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Acronis Cyber Protect vs Dell NetWorker comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
121
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (5th)
Dell NetWorker
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
12th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Protect is 4.4%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell NetWorker is 3.1%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Stuart Grigor - PeerSpot reviewer
Good backup solution but challenges with the stability
It is recommended that people know what they are starting with. A part of our challenge was we bought and needed to implement it. So by the time we went to implement it, we were running into support issues. Also, make a market comparison to ensure that the product you choose is what you want to end up with. I would give it a six out of ten because restoring from a backup takes longer than usual. It should happen in a matter of hours, not a matter of days. We are yet to have an experience when trying to restore from Acronis that we haven't had to wait at least a couple of days for our server to be available for testing or working.
ErmiasGirma - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers seamless integration and cost-saving benefits with enhanced recovery capabilities
Currently, in my organization, I am using Dell NetWorker for open-source solutions like PostgreSQL and MySQL databases, and some large VM environments. It also supports the Dell library and is used for the library archiving system Dell NetWorker allows for extensive customization, supporting…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The stability of Acronis Cyber Protect is very high."
"The ability to clone backups."
"In my opinion, it's the best product for end-users and PCs."
"The solution has all the features I need and user friendly."
"If you need to recover, it's the best recovery software I've ever used and I've been in this business for over 30 years. Plug a disc in and tell it to recover this machine and it's done. You walk away from it and it's done. Reboot it and it's perfect."
"The best thing about it is that we can back up pretty much everything we want to. We don't have to have multiple solutions. It can back up any physical or virtual server, including servers in Azure. It can back up SharePoint, OneDrive, and G Suite. Everything we need to back up can be backed up, and that's why we like it."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to back up and recover our production environment from ransomware."
"For local backups, it has options to back up almost any storage. The back can be either a shared folder or anything you want, it's pretty flexible."
"Dell NetWorker's user interface is quite simple and very interactive."
"The full backup is a great feature. Restoration is also good and very quick."
"Once the scheduler is configured, backups proceed without any interruption."
"Dell EMC NetWorker is scalable."
"The interface is user-friendly and can be used by the end-users."
"The standout feature of Dell NetWorker is its expertise in handling our VMware environment."
"The extensive information provided on tool properties has been very useful, specifically the information on databases"
"It integrates well with Dell's Data Domain as a backup storage solution."
 

Cons

"Acronis Backup isn't scalable at all."
"I would like to see better centralized management, because I use it across multiple clients. To have a console that centrally manages them would be nice."
"I would like to have more hardware space. It would make it better. I would like to have two more terabytes."
"When I first started using Acronis, I found it a little bit confusing when it came to the configuration."
"For smaller companies it's a little more challenging to maintain."
"If I could create a protected image backup on a computer partition that just would be just for the image backup; and only the program could access it to prevent viruses from getting into it. That would be very, very good."
"Improved support for immutability and Utility AirGAP could be beneficial."
"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..."
"The deduplication needs improvement and it could use better integration."
"The interface could have a different appearance."
"It is a little buggy at times, which is the only thing that I dislike about this product."
"The tool should be more streamlined and simplified to create a backup to receive objects."
"The UI is not user-friendly."
"NetWorker sometimes has issues with the backup not starting and with connecting to the Oracle servers."
"There should be more vendors incorporated into the solution."
"The team does not have enough knowledge to support you."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is reasonable. However, it depends on the storage that you use. It would be great to have a package that we can use up to a certain size of the backup, this would allow us to know what the price is going to be up to that capacity."
"The cost of updates is less than $100 USD yearly."
"Doing what this is capable of doing, the cost of it is in line."
"The current subscription model of Acronis Backup compared to other backup solutions is not costly."
"The pricing is significantly higher than it was last year, which is understandable since they have introduced new technology, such as transitioning from backup to cybersecurity."
"The price of Acronis Backup could be reduced, it is expensive."
"There is a license required for this solution and it can be on a monthly basis."
"The price is reasonable."
"The pricing for the telecom, government, and banking sectors is relatively affordable."
"Low cost is key."
"The pricing is okay."
"The price of the license could be cheaper and it would be a benefit if they came up with a new pricing model. The competitors here in Oman sell universal licensing where a number of virtual machines are hosted at the customer place which can be licensed, or you can license the CPU sockets in those servers. However, NetWorker offers only CPU sockets or overall storage capacity to backup, but there is no universal licensing where you can provide a number of VMs. They should offer more options to stay competitive with other solutions, such as Veeam."
"It's approximate, but I believe we pay around $20-30,000 a month in licensing."
"You have to buy the deduplication software separately from the license."
"It is inexpensive compared to new products."
"We do need to purchase a license, but sometimes, it comes as a part of the Dell Data Protection Suite (DPS). It has a capacity-based licensing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?
Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four ...
How does Acronis Backup compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?
Acronis Backup is a versatile backup-as-a-service solution for service providers. It allows you to protect workloads on-premises and in the cloud and provide backup to any storage. The deployment i...
What do you like most about Acronis Backup?
One of its most valuable aspects is its user-friendly interface.
What's the difference between Dell EMC Avamar and Dell EMC NetWorker?
From the very beginning, Dell EMC NetWorker considers users and those who might potentially become users. In terms of both pricing and setup, this product offers an experience that is significantly...
What do you like most about Dell NetWorker?
The feature that offers the greatest benefits in ensuring data integrity is its backup capability.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell NetWorker?
NetWorker has a high price compared to other solutions. Pricing is a major concern.
 

Also Known As

Acronis Backup, Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard, Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced
NetWorker
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Kings Academy, Rush Memorial, Pentagon Credit Union, Oxford School District, New York City Probation, Dolmen Insurance, New Bedford Community Health, Gerard Darel, Ready Honda
Republic Bank, Westgate Resorts, Macquire Cloud Services, Shriners, Panatonni, Qatar Islamic Bank, Eurosport
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