Acronis Cyber Protect vs Oracle Data Guard comparison

Acronis and Oracle are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Acronis is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.1, while Oracle is ranked #11 with an average rating of 9.3. Acronis holds a 4.8% mindshare in BRS, compared to Oracle’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Acronis users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Acronis Cyber Protect

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87% willing to recommend

Oracle Data Guard

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1,713 Comparison Views

94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Acronis Cyber Protect and Oracle Data Guard are both prominent solutions for data protection and disaster recovery. Acronis Cyber Protect seems to have the upper hand for ease of use, while Oracle Data Guard stands out for its seamless integration with Oracle databases and robust performance.

Features: Acronis Cyber Protect offers integrated backup and cybersecurity, automation of patch management, and AI-based protection against malware. Oracle Data Guard provides real-time data replication, automatic failover, and data integrity verification. Users value Oracle Data Guard’s high reliability in critical environments, whereas Acronis Cyber Protect’s holistic approach is frequently praised.

Room for Improvement:Acronis Cyber Protect could improve its reporting capabilities, offer more flexible pricing options, and refine its user documentation. Oracle Data Guard needs better user documentation, more intuitive management tools, and expanded support for non-Oracle databases.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Acronis Cyber Protect is noted for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer support. Oracle Data Guard, although complex in deployment, offers highly rated technical support for issue resolution.

Pricing and ROI: Acronis Cyber Protect is considered cost-effective with lower setup costs, providing good ROI. Oracle Data Guard, despite higher initial costs, delivers strong ROI through exceptional reliability and performance in safeguarding critical data.

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

120

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (5th)

Oracle Data Guard

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

11th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Protect is 4.8%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Data Guard is 0.7%, down from 1.3% 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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Azhagupandi Parthiban

Vice President Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers near-real-time replication for data consistency and continuously introducing new features through upgrades

There are various advantages. First of all, easy to deploy. The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. In other ways, the implementation is very, very important. Like, we have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product. Once you configure it, it goes through the rollback, and then Data Guard introduces this snapshot thing. So once the restoration happens, we can go back to the original thing, and we make that a standard. It's a pretty decent and key function for Oracle. So, enterprise organizations go for Oracle only for features like these.

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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

"For my first experience, it is the best software for backups, especially for a five-system backup."

"The user interface (UI) is easy to use."

"The solution is stable and reliable."

"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."

"This is a full software so deployment time is very quick."

"From my perspective, the most valuable features in Acronis Cyber Protect include ransomware protection and antivirus. These features not only add significant value but also play a crucial role in closing deals. When selling backup for Microsoft 365, these security features, like ransomware protection and antivirus, serve as a starting point to offer backup and protection."

"The most valuable feature is the quick restoration. We can restore the data quickly."

"The most valuable feature is its ability to back up and recover our production environment from ransomware."

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"Backup and application continuity are most valuable."

"The most valuable aspect for me is undoubtedly the failover capability and the assurance of data safety provided by Oracle Data Guard."

"We use Data Guard for online replication from data center, to data center for high availability. This is the most important feature."

"Another valuable feature is the possibility of backing up the database from the standby database instead of the primary database, to avoid backup process overhead in the primary system."

"With Data Guard, Oracle guarantees zero data loss, providing peace of mind for organizations relying on their data for critical operations."

"Data Guard also improved because customers with an active Data Guard license want to reduce the I/O in a production environment. Some application complaints to it for Oracle reporting purposes. It has a production environment that needs to be enhanced."

"The solution is quite stable. We haven't experienced any bugs, glitches, or crashes. We find it to be quite reliable."

"The solution is really very stable. One good thing about it, compared to other products, is that you can just run it and forget about it. Unless you come across some interruptions in the network, it works like a charm."

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Cons

"The tool's dashboard for daily operations is useful, but I find that it could benefit from enhancements, particularly in terms of reporting. While exporting reports, the format is not fancy as it appears on the dashboard. The exported files are typically in Excel CSV or PDF format."

"I would like to have more hardware space. It would make it better. I would like to have two more terabytes."

"It would be nice if it could support more types of storage: EMC, HPE, Veeam, etc."

"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..."

"There are some limitations to the backup."

"The whole product structure is confusing. You can actually get to do what you want to do. But Acronis seems to have a singular ability to make things difficult."

"The solution's error handling can be improved specifically for Linux errors."

"The dashboards for digital operations can be improved."

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"The database administration needs improvement. With Oracle, we have a lot of features for administrating data, but it might be too many. It needs to be simplified. It should be automated. Looking at Enterprise Manager, there are too many KPIs in place."

"For Italian medium-sized companies, the main challenge lies in the cost associated with licenses."

"The predominant issue lies in the communication link between the secondary and primary databases."

"The implementation is complex for anyone who's jumping into it without any experience. It's all command-line driven implementations. For some, that's a turn-off."

"There is an issue with their application on ODG. There were a lot of edits in the logs. Sometimes, we only get a little cue from the Data Guard Broker logs if there's an issue."

"For every standby server you have, you must pay a licensing fee, which is the main disadvantage."

"The initial setup is complex."

"Overall, there are some operational issues that need to be dealt with."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's subscription costs are monthly. The product's pricing is fair."

"It is very cost-effective for the SMB segment, especially for start-ups and smaller environments. It is cost-effective for on-premises and on-cloud deployments in such environments."

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

"It has already paid off itself in the first few months that we implemented it."

"The license is a perpetual license. The cost is an area for improvement."

"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."

"There is a license required to use this solution and it is inexpensive. However, it is an old license."

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

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"The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle."

"It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product."

"This is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive than Oracle Grid."

"The pricing is on the higher side."

"If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses."

"Oracle Data Guard is a feature available only in Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and is available for extra cost."

"The licensing cost is significantly high."

"The cost is expensive."

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19%

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20%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

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Also Known As

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

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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.

Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

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

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