Acronis Backup vs Asigra

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Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 80 reviews and ratings

Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 34 reviews and ratings

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Pros

Image based backups. After the initial backup, the backups happen quite quickly. This allows for multiple backups per day.
We have different classes of data which requires different retention policies. Acronis makes that easy to manage.
Restoration can be done directly to hardware or to a VM. This makes it easy to migrate a physical server to a VM.

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Kevin Cooper

Sr. Computer Scientist / IT Engineer

Simulations Plus, Inc.Computer Software, 51-200 employees

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Provides capability of local backups while maintaining remote copies on cloud to ensure faster recoveries of recent data and remote protection of all data.
Helps reduce cost of long term retention by leveraging the BLM functionality.
It does not need specialized hardware for it to work. Customers and Service Providers can choose their own infrastructure and do not need to rely on any OS or storage based replication even for deploying replication of backups.
Supports wide range of environments including virtual environments with remarkable features like remote VDR with incremental restores.

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C-Level Executive in Customer Service

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Not a lot of information about the reports unless you want them emailed.
Adding more to their knowledge base would be helpful.
The cost can be expensive if you have a lot of customers.

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Employee in Information Technology

Accounting Company, 51-200 employees

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We would like to see Asigra come out with a Replication Model for quick Recovery of systems upon Disaster. We can have quicker recovery, DR, with Virtual Machines but we would like to have Physical Machine recovery in less than 2 hours. Replication can accomplish this...
We would like to see Geolocation and remote wipe for endpoint devices
We would like to see the solution provide easy "roll back" after a disaster.

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Matthew P. Grosso

Executive Vice President, CTO

Data Storage CorporationInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Acronis Backup9.1

Based on 2 answers

We have renewed our subscription over the course of a few years now. We used to use Backup Exec and it was tedious and difficult to obtain our backups when needed. Acronis just fits our environment style and the way we prefer to do business and use our third party software.

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Ethan Nick

I.T. Team Leader

JST Corporation / Sales AmericaDesign, 1001-5000 employees

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Asigra8.5

Based on 14 answers

We covered so much... if you read my review in full, you will understand why this is a highly rated product.

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Matthew P. Grosso

Executive Vice President, CTO

Data Storage CorporationInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Acronis Backup8.2

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I give it a rating of 9 do to its ease of usability. It's ease of understanding how to setup - form - fit - and function. I have no sorrows when having to login to the console in order to setup a new backup schedule or retrieve and recover lost data.

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Ethan Nick

I.T. Team Leader

JST Corporation / Sales AmericaDesign, 1001-5000 employees

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Asigra8.0

Based on 6 answers

Easy to use, great scalability, feature packed... Asigra is truly an end-to-end enterprise solution, not simply a point product. Asigra handles backup and restoration of client data across multiple OS platforms- Windows, Linux, Unix, IBM AS400, Mac X, etc... They include servers, desktops, laptops, mobile devices, virtual and physical machines. Some key features to note: Deduplication, Continuous Data Protection, Agentless Backup, Replication (New), Silent mode installation, Best of breed/start of art Security, Storage Discovery/Assessment tools, Autonomic healing... and more.Asigra simplifies Cloud backup, period. Do your clients want a full Public Cloud, Hybrid... what about Private built solution? Asigra handles all, with ease and, with over 26 years of ZERO security breaches.

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Matthew P. Grosso

Executive Vice President, CTO

Data Storage CorporationInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Reliability and Availability

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Asigra8.8

Based on 5 answers

At the front of Asigra availability is the N+1 capabilities of the DS-System. Multiple nodes that load balance and are fault tolerant giving the DS-System a robust availability offering. The N+1 can survive as long as 50% +1 of the nodes are running. Data availability is strong via Asigra's replication module. Both bidirectional and unidirectional replication for the DS-System exist. Bidirectional replication requires the MSP to purchase double the licensing. That cost is going to be passed on to the customer. Many MSP's opt for the unidirectional, which requires a manual switch over on the DS-License server to change a replication vault to a production vault. With that being said, Asigra replication is very efficient and allows for multiple, in-region and out-region backup vaults. The DS-System works best on Linux utilizing PostgreSQL for the backend database. Ideally, this should be clustered. Clustering a PostgreSQL database is not as straight forward as doing it with Microsoft. That adds some administrative overhead and requires some PostgreSQL expertise end users and MSP's have to find.The Windows DS-Client, the piece doing the backup, can be gridded for a multi-node backup cluster. Unfortunately, the Linux DS-Client cannot be gridded.

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Matthew Brady

DPS Enterprise Manager

Daymark Solutions Inc.Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Support

Acronis Backup8.2

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We have only had to contact support a hand full of times. The reason for this 9 out of 10 is do to how quickly and cooperative they have been on the rare occasion we needed to chat with them about our small questions or queries with potential issues do to the nature of our business.

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Ethan Nick

I.T. Team Leader

JST Corporation / Sales AmericaDesign, 1001-5000 employees

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Asigra1.3

Based on 4 answers

They respond quickly on your request.They ask for details at the time of logging the support request itself ensuring the first response is not for collecting the basic details only.They refund you the support request if they find it as a functionality issue.They follow up on you to ensure you are satisfied and happy with the response and resolution that they have provided.

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C-Level Executive in Customer Service

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Online Training

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Asigra1.0

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Anything training past level 1 and level 2 is a waste of time. They do not offer training, just an exam and require you to read 2500 pages of their documentation as their training. They are selling you something which you already have. Training exams are far fetched and cover topics hidden within the documentation. A lot of their documentation does not match across itself. They don't even follow the standard versions Major.Minor.ServicePack.Hotfix. They use the MAJOR.MAJOR.MAJOR.Hotfix method, which doesn't match their documentation.They require you to take training in order to keep your engaged hybrid partnership. If you ask me personally, their training is a scam to make more money.

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Stephen Sifers

NOC Manager

SagissInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Implementation

Acronis Backup9.1

Based on 1 answer

I don't have any real key 'insights' per say except that it wasn't difficult at all, and do not be afraid to dabble in its tools and settings. It is quite intuitive with built in common sense. I cannot say enough good things about our companies experience when using this backup software.

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Ethan Nick

I.T. Team Leader

JST Corporation / Sales AmericaDesign, 1001-5000 employees

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Asigra1.2

Based on 3 answers

Quick to install, easy to create jobs, schedules and retention policies. No large cycles of setting up backup volumes or trash volumes. Retention job itself configures the BLM functionality so you don't need an expertise to handle the BLM module separately.

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C-Level Executive in Customer Service

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Reputation & better price

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Professional in Information Technology

Entertainment Company, 201-500 employees

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Compared to the traditional backup solutions from CA, Comverse, Tivoli etc, Asigra is more efficient, more cost effective and easier to implement and manage. This is largely down to the agentless architecture.

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Richard Gaudin

Director

OnDemand RecoveryTelecommunications, 201-500 employees

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Scalability

Acronis Backup7.7

Based on 26 answers

The ability to back up multiple servers from one source is a great tool to have for businesses that have equipment in different locations on the same network with a variety of software data to back up such as SQL, Exchange or a Files Server. You can decide to purchase individual server licenses as well if you would like to keep the process separate or have multiple sites where your data is housed.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Customer Service

Computer Hardware Company, 1-10 employees

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Asigra4.5

Based on 1 answer

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Return on Investment

Keeps data safe.
Ease of file restore from a web interface or directly from the source files.
Easy to contact customer service.

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C-Level Executive in Customer Service

Computer Hardware Company, 1-10 employees

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Compression and deduplication decreases required back end storage
Self service restores reduce helpdesk calls
Various deployment options to meet RPO/RTO for any budget

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John Whitford

Managed Services Senior Engineer

Structured Communication SystemsInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Acronis Backup

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Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

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Asigra

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

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