Avast Cloud Backup vs. Macrium Reflect

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avast Cloud Backup
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Avast Business Cloud Backup Service is designed to keep data secure and ensures business continuity by protecting endpoint devices with an automated backup process that is easy to deploy and manage. With it, users can set up backup schedules on devices, centrally manage from one dashboard to ensure all data is backed up and available, and recover data in the case of an unexpected event.
$118.49
per year Backup & Disaster Recovery (100GB/Quantity)
Macrium Reflect
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Macrium Reflect is an endpoint and server backup and cloning solution from Macrium Software (aka Paramount Software UK), available in personal and professional editions.N/A
Pricing
Avast Cloud BackupMacrium Reflect
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Avast Cloud BackupMacrium Reflect
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Avast Cloud BackupMacrium Reflect
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Avast Cloud Backup
-
Ratings
Macrium Reflect
8.6
1 Ratings
1% below category average
Recovery verification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Retention options00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Avast Cloud Backup
-
Ratings
Macrium Reflect
8.8
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Continuous data protection00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Replication00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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Avast Cloud BackupMacrium Reflect
Small Businesses
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Score 9.8 out of 10
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Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Avast Cloud BackupMacrium Reflect
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Avast Cloud BackupMacrium Reflect
Likelihood to Recommend
Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
Excellent tool to create computer backup routines through automation by date, time and actions. Backups are not lost and updates are added to the file total. The centralized platform allows managing and also monitoring all computers and analyzing incidents and attempted attacks. This reduces our team's time and makes it easier to handle security incidents more efficiently. We really like the restore feature that can recover a computer in case of any kind of software failure or attack. It's fast and effective. The backup is all in the cloud and is stored in the AVG cloud with AES 256bit encryption and security. Anyway, I can say that it is a cost-effective tool that fulfills the promise but loses in the technical support that needs to be improved.
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Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
Macrium Reflect is one of the best partition backup applications available in the market. It can also clone drives in addition to making images of partitions and has a very useful feature of creating a bootable recovery drive for restoring partition(s) in case the OS is not booting. There are also different products for varying needs of the end user- Macrium Reflect Server, Workstation, etc. I have restored my system without any errors many times with Macrium.
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Pros
Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
  • Centralized management with an intuitive and easy-to-use dashboard.
  • Automated processes for backup and restore routines.
  • Protection against malware and external attacks.
  • Optimized and customized reports for information security.
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Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
  • Clear interface for creating drive image backups
  • Reliable, every day backups
  • Accessible log showing successful backups and any failures
  • Creates differential backups that are small in size
  • Fast, easy method for recovering individual files or folders from an image backup
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Cons
Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
  • Inefficient support and needs improvement in incident response.
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Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
  • Has ransomware protection that could be better at letting users configure exeptions
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Usability
Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
No answers on this topic
Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
There is a small learning curve in the beginning, but altogether a great tool for my purpose.
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Support Rating
Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
No answers on this topic
Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
We have not been opening tickets for support from Macrium at the moment, only for licencing issues, but good attention and fast response by the support team. They respond pretty fast to our emails and fixed our issues giving us a good explanation of our case without any complications. Due to the good functionality of the software we have not opened a ticket for support in years.
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Alternatives Considered
Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
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Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
Previously, I used Acronis as my company purchased licensing for years. It's great, but I found Macrium Reflect more straightforward, and the free version has been perfect for personal use.
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Return on Investment
Gen (NortonLifeLock, Avast, Avira, AVG)
  • Improved workstation backup policies.
  • Scheduling backups has optimized employees' time.
  • Malware protection.
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Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
  • Reduce the impact of emergency situations like ransomware attacks, hardware failures, etc.
  • Restore the backups quickly and reliably.
  • Free version availability for commercial use is an added bonus.
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