Likelihood to Recommend Acronis Backup Cloud is suited for backing up Windows Servers. Downtime is greatly decreased by using their virtualization options. You will need a Hyper-V enabled computer to virtualize, though, but this can be one of your general-use workstations. A Windows 10 Pro machine with 16 GB of RAM would do it for you. Or, if you have Macs that need to be backed up, you can do that as well. You can grab either full volume images, or files/folders. I can't really think of a scenario that you would not want Acronis Backup Cloud, except pre-Server 2012 OS's, since virtualization isn't supported on those older systems.
Dan Gospe Chief Operating Officer, and HIPAA Privacy Officer
Read full review Dropbox is well suited to file organization and storage. It also makes sharing large files very easy. The "send for signature" feature is proving very useful. The system functions well as an app on mobile, on the web, or when integrating with the file explorer on a desktop. Within moments of adding a new file, it is backed up and available across the whole system.
Read full review Pros Full image and bare-metal recovery backups for any physical or virtual server. Physical to virtual and other tools built-in to make conversions / recoveries easier and more efficient. Ability to spin up servers on the fly from recovery media. Options to backup on premise as well as offsite to Acronis cloud. Read full review Shared data among all peoples who have access to certain folders. Data stored online so it frees lots of space from the personal computer. Updates really fast. You can access all the information on a file on your computer and on the Dropbox online platform. Read full review Cons They do not sell their product directly, so a reseller is needed - or third party website to process payments for them in order to download the product suite. They have done away with stand-alone software purchases, and have moved to a yearly subscription-based model. It's affordable, but you never truly "own" the software now. Read full review Not a fan of "Suggested from your activity" on every page. Annoying when you upload something and it opens the preview with every upload. Sad to see the integration with Google Sheets go as we use that. I would love for there to be training included in our paid subscription. I wish there were a way to set as admin a company-wide template for naming files and folders. Read full review Likelihood to Renew The cost savings we realized from moving to this software has us hooked - it does everything we need it to do on a very high level (virtualization, for example) and is very low cost for us.
Dan Gospe Chief Operating Officer, and HIPAA Privacy Officer
Read full review Dropbox is a user-friendly, easy tool which requires little to no skill and they offer a free version with a good amount of storage available. There are other file sharing tools available however at a cost. Dropbox free version I have used for years and it serves every purpose I need.
Read full review Usability [Its] functionality and usability are very good, however[,] on every computer that I have ever installed the app on, Dropbox assumes I want it to update the files every time I start the system up. That's not always true, but the app assumes it is. I can switch that function off, but I would rather that function default to "Off" and then I can decide to turn it on as needed.
Read full review Performance Dropbox is really useful, you can access any file from anywhere and you can upload and even edit files online, but, sometimes it can be slow. Downloading, uploading, and syncing is a bit slow, it can take several minutes. Furthermore, the search engine for large amounts of data can be slow too and it is not powerful.
Read full review Support Rating We seldom make use of Acronis support, but when we have they have been brilliant. All our engineers are Acronis certified, if they not able to resolve an issue, we touch base with our local Acronis supplier, Synapsys, who resolve issues 90% of the time.
Read full review It has not been necessary to go to customer support lately, since everything works perfectly. However, I must add that at the beginning when I started using Dropbox, and I had any doubts about how it worked, customer support was always attentive and found the best solutions effectively.
Read full review Online Training I did not personally take any training for Dropbox so I am self taught but I know when our Vice President selected Dropbox, he personally did do some training modules on it and I'm assuming it was very easy and simple to understand since he now acts like he is a pro at it!
Read full review Implementation Rating I needed to stay current in improving my daily operations. Dropbox was suggested to me by a former colleague two-years ago and I've been using it just fine ever since.
Read full review Alternatives Considered We went with Acronis Backup Cloud because we're able to backup all platforms, not just PCs. And the price was good when it comes to all those options. It's a hard sell to clients, but when explained properly, the understand the cost of a good solution. It's like having good car insurance.
Read full review GOOGLE has no customer service, although it's the most convenient. Because I purchased from a 3rd party (my company account) it won't allow me to upgrade which is the only reason I was seeking out a third party. I do enjoy how easy it is to transfer large files.
Read full review Return on Investment It's less than $100/year for three installs of the software - the price to utilize this fantastic software is absolutely marginal. I believe they have a higher-end business product available, but it consumes a license each time it is used on a device - so I did not pursue any further information after discovering that. Read full review Allowed faster and easier scorecard usage. Able to share our processes with CEOs across various organizations. One teammate was unable to use Dropbox to its full potential and made several mistakes due to the poor design of the web version of Dropbox. Read full review ScreenShots