We compared Acronis Cyber Protect and Dell Avamar 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 Avamar earns acclaim for its scalability, data compression capabilities, swift incremental backups, and seamless integration with Data Domain and VM stacks. Cyber Protect could improve its ability to back up SQL databases, reduce resource usage, resolve conflicts, and improve management features. Dell Avamar could improve its tape connectivity and bare-metal restoration. Users also requested better Azure backups and a more user-friendly interface.
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. Some customers express satisfaction with Dell support, but others said there is room for improvement.
Ease of Deployment: Some users thought Cyber Protect was simple to deploy, but others considered it challenging. Opinions on Dell Avamar’s setup were mixed. Some users found it to be straightforward, while others considered it complex and difficult. Deployment time ranged from a few hours to a week, and assistance from Dell engineers might be necessary.
Pricing: Reviewers say Acronis Cyber Protect is affordable, but some noted that the pricing could be more transparent. Dell Avamar’s pricing is generally seen as reasonable, but some users think it is expensive.
ROI: Users say that Acronis Cyber Protect is a worthwhile investment, saving money while safeguarding critical data. Dell Avamar provides cost savings through data reduction, deduplication, and compression.
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 Avamar is a scalable solution that offers excellent data compression and fast compression. However, Avamar earned mixed reviews for support, deployment, and pricing. Users also requested better Azure and bare-metal backups and restoration capabilities.
"The solution was easy to install and to deploy."
"This is a full software so deployment time is very quick."
"The administration is pretty flexible in terms of defining a multi-tenant type of setup."
"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."
"The ability to clone backups."
"Acronis Backup is easy to use, intuitive, and has high performance."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that you can archive backups quite easily and minimize the amount of space you're using."
"I like Acronis Cyber Protect's backup process and its management console is intuitive."
"The tool's most valuable features are backup management and speed."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"Centralization is Avamar's biggest advantage. It moves data to a central location from various geographical locations."
"We sell Avamar with Data Domain. Data Domain and Avamar work really well together and their compression ratios are very high compared to Veeam, Commvault, and all the other backup software on the market."
"We've been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application."
"The solution scales well."
"The setup is very easy."
"The source site replication feature is valuable."
"No technical support and minimal documentation."
"The new version has anti-malware and software management features, but these features should be enhanced. It is working as an exclusive solution along with the backup and recovery."
"If we could have a mass deployment option using Acronis, that would be helpful."
"The product would be better if they offered more integration capabilities."
"The UI performance can be slow at times, especially when handling operations like checking backup status or initiating a restore. The response time for these actions could be improved."
"It would be nice to have a partition that I can boot and reinstall when taking a backup image from the operating system."
"The solution could be better if some of the features were more in-depth."
"The dashboards for digital operations can be improved."
"The performance takes up a lot of resources, unfortunately."
"The licensing model is not very flexible. Every time we upgrade our storage size, we need to upgrade the Avamar license."
"Technical support should be more knowledgeable."
"I think they could also move more towards cloud solutions. It already has some cloud tiering, but I think that could be more extensive. They should work with all cloud providers and I think in the future they will be on all cloud platforms."
"The product could be improved by simplifying the components available."
"Backup image browse times should be faster."
"The reporting should be improved, as we currently have to use another tool for that purpose."
"Some integrations are not in place, such as the email alerts, which are not compatible with Office 365 SMTP gateway."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 10th in Backup and Recovery with 117 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. 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 Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". 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 Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA). See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. Dell Avamar report.
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