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."The most valuable feature is the quick restoration. We can restore the data quickly."
"For me, the tool proved most valuable in scenarios where it offered easy setup, fast backups, and recognition of SQL logs on virtual machines."
"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."
"The web-based interface makes it easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that it backs up my systems transparently in the background, and I'm not even conscious of it."
"It's always stable. It's very good, useful, and user-friendly."
"It is fast and easy for an image-based backup across all platforms."
"Centralized management is valuable to us."
"I have found that the backups are usually very successful."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"It could have a better ability to manage backups over a longer period."
"The solution could use a single sign-on integration that can default to the admin dashboard. Right now, it's only username and password. If you had had an additional two-factor authentication, this would be beneficial for me."
"It would be nice to have it on the cloud platform without using third-party equipment."
"No technical support and minimal documentation."
"The initial setup was complex. We had to deploy it through an external consultant team."
"They can include something called a backup appliance. Although Acronis is a software-driven company, it would be good for customers to have some kind of backup appliance on top of a lightweight operating system. This will also reduce the cost. Currently, the customers have to buy the hardware in addition to the operating system, which increases the overhead in terms of procurement."
"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..."
"Their support process can be quite lengthy...This is an area that needs improvement."
"In the future I would like to see more support for Linux."
"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."
"It stopped doing my backups after I did the last update on it."
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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