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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acronis True Image

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAcronis True Image is a backup, cloning, cyber protection and privacy tool suite for home users.N/A

    BDRShield

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AVembu BDR Suite is a universal backup solution catering to the backup, recovery, and disaster recovery needs of diverse IT environments. It is also optimized for service providers who deliver BaaS and DRaaS to their customers.

    $12

    per year per endpoint

    Pricing
    Acronis True ImageBDRShield
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Endpoint / Workstation Backup
    $12
    per year per endpoint
    SaaS Backup
    $12
    per year per user
    VMs, Servers & Cloud Backup
    $48
    per year per VM
    Apps & DB Backup
    $72
    per year Apps
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Acronis True ImageBDRShield
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Acronis True ImageBDRShield
    Considered Both Products
    Acronis
    Chose Acronis True Image
    Paragon has more flexibility.
    Incentivized
    Vembu Technologies
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    82%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    83%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    79%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    Acronis True ImageBDRShield
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Acronis True Image and BDRShield
    Feature
    Acronis True Image
    -
    Ratings
    BDRShield
    9.6
    61 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings9.950 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings9.651 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings9.952 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings9.143 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings9.743 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.758 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings8.436 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings9.848 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings9.745 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.854 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings9.659 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings9.459 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings9.857 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings9.851 Ratings
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    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    NetBackup Flex Appliances
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Acronis True ImageBDRShield
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (19 ratings)
    6.4
    (64 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    6.4
    (62 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Acronis True ImageBDRShield
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Acronis
    Acronis Cyber Protect is great for any small/mid-sized business. The price point makes it attractive to all budgets >$100/year for 5 device deployments. Competitors offer less and charge more! Very happy with the suite of products, and renewals are simple and straightforward as well. I hope they don't change a thing!
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    Vembu Technologies
    It provides reliable daily backup tasks and it is important for us to have no worries of system crush. BDRSuite is full featured, I had been using BDRSuite to replicate servers from Hyper-v to ESXi, it's quite useful and easily to process than other VM migration tools between different platform. BDRSuite costs less than other backup product because I can decrease/increase/allocate license between VMs easily. The license charge two ways, server or VM. We choose VM license.
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    Pros
    Acronis
    • Delta backup makes backups super fast of larger files that do not change in its entirety (e.g. VM images, large PSD files)
    • Easy to use (set it and forget it)
    • Rescue media makes it easy to restore backups to different hardware and migrate to other work stations
    • Lots of backup options on the Windows version of ATI
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    Vembu Technologies
    • Seed an offsite backup. A simple checkbox to seed a large backup prior to backing it up to our datacenter. Previously with another well knows backup provider this was convoluted and time-consuming.
    • Backup Speed. Vembu BDR is fast and allows me to schedule multiple jobs within time constraints that prohibit some backup products from working.
    • DR - Vembu BDR provides an option to mirror your backups to an offsite datacenter without taxing production servers with a secondary backup job.
    • Bare Metal Recovery: the ability to create a custom bootable ISO that you can quickly recover a failed physical server or workstation.
    • Ease of use: The console is consistent and very easy to use. From initial install to being fully configured takes just a few minutes.
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    Cons
    Acronis
    • Some features have actually become more complicated over the years. One that comes to mind is creating a backup plan that can execute daily to an external USB media that is changed daily (older versions would back up to the, for example, "F" drive regardless of which drive was attached - newer versions identify each drive uniquely, and a backup task created with a given external drive will fail due to the lack of media presence if the drive is replaced).
    • Error messages could be less cryptic.
    • Support turnaround time and live assistance could be faster.
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    Vembu Technologies
    • User interface on the servers do not have enough tools to better monitor the systems and finding information is difficult.
    • User interface at portal is difficult to navigate and confusing
    • Support documentation is too generic and rarely answers my questions.
    • Licensing and acquisition. As a reseller and partner the licensing model is confusing and the portal interface to manage licensing should be scrapped and rebuilt. It is difficult to navigate and the available information is too vague.
    • Recently, communication with new channel contact. My previous contact was articulate and answered my questions.
    • Did I mention licensing? This is the most confusing and difficult process I've dealt with in 25 years. Makes Microsoft look simple.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Acronis
    No answers on this topic
    Vembu Technologies
    Because of the product functions and possibilities: - it's easy to use through WEB browser - installation process is not complicated - Vembu BDR solution is reliable, and works properly. It does the job. This product could get extra points for the appliance that could be imported to virtual environment (no need for windows server license or some linux knowledge).
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    Usability
    Acronis
    Protect my system from data loss and also can manage multiple devices via online cloud from any where and also can set Multifactor authentication for more secure login access. Archive any backup which will use less space and we can transfer it to any other space also so it is very easy as server admin to manage acronics utilities
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    Vembu Technologies
    Friendly web interface very clear, nicely and professionally designed. Usability, setup and forget. It has all features you need for hybrid environments even if you don't use it. You know the features are there when you needed. Email report is so informative. You get all the details about completed backup without logging in the system
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    Performance
    Acronis
    Backups run fast and no significant performance issues other than the ones discussed previously.
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    Vembu Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Acronis
    Beyond a single instance, I haven't had to approach Acronis' support. I needed a new key following the death of my previous workstation, and they rapidly supplied it. I've heard from colleagues that they've quickly answered any questions that've been asked. If I need something, I'll generally frequent FAQ pages first, although Acronis actually has instructional videos to help users get started, which is forward-thinking. Great software that fills a vital niche for Windows systems.
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    Vembu Technologies
    It often takes a very long time to get an issue fixed. the support folks seem committed to getting it fixed but they often seem to be trying different things and hoping something works. I did not get the sense that they had a clear idea what was wrong.
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    Implementation Rating
    Acronis
    No answers on this topic
    Vembu Technologies
    It wasn't difficult at all, it fact, it was mostly simple, implementation doesn't require much skills and knowledge, but the configuration part does require some skills to create the jobs and configure certain settings, overall, its an easy implementation, especially for experienced IT People
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    Alternatives Considered
    Acronis
    IDrive is incredibly faster than Acronis on cloud backup. After Acronis' failures on cloud storage I moved to IDrive for peace of mind. IDrive can also do local backups, and either variant of system state, server, outlook, exchange, etc. It does not however have the ability to do a full image of a bitlocked machine like Acronis, so I'm continuing the local imaging with Acronis.
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    Vembu Technologies
    I tested Vembu against Veeam and for the price, Vembu was the better option. I also had a great support experience as I had to contact Vembu twice after mistakes I made. While using Veeam the software was not as intuitive and support responses were not as swift and accurate.
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    Scalability
    Acronis
    The Windows version is generally reliable and only ran into one issue thus far. Restores are easy and there are many features. On MacOS, it's a completely different story. There is significant resource leakage related to the updater app that can bog down part of a CPU core continuously until it is disabled. The mobile backup feature also needs to be disabled via UNIX command line or CPU usage will go up when a mobile device on the same network like an iPad or iPhone's screen is turned on.
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    Vembu Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Acronis
    • Peace of mind - knowing that if anything happens to our data, we can recover it.
    • File Versioning has saved us a few times - we can grab prior versions of a particular file if there is a problem.
    • Reasonably priced - there are more comprehensive backup solutions out there, but for online backup, this was the right product for the right price.
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    Vembu Technologies
    • For organizations that use different tools for Backup and recovery, this could be the single tool for Storage and Backup Administrators to automate and work effectively.
    • Software cost is lesser thus the money can be invested for other tools/software procurement
    • I don't think there is any negative impact as of now
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    ScreenShots

    Acronis True Image Screenshots

    Screenshot of data control, which supports backup in just two clicks, and all data and backup information is displayed in one placeScreenshot of a display of the data that is backed up, the number of backup versions in storage, and how many photos, videos, music and documents that are available to restore.

    BDRShield Screenshots

    Screenshot of EncryptionScreenshot of Multiple recovery optionsScreenshot of ReportsScreenshot of RetentionScreenshot of SchedulingScreenshot of VM Selection