Acronis Advanced Backup vs Paragon Hard Disk Manager

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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The service provided by this platform in data storage and file transfer is highly recommendable. It is easy to learn how it works giving more consumers an opportunity to access and use it without ant difficult. You can customize the storage spaces to get smaller units that be used for file storage with backup plans. It has the capability of compressing data into small datasets that can occupy small storage spaces.

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Courtney Plaizier

Software Engineer

VaronisComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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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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When you have a hard drive that is physically failing with CHKDSK errors, it will often somehow still clone it and make it work on the new system.
It can take a computer's operating system installation and make it work on dissimilar hardware.

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James Buchholz

Service Manager

ImageNet ConsultingInformation Technology and Services, 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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Sometimes it does not estimate time to completion properly.

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Tom Schmidt

IT Manager

Almco Steel ProductsAutomotive, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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Free Trial

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

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Likelihood to Renew

Acronis Advanced Backup 9.1

Based on 1 answer

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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Support Rating

Acronis Advanced Backup 8.6

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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Paragon Hard Disk Manager 10.0

Based on 4 answers

I've never had to contact Paragon support which speaks to the quality of their product.

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James Buchholz

Service Manager

ImageNet ConsultingInformation Technology and Services, 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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Paragon Hard Disk Manager has the most reliable and user effective tools that can be managed under simple environment. It has improved our data storage infrastructure more as compared to other tools. File transfer is faster and the networking system for carrying data are secure from virus and hackers. Data can be easily restored when misplaced or lost with less cost of maintenance.

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Courtney Plaizier

Software Engineer

VaronisComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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