We performed a comparison between Acronis Backup and Azure Backup based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Acronis Backup nudges slightly ahead of Azure Backup in this comparison. Reviewers say Acronis is user friendly and makes tracking and managing a great number of devices easy. The solution immediately alerts users if any backups are missed or have failed. Users have the flexibility to back up locally or to the cloud. Azure backup has set limits on both the size and frequency of backups allowed, which many users find problematic.
"I have everything I need in the backup or in the partition. "
"For me, the cost is a significant advantage."
"Stability is always good. I have used Acronis for 10 years now, if not more. I have never had a problem with availability, etc."
"The ability to clone backups."
"It's a good solution that's very easy to use. Acronis has two valuable features. The first one is creating images, and the other is starting virtual machines in the cloud so the client can work immediately."
"I have not used other backup solutions to compare how well the features work but I have found Acronis Backup to be user-friendly, overall easy to use, and performance is good."
"There is advanced management where we can do passing, software inventory, and hardware inventory."
"The user interface (UI) is easy to use."
"The product is very reliable and easy to use."
"All of the core features are valuable to us."
"This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the file recovery and file vault."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"First of all, you can schedule a backup for the client. You can schedule it as you like. You can also control the bandwidth, so the backup will not utilize. The internet will depend on the bandwidth."
"Azure Backup is very simple to use and user-friendly."
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"The new version has anti-malware and software management features, but these features should be enhanced. It is working as an exclusive solution along with the backup and recovery."
"Their support process can be quite lengthy...This is an area that needs improvement."
"I would change the GUI a little to make it a bit more interactive. It should have a slightly more updated look, not something which looks like it was designed five years ago despite the fact it is easy to follow and very appealing."
"We needed to have help from the vendor for implementation. The vendor used two personnel. We have system administrators and they do the server backups themself."
"The UI performance can be slow at times, especially when handling operations like checking backup status or initiating a restore. The response time for these actions could be improved."
"We have sometimes issues with the child copies and other similar functions, but it's normal with any backup solution. We need to fix those issues first in order for us to be able to do the backup properly."
"The tool's dashboard for daily operations is useful, but I find that it could benefit from enhancements, particularly in terms of reporting. While exporting reports, the format is not fancy as it appears on the dashboard. The exported files are typically in Excel CSV or PDF format."
"The reporting can be improved."
"We faced some issues synchronizing the information in Azure when the storage was changed."
"My company faces a lot of difficulties in restoring any encrypted VM backup."
"We have a concern with the backup when were are working with VMs that are running in Barracuda Firewall because it usually fails."
"The integration with the record database and integration with other applications will be good, especially with the database piece."
"The monitoring and tagging features could be improved."
"The tool's backup should be faster. Azure Backup's support should be faster."
"I would like to have the option to increase the frequency of the backups. Azure Backup does backups on an hourly basis, but I would prefer it to take backups more often."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 10th in Backup and Recovery with 117 reviews while Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while Azure Backup is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Commvault Cloud and N-able Cove Data Protection, whereas Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup and Cohesity DataProtect. See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. Azure Backup report.
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Acronis:
-Modern mobile-enabled web interface
-Touch-friendly, works on tablets
-21st century look and feel
Veeam:
-Basic outdated windows interface
-Windows only – no mobile devices
-Ancient look and feel
Veeam is a good easy to use backup solution. But it has some limitations when you have an HCI Infrastructure like Nutanix.
Veeam BEM though can manage the jobs in Nutanix but if I need to fetch any reports for compliance requirements, it's not available. BEM will provide reports only if you are using VMWARE or HyperV. hence we are moving towards Rubrik.
First off Azure is not a backup strategy or solution, its an S3 repository. Acronis, Veeam, Rubrik, Cohesity are Enterprise Backup Solutions/EBS that can facilitate an S3 (Cloud-out). Read the Gartner Report on EBS publisehd last Nov 2019 for better insight. - Best, Aaron
I have used Acronis and Veeam and choosing between the two depends on result you expect to get from the Backup Solution. I will advise you try the trial version of both and decide which gives you better result.
That all comes down what exactly you are looking to backup. Virtual, physical, cloud. Nevertheless if you are looking for a simple, reliable, scalable, and flexible solution which has a portable license model that fits all go with Veeam
There is no “proper” answer to your question.
First, before the tool, define your goal as:
- how many systems?
- how many virtual vs physical?
- sizing (even roughly)
- is there some DBs or specific app?
Then time will come to choose the correct tool.
Veeam is a leader. Acronis is a niche player. Veeam is integrated with most storage systems on the market. Functionality - I'd recommend Veeam.
Hi Mark, hope you are well and keeping safe. Would this be for an on-prem, off-prem or hybrid solution you are looking for? For the record, Azure is a Cloud based solution and other vendors like Arcserve, Acronis, Veeam etc...have an on-prem/hybrid solution offerings. Happy to discuss