Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud vs N-able Cove Data Protection comparison

Acronis and N-able are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. Acronis is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.5, while N-able is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.5. Acronis holds a 1.5% mindshare in CB, compared to N-able’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Acronis users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of N-able users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 12, 2025

N-able Cove Data Protection and Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud compete in the data protection software category. N-able Cove appears to have an edge due to its cost-effectiveness and ease of use, while Acronis offers comprehensive security features.

Features: N-able Cove Data Protection provides backup reliability, ease of management, and cloud-based data protection through automation and a single dashboard. It offers flexible pricing for cloud and on-premises setups, making it budget-friendly. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud integrates cybersecurity and data protection, with features like ransomware protection, diverse backup methods, and support for various environments.

Room for Improvement: N-able Cove Data Protection could improve Linux support, default dashboard views, and cloud backup integration. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud needs to refine its pricing structure, support response time, and interface, and enhance its integration with SAN and backup features for large data volumes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: N-able Cove Data Protection is praised for seamless deployment and efficient support across cloud and on-premises platforms. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, while offering extensive deployment options especially in public clouds, often requires intricate setups for larger environments, with mixed feedback on support responsiveness.

Pricing and ROI: N-able Cove Data Protection offers flexible, cost-effective pricing models, ensuring good ROI through minimal setup and support costs. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, though more expensive, justifies its cost by providing comprehensive coverage that includes both backup and cybersecurity, catering to users prioritizing feature richness.

To learn more, read our detailed Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud vs. N-able Cove Data Protection Report (Updated: February 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud

Ranking in Cloud Backup

9th

Ranking in SaaS Backup

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

N-able Cove Data Protection

Ranking in Cloud Backup

17th

Ranking in SaaS Backup

8th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (30th), MSP Backup (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is 1.5%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of N-able Cove Data Protection is 2.6%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Stavros Samiotis

Partner Account Manager at Interworks S.A.

Restores files accidentally deleted by developers and efficiently blocked a lot of attacks against our servers

The backup, the vulnerability assessment, and the anti-malware capabilities have been most impactful for data protection. Acronis approaches cybersecurity holistically, focusing on five key pillars: * Protection * Detection * Response * Recovery * Forensics It covers the need to block threats, investigate incidents, and ensure disaster recovery. This approach aligns well with current cybersecurity trends, including backups and deploying Malware Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) systems alongside Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) systems. While it doesn't yet include features like password management or security awareness training for end-users, Acronis has announced plans to integrate those in upcoming updates.

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Jack Henson

Owner at Henson Business Products

Allows us to back up workstations and servers, and saved us time when checking endpoints and the viability of backups

I have some issues with the agent failing on workstations. I've had to completely uninstall several of them, delete everything, and start over to get them to work. That's been the biggest source of my problems recently. The problem is that when we delete one, we lose the backup. Consequently, it means we're without a backup unless we have a local copy. When we delete the agent, there's the problem of how to go back and restore it. I haven't had to deal with it yet, because I haven't had a failure that occurred while I was doing that. I had a workstation that started failing, and we couldn't get the services to run. I don't know what caused it. I had to reinstall the agent, which didn't work. I had to go into the machine and delete everything and load another agent onto it. Once I did that, I was able to make it work, but 90% of the time I never have an issue. During the other 10% of the time when I have a problem, it's a mess. The ability to recover to a different workstation or a different data point is a little bit clumsy. It could use some work.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The customer service and support are really good."

"I am impressed with the product's file-sharing feature."

"The ease of implementation is the solution's most valuable feature."

"What I like best about Acronis Backup Cloud is the active protection feature that helps you protect your workload from ransomware attacks."

"A valuable feature is the user-friendly control management. I appreciate the integrated service, where just one agent and one virtual management are needed to handle everything. The solution is highly stable. I rate it a nine out of ten. The support has been consistently excellent. The initial setup is straightforward."

"It is easy to use. I don't need any help to figure out how to do it. It is also very easy to install and upgrade. It is very simple and easy to use for restoring. It supports universal restoration. I can restore a full machine to another hardware with this, which is a very good feature."

"The solution is reliable and relatively easy to use."

"Once you deploy, it's very easy to manage. It took us about an hour to deploy."

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"For starters, this is one of few databases that allow us to backup MySQL databases, most others only support Microsoft SQL. This solution also has a very user-friendly interface accessed through a web browser. Additionally, backups can be easily configured through N-able Backup."

"The most valuable feature by far is the Virtual Disaster Recovery. On top of that is the bare-metal recovery. The recovery options that we have are great. We have tested the Virtual Disaster Recovery and the bare-metal recovery in just about any scenario you can think of. We have even restored bare metal, a full server, to a laptop, and had full functionality. It's just insane how well it works and how simple it is. It does most of the work for you."

"The ease of use and the console are great."

"The monitoring makes it very easy to check whether a backup has gone bad."

"The most valuables feature is the alerts and monitoring that catches the failed backups."

"N-able Cove Data Protection is user-friendly and straightforward, and the dashboard is clear."

"The solution has reduced backup times by an immeasurable amount. Its backups are incremental, so you are only backing up data changes based on the last 24 hours or so. If you are also maintaining the stored images, the restores are also only incremental, happening in minutes. Whereas, with a lot of the other solutions that we have looked at, each time it goes to refresh the restore, then it has to build a completely new image. That takes forever. This solution also improves recovery time."

"The most valuable feature of N-able Cove Data Protection is its ease of use."

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Cons

"It will be good if Acronis can provide more documentation and videos describing how to do different things. Their documentation is good, but it is without examples. They don't have lots of videos. They should put more videos on YouTube to show how to set up certain things, how to restore, and how to back up. They should provide step-by-step documentation and videos for specific scenarios. I would like them to improve the command line feature. The command line is not working smoothly, and there is some problem with it. If the command line is improved, it will take the product to the next level. It would be great if it can back up data from storage so that people are able to back up old data. Such a feature will make it an enterprise solution for a full backup."

"There could be some changes done to the action page to simplify it."

"I would like to see more mature XDR and EDR features. Additionally, for backups, I would like more replication options beyond the current VMXI replication."

"Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud needs to be more flexible with its pricing."

"I would like to see more mature XDR and EDR features."

"We are forced to purchase space in Acronis' private cloud, which is expensive."

"The pricing policies could be improved. So in future releases of the product, I would like to see better pricing, primarily."

"The Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud server could improve by having better performance."

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"One area I don't like has to do with the agent that goes on the system... if a system stays offline for some length of time, say for a week or so, I may have to go back in and reinstall the agent to get it back in business. I don't know what's causing that."

"The reporting feature and functionality need improvement. We would like to see a little bit more detailed reporting that offers more CEO or C-level focused reporting options."

"The one thing they don't are Linux servers, it's Windows only. I understand that directive. I have another product that I use for our Linux servers and stuff, but it would be nice if they had that flexibility on the Linux side. I understand the development and the world is geared towards Windows in 365, I know that's where the clienteles are and the business and the money is."

"The only area that needs improvement is that it is a little bit difficult when you get into virtual machines. The initial deployment of Cove is a little tedious, not for standard machines, but when you get into specialty stuff, like Hyper-V."

"A better default view on my dashboard would be great. There is a lot of useless information there that it pulls up. They could present the dashboard slightly better, in terms of the extra information after the first five columns. The first five columns are awesome. After that, I don't care about the rest, and there are another seven things after that."

"This solution is not very good for image restores, mainly just files. The solution also does not allow you to enable or disable backups. Sometimes, our users will connect via mobile device and it will use their data to perform the backup. If they were able to enable and disable the backup, they would not have this issue."

"N-able Cove Data Protection for Microsoft 365 is an area with shortcomings that need improvement."

"There could be a possibility to create a local NAS backup for infrastructure."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is not a cheap product."

"We pay for whatever we use, and they bill us accordingly."

"Acronis offers a 30-day free trial of the product."

"I would rate the pricing of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud as five out of ten"

"It's relatively cheap, but you see the benefits more at a higher volume."

"The solution is moderately priced."

"The solution is a bit expensive, but it's worth the price."

"The solution is a bit expensive for medium-sized companies."

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"There is no per node cost, at least not the way I am doing it. I am on bulk. New customers can be set up on a trial, where they can get things all squared away, then they can switch over to being a billed customer."

"I believe that the price is very reasonable in comparison to other options. It is cheaper than both Redstor and Acronis and, since we are now using our own on-premise cloud, there is absolutely no comparison since we have unlimited storage rather than paying per gigabyte used for their onsite storage. We are currently able to backup fifty computers for the same price that we use to backup five computers."

"The only option I would like to see is an adjustable scale. Right now we have 250 seats and we're not using all of them. It would be nice to be able to save that little bit of money by being able to buy just what we need."

"When you have a device/appliance on the site quite a lot of the other enterprise class backup people insist that you have their appliance, which is frankly offensively expensive. Because when you pry the top off, it's just a standard 19-inch tin box with a standard Intel I5 in it, some RAM, and a hard drive. Then, you go, "Why have they just charged me 5,500 quid for a box, which I could have probably build for under 500." Whereas, with the SolarWinds product, they don't have that. The backup appliances that we have onsite are just plain cooking PCs. We can build our own machines, which is reflected in the price that we can offer a customer."

"The cost is around ten dollars per workstation a month and that includes a certain amount of data."

"The pricing of SolarWinds seems to be fair compared to the rest of the industry."

"The price isn't extreme, but I'd love to pay less."

"The pricing is affordable. N-able Cove Data Protection has a direct-to-cloud architecture, but it also allows saving backups locally without extra storage costs."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

16%

Computer Software Company

15%

Real Estate/Law Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

21%

Manufacturing Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud?

It covers the need to block threats, investigate incidents, and ensure disaster recovery. This approach aligns well with current cybersecurity trends.

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What needs improvement with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud?

I would like to see more mature XDR and EDR features. Additionally, for backups, I would like more replication options beyond the current VMXI replication. Specific areas also need improvement, and...

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What is your primary use case for Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud?

We are a distributor of cybersecurity and IT solutions. I am responsible for Acronis development in our country. We use both Acronis Cyber Protect On Prem and Cyber Protect Cloud.

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What do you like most about N-able Backup?

The initial setup of N-able Cove Data Protection was very easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for N-able Backup?

The pricing is affordable. N-able Cove Data Protection has a direct-to-cloud architecture, but it also allows saving backups locally without extra storage costs.

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What needs improvement with N-able Backup?

There aren’t any challenges. Regarding the additional features, Cove is limited to disaster recovery with Azure. It would be great to make disaster recovery compatible with AWS.

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Also Known As

Acronis Protect Cloud, Acronis Backup Cloud

N-able Backup, SolarWinds Backup, SolarWinds MSP Backup & Recovery, SolarWinds MSP Backup

Overview

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud unifies backup, anti-malware, antivirus and endpoint management capabilities (such as vulnerability assessments, patch management, remote access and monitoring, etc.) in one integrated, easy-to-use solution designed for service providers. All your infrastructure is managed through a single console and you need just one agent on an endpoint to take advantage of all capabilities. The unique integration enables service providers to reduce complexity and make security a key part of their offering, while increasing SLAs, decreasing churn, and generating more recurring revenue. Featuring a set of essential cyber protection capabilities included at no cost or on a pay-as-you-go basis, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud enables service providers to enhance their services with no upfront expense.

Acronis

Cove Data Protection, from N-able, is a comprehensive solution designed to safeguard critical business data. It offers a range of features including backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and endpoint protection. With automated backups and flexible scheduling options, it ensures data is protected and easily recoverable.

The solution also includes advanced security measures such as encryption and ransomware detection to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches. Cove Data Protection provides seamless integration with various platforms and offers centralized management for efficient monitoring and control.

With its user-friendly interface and robust capabilities, Cove Data Protection is an ideal choice for businesses seeking reliable data protection.

N-able

Sample Customers

Zebra Systems

Computer Depot, Leading Edge Computers, IT Logic Australia

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