Acronis Cyber Protect vs. IBM Cloud Backup

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Acronis Cyber Protect
Score 5.8 out of 10
N/A
Acronis Cyber Protect helps you safeguard your data from various threats while natively integrating your data protection and cybersecurity.
$85
per year
IBM Cloud Backup
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
IBM Cloud Backup is a full-featured, automated, agent-based backup and recovery system managed through the Cloud Backup WebCC browser utility.N/A
Pricing
Acronis Cyber ProtectIBM Cloud Backup
Editions & Modules
Acronis Cyber Protect
$85
per year
Acronis Cyber Protect
$85
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Acronis Cyber ProtectIBM Cloud Backup
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Acronis Cyber ProtectIBM Cloud Backup
Considered Both Products
Acronis Cyber Protect
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
Veeam is gold, but it can't back up the VMs using snapshots on Scale hypervisor. In my opinion, Acronis Cyber Protect can't do anything right that Veeam can do with ease.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
Acronis is more suited to business backups of servers than Backblaze with does cater to servers.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
We've looked at SolarWinds, Veritas, etc. but none of them had the right combination of features, price and ease of use when compared against Acronis and its ease of implementation, setup and recovery options. We didn't like the wait time for recovery with some of the others …
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
Acronis Cyber Backup is a fantastic product that provides service and quality of product that is a step above the competition. The software is incredibly reliable. It’s easy to use and just works as it is intended. Backups complete fast, compression rates are incredibly high, …
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
Both Acronis Backup and Macrium Reflect provide basic backup services. I feel like Macrium is aimed more towards personal use. Acronis's cloud options were a key difference for us.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
I began to compare Symantec against Acronis, because Symantec was the only software for backups and restoring that I knew. But Acronis, besides it being a little more expensive, has the best functionality and saves more time between restoring and backups for me.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
You will be hard-pressed to find this feature set at a lower price point.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
Those products are all very similar. They all have pros and cons, but at the end of the day, they are all very much the same. You pick the one that you like the most, you definitely have to try many. For us, we use it for end user computers, and use something else for VMs, and …
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
Since moving to imaging with Acronis, I have not used any other products as the main solution.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
Much better interface and data recovery. Tech support is also much better.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
Reputation & better price
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
We found the pricing, pre-sales technical support, customer service, billing, and post-sales technical support to be above par as compared to almost all other enterprise backup solutions. Some were equal or better in one or more areas, but no one had as high of marks as Acronis …
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
Carbonite and Veeam Backup & Replication
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
I used this in place of Backup Exec and was extremely pleased with it. Backup Exec is really confusing and the backups are unreliable. I loved replacing it with Acronis.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
Acronis allows us to use lower cost storage hardware and a reasonably priced cloud storage. Datto is a great product, but the cost is much higher. iDrive was not able to backup every type of endpoint.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
More modern and more cost-effective.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
Acronis does not slow your system down when running backups as Symantec did. Some people have an issue with CPU's being impacted but overall it's not an issue.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
I have been a continual user of products from this company for so many years now that I cannot even recall the names of other products that I attempted using in the past. I believe I have been using the system for a little over 15 years.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
No comparison. They do not have the features or simplicity of operation Acronis provides.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
Barracuda Cloud Essentials has email security, archiving, and allows users to manage their own spam email. Barracuda also comes with a backup feature and it all works together under one roof. Barracuda has been our alternative to other major services on the market. Acronis does …
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
Acronis is the best software only solution. Veeam has many flavors and does a superb (and more scalable) job of backing up data and replicating it offsite. Backup Exec is the oldest big player and has not done a lot to keep up with the competitors. Carbonite is a cloud-backup …
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
The others fail, I will only use and recommend Acronis.
Chose Acronis Cyber Protect
We had in place a Symantec Backup Exec (2014) solution in place - this was running on a physical device with an attached tape library. This would be perfect for a smaller company needing cost-effective off-site storage.

IBM Cloud Backup
Chose IBM Cloud Backup
Using IBM Cloud Backup is straightforward since we use several of their products, thus there is a fast and easy connection. In addition, IBM Cloud Backup security is top-notch, well-derived, and simple to use for the protection of businesses everywhere. It's easy for new users …
Chose IBM Cloud Backup
I would still choose IBM Cloud Backup because it is not only affordable but offers more features and it is very capable. Restoring data is easy and fast and being an IBM tool, it easily integrates with other IBM tools.
Chose IBM Cloud Backup
IBM Cloud Backup is a universal application, where we use many of their products, hence, there is easy integration, and swift accessibility. Besides, IBM Cloud Backup security is top notch, well derived, and intuitive for company safety. The learning steps on this applications …
Chose IBM Cloud Backup
Pricing and how easy it is to use. We use other IBM products in our office and it is nice to have everything on one network. The experience for users and managers is better, even new employees who can learn quickly. It also makes it more affordable for us.
Features
Acronis Cyber ProtectIBM Cloud Backup
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Acronis Cyber Protect
4.7
Ratings
56% below category average
IBM Cloud Backup
8.9
Ratings
5% above category average
Universal recovery1.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Instant recovery1.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Recovery verification1.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Business application protection1.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations7.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Incremental backup identification10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud7.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression6.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Snapshots8.60 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Flexible deployment3.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Management dashboard2.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Platform support6.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Retention options2.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Encryption9.40 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Acronis Cyber Protect
1.0
Ratings
156% below category average
IBM Cloud Backup
-
Ratings
Continuous data protection1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Replication1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Acronis Cyber ProtectIBM Cloud Backup
Likelihood to Recommend
1.7
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
9.1
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Usability
3.0
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-
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Support Rating
1.0
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Implementation Rating
9.1
(0 ratings)
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Product Scalability
8.5
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User Testimonials
Acronis Cyber ProtectIBM Cloud Backup
Likelihood to Recommend
If you don't have to manage your client's email and their email archiver Acronis works very well. If you're looking for just a backup service for what's on a particular computer then Acronis is perfect. It is easy to use, so newcomers are not overwhelmed with features.It does not include as robust features as Barracuda and Cloudberry, but it does work well as just a backup.
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If you are in an industry where you value data, whether customer data, business data or any other type of data that keeps your business running, then you will definitely benefit from IBM Cloud Backup. It is easy, affordable, and offers [the] best security features for your data. Backing up and recovery are easy.
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Pros
  • It's really easy to automate a backup. You can choose where you want the back up to be stored (locally or online) and how frequent you want your backups to be. And then just let it run on schedule.
  • It's very customizable. You can choose what you want to back up, where you want to back it up to and how frequently your backups should run.
  • Recovery is (I have only had to do it once) really fast and smooth. I was able to get back to a working state without calling in for support and all my stuff was right where I expected it to be.
  • It is very reliable. Backups very rarely fail and are easy to fix when they do.
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  • Backup system
  • Recovery system
  • In the cloud
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Cons
  • Search function for restore points on boot media.
  • After upgrading to a newer build, some fixed issues may reappear.
  • Hard to cancel jobs, but it looks like version 16 is better on that. We have run version 16 for only a month.
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  • The product's established prices are an issue.
  • Second, IBM Cloud Backup customer support might be faster.
  • Because IBM Cloud Backup is so automatic, retrieving some data in a power outage might be difficult.
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Likelihood to Renew
We have renewed our subscription over the course of a few years now. We used to use Backup Exec and it was tedious and difficult to obtain our backups when needed. Acronis just fits our environment style and the way we prefer to do business and use our third party software.
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Usability
Although the capacity range for the price is impressive, the access to the user console is not trivial and it is necessary to be guided for the first visits. And also since there a broad support of data storage technologies for back-ups, the connection process can be sometimes tricky, not surprisingly. It is why the Professionnal Services teams is so important at Acronis to help facilitate the installation processes.
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Support Rating
I only got one issue resolved for more than 20 cases open. The escalation is ineffective. Most of the time, I have the feeling that I know the solution better than the support technician. Overall, case management is time-consuming, as our resolution rate is really low
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Implementation Rating
I don't have any real key 'insights' per say except that it wasn't difficult at all, and do not be afraid to dabble in its tools and settings. It is quite intuitive with built in common sense. I cannot say enough good things about our companies experience when using this backup software.
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Alternatives Considered
Acronis allows us to use lower cost storage hardware and a reasonably priced cloud storage. Datto is a great product, but the cost is much higher. IDrive was not able to backup every type of endpoint.
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Using IBM Cloud Backup is straightforward since we use several of their products, thus there is a fast and easy connection. In addition, IBM Cloud Backup security is top-notch, well-derived, and simple to use for the protection of businesses everywhere. It's easy for new users and staff alike to get up and running with these programs, thanks to detailed instructions and visuals.
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Scalability
The ability to back up multiple servers from one source is a great tool to have for businesses that have equipment in different locations on the same network with a variety of software data to back up such as SQL, Exchange or a Files Server. You can decide to purchase individual server licenses as well if you would like to keep the process separate or have multiple sites where your data is housed.
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Return on Investment
  • Every times you restore a file, you see the value and the ROI of backup.
  • Backup is a great protection against ransomware, you can always restore files that has been infected.
  • When you want to go back in previous version of files, it can be life saver.
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  • Data loss can be expensive, but IBM Cloud Backup has extra an encryption option, which helps us maintain the value of our information.
  • Besides, the amount of data that IBM Cloud Backup can store is almost limitless, making us deal with any form of content that benefits the company.
  • Finally, no data losses due to accidents, which is a great plus for a company.
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