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    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

    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AIDrive protects PCs, Macs, mobile devices, Servers, Cloud Applications Data (SAAS) including Office 365, and Google Workspace, and provides S3 compatible Object Storage with IDrive e2. IDrive offers different plans for cloud backup for devices: - IDrive Personal - IDrive Core - IDrive Team - IDrive Small Business - IDrive Enterprise - IDrive360 EndPoint IDrive provides Cloud Applications data (SAAS) Backup: - Microsoft Office 365 Backup - Google…

    $99.50

    per year One user, unlimited computers 5TB storage

    Pricing
    Acronis Cyber ProtectIDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Editions & Modules
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    $85
    per year
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    $85
    per year
    IDrive Cloud to Cloud Backup
    $20
    per year
    IDrive 360 EndPoint
    $29.50
    per year
    IDrive e2
    $49.50
    per year
    IDrive Core
    $79.50
    per year
    Personal
    $99.50
    per year
    IDrive Team
    $99.50
    per year
    IDrive Business
    $99.50
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Acronis Cyber ProtectIDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—IDrive regularly offers first year discounts for all plans and offers a full-featured 30-day free trial for IDrive 360 Endpoint
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    Community Pulse
    Acronis Cyber ProtectIDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Considered Both Products
    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.
    Incentivized
    IDrive
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Would buy again
    91 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    88 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    88 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    84 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    86 Answers
    Features
    Acronis Cyber ProtectIDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Acronis Cyber Protect and IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Feature
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    4.7
    25 Ratings
    56% below category average
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery1.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery1.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification1.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection1.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations7.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression6.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots8.619 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment3.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard2.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support6.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options2.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption9.412 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Acronis Cyber Protect and IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Feature
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    156% below category average
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Acronis Cyber Protect and IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Feature
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    -
    Ratings
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    9.3
    92 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings9.667 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings9.170 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings9.165 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    File search00 Ratings9.177 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.083 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Acronis Cyber Protect and IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Feature
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    -
    Ratings
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    9.1
    87 Ratings
    5% above category average
    User and role management00 Ratings9.270 Ratings
    File organization00 Ratings8.983 Ratings
    Device management00 Ratings9.184 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Acronis Cyber Protect and IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Feature
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    -
    Ratings
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    9.3
    92 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Performance00 Ratings9.289 Ratings
    Reliability00 Ratings9.287 Ratings
    Storage Reports00 Ratings9.380 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Acronis Cyber ProtectIDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.7
    (48 ratings)
    9.4
    (96 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    3.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.6
    (22 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.5
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Acronis Cyber ProtectIDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    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
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    IDrive
    It scales well from the individual to corporate environments with many different plans to suit your needs and budget. For backing up servers such as Exchange or SQL I've used their sister product iBackup, which is also excellent and we have no problems with, so maybe they should merge the two products into one which would make it a better overall proposition. It also seems to handle backing up mapped drives as well, which is what we used for a while before getting the on server version. That being said it can use up quite a bit of bandwidth so make sure you schedule at night when noone is working. However it does only backup changed files which is great.
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    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
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    IDrive
    • I'm using it on MAC, the app works very well in the background
    • Logging activities is something I really like, because I can check whether the backup was successful or not.
    • I really like the option of being able to select external drivers and back up only specific folders or files.
    • The application itself is very easy to use, even though it doesn't have a version in my language (pt-br), I had no trouble setting it up and I'm using it without any problems.
    Incentivized
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    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
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    IDrive
    • DropBox-protected folders were not initially backed up as IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 did not follow the symbolic links created
    • I experienced some UX confusion in adding new folders to backup; it's a different interface than setting up exclusions, and they should follow the same workflow and page buttons
    • After a reboot, it appears like a full disk scan is performed which can take quite a long time on a disk which has many files and lots of space
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    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
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    IDrive
    It does everything that it needs to to create an effecitve Three level backup to the cloud of all your important data, its reliable, dependable and peformant in its use cases. It overcomes the need to store offsite physical media such as Tape or disk storage. And its cost and level of reporting can be tailored to fit the use case of your business.
    Incentivized
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    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
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    IDrive
    While both the desktop and mobile apps are pretty straightforward and not complicated to navigate with features and settings fairly easy to understand and execute with clear enough descriptions they could use a refresh to be a but more intuitive and improvements made so they are less glitchy. Also backup speeds could use some improvement
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    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
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    IDrive
    I have not had to use their tech support. I did call once but luckily figured out what to do while I was on hold so I disconnected. If I really needed them it would have been a very long hold time I suppose.
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    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.
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    IDrive
    Did not participate in the implementation.
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    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.
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    IDrive
    I was a Backblaze user for 5 years because they had a very cost effective plan for my storage needs. However, they were very poor at backing up external devices quickly, and made it a pain in the butt to keep the backups active due to their 30 days connectivity policy.
    Dropbox is a great fit for cloud backup when you need to access the backup files in the cloud frequently.
    IDrive is the best solution out there for true backup of devices in case they are damaged or lost.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Acronis
    I would love it if they offered better cloud space pricing or even "unlimited"
    Incentivized
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    IDrive
    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
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    IDrive
    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.
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    IDrive
    • For individual users such as my case, the savings with the Personal plan are important compared to alternatives like ElephantDrive. For 5TB ElephantDrive costs $600/yr in the comparable Family plan, whereas IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 costs only $99.50/yr.
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