We compared Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud and AWS Backup across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Features: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is commended for its simplicity, intuitive management, incremental backups, and proactive defense against ransomware. AWS Backup is highly regarded for its flexibility and point-in-time recovery options. Users appreciate AWS Backup’s snapshot feature that allows them to back up applications to a secondary site.
Room for Improvement: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud should focus on enhancing server performance, reporting capabilities, and remote restore capabilities. AWS Backup could enhance its reporting and visualization, user interface, encryption options, and troubleshooting indicators.
Service and Support: Acronis customer service received mixed reviews, with some users expressing dissatisfaction with the level of support received. Some users described AWS Backup's customer service as amazing, but others noted that AWS support may take longer to resolve complex issues.
Ease of Deployment: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud has a simple setup that can be finished within one to two weeks, with deployment times varying based on the chosen modules. Users reported varying experiences setting up AWS Backup. Some said it took only a few minutes, but others said it could take up to 10 days.
Pricing: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud offers different licensing options. Some customers find the cost to be high but manageable. AWS Backup’s pricing is generally regarded as reasonable and flexible. There are no licensing fees. Users are only charged for backup storage and data transfer. However, some users consider the model to be costly and complex.
ROI: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud has demonstrated financial advantages. AWS Backup offers significant value by enabling backup restoration and readiness for unforeseen events.
Comparison Results: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is a simple, user-friendly solution offering advanced features like incremental backups and sophisticated ransomware protection. Still, Acronis has room to improve in areas like performance, reporting, support, and pricing. AWS Backup provides flexibility in services, point-in-time recovery, and seamless integration. At the same time, some users noted that AWS Backup requires specific configuration knowledge and has room for improvement in reporting and restore functionality.
"I do not need to touch my firewall, especially when it is managed by the provider and takes ages to do a single NAT."
"Once you deploy, it's very easy to manage. It took us about an hour to deploy."
"I would recommend this solution. It's easy and fast, you don't need to be on-premises you can use it from anywhere."
"The ease of implementation is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The integration with multiple modules in the console and the backup and recovery features are very good."
"The product is stable and has good performance. The product is scalable The solution is easy to set up."
"Technical support is great."
"Stability is a ten. No issues, no performance drops, and no crashes."
"AWS Backup's most valuable feature is that you can configure it remotely to create backups."
"The most valuable feature is the daily incremental site backup."
"The auto-scaling feature and the time efficiency of setting up AWS Backup are the most valuable aspects for us."
"It is an easy-to-use solution."
"It also saves costs and is quick."
"The most valuable feature is its ease of use."
"When I was using an on-premises backup, there was an external hard drive or something like that. I had a backup server, but I had a few problems related to transfer when I had to restore something that I have deleted. I had to wait for after-office hours to do something like that, but now I just have to send a mail. Within one hour, I have my restored file."
"It is highly scalable for both SMEs and large enterprises."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly."
"The platform's interface could be user-friendly."
"The shortcomings in the solution can be overcome if the product improves in the area of completion time so that the restoration process does not take much time."
"One of the areas where the product could be improved is its online cloud backup. I do appreciate the way the product is easy to navigate, however, sometimes I have difficulty managing the security permissions on my backups."
"Acronis may claim it's due to security reasons, but I believe there should be an option to delete specific files from old backups stored on the Acronis Cloud. Currently, there is no such feature, and I strongly feel the need for a deletion option for erroneous backups."
"I would like to see enhancements made to the security."
"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."
"The tool is a good fit if your environment is VM-specific. However, it might not be the most suitable option if you have physical servers or an on-premise setup."
"The solution's reporting features and restore features can be improved."
"This backup tool does the full backup of the entire snapshot server. I would like to have the option to not do the full server backup."
"They should work on their visual capabilities."
"One of the limitations of AWS Backup is that it only does file-based copying."
"AWS Backup could improve because you cannot use Glacier or anything but EFS."
"The initial setup of the solution is complex."
"One improvement I would like to see in AWS Backup is the implementation of incremental backups."
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is ranked 11th in Cloud Backup with 44 reviews while AWS Backup is ranked 12th in Cloud Backup with 23 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is rated 8.6, while AWS Backup is rated 8.0. 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 AWS Backup writes "Useful point-in-time recovery, highly scalable, and implementation straightforward". Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Synology C2 Backup, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Druva inSync and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas AWS Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Rubrik Go, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery and Veritas Alta SaaS Protection. See our AWS Backup vs. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud report.
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