Acronis Cyber Backup vs N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup) | TrustRadius

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Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 101 reviews and ratings

Score 8 out of 10

Based on 33 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Acronis Cyber Backup

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

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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Sr. Computer Scientist / IT Engineer

Simulations Plus, Inc.Computer Software, 51-200 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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Technical Customer Representative

BitboyzComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees

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Cons

The web interface is slow and can kick you off from time to time
I do find that the error messages are hard to decipher if/when a backup is unsuccessful. However, support is very good in helping out the solution
The user interface is not intuitive enough to find failures in backups or track logs with alerts or errors

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Entertainment Company, 201-500 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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Consultant

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

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Likelihood to Renew

Acronis Cyber Backup 9.1

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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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I.T. Team Leader

JST Corporation / Sales AmericaDesign, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

Acronis Cyber Backup 8.2

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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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I.T. Team Leader

JST Corporation / Sales AmericaDesign, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

Acronis Cyber Backup 7.0

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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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JST Corporation / Sales AmericaDesign, 1001-5000 employees

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Implementation Rating

Acronis Cyber Backup 9.1

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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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I.T. Team Leader

JST Corporation / Sales AmericaDesign, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We've looked at SolarWinds, Veritas, etc. but none of them had the right combination of features, price and ease of use when compared against Acronis and its ease of implementation, setup and recovery options. We didn't like the wait time for recovery with some of the others and being able to quickly get a machine back entirely was important to us.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Retail Company, 51-200 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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Senior Consultant

Moser ConsultingInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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Scalability

Acronis Cyber Backup 8.5

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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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C-Level Executive in Customer Service

Computer Hardware Company, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

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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Director in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 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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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

Acronis Cyber Backup Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

Acronis Cyber Backup	$59

SaaS Edition

Acronis Cyber Backup	$59

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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

N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup) Editions & Modules

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Rating Summary

Acronis Cyber Backup

N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup)

Acronis Cyber Backup

N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup)

Acronis Cyber Backup

N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup)

Acronis Cyber Backup

N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup)

Acronis Cyber Backup

N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup)

Acronis Cyber Backup

N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup)

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