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.
"The ease of implementation is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The solution has helped us maintain the backups, compliance, and integrity of the data residing on the servers and endpoints."
"The most valuable features are its ease of use, the speed, and its got a reasonable amount of granular control."
"One of the best benefits of using Acronis is that it also provides data security along with the backup of data. It checks everything, and that's the main benefit of using Acronis"
"I have experience with the technical team of the product, and I feel that they offer good support."
"The agent, which is installed on the system, can do Quality of Service."
"I am impressed with the product's file-sharing feature."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it can cover both the cloud and the on-prem devices."
"The product could be improved if they wrote more PowerShell scripts for controlling Veeam."
"It has helped us transfer the solution in two days instead of working for a minimum of one week to ten days."
"It's the most easy-to-use backup replication that I have used so far."
"The main feature for Veeam is that it's built primarily for virtualization, such as VMware or Hyper-V."
"Its portability and being able to back up between different platforms are the most valuable features."
"It is a global major solution for quite a lot of people."
"The initial setup for a simple environment is very easy. We just do next, next, next, next for the installation. It can be complicated in a complicated environment. It can be simple for a simple environment. I enjoy installing it. It has a lot of features."
"A quick-working solution that is very user friendly."
"I would like to have support for agentless backup, where you don't have to install an agent on the host."
"The solution's provisioning of packages and how they are charged could be improved."
"I don't see any room for improvement in the solution itself, but their marketing could be better. Dealers and customers aren't aware of this product or the company, so maybe they should concentrate more on marketing."
"They could support Linux OS primarily for servers."
"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."
"I would like to see enhancements made to the security."
"Reporting is not on par. It needs some more information as per customer or partner interest. I hope Acronis is working on it."
"We'd like to see more integration for Nutanix, Oracle, et cetera."
"The VMotion feature is not reliable enough to ensure a successful migration operation."
"A backup and replication solution should be able to back up a system and do recovery very fast. Even though Veeam Backup & Replication is able to meet most of our needs, it would be better if they can make it faster for backup and restore."
"It is efficient but can improve security-wise."
"The whole graphical user interface is very easy, but the details are hidden deeply and aren't easily visible. You cannot easily see the details and explore or choose the settings. We should be able to easily explore various settings and options. If you can see more details while choosing the settings or setting it up, it helps in getting the software running easily. For example, in Microsoft Office, you can see much more in the interface than in Veeam Backup & Replication. It is a complex software. It is not easy to use, and you must know what to do and where to do. The user manual has more than a thousand pages. They should give some direct information through the software and improve the software. On their website, they can have some videos and step-by-step information to make us come straight to our goals."
"The remote SQL server has had multiple sizing issues within the logs and SQL backup space and sharing with other database apps."
"There is a lot of room for improvement, but the primary issue we have is that it's not built for the cloud."
"We would like to see support for some additional storage systems."
"I only ever found one error. It was when we were doing a file copy job. After using it for ten minutes, it would slow down and cause a bottleneck error."
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is ranked 11th in Cloud Backup with 44 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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