COMPARISON

ጷ Cyber Protect
editions comparison —
including cloud
deployment
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Purpose built to ensure 360-degree cybersecurity for businesses, Acronis

Cyber Protect provides easy, efficient, reliable and secure cyber protection
for all data and apps in on-premises and remote systems, in private and
public clouds and on mobile devices. Use this document to select the
specific edition that fits your unique business needs and IT infrastructure
requirements.

Overview
Acronis Cyber Protect is available in multiple editions to more precisely serve the needs of various
client groups:
• Acronis Cyber Protect Standard — Designed for SMBs that need standard backup features, and
multilayered cyber protection against any threat. Includes comprehensive data protection plus
additional cybersecurity capabilities such as data protection maps, URL filtering and categorization,
continuous data protection and HDD health.
• Acronis Cyber Protect Advanced — Designed for enterprises utilizing larger, more complex
environments. Includes advanced backup and cybersecurity capabilities such as support for
additional workloads, shared protection plans, backup notarization, safe recovery of backups,
backup scan for malware, dashboard configuration and security posture assessment.
• Acronis Cyber Protect Backup Advanced — Designed for enterprises utilizing larger environments
with more users and more complex infrastructure. Includes data protection against ransomware and
cryptomining and advanced backup features such as group management, shared protection plans,
off-host data processing, tape support, deduplication and customizable reporting.
Acronis Cyber Protect introduced the industry’s first integration of backup and cybersecurity, providing
our clients with access to advanced and unique cyber protection features. Such features are marked in
this document with the U N I Q U E F E AT U R E tag.

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Standard Advanced Backup Advanced

Standard backup features Improved

Improved
Advanced backup features

Basic auto-discovery and remote agent installation

Vulnerability assessments

New
Centralized management of device groups

Essential anti-malware and security management features

Advanced anti-malware and security management features

Wide range of supported platforms

To meet varying client needs, Acronis covers a wide range of supported environments via a single
solution.

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Standard Advanced Backup Advanced

Windows Workstation

Windows Server

Linux Server

macOS

iOS * * *
Android * * *
Public cloud VM agent-based backup (Azure, Google Cloud, AWS)

VMware vSphere VM agentless and agent-based backup

Hyper-V VM agentless and agent-based backup

Red Hat Virtualization VM agent-based backup

KVM agent-based backup

Citrix Hypervisor agent-based backup

Nutanix AHV agent-based backup

Oracle VM agent-based backup

Virtuozzo agentless backup

Synology NAS backup

* Cloud only feature

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Next-generation cybersecurity
The Acronis approach delivers next-generation cybersecurity, offering full-stack antivirus, anti-ransomware
and anti-malware protection, exploit prevention, URL filtering and more, to protect your business.

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Standard Advanced Backup Advanced

Acronis Active Protection

Antivirus and anti-malware protection

Exploit prevention

URL filtering

URL categorization

Windows Defender Antivirus management

Microsoft Security Essentials management

Threat Feed and Smart Protection Plan (adjust protection based on

threat landscape) U N I Q U E F E AT U R E
Intel TDT (Threat Detection Technology) – enhanced fileless attack
protection new in v16

HDD Health Extended

Data Protection Map U N I Q U E F E AT U R E

Continuous Data Protection U N I Q U E F E AT U R E

Scan backups for malware U N I Q U E F E AT U R E

Safe recovery of backups U N I Q U E F E AT U R E

Corporate whitelist U N I Q U E F E AT U R E

Forensic mode U N I Q U E F E AT U R E

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Cyber protection management features

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Standard Advanced Backup Advanced

Auto-discovery (network-based and Active Directory-based

machines auto-discovery)

Vulnerability assessment

Centralized dashboard for multiple management servers

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Standard Advanced Backup Advanced

Patch management

Fail-safe patching: backup endpoint before

installing patches U N I Q U E F E AT U R E
New
Remote desktop and assistance

Remote device wipe

New
Machine learning-based monitoring and alerts

AI-powered Cyber Scripting New

Hardware and software inventory New

Fast, effective, flexible backup

Acronis meets service and regulatory requirements with support for an unmatched variety of backup sources
(including file, disk, mobile) and storage options (such as local storage, Acronis Cloud, public cloud and tape drives).

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Standard Advanced Backup Advanced

File-level backup

Disk-level backup

Mobile backup (iOS / Android) * * *

ESXi configuration backup

NAS / shares backup

Back up to local storage

Back up to Acronis Cloud storage

Back up to service provider cloud storage

Public cloud VM agent-based backup: AWS EC2

Public cloud VM agent-based backup: Azure

Public cloud VM agentless backup: Azure New

* * *

Scale Computing HC3 VM agentless and agent-based backup

Immutable storage

Software-defined storage by Acronis

Script-based location targeting ** **

Tape drive, autoloader and library support, including media ** **
management
Backup deduplication Limited (in-archive)

* Cloud only feature

** On-premises only feature

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Licensing
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Standard Advanced Backup Advanced

Subscription license

Workstation (public and virtual) 50 GB 50 GB 50 GB

Server (public and virtual) 250 GB 250 GB 250 GB

Windows Server Essentials (public and virtual) 150 GB

Virtual host 250 GB 250 GB 250 GB

Universal 250 GB

Microsoft 365 seat Unlimited

Google Workspace seat Unlimited

Public cloud VM 40 GB 40 GB 40 GB

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Applications backup support

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Standard Advanced Backup Advanced

Application-aware disk backup (recover data from disk backup)

Active Directory domain controller backup / restore

Microsoft Exchange database backup (including application-aware

VM / machine backup)

Microsoft Exchange mailbox backup

Microsoft Exchange mail and attachment recovery

Microsoft Exchange cluster backup

Microsoft SQL Server database backup (including application-aware

VM / machine backup)

Microsoft SQL Server cluster backup

Microsoft SharePoint objects restore

Microsoft SharePoint entire site backup / restore

Oracle DBMS backup

SAP HANA backup

Microsoft 365 Mail backup

Microsoft 365 SharePoint Online backup *

Microsoft 365 OneDrive backup *

Microsoft 365 Teams backup *

Google Workspace backup *

* Cloud only feature

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Variety of backup options

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Standard Advanced Backup Advanced

Archive encryption

incremental / differential backups

Backup window (traffic throttling)

Multidestination backup (backup replication)

Archive compression

Laptop-optimized backup scheduling

Initial seeding for cloud backups

Backup validation (checksums)

Retention rules

Backup notarization

Fast recovery
Acronis ensures business continuity through a wide range of recovery methods, including bare
metal recovery, any-to-any migration and incremental restore.

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Standard Advanced Backup Advanced

Web restore

Bare-metal recovery (BMR)

BMR to dissimilar hardware (Universal restore), P2V, V2P, P2P, V2V

Incremental restore

File search across multiple archives * *

Bootable media automation (one-click restore) * *

Acronis Startup Recovery manager

Acronis Disaster Recovery add on ** ** **

One Click Recovery New in v16

* On-premises only feature

** Cloud only feature

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Supported virtualization options

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Backup
Standard Advanced
Advanced

Run virtual machine (VM) from backup

VM replication with failover and failback (VMware)

Zero downtime finalization on production storage for Run VM

(VMware and Hyper-V)

Files / folders recovery from VM backup

Application-aware virtual backup (ability to recover data from VM

backup)

Changed block tracking (CBT) support (VMware and Hyper-V)

NetApp SAN storage snapshots support for VMware backup * *

Exclude disks / volumes from agentless VM backup

Exclude files from agentless VM backup

* On-premises only feature

Intuitive, scalable management

and monitoring
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Standard Advanced Backup Advanced

Group management

Shared protection plans

Centralized plans management

Off-host data management (separate plans for replication / validation

/ cleanup / conversion to VM)

VMware virtual machine binding

Mass update for agents

Predefined user roles: admin and user

Predefined user permissions: read only and cyber operator

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Standard Advanced Backup Advanced

Remote bootable media control * *

Dashboard configuration

Reports

Email notifications

Email notifications per plan

* On-premises only feature

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