind of integration with the ransomware in the next release."
"The software from Dell that can be used to operate Data Domain needs to have enhancements made to the user interface. It is too complex."
"DD Boost."
"We would like faster instant recovery."
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Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 5th in Cloud Backup with 117 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Azure Backup and AvePoint Cloud Backup, whereas Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series and Rubrik.
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