Acronis Cyber Protect vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP comparison

Acronis and NetApp are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. Acronis is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.2, while NetApp is ranked #9 with an average rating of 9.0. Acronis holds a 6.3% mindshare in CB, compared to NetApp’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Acronis users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

Acronis Cyber Protect

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 12, 2025

Acronis Cyber Protect and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP compete in the data protection and storage solutions category. Acronis Cyber Protect has an upper hand in security integration, while NetApp offers superior storage efficiencies and cost-reduction features.

Features: Acronis Cyber Protect provides a comprehensive solution with features like universal restore, incremental backups, and support for multiple platforms including Windows and Linux. It also offers added security measures like ransomware protection. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is praised for its data management and storage efficiencies, with features like SnapMirror and snapshot capabilities, essential for operational recovery.

Room for Improvement: Acronis Cyber Protect users report high resource consumption during installation, inefficiencies in backup time, and compatibility challenges between versions. The technical support response needs improvement. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP should enhance its cloud integration and performance monitoring. Users also desire improvements in scalability limits and more flexible licensing options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Acronis Cyber Protect supports Hybrid, Public, and On-premises deployments, though customer service outcomes vary with responsiveness often inconsistent. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers similar deployment flexibility and generally more reliable customer support, often improved by direct vendor contact.

Pricing and ROI: Acronis Cyber Protect is considered cost-effective for SMBs, offering reasonable licensing models and a positive ROI thanks to its robust backup and recovery functions. Licensing options include perpetual licenses, which are a notable advantage. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, though initially costly, offers substantial long-term value with its extensive features and storage efficiencies that justify the investment, especially in enterprise settings.

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect

Ranking in Cloud Backup

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

121

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (9th)

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Ranking in Cloud Backup

9th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (1st), Cloud Storage (1st), Public Cloud Storage Services (5th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Protect is 6.3%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Stuart Grigor

Senior Manager Governance and Quality Assurance at Motus Car Rental

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.

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Pramod-Talekar

Sr Service Engineer at Evolent Health

Allows customers to manage SAN and NAS data within a single storage solution

The tool's most valuable features are the SnapLock and SnapMirror features. If something goes wrong with the data, we can restore it. This isn't a mirror; we store data in different locations. If there's an issue on the primary site, we can retrieve data from the secondary site. Multiprotocol support in NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is beneficial because it allows customers to manage SAN and NAS data within a single storage solution. This feature eliminates the need to purchase different types of storage.

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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

"Acronis has many features, which are really very interesting, when it comes to data backup and recovery, especially disaster recovery (DR)."

"One of the most valuable features of Acronis is its AnyData Engine which allows any device to connect to any other device for the purpose of data restoration."

"The licensing model is very good."

"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."

"The web-based interface makes it easy to use."

"Acronis is a flexible solution. It can back up workstations, endpoints, and even your virtual environments and cloud-based environments. So, we can do the backup of the whole gamut of products."

"The solution's most valuable features are its ease of use and its user-friendly interface compared to other tools."

"The solution is exceptional for desktop backup."

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"They have very good support team who is very helpful. They will help you with every aspect of getting the deployment done."

"The ability to do a straight SnapMirror from our on-prem to the cloud with no other data transitions is excellent."

"ONTAP has been very stable for us, specifically in the cloud environment. It allows us to have high availability as well as standalone systems if that's what we want within our specific workloads. Also, on-premise has been a very stable environment. We have very few outages and when we do, we work with support to get systems back online in a timely manner."

"Unified Manager, System Manager, and Cloud Manager are all GUI-based. It's easy for somebody who has not been exposed to this for years to pick it up and work with it."

"Snapshots are one valuable feature within ONTAP, but CVO's appeal is that it acts just like the on-prem solution. It's the same OS, but in the cloud. We can continue to use ONTAP as we did on-premise."

"This solution has made everything easier to do."

"It offers ease of use and a comprehensive suite of applications, including features like SnapMirror, SnapVault, and unified snapshot management, all bundled into a single product."

"It makes sure we have control of the data and that we know what it's being used for. The main thing for us is that we need to know what applications are consuming it and responsible for it. The solution helps us do that."

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Cons

"I can't select a network location. I have to map a drive on the server, and then I have to select the mapped drive in order for it to put the backup out there."

"The support takes too much time to respond to callbacks. Calls are often scheduled around four to five PM and tend to occur with a two-hour delay each time."

"Acronis Backup has a straightforward initial setup process and an easy-to-use interface. However, a potential issue for Acronis partners is that registered partners do not have access to marketing materials, which can make it difficult for them to reach mass markets and sell the product. This could be improved by allowing registered partners to access marketing materials and tools, such as email templates, that would help them to promote Acronis Backup effectively."

"The reporting can be improved."

"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."

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

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

"They can include something called a backup appliance. Although Acronis is a software-driven company, it would be good for customers to have some kind of backup appliance on top of a lightweight operating system. This will also reduce the cost. Currently, the customers have to buy the hardware in addition to the operating system, which increases the overhead in terms of procurement."

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"We've just been dealing with general pre-requisite infrastructure configuration challenges. Once those are out of the way, it is easy."

"If they could include clustering together multiple physical Cloud Volumes ONTAP devices as an option, that could be helpful."

"I'm very happy with the solution, the only thing that needs improvement is the web services API. It could be a little bit more straightforward. That's my only issue with it. It can get pretty complex."

"NetApp CVO needs to have more exposure and mature further before it will have greater acceptance."

"We have used technical support. As long as they don't call me at four o'clock in the morning to tell me that a drive failed and they are sending me another one, I like it. They have a tendency to do that."

"The support is good in general but the initial, front-line support could be improved. Because I have already been using the product for so long, when I call support I would rather talk to somebody who is a little bit more advanced or senior, rather than talking to the first-level support. Usually, it takes some time to reach out to their senior support."

"I would like to see them improve the perspective of start and search in the panels. This would allow for better visualization of the contents that are captured in the tool."

"Something we would like to see is the ability to better manage the setup and tie it to our configuration management database. We manage our whole IT infrastructure out of that database."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I like the pricing, and that it is easy to use and has performed well. "

"Pricing is what it is. I don't shop around once I find a good solution. I insist they maintain ongoing support year after year for updates and tech support."

"You pay for what you use in the cloud. If you don't start the virtual machine in the cloud, you only pay for the information stored there. But when you start the virtual machine, another pricing model is activated."

"I would describe the product as a mid-priced tool for small and medium businesses."

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

"The pricing is comparable to the newest solution available on the market, Altaro."

"If the solution was less expensive it would be better."

"When it comes to elements like cost, I think it is the only backup solution which has perpetual licenses, whereby you buy the license once and for all."

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"If we wanted to use the AWS solution, we would have to manage two or three different platforms and pay more money than what we should have to pay, as some of the features don't even exist. If we wanted to, we could use AWS cloning, but it is useless because it uses more space, is more expensive, and takes more time."

"Cloud is cloud. It's still expensive. Any good solution comes with a price tag. That's where we are looking to see how well we can manage our data in the cloud by trying to optimize the costs."

"If a customer is only using, say, less than 10 terabytes, I don't think CVO would be a good option. A customer using at least 100 or 200 terabytes should get a reasonable price from NetApp."

"The cost is quite high."

"We purchased the product directly from NetApp."

"Overall, the pricing of NetApp is aggressive and the pricing becomes more aggressive as the amount of data increases. The cost for a given volume of data that you are storing becomes lower. The greater the volume of data, the cheaper the license."

"Once we deploy the pay as you go model, we cannot convert this product as a BYOL model. This is a concern that we have."

"Compared to other storage vendors, NetApp, is not always able to compete with their pricing. Yet, we acknowledge the ease of use ONTAP brings with the AWS integration."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

52%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Acronis Backup?

One of its most valuable aspects is its user-friendly interface.

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What do you like most about NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

So a lot of these licenses are at the rate that is required for capacity. So they're they're able to reduce the license consumption and also the consumption of the underlying cloud storage.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

The solution's pricing is reasonable.

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What needs improvement with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

NetApp's support could improve.

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Also Known As

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

ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

Overview

Acronis Cyber Protect offers a revolutionary approach to cyber protection by integrating data protection with cybersecurity. This integrated method eliminates complexity challenges, delivers better protection against today’s threats, and maximizes efficiency by saving time and money. With its full-stack antimalware protection and comprehensive endpoint management, Acronis Cyber Protect combats advanced cyberattacks with a unique integration of protection technologies while simplifying daily IT operations, endpoint deployments and management, and reporting. Now you can manage all cyber protection aspects from a single pane of glass.

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NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is an efficient storage management solution for managing and storing data in the cloud. It offers seamless integration with cloud providers, advanced data replication capabilities, and high data protection. With reliable performance, it is ideal for industries like healthcare and finance.

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