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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acronis True Image

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AAcronis True Image is a backup, cloning, cyber protection and privacy tool suite for home users.N/A

    Macrium Reflect

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMacrium Reflect is an endpoint and server backup and cloning solution from Macrium Software (aka Paramount Software UK), available in personal and professional editions.N/A
    Pricing
    Acronis True ImageMacrium Reflect
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Acronis True ImageMacrium Reflect
    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 True ImageMacrium Reflect
    Considered Both Products
    Acronis
    Chose Acronis True Image
    CrashPlan no longer provides software for local backups so I have migrated away from them. They still remain a viable alternative if cloud backups are important. Unfortunately, cloud solutions in ATI are fairly limited in offerings. ATI also has a slightly easier learning curve …
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    Chose Acronis True Image
    Overall, Acronis has been my preferred full backup product. This is due in large part to my positive experiences with it over the years, where I was able to successfully recover both files and full systems when the
    Incentivized
    Chose Acronis True Image
    It's more targeted on single deployments and you can backup multiple PCs if you need to, also the imaging software is the best, paid solution. Veeam can compare but I think it is on a different feature set than Acronis TI.
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    Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
    Chose Macrium Reflect
    Veeam offers Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, a product we also install and use. It compares favorably with Macrium Reflect; however, for small firms and individual wanting an added cloud backup of their full hard drive, Macrium wins out in requiring less cloud storage space …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    81%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Acronis True ImageMacrium Reflect
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Acronis True Image and Macrium Reflect
    Feature
    Acronis True Image
    -
    Ratings
    Macrium Reflect
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Recovery verification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Acronis True Image and Macrium Reflect
    Feature
    Acronis True Image
    -
    Ratings
    Macrium Reflect
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Continuous data protection00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Replication00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Acronis True ImageMacrium Reflect
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    NAKIVO Backup & Replication
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Druva Security Cloud
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Druva Security Cloud
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Acronis True ImageMacrium Reflect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (20 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Acronis True ImageMacrium Reflect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Acronis
    Acronis Cyber Protect is great for any small/mid-sized business. The price point makes it attractive to all budgets >$100/year for 5 device deployments. Competitors offer less and charge more! Very happy with the suite of products, and renewals are simple and straightforward as well. I hope they don't change a thing!
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    Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
    Macrium Reflect is one of the best partition backup applications available in the market. It can also clone drives in addition to making images of partitions and has a very useful feature of creating a bootable recovery drive for restoring partition(s) in case the OS is not booting. There are also different products for varying needs of the end user- Macrium Reflect Server, Workstation, etc. I have restored my system without any errors many times with Macrium.
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    Pros
    Acronis
    • 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
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    Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
    • Clear interface for creating drive image backups
    • Reliable, every day backups
    • Accessible log showing successful backups and any failures
    • Creates differential backups that are small in size
    • Fast, easy method for recovering individual files or folders from an image backup
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    Cons
    Acronis
    • 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.
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    Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
    • Has ransomware protection that could be better at letting users configure exeptions
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    Usability
    Acronis
    Protect my system from data loss and also can manage multiple devices via online cloud from any where and also can set Multifactor authentication for more secure login access. Archive any backup which will use less space and we can transfer it to any other space also so it is very easy as server admin to manage acronics utilities
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    Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
    There is a small learning curve in the beginning, but altogether a great tool for my purpose.
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    Performance
    Acronis
    Backups run fast and no significant performance issues other than the ones discussed previously.
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    Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
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    Support Rating
    Acronis
    Beyond a single instance, I haven't had to approach Acronis' support. I needed a new key following the death of my previous workstation, and they rapidly supplied it. I've heard from colleagues that they've quickly answered any questions that've been asked. If I need something, I'll generally frequent FAQ pages first, although Acronis actually has instructional videos to help users get started, which is forward-thinking. Great software that fills a vital niche for Windows systems.
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    Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
    We have not been opening tickets for support from Macrium at the moment, only for licencing issues, but good attention and fast response by the support team. They respond pretty fast to our emails and fixed our issues giving us a good explanation of our case without any complications. Due to the good functionality of the software we have not opened a ticket for support in years.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Acronis
    IDrive is incredibly faster than Acronis on cloud backup. After Acronis' failures on cloud storage I moved to IDrive for peace of mind. IDrive can also do local backups, and either variant of system state, server, outlook, exchange, etc. It does not however have the ability to do a full image of a bitlocked machine like Acronis, so I'm continuing the local imaging with Acronis.
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    Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
    Previously, I used Acronis as my company purchased licensing for years. It's great, but I found Macrium Reflect more straightforward, and the free version has been perfect for personal use.
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    Scalability
    Acronis
    The Windows version is generally reliable and only ran into one issue thus far. Restores are easy and there are many features. On MacOS, it's a completely different story. There is significant resource leakage related to the updater app that can bog down part of a CPU core continuously until it is disabled. The mobile backup feature also needs to be disabled via UNIX command line or CPU usage will go up when a mobile device on the same network like an iPad or iPhone's screen is turned on.
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    Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
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    Return on Investment
    Acronis
    • Peace of mind - knowing that if anything happens to our data, we can recover it.
    • File Versioning has saved us a few times - we can grab prior versions of a particular file if there is a problem.
    • Reasonably priced - there are more comprehensive backup solutions out there, but for online backup, this was the right product for the right price.
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    Macrium Software (Paramount Software)
    • Reduce the impact of emergency situations like ransomware attacks, hardware failures, etc.
    • Restore the backups quickly and reliably.
    • Free version availability for commercial use is an added bonus.
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    ScreenShots

    Acronis True Image Screenshots

    Screenshot of data control, which supports backup in just two clicks, and all data and backup information is displayed in one placeScreenshot of a display of the data that is backed up, the number of backup versions in storage, and how many photos, videos, music and documents that are available to restore.