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Acronis True Image is a highly regarded backup solution that has proven invaluable for individuals and organizations across various use cases. Users rely on this software to provide locally-stored daily backups of their important projects, drafts, and assets. One of the standout features is the delta backup capability, which saves time by only backing up the parts that have changed. With Acronis True Image, users can test different configurations with ease and revert them if needed. The software also allows users to store ready-to-go images of common applications and software configurations for quick restoration.

In addition to its general backup functions, Acronis True Image excels in emergency situations like ransomware attacks. It is particularly useful for recovering individual files that were corrupted or deleted, as well as performing full system image backups automatically. Users appreciate the peace-of-mind provided by this software, especially when working with a diverse catalog of productivity software. Acronis True Image has been credited with saving users from losing their work multiple times.

This robust backup solution is not only reliable but also cost-effective. It is considered one of the best third-party backup solutions for Windows users. Organizations utilize Acronis True Image as part of their redundant data backup plans to protect critical accounting and business data from ransomware attacks. It also plays a crucial role in disaster recovery efforts, cloning soon-to-fail drives, and reducing downtime during software re-installation.

Users praise Acronis True Image for its easy-to-use interface that even mildly technically savvy staff can navigate without any issues. It solves the problem of quickly recovering essential materials in the event of catastrophic computer loss or failure. From cloning computers with identical hardware configurations to transferring data between storage media, this versatile software has earned its reputation as a trusted imaging solution.

Furthermore, Acronis True Image has been instrumental in helping interrupt ransomware and has become a go-to choice for creating images from POS systems at client facilities. It has proven to be a reliable and highly efficient tool for preserving data after security incidents and laying down images on new hard drives.

Overall, Acronis True Image stands out as a reliable and low-maintenance backup solution that has garnered praise for its effectiveness in various scenarios. It is trusted by users across different industries to safeguard their invaluable data and streamline their backup and recovery processes.

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20 Reviews

Basic Data Backup & Recovery with Data Security Software: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Acronis Cyber Protect provides data backup for critical servers and VM that are more important for business and not acceptable if any data loss in case of hardware failure, OS failures or malware or ransomware it can be up system with minimum downtime. In case of bussiness problems it will also provide data security using encription of data. We are using Acronis as backup facility, cyber security protection and compliance protection .

Pros

  • Its mostly used for data backup and recovery,data backup we can schduled as per our requiremen. we can take Image backup of any system, or can take any drive backup on network device or in cloud.also we take incremental backup that can help us to manage backup size.
  • It has One feature named Active protection protects data from ransomware or remote injection and crypto mining processes.
  • Vulranabulity assesment that will detect any vulraneble system.
  • Acronis encrypt backups with AES-256 encryption and ensure sensitive information will get protected while taking backup and restore in system.

Cons

  • Its Cloud storage Price is some what high for small business
  • While using the antimalware feature face issue of slow system performance
  • Feature of Real Time sync for backup like onedrive

Likelihood to Recommend

As name Suggests it is good solution for home users or small offices it will give all basic features required by home user Incremental backup, Schduling of backup whenever system will be idle so perfomance issue will not impact on work. also malware scanning and other tools like clean up, clone disk, rescue media etc are usefull for home user.
While to install it and working smoothly with that it will require minimum system requirement and will not work properly with lower than that requirement.
DL
Diksha Limbachiya
Server and Network Admin in Information Technology at SSM Infotech (201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Acronis True Image
8 years of experience
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Great Product with Excellent Value with Central Management Platform for Backup and Endpoint Protection

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Currently using Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office for protecting a SMB business as well as performing PC backups. no major issues with the product so far. Easy install, the download and executable files are easy small and compact.

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office helps solves alot of small home users and businesses for me who cant afford all the protection and backup and also consolidates the protuct line into one with a central management platform.

Pros

  • Backup
  • Endpoint Protection
  • Browser Security

Cons

  • Users who require easy simple one click solutions
  • Small Businesses
  • Home Businesses

Likelihood to Recommend

Great product at great value. Woudl highly recommend for anyone who is needing a reliable product that needs the following all packaged into one - PC Protection - Backups - Centralised cloud services - Storage

Has alot of other additional features that allows central management, as well as historical file restoration and full backup of image isos in case of hardware failure. Easy to use tools as well as cost effective and can easily be deployed across different OS's.
VU
Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology (201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Acronis True Image
20 years of experience

Reliable backup

Rating: 4 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Acronis to back up a laptop used in teaching and research as well as my home computer. It solves the problem of recovering essential materials quickly in the event of a catastrophic computer loss or failure.

Pros

  • Restore works (the most important part of a backup)!
  • Restore to different hardware works, important when you upgrade computers.
  • Many options to select the type of backup, where stored, etc.
  • Includes real-time malware protection.

Cons

  • I'd like to be able to choose the backup drive by its hardware identification.
  • I'd like to be able to rename online backups.
  • The notifications panel seems unnecessary but it can't be disabled.
  • Notifications show off screen on high DPI display with task bar on the left.
  • New license agreement attempts to contract away freedom of speech.

Likelihood to Recommend

Works well to backup three machines (my license limit) at a reasonable cost with a reasonable amount of online storage provided. It is somewhat clunky if you want to do rotating backups among two or more separate hard drives. A license agreement which restricts my freedom to publicly discuss how the software performs is offensive.
GF
George Freeman
Associate Professor in Engineering at University of Waterloo (1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Acronis True Image
15 years of experience
Verified on LinkedIn

Online Backup Solution that Works Well!

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I back up religiously, several different ways, and Acronis True Image is the method I use for online backup. We are a small firm, so I use it to back up all the shared data, as well as several key computers.

Pros

  • It is seamless. Set it and let it do its magic in the background.
  • The online portal allows you to quickly check the status of all backups easily.
  • The program includes an Antivirus scan in the background. Although I rely on different, more comprehensive software for virus scanning, every little bit helps.

Cons

  • My main complaint is that the interface for choosing which folders / files to back up is not that great. It takes a little digging to make sure that you have everything chosen correctly.
  • The initial backup takes a long time. Other companies provide a portable disk that you can 'seed' with your data and ship to them to shortcut the process, but they don't.

Likelihood to Recommend

I'm not sure that this is suited for large companies. This is manageable for a small firm with several key computers that need to be backed up. I'm not sure this would scale well for a big company.
JB
John Bode
Partner in Legal at Bode & Werner PLLC (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Acronis True Image
2 years of experience

Good ideas, badly implemented. Stick to the local imaging with this product

Rating: 2 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

[Acronis True Image was] implemented as part of a redundant backup and recovery plan. Running this on a workstation with a local external drive and cloud, and laptop with a local external drive. Purchased because of the imaging reputation that Acronis traditionally has, and interested in their new claimed ability to help interrupt ransomware.

Pros

  • Imaging

Cons

  • Cloud backup is not functioning well
  • User interface is clunky
  • Speed in settings, loading, backups and everything else

Likelihood to Recommend

The imaging capability seems to be solid [with Acronis True Image], although I have not had to recover a drive yet so cannot compare. The logs tell me when it is (and isn't) working. The "Cloud Replication" that is supposed to simultaneously replicate the local backup image is perfectly awful and the months of tech support ended with them telling me I had a "VSS issue" on a brand new workstation and that I should just create a separate cloud image. After months of it taking 3-4 DAYS to run, IF it worked, and then failing altogether, I discontinued it. It was even logging (running?) under another separate critical files backup, and forced to use the same encryption password. Setting up a new one failed. The cloud backup of my critical files is still running at kb/sec speeds. The ransomware protection hasn't caught anything yet to my knowledge, and consumes a lot of resources. Changing the settings takes at least 10 minutes to log into the cloud. Cloud storage is tiny and a push to get you to pay more. Will not be renewing.
VU
Verified User
Paraprofessional in Legal (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Acronis True Image
3 years of experience

Data Integrity worries keeping you at bay...try Acronis True Image 2021 and save your day!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Acronis True Image both on our networked computers and standalone computers in our office as our main computer data backup and restore system. It is our go to solution for our data integrity for virus, ransomware, and system backups

Pros

  • Computer Data Backups
  • Virus protection
  • Disk drive cloning
  • Disk cleaning and reformatting

Cons

  • User interface could be improved such that when hovering over tools a better description could pop up to list the functions of that tool and how to use it
  • Improved virus protection options
  • Have all the features and functions of the software available without additional subscriptions required and fees

Likelihood to Recommend

I think that Acronis True Image provides to our business the best value in data protection bar none. It is a perfect solution for small and medium sized businesses.
JE
John E. Walters - Certified Tax Strategist
Managing Member in Finance and Accounting at LeWalt Consulting Groupe, LLC (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Acronis True Image
7 years of experience
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One of the reliable and trustworthy apps in the market with great support team

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Some users are using Acronis True Image on their laptops to perform various functions related to backup of data. It supports all kinds of backup like file and/or folder backup, system partition backup etc. It helps in backing up data for emergency situations like ransomware attacks, transferring data, OS etc. to another computer among other things.

Pros

  • Best Graphical interface in backups apps.
  • Fast to backup data.
  • Has ransomware protection feature which sets it apart from other backup apps and negates the need to have a separate ransomware protection software.

Cons

  • The setup takes time to install.
  • The app does not run in domain environment without domain admin login.
  • The speeds are great but can be improved a bit more.

Likelihood to Recommend

Acronis True Image is well suited to people who are looking for a reliable and easy to use backup program. It is excellent for both home and business users but would recommend it for home use more. I also like that the app supports backing up data to cloud storage also in addition to local drives/external hard disks etc.
dg
dhruv gupta
Manager in Sales at Darts IT Networks Pvt. Ltd. (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Acronis True Image
2 years of experience
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Fairly easy to use backup software that ticks most boxes, but don't rely on this as your only backup

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Acronis True Image (ATI) provides locally-stored daily backups of client projects, drafts and assets. Since our files are fairly large, its delta backup feature saves a lot of time by backing up only parts that have changed. These backups also make it possible to test certain configurations and then revert them afterwards. ATI is also used to store clean ready-to-go images of common applications and software configurations which can be easily restored if a system becomes corrupted or degrades significantly in performance.

Pros

  • Delta backup makes backups super fast of larger files that do not change in its entirety (e.g. VM images, large PSD files)
  • Easy to use (set it and forget it)
  • Rescue media makes it easy to restore backups to different hardware and migrate to other work stations
  • Lots of backup options on the Windows version of ATI

Cons

  • Like many other backup software, its reliance on volume shadow service (VSS) can be troublesome to troubleshoot. Errors around VSS tend to be cryptic and could be caused by completely unrelated issues (Acronis VSS doctor can only help so much)
  • Mac version of ATI has many issues and occasionally fails to restore an image because of the split system and data volumes in macOS Catalina and later
  • Updater in Mac version of ATI causes constant kernel_task activity (20%+) randomly until internet connection is cut off or the updater file is made non executable
  • Error messages in ATI are often too generic and not helpful
  • ATI will also randomly delete all the previous backups except the recent one even though ample disk space is available on the destination disk. As mentioned previously, the mac version will sometimes fail to restore on Catalina (10.15) and later.

Likelihood to Recommend

ATI provides a robust set of features in the Windows version and is great for both home and business use. It is easy to setup different backups of different folders and run them all on a schedule. However, some knowledge of backup schemes will be helpful as it provides many different types (incremental, differential, etc), but it does not provide any recommendations on which method is ideal for which use case scenarios. The Mac version is significantly lacking in features and by default does not appear to exclude certain cache folders so without excluding them manually, you may find your backup volume filling up faster than usual. On Windows, the commonly used folders are excluded by default but may still require fine tuning depending on the applications being used. (e.g. Adobe's massive media cache folder will indeed get backed up)
SS
Shion Song
Art Director & Web Developer in Marketing at shion.ca (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Acronis True Image
5 years of experience

Acronis True Image - my long and successful history with a trustwarthy product

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use this product internally, as well as recommending and selling it to other people and organizations. I use the software to create scheduled, automatic full system image backups of company and client workstations (as well as Windows servers with the appropriate Acronis server products). This product has proven useful numerous times over the last 12 years both for bare-metal recovery of systems with failed drives, as well as to recover individual files that were corrupted or deleted by users. It has proven itself invaluable.

Pros

  • Full, automatic backups with no user action required.
  • Email notifications of backup completion status for confirmation that successful backups are occurring.
  • Protection of backup files from accidental deletion or malware interference/encryption.

Cons

  • Some features have actually become more complicated over the years. One that comes to mind is creating a backup plan that can execute daily to an external USB media that is changed daily (older versions would back up to the, for example, "F" drive regardless of which drive was attached - newer versions identify each drive uniquely, and a backup task created with a given external drive will fail due to the lack of media presence if the drive is replaced).
  • Error messages could be less cryptic.
  • Support turnaround time and live assistance could be faster.

Likelihood to Recommend

Acronis True Image is my go-to recommendation for automatic full system backups. It is often the fastest and most complete way to recover a failed system. Conversely, for backups of user data only, I actually prefer a cloud solution such as iDrive, which is far simpler to set up than most online solutions, and offers included phone and email technical support that is quite competent.
MS
Michael Sweeden
Owner/Consultant in Information Technology at Michael Sweeden Consulting (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Reseller
Acronis True Image
12 years of experience

Low Maintenance Reliable Backup

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am using Acronis True Image to backup all my Windows computers. It is easy to use, [low-maintenance] backup solution for Windows. Since Windows doesn't have [an easy-to-use backup] solution like Time Machine on Mac - Windows users have to find a 3rd party solution that would help them do daily/weekly backups of their files. Most 3rd party solution[s] either don't do their job well or not reliable or super expensive. I think Acronis True Image is one of the best from that perspective.

Pros

  • Reliable backup and restore
  • Low maintenance of the software
  • Easy to use and configure

Cons

  • I would prefer more transparent and fleximechanism like Time Back Machine
  • I would like to see notifications after backup
  • I would like to see notifications before backup

Likelihood to Recommend

Acronis True Image is well suited to provide low maintenance reliable backup solution for Windows Machines without much headache. It is easy to install and configure and use. It is less appropriate for Mac machines as [their] Mac solution of Time Back Machine is more appropriate and native to use.
AL
Anatoly Lubarsky
Founder and lead developer in Research & Development at x2line (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Acronis True Image
4 years of experience