Acronis Advanced Backup (formerly Cyber Backup Cloud) vs N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup)

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.

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Dan Gospe

Chief Operating Officer, and HIPAA Privacy Officer

dmi NetworkingInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Solarwinds Backup is ideal for individuals looking to keep a consistent backup of devices in their environment. We used it primarily for networking equipment. It is easy to set up, as it is one of the steps available when adding a new device to solarwinds. It is probably not an ideal product to use for long-term (1 month+) backups.

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Verified User

Administrator in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Acronis Advanced Backup (formerly Cyber Backup Cloud)

N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup)

Universal recovery

Live recovery

Recovery verification

Business application protection

Multiple backup destinations

Incremental backup identification

Backup to the cloud

Deduplication and file compression

Snapshots

Flexible deployment

Management dashboard

Platform support

Retention options

Encryption

Pros

Single pane of glass for managing customer tenants
Quick and reliable backup recovery
Both onsite and offsite backup destinations are supported

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Josh Spern

Lead Systems Engineer

N2M TechnologyInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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Backup Reporting: Email alerts, and a great, easy to read Dashboard with detailed error logs and an easy to search Solarwinds FAQ for a lot of them.
Restores: So far I have restored files, full VMs, and VMs to other hardware, and so far it has not only been flawless, but so flexible that I can't imagine going back to any other software.

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Russ Taylor

Technical Customer Representative

BitboyzComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees

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Cons

No option for on premises hardware BDR. This means recovery restorations rely on self-supplied hardware performance.
License per machine can get costly if large number of computers or servers.

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Derek Schroeder

Service Manager

Kloud9Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Restore complete settings: IP settings, the setting of CPU/Memory for VMs, etc. would decrease management during a restore.
Individual file backup: more granular settings for backup.
Change of device name after setup: at times, computer names change after restore so it would be great to rename the device name.
Option to recovery security key.

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Calin Popescu

Consultant

Office Wave Technology SolutionsComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Acronis Advanced Backup (formerly Cyber Backup Cloud) 9.1

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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.

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Dan Gospe

Chief Operating Officer, and HIPAA Privacy Officer

dmi NetworkingInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Usability

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N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup) 9.5

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Because is a flexible, easy-to-use, complete solution.

it has a complete support site, you can find everything you need.

it can script everything on your network,

it can remote control the pc's and server of your customers.

it can restore from everywhere files and databases.

it can backup quickly and compress finely every kind of data

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

Acronis Advanced Backup (formerly Cyber Backup Cloud) 8.5

Based on 6 answers

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.

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Gary Fouche

Co-Owner

Gravit8Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup) 9.8

Based on 4 answers

We have an Italian support partner, they are been very good b7y the first moment.

All the partners are followed with a lot of attention, even the little ones.

there is a site where you can learn everything, the single parts of the product are described perfectly.

Every it specialist should evaluate it.

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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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.

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Rob Rotundo

Service Manager

Professional Computer AssociatesInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Works well. Easy to use. If you use Ncentral, it's already tied in and even easier to deploy. Cloud storage is more expensive than competitors. There is no easy option to offload your backups to AWS, etc. It can create a local speed vault to have local backups as well. data recovery works better than any other product I have used.

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chris maddox

Senior Consultant

Moser ConsultingInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

It's been a great investment especially knowing our data is protected.
We no longer worry about upgrade storage hardware or devices.

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Michael O'Riley

Director of Information Technology

International Food Protection Training InstituteNon-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

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There has been NO negative impact to out ROI, but it definitely helps our bottom line. Affordable pricing and solid support make Solarwinds Backup almost a no brainer. That interprets to a growing ROI.
The best thing to happen to our ROI is the growth brought in by very happy clients.

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Marc Shaffer

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

USDV, Inc.Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

Acronis Advanced Backup (formerly Cyber Backup Cloud)

N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup)

Acronis Advanced Backup (formerly Cyber Backup Cloud)

N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup)

Acronis Advanced Backup (formerly Cyber Backup Cloud)

N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup)

Acronis Advanced Backup (formerly Cyber Backup Cloud)

N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup)