Acronis Cyber Protect vs. Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Acronis Cyber Protect
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Acronis Cyber Protect delivers integrated cyber resilience by combining backup and recovery with security features. It is designed to protect diverse IT environments, from sovereign private clouds and air-gapped OT infrastructure to secure workspaces and multi-generational IT estates.
$85
per year
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) is an enterprise backup and recovery system that contributes to BCDR strategy by facilitating the backup and recovery of enterprise data.N/A
Pricing
Acronis Cyber ProtectMicrosoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Editions & Modules
Acronis Cyber Protect
$85
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Acronis Cyber ProtectMicrosoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Acronis Cyber Protect
8.9
36 Ratings
3% above category average
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
8.0
3 Ratings
6% below category average
Universal recovery8.933 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Instant recovery8.932 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Recovery verification8.932 Ratings7.13 Ratings
Business application protection8.128 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations9.630 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.933 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.923 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.423 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Snapshots8.619 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Flexible deployment7.720 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Management dashboard8.226 Ratings7.13 Ratings
Platform support9.426 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Retention options9.025 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Encryption8.220 Ratings6.93 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Acronis Cyber Protect
7.4
14 Ratings
14% below category average
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
-
Ratings
Continuous data protection8.112 Ratings00 Ratings
Replication6.711 Ratings00 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics7.411 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware protection7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities7.28 Ratings00 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery7.810 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Acronis Cyber ProtectMicrosoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(60 ratings)
8.1
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(16 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.5
(26 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Acronis Cyber ProtectMicrosoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Likelihood to Recommend
Acronis
Acronis cyber protect is well suited for the small to medium businesses, the ability to turn on the end point protection and email security, MDR and RMM is great. It really helps to manage different services from the single console and get a single report instead on logging into different portals
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Microsoft
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager is well suited for Windows domain environments where you need to make backups of Hyper-V virtual machines or bare metal servers. It is possible to backup SQL databases, works pretty well, but sometimes needs consistency checks on backups to properly continue to backup databases. Easy to restore anything to production or to another location.
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Pros
Acronis
  • 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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Microsoft
  • Hyper-V backup /restore
  • Bare-Metal backup/restore
  • Good management console
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Cons
Acronis
  • Search function for restore points on boot media.
  • After upgrading to a newer build, some fixed issues may reappear.
  • Hard to cancel jobs, but it looks like version 16 is better on that. We have run version 16 for only a month.
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Microsoft
  • Integration with some devices
  • Web client
  • Slow interface
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Likelihood to Renew
Acronis
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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Microsoft
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Usability
Acronis
This product a solid product to use in our current environment. Great support. The cost is on the high side, but manageable. This product integrates well with our Scale Computing HyperConvergence solution. I feel that there are other products out there coming into the realm and expanding their reach in the backup market providing my organization more backup solution options. I hope that Acronis continues to evolve their product and stay in competition with the to solution providers
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Microsoft
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Support Rating
Acronis
I only got one issue resolved for more than 20 cases open. The escalation is ineffective. Most of the time, I have the feeling that I know the solution better than the support technician. Overall, case management is time-consuming, as our resolution rate is really low
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Microsoft
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Implementation Rating
Acronis
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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Microsoft
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Alternatives Considered
Acronis
Barracuda Cloud Essentials has email security, archiving, and allows users to manage their own spam email. Barracuda also comes with a backup feature and it all works together under one roof. Barracuda has been our alternative to other major services on the market. Acronis does well as a backup service, but Barracuda provides us a much more broader experience as an IT client.
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Microsoft
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Acronis
I would love it if they offered better cloud space pricing or even "unlimited"
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Microsoft
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Scalability
Acronis
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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Microsoft
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Return on Investment
Acronis
  • Every times you restore a file, you see the value and the ROI of backup.
  • Backup is a great protection against ransomware, you can always restore files that has been infected.
  • When you want to go back in previous version of files, it can be life saver.
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Microsoft
  • It has saved us on licensing costs and through centralized management.
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