Acronis does not adopt continuous protection like Carbonite Cloud Backup does, but it does a good job of letting you approximate such a feature by tightening up the schedule since all backups are incremental. By default, the backup schedule is on weekdays at 11:00 p.m., but this can easily be as frequent as necessary. In addition, any special applications, such as Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, a Microsoft Active Directory (AD) identity store, or an Oracle database can be selected here if the selected network device is hosting one of those platforms. By focusing solely on the types of systems being backed up rather than features, anybody can figure out what they need and how much it will cost. Fortunately, the new licensing structure has been collapsed into a simpler model, although you'll still need a calculator, but at least Acronis has made one available on the website.
Customers who had a wide range of needs-such as direct backup support for Microsoft Exchange, MicrosoftSQL Server, or bare-metal restore capabilities for virtual servers-were usually left scratching their heads until they received assistance from a sales rep. In previous versions, calculating your license fee could be something of a nightmare as you had to first figure out all of the potential options and their pricing. Still, overall, Acronis Backup is a great product, and only comes in slightly behind Editors' Choice winner Zetta Data Protection due to its lack of popular backup targets. A free 30-day trial is available, and both Linux and Windows systems are supported, although Mac OS X users are, surprisingly, left out in the cold. Acronis has also rolled out a cloud storage service that starts at $250 per year for 250 GB and scales up as needed. Departing from the fat client architecture of the past, this new cloud-based product opens doors that were not previously available to customers, including the potential for remote management.
While the company has long been a leader in on-site backup solutions, Acronis Backup 12.5 also establishes it as a leader business cloud backup, too. Acronis has been in the data backup business for many years, and its latest iteration, Acronis Backup 12.5 (which begins at $59.67 per year) amply demonstrates the company's maturity and expertise.
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