Compare Acronis Backup vs. Unitrends
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
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"The most valuable feature is its consistency." "It actually does its job very well and has interesting capabilities, but it has the most awful interface." "This is a full software so deployment time is very quick." "The web-based interface makes it easy to use." "One of the features I have found most valuable is the restore point - it gives us what we need at the time we need it. The important thing is that the backup for Acronis doesn't depend as much on the device." "The most valuable feature is that you can do a bare-metal restore even with dissimilar hardware." "It's always stable. It's very good, useful, and user-friendly." "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." | "The predictive analytics are great and the reporting is awesome." "They have great support." "It's not easy to scale it." "I really like the reporting options you get for various email reports." |
Cons | |
"This is not a feature-rich solution." "The whole product structure is confusing. You can actually get to do what you want to do. But Acronis seems to have a singular ability to make things difficult." "No technical support and minimal documentation." "When an error occurs, the information is not always easy to understand and these messages should be made more clear." "For smaller companies it's a little more challenging to maintain." "In the span of six months, maintenance is done at least twice and you are told that it is coming up, with apologies for the inconvenience. It's a distraction, and it interferes with the backup schedule." "I would like to have more hardware space. It would make it better. I would like to have two more terabytes." "When I first started using Acronis, I found it a little bit confusing when it came to the configuration." | "If the interface could be less complex, it is would be great." "I would like to see the real-time replication process improved, and a zero RPO feature added." "It seems like Unitrends moved away from enterprise customer engagement and moved more towards the managed service provider market." "I would like to see more storage options for the free version." |
Pricing and Cost Advice | |
"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis." "The pricing is comparable to the newest solution available on the market, Altaro." "The cost of updates is less than $100 USD yearly." "It is very cost-effective for the SMB segment, especially for start-ups and smaller environments. It is cost-effective for on-premises and on-cloud deployments in such environments." "This is an affordable product and fits within our customers' budgets." "Licensing fees are billed annually and there are no extra charges." | "Their licensing depended on the number of CPUs you had." "With respect to cost, my advice is to get what you need." |
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Questions from the Community | |
Top Answer: Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four… more » Top Answer: It actually does its job very well and has interesting capabilities, but it has the most awful interface. Top Answer: I'll be completely honest, it's a very annoying product. The whole product structure is confusing. You can actually get to do what you want to do. But Acronis seems to have a singular ability to make… more » | Ask a question Earn 20 points |
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Views 14,691 Comparisons 11,680 Reviews 12 Average Words per Review 472 Rating 7.8 | Views 2,569 Comparisons 1,689 Reviews 2 Average Words per Review 791 Rating 8.5 |
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Also Known As | |
| Acronis Backup, Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard, Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced | |
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| Acronis | Unitrends |
Overview | |
Acronis Backup 12.5 is the world’s easiest and fastest backup solution for all your data, whether it is located on-premises, in remote systems, in private and public clouds, or on mobile devices. With enhanced backup validation and blockchain-based authentication of your backups with Acronis Notary, Acronis Backup 12.5 is the most reliable backup solution on the market today. Available in Standard and Advanced editions, Acronis Backup 12.5 protects data on 21 platforms. With active protection from ransomware, 15-second Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), and backups that are two times faster than the closest competitor, it is easiest to-use, fastest, most secure and complete backup solution available today. Acronis Backup simplifies the management of data protection and reduces IT manual efforts with innovative features that automate data protection. These features include a zero-installation, unified touch-friendly web-based console to manage backup and recovery of all workloads and data, agentless and agent-based backups; and flexible granular, bare-metal, and dissimilar hardware recovery options. | Unitrends increases uptime, productivity and confidence in a world in which IT professionals must do more with less. Unitrends leverages high-availability hardware and software engineering, cloud economics, enterprise power with consumer-grade design, and customer-obsessed support to natively provide all-in-one enterprise backup and continuity. The result is a “one throat to choke” set of offerings that allow our customers to focus on their business rather than backup. |
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Sample Customers | |
| Kings Academy, Rush Memorial, Pentagon Credit Union, Oxford School District, New York City Probation, Dolmen Insurance, New Bedford Community Health, Gerard Darel, Ready Honda | NHL Players Association, Salvation Army, Sligro Food Group, Mason General Hospital, Tec Group, Saldab IT, Baker Tilly, Clinton Savings Bank, Ennit Magna Bank, Manukau Institute of Technology |
Top Industries | |
Government10% Non Profit10% Manufacturing Company10% Media Company7% Comms Service Provider30% Computer Software Company24% Media Company5% Construction Company4% | Wireless Company15% Non Tech Company15% Wellness & Fitness Company10% Marketing Services Firm10% Computer Software Company23% Comms Service Provider17% Construction Company8% Government8% |
Company Size | |
Small Business46% Midsize Enterprise24% Large Enterprise30% | Small Business29% Midsize Enterprise46% Large Enterprise25% |
Find out what your peers are saying about Acronis Backup vs. Unitrends and other solutions. Updated: January 2021.
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Acronis Backup is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery Software with 14 reviews while Unitrends is ranked 31st in Backup and Recovery Software with 4 reviews. Acronis Backup is rated 7.8, while Unitrends is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Acronis Backup writes "A stable and scalable backup solution with superior image restoring capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Unitrends writes "An easy-to-use solution; lacks clear cloud unification and direction". Acronis Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas Backup Exec, Veeam Backup for Office 365, Commvault and Veritas System Recovery, whereas Unitrends is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Rubrik, Nakivo and Arcserve UDP. See our Acronis Backup vs. Unitrends report.
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