We compared Acronis Cyber Protect and Dell NetWorker based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Acronis Cyber Protect is lauded for its versatility, comprehensive malware protection, and effortless data retrieval. Dell NetWorker is recognized for its intuitive graphical user interface, integration with Data Domain, and impressive speed. Cyber Protect could improve its ability to back up SQL databases, reduce resource usage, resolve conflicts, and improve management features. Dell NetWorker needs improvements in reporting, integration, and documentation.
Service and Support: Some users had positive things to say about Acronis customer service, while others were dissatisfied with delayed responses and limited real-time support options. Dell NetWorker received mixed reviews, with some customers expressing frustration about delayed responses and unresolved problems.
Ease of Deployment: Some users thought Cyber Protect was simple to deploy, but others considered it challenging. Some users consider Dell NetWorker's setup to be effortless, but some said it was somewhat complex.
Pricing: Reviewers say Acronis Cyber Protect is affordable, but some noted that the pricing could be more transparent. Some reviewers consider Dell NetWorker to be expensive, while others find it to be reasonable and cheaper than other options with similar features.
ROI: Users say that Acronis Cyber Protect is a worthwhile investment, saving money while safeguarding critical data. Users have provided no feedback about Dell NetWorker’s ROI so far.
Comparison Results: Acronis Cyber Protect is a versatile solution that saves customers money and enables easy data recovery. While reviews of Cyber Protect were generally positive, there were mixed reviews about support, pricing, and setup. Users also said it could improve its SQL support and management capabilities. Dell NetWorker is regarded as a reasonably priced, high-performing backup solution with a user-friendly GUI. At the same time, many users were dissatisfied with Dell’s support and asked for improvements in reporting and documentation.
"The solution is exceptional for desktop backup."
"It is fast and easy for an image-based backup across all platforms."
"For me, the cost is a significant advantage."
"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."
"In my opinion, it's the best product for end-users and PCs."
"It works with different types of partitions or different OSs."
"In our recent experiences, Acronis Cyber Protect proved most valuable during instances of colleagues facing migration challenges due to ransomware impacts. In these situations, where servers and backups were affected, having a backup stored in external drives or other devices within our data centers posed risks. To address this vulnerability, we decided to shift to a cloud backup solution."
"The user interface (UI) is easy to use."
"The software implementation takes about 30 minutes."
"It is scalable software. All you need to increase is its RAM and CPU. It's pretty easy."
"The solution has minimized the recovery time objective, and the recovery point objective, the RTO and RPO. Most customers are looking for to minimize downtime. The solution has helped ensure this."
"It's a good product that can be integrated easily with the Data domain."
"It can support many different versions, both newer and older."
"When it was required that data had to be restored for our customer, it was accomplished successfully and this has kept our end users satisfied."
"The most valuable feature is NetWorker's integration with the data domain that transfers the data directly into the Dell appliance, so the data doesn't need to pass through the network. NetWorker acts like a pipe, allowing the data to flow directly from the database or the VMware environment to the data domain."
"This solution is really the best in the market! After evaluating other solutions, we automatically decided to use this one."
"The pricing could be improved."
"The solution could be better if some of the features were more in-depth."
"This is not a feature-rich solution."
"There are a lot of products out there that are a little bit stronger than Acronis where AV is concerned."
"Improved support for immutability and Utility AirGAP could be beneficial."
"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."
"The product would be better if they offered more integration capabilities."
"There are some limitations to the backup."
"The price could be cheaper."
"The team does not have enough knowledge to support you."
"The software also isn't user-friendly like Convault or Rubrik. The solution errors and management aren't so good in comparison."
"The user interface has to be improved"
"It's not easy to integrate. We have to read a lot of documentation in order to configure the solution."
"There could be a possibility of constructing full backups from incremental data intelligently."
"The implementation process could be improved."
"We are able to do direct backups, but analyzing the logs is not straightforward."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 10th in Backup and Recovery with 117 reviews while Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Azure Backup and N-able Cove Data Protection, whereas Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup and Commvault Cloud. See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. Dell NetWorker report.
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