Item: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud
Rating: 8
Author: Sebastian Mejia

Overall Satisfaction with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use it for two of our companies, primarily for backing up some workstations and some file servers. The file servers host some QuickBooks Company files, so I utilize as a main backup solution additional to the backup service offers as part of their annual QuickBooks subscription. Since it integrates malware and virus protection, I do not need to spend more money on a separate program.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Bare metal/Image backup
Backup and recovery of individual files
Accuracy and consistency of the data

Cons

Storage management: cleanup of old backups can be time expensive if their Continious Data Backup feature is enabled, since you cannot create a cleanup plan because it will fail. Unless you disable that option every time you like to delete some backups
Security incidents as they call them (for example you click on a bad URL or link) are most of the time automatically mitigated making any further investigation pointless. It is good that their AI does many things for you but then there is no point on notifying you of something already resolved.
Backup storage is expensive and you can only use Microsoft Azure as a third party cloud storage provider

Return on Investment

It is expensive compare to other options like Veeam plus third party cloud storage provider
Backup consistency saves the day

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, Infrascale, MSP360 RMM and Barracuda Backup

It offers a unified solution for backup, malware protection, recovery and patch management. Setup is easy and management is straightforward too. It saves time since you have everything in one dashboard.

Key Insights

Do you think Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud's feature set?

Yes

Did Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud again?

Likelihood to Recommend

Initial setup of plans (backup and anti-virus plans are called Protection plans, backup cleanup plans, etc.) is straightforward compare to other providers like Veeam. Also they offer Patch Management (Windows Updates) and integrated malware protection so it is convenient and the setup and day-to-day operation of those features are user-friendly. Recovery of individual files is also easy.

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