Acronis Cyber Protect vs MSP360 Backup comparison

"It works with different types of partitions or different OSs."

"The tool’s licensing and pricing are economical for SMB customers."

"The licensing model is very good."

"The way Acronis Backup is currently, it is one of the best that we have used."

"The interface is easy to use. They keep on adding new features. Acronis recently added multi-platform support."

"The image backup and image restore features have been very beneficial to us."

"The NASDAQ level CFS level backup is the feature I find most beneficial for our data protection strategy."

"It makes a full image of the hard drive. If a hard drive fails, all we do is recover to another hard drive."

"Provides connectivity to a lot of different cloud storage solutions."

"The most valuable feature for me is that I can see what has has been successfully backed up and what not. I do not mean the file or folder view, because that's problematic with GDPR, but I mean which machines have successfully backed up. It's very valuable because you don't have to check the machines. The second feature is that you can change backup settings in the portal."

"I was mainly concerned with cloud backups, OneDrive backups, consumer OneDrive, business OneDrive, Google backups, and SharePoint backups. The solution did a good job of the backup."

"One massive advantage of this solution, as compared to more enterprise products, is that no firewall changes are needed on the client's premises. For the product to back up from the client's premise to the cloud, it just needs port 8 and port 443, which are anyway always open. This was one of the things that made us decide to go with the product. It is very difficult to justify a firewall change for a small client who doesn't even know what a firewall is and how to maintain a firewall, or doesn't have anybody maintaining their firewall. You then have to maintain the firewall. MSP360 Backup takes away firewall change requirements, VPNs, or channels that are needed for the backup."

"The initial setup is very easy. It's not overly complex."

"It has allowed me to implement a cost effective, highly configurable solution."

"The most valuable feature of MSP360 Backup is its reliability."

"Client-side encryption minimizes worries about data being captured on the back-end."

"The solution could improve by providing more database backup features and have better integration with many different types of databases. We cannot implement it in all of our infrastructures."

"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."

"The solution needs to have better stability. I would like to improve the tool’s support through calls."

"We would always support better pricing."

"The pricing could be improved."

"In some cases, at the time of reinstallation, some disasters happen. For the licensing on the computer the name of the computer and domain, everything is removed from the registry level. Then we have to install the Acronis from the start for it to work properly. Otherwise, the Acronis software will cause a lot of trouble at the time of reinstallation. That's where they need to improve the product. In the case people want to install the same software with the same hardware, it should not stop me."

"This might be a lack of understanding on my part, but it's difficult to purge old backups."

"For smaller companies it's a little more challenging to maintain."

"The solution's pricing is very high."

"The solution needs a better graphical user interface. It's a graphical user interface that is very old-school right now. They could give it a little more modern feel."

"The main improvement is that it should have GDPR compliance. That's the problematic point. They say they are GDPR compliant, but they are not."

"The interface feels like it is targeted for end users who typically are looking for an all-in-one integrated push button solution. It would be better if the interface had a beginner mode and an expert mode."

"There are some things that we don't like about it. That is why I was exploring alternatives in a hyper-scale environment. That is why I was checking IT Central Station."

"Maybe implement an easier interface for basic users. For example, a set-up wizard with all the commonly used features as default."

"They can add some production backup capabilities and the ability to do single instance back up. At the moment, it doesn't do deduplication on the standard backup. So, the issue is backing up PSG files for customers who have limited bandwidth. The other issue is that I don't like the implementation of the SQL backup. We do use SQL ourselves using a PowerShell script with the VDA tools as a module. That's how we back up. The rotation feature would be nice to have, but I know that they've got it on their dashboard or on their list to look at. They can also do a few tweaks to the dashboard. I would like the reporting capabilities on the portal to be much more granular. Normally, I export it to a text file, and then I run it through a pivot table in order to look at it from a cost-recovery point of view and to see when the backup last ran and if it was successful when it ran two or three days ago. Such a feature would work really well for my market. They can also add a cost-effective backup for Android and Apple cellphones. I've had one or two customers who were looking for this feature. I haven't found this functionality at the moment. I've been looking for a product that does that."

"The restore time could improve. When we had an issue the restore time was lengthy."

"We have a Cyber Cloud backup license and we have on-premises storage. Both can be useful for our customers."

"We pay a yearly subscription fee and the pricing is reasonable."

"Its price is quite friendly on the pocket. You need to pay the licensing cost upfront, and then the support charges are on an annual basis."

"We use the free version that provides very basic functionalities."

"Doing what this is capable of doing, the cost of it is in line."

"I find the pricing structure satisfactory, it is around $25 per year."

"I would say that at the pricepoint that it's at, it's definitely worth the money."

"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis."

"MSP360 is vastly cheaper than its competitors and has almost all the same features."

"Its pricing needs improvement."

"We have a very good return on investment."

"I rate the price of MSP360 Backup a seven out of ten."

"It includes a standard licensing fee. Once a year, there is a rebranding fee. The licensing costs are available on the internet for MSP360 Backup. There is a discount structure where if you have over 50 devices, you get a 50% discount. So, my cost is $2 a license per month."

"The solution is expensive."

"Pricing is reasonable although can be quite a large upfront cost."

"It provides a good cost savings compared to our previous cloud backup."