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Acronis Cyber Protect vs StorSimple comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
125
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (14th), Cloud Backup (11th)
StorSimple
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage Gateways (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Services solutions, they serve different purposes. Acronis Cyber Protect is designed for Cloud Backup and holds a mindshare of 3.1%, down 4.8% compared to last year.
StorSimple, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Storage Gateways, holds 8.4% mindshare, up 6.2% since last year.
Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Acronis Cyber Protect3.1%
Veeam Data Platform6.6%
Commvault Cloud4.3%
Other86.0%
Cloud Backup
Cloud Storage Gateways Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
StorSimple8.4%
Nasuni20.3%
CTERA Intelligent Data Platform17.5%
Other53.8%
Cloud Storage Gateways
 

Featured Reviews

ArunKumar24 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chairman at ONGC
Reliable image backups have protected our HMIs and simplified on‑premises recovery
We have not tried the vulnerability assessment feature yet because we have a different set of protocols for our cybersecurity. We conduct audits and plug the gaps as part of our security approach. We are not using AI with the anti-malware from Acronis; we are using it only for backup and recovery. On the backup and restoration side with Acronis Backup, some on-premises AI features which can detect anomalies may be something which would improve the product significantly. Otherwise, we are not very comfortable with cloud-based solutions at this time. We are looking for products which are entirely on-premises, so they remain within our control.
it_user687201 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT-Consultant Microsoft Solutions at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The deduplication technology saves time within a disaster recovery case.
The deduplication technology is the most valuable feature. It saves time within a disaster recovery case I hope that the virtual device in the cloud will get more functionality! I have used this solution for five years. The product is very stable. Due to the fact that it is combined with…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The administration is pretty flexible in terms of defining a multi-tenant type of setup."
"I would definitely say the backup and recovery. It used to be a separate module. It was a recovery part and it would literally duplicate the machine to bare bones."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to back up and recover our production environment from ransomware."
"Speed and the ease in which we recover full hard drives are valuable features."
"Due to some power failure our 10 systems crashed which were recovered in few minutes by the Acronis recovery partition."
"We have never had a backup fail because of the software."
"Acronis Cyber Protect is a cost-effective product and it is very reliable and useful."
"One of the features I have found most valuable is the restore point - it gives us what we need at the time we need it. The important thing is that the backup for Acronis doesn't depend as much on the device."
"The deduplication technology is the most valuable feature."
"This product is easy to use and does all the work in the background for cloud replication and migration."
"This device has made it possible for us to almost entirely do away with Tape backup."
 

Cons

"Comparatively, depending on the setup, it can be costly."
"There are some limitations to the backup."
"There are some frustrating things. One in particular is when you're looking through your logs from the previous night's jobs and you see a warning, and you go in, and you try to dig through to find what exactly the warning meant, and you can't find anything."
"I wish Acronis had a feature that would allow me to set an expiry date for customers when I send them Acronis, such as when I create a customer workload or gigabyte."
"The licensing approach becomes intricate when dealing with SharePoint."
"It does not delete locked files."
"The stability could be compromised if there's no program or scheduling of Windows updates."
"It would be nice if it could support more types of storage."
"Had a SSD drive go bad in one of our older units. This was replaced under our service plan, but during the rebuild process encountered a bad block in another SSD that it was reading from and downed the device hard."
"I would like more options besides iSCSI."
"I hope that the virtual device in the cloud will get more functionality!"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Acronis Backup could be reduced, it is expensive."
"I would describe the product as a mid-priced tool for small and medium businesses."
"You don't have to pay for licenses. You can pay per gig per month. It is pretty reasonable, especially when you do it per gig."
"Licensing fees are billed annually and there are no extra charges."
"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."
"The cost of updates is less than $100 USD yearly."
"The price is reasonable."
"The pricing is significantly higher than it was last year, which is understandable since they have introduced new technology, such as transitioning from backup to cybersecurity."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business69
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise24
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Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

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