We compared Veeam Backup & Replication and Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: When comparing Veeam Backup & Replication and Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Veeam is praised for its simplicity and ease of use, while Acronis is commended for its user-friendly management console. Veeam is considered more expensive and lacks integration with certain storage and cloud platforms, while Acronis has better pricing options and offers strong support. Veeam needs improvements in areas such as scalability, cloud integration, and technical support, while Acronis could enhance server performance, user-friendliness, and compatibility. Veeam is valued for its effectiveness in backup and recovery, while Acronis is appreciated for its ease of use and active protection against ransomware attacks.
"Technical support is great."
"A valuable feature is the user-friendly control management. I appreciate the integrated service, where just one agent and one virtual management are needed to handle everything. The solution is highly stable. I rate it a nine out of ten. The support has been consistently excellent. The initial setup is straightforward."
"The main strengths of Acronis lie in its cost-effectiveness, user-friendly interface, and comprehensive services."
"The product offers very easy configuration capabilities."
"What I like best about Acronis Backup Cloud is the active protection feature that helps you protect your workload from ransomware attacks."
"Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud has very easy backup and recovery capabilities."
"The product has been very reliable from day one. The biggest advantage of the cloud is that you can scale up and down as you go along."
"The management, backup, and recovery features are all very good."
"It helps with process restoration. With Veeam, we never had backup or restoration issues."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to restore the VMs into a test environment."
"In Veeam backup, the most valuable feature for me is the recovery. It allows me to recover almost immediately while I continue fixing the problem of the affected machine."
"The most valuable feature is that I can back up the whole machine and then restore it relatively fast."
"The most valuable feature is how reliable Veeam Backup is. It has the normal expected features that allow you to ensure that everything is backed up completely."
"The ability of instant VM recovery, which means starting the backup VM and getting it online while the recovery is still happening is the most valuable feature."
"One of the most valuable features is the simplicity of the solution's administration."
"It's fairly easy to manage and set up."
"Acronis Backup Cloud can improve by having fewer updates and patches to the solution. Additionally, should improve the functions that already exist in the solution rather than add new ones."
"They could support Linux OS primarily for servers."
"It could be a little more user-friendly. The technical support also should be improved."
"The agent stability needs improvement."
"The logs could be better. Logs through the website are just too simple and basic."
"The reporting could be improved. I would like to see some enhancements in that regard."
"They should integrate the solution with Storage Area Network(SAN)."
"Reporting is not on par. It needs some more information as per customer or partner interest. I hope Acronis is working on it."
"Although the solution offers documentation, it has it only in English, which doesn't help us much in Belarus."
"There's a lot of room for improvement surrounding the backup process."
"Restoration takes about two to four hours with Veeam. Zerto can restore in about 10 seconds. That's the restoration speed I'm looking for now that we're dealing with ransomware."
"Device backup could be improved."
"The price is an issue. If one has a large number of servers, say... 100-plus, and wishes to add more, an exhausted budget may hinder this ability."
"The automation could be better."
"Its price is higher than other solutions and can be improved. They can also change the version of the software more often."
"Some of the best practice documentation could be improved."
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is ranked 11th in Cloud Backup with 42 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Cloud Backup with 329 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is rated 8.6, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud writes "A solution that unites backup and next-generation, AI-based anti-malware, antivirus, and endpoint protection management in one solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, AWS Backup, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Synology C2 Backup and Druva inSync, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup. See our Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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