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.
"For my first experience, it is the best software for backups, especially for a five-system backup."
"It is a very stable solution."
"It is a very fast and reliable backup, which requires less management and restores quickly."
"The most valuable feature is that you can do a bare-metal restore even with dissimilar hardware."
"Acronis has a very rich functionality."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"Acronis Backup is easy to use, intuitive, and has high performance."
"The most valuable features of Acronis Backup are cloning and many other capabilities. For example, you are able to clone the whole operating system and drive. Additionally, the solution is a complete package."
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"All of the core features are valuable to us."
"The tool has a lot of features."
"You have the flexibility to encrypt your backups and choose the storage capacity you're comfortable paying for."
"The best aspect of the solution is its backup functionality."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its ease of use and good integration with other Azure services."
"The backup features are very useful."
"The storage backup is very efficient."
"The solution could use a single sign-on integration that can default to the admin dashboard. Right now, it's only username and password. If you had had an additional two-factor authentication, this would be beneficial for me."
"There are some limitations to the backup."
"I've had some issues with the understandability of the interface. I think if they had someone with expertise in user interfaces to look at this, they could clean up the user interface."
"The solution needs to have better stability. I would like to improve the tool’s support through calls."
"If there was a wizard that would lead you down a road, when creating a backup, that would probably be better than having to go online or call somebody to actually do a backup. It's not intuitive..."
"It would be nice if it could support more types of storage: EMC, HPE, Veeam, etc."
"Because Acronis Backup is an on-premises solution, there is extra overhead. It's harder to manage, and there's no real remote access. You have to physically log in to the machine to manage it. The reporting feature works fine, and you will be able to send out reports. However, that is where it stops. The deployment could be improved and could be through a network chain. If we need to deploy two machines that are not connected to the internet but connected to two different networks, it would be great to have a machine with dual mix that has access to the backup server and to those machines. It would be like a relay that you can install on the machine with a two-mix, and that machine can then connect to your backup server and to the other machines. You should be able to see the other machines on that network and be able to deploy to it and push jobs to it."
"Improved support for immutability and Utility AirGAP could be beneficial."
"To make it a ten, it should have the ability to extend the retention and to perform a copy of the data outside of the subscription - with no additional costs."
"The tool's backup should be faster. Azure Backup's support should be faster."
"We faced some issues synchronizing the information in Azure when the storage was changed."
"The product must improve on a database level."
"There is a limitation of 99 files restores per day which means that we can't complete a huge file restore. We would like Azure to increase the number of the possible file restorations."
"We would like to see some kind of notification given to the user that a file was not synchronized well or what may have happened."
"I would like to see better pricing."
"It would be beneficial to receive alert messages if something isn't configured correctly, for instance, if service principal names are missing, a message could prompt you to set them up."
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