TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Acronis Cyber Protect vs. Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acronis Cyber Protect

    Score5.9 out of 10
    N/AAcronis Cyber Protect helps you safeguard your data from various threats while natively integrating your data protection and cybersecurity.

    $85

    per year

    Amazon S3

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAmazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.N/A
    Pricing
    Acronis Cyber ProtectAmazon S3
    Editions & Modules
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    $85
    per year
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    $85
    per year
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Acronis Cyber ProtectAmazon S3
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Acronis Cyber ProtectAmazon S3
    Considered Both Products
    Acronis
    No answer on this topic
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    40 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    39 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    38 Answers
    Features
    Acronis Cyber ProtectAmazon S3
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Acronis Cyber Protect and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    Feature
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    4.7
    25 Ratings
    56% below category average
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Universal recovery1.023 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Instant recovery1.022 Ratings7.97 Ratings
    Recovery verification1.022 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Business application protection1.021 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations7.022 Ratings9.47 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.023 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud7.015 Ratings9.48 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression6.015 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Snapshots8.619 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Flexible deployment3.011 Ratings9.28 Ratings
    Management dashboard2.016 Ratings8.18 Ratings
    Platform support6.016 Ratings8.78 Ratings
    Retention options2.015 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Encryption9.412 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Acronis Cyber Protect and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    Feature
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    156% below category average
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Continuous data protection1.01 Ratings9.48 Ratings
    Replication1.01 Ratings9.27 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics1.01 Ratings8.48 Ratings
    Malware protection00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings9.58 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Acronis Cyber ProtectAmazon S3
    Small Businesses
    NAKIVO Backup & Replication
    Score9.7 out of 10
    NAKIVO Backup & Replication
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Druva Security Cloud
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Druva Security Cloud
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Druva Security Cloud
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Druva Security Cloud
    Score9.7 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Acronis Cyber ProtectAmazon S3
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.7
    (48 ratings)
    9.2
    (74 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    3.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.5
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Acronis Cyber ProtectAmazon S3
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Acronis
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Amazon AWS
    Amazon S3 is a great service to safely backup your data where redundancy is guaranteed and the cost is fair. We use Amazon S3 for data that we backup and hope we never need to access but in the case of a catastrophic or even small slip of the finger with the delete command we know our data and our client's data is safely backed up by Amazon S3. Transferring data into Amazon S3 is free but transferring data out has an associated, albeit low, cost per GB. This needs to be kept in mind if you plan on transferring out a lot of data frequently. There may be other cost effective options although Amazon S3 prices are really low per GB. Transferring 150TB would cost approximately $50 per month.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    Acronis
    • Image based backups. After the initial backup, the backups happen quite quickly. This allows for multiple backups per day.
    • We have different classes of data which requires different retention policies. Acronis makes that easy to manage.
    • Restoration can be done directly to hardware or to a VM. This makes it easy to migrate a physical server to a VM.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Amazon AWS
    • Fantastic developer API, including AWS command line and library utilities.
    • Strong integration with the AWS ecosystem, especially with regards to access permissions.
    • It's astoundingly stable- you can trust it'll stay online and available for anywhere in the world.
    • Its static website hosting feature is a hidden gem-- it provides perhaps the cheapest, most stable, most high-performing static web hosting available in PaaS.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    Acronis
    • 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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Amazon AWS
    • Web console can be very confusing and challenging to use, especially for new users
    • Bucket policies are very flexible, but the composability of the security rules can be very confusing to get right, often leading to security rules in use on buckets other than what you believe they are
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Acronis
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Amazon AWS
    Due to princing, availability and scalability.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    Acronis
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Amazon AWS
    It is tricky to get it all set up correctly with policies and getting the IAM settings right. There is also a lot of lifecycle config you can do in terms of moving data to cold/glacier storage. It is also not to be confused with being a OneDrive or SharePoint replacement, they each have their own place in our environment, and S3 is used more by the IT team and accessed by our PHP applications. It is not necessarily used by an average everyday user for storing their pictures or documents, etc.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    Acronis
    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
    Read full review
    Amazon AWS
    AWS has always been quick to resolve any support ticket raised. S3 is no exception. We have only ever used it once to get a clarification regarding the costs involved when data is transferred between S3 and other AWS services or the public internet. We got a response from AWS support team within a day.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Implementation Rating
    Acronis
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Acronis
    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 and being able to quickly get a machine back entirely was important to us.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Amazon AWS
    Overall, we found that Amazon S3 provided a lot of backend features Google Cloud Storage (GCS) simply couldn't compare to. GCS was way more expensive and really did not live up to it. In terms of setup, Google Cloud Storage may have Amazon S3 beat, however, as it is more of a pseudo advanced version of Google Drive, that was not a hard feat for it to achieve. Overall, evaluating GCS, in comparison to S3, was an utter disappointment.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Acronis
    I would love it if they offered better cloud space pricing or even "unlimited"
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Acronis
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Acronis
    • 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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Amazon AWS
    • It practically eliminated some real heavy storage servers from our premises and reduced maintenance cost.
    • The excellent durability and reliability make sure the return of money you invested in.
    • If the objects which are not active or stale, one needs to remove them. Those objects keep adding cost to each billing cycle. If you are handling a really big infrastructure, sometimes this creates quite a huge bill for preserving un-necessary objects/documents.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots