Acronis Backup licensing policy
Licensing schemes
Acronis Backup products have 2 licensing schemes: subscription licenses and perpetual licenses.
Subscription licenses are valid for 1, 2, or 3 years. Perpetual licenses are unlimited in time.
Both types of licenses can be used in one environment.
Subscription licenses
| License | Licensing |
| Acronis Backup for Workstation (PC) Subscription | 1 license per one machine |
| Acronis Backup for Server Subscription | 1 license per one Windows (except for Windows Server SBS, Windows Server Essentials) or Linux machine or 1 license per a VMware host with 2 CPUs (a host with more CPUs requires an Acronis Backup Advanced subscription or a perpetual license) |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for Workstation (PC) Subscription | 1 license per one machine |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for Server Subscription | 1 license per one machine (Windows or Linux) or host (VMware/Hyper-V/RHEV/Citrix XenServer/Oracle; unlimited virtual machines on the host) with support of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint and Active Directory included * |
* A single Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware/Hyper-V/RHEV/Citrix/Oracle/Universal license is required to back up all virtual machines on 1 host along with Exchange Server/SQL Server/SharePoint Server/Active Directory running on these machines. To enable application-aware backup please install Acronis Agents in the Guest OS of the machine, see Acronis Backup Advanced: Installation
Perpetual licenses
| License | Licensing |
| Acronis Backup for PC | 1 license per one machine |
| Acronis Backup for Windows Server | 1 license per one machine |
| Acronis Backup for Linux Server | 1 license per one machine |
| Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials | 1 license per one machine with support of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint and Active Directory included |
| Acronis Backup for VMware | 1 license per one CPU of the physical host |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for PC | 1 license per one machine |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for Windows Server | 1 license per one machine |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for Exchange | 1 license per one machine with Microsoft Exchange |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for Exchange (Add-on) | 1 license per one machine with Microsoft Exchange where Acronis Backup Advanced is installed and licensed for backup of disks and files |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for SQL | 1 license per one machine with Microsoft SQL |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for SQL (Add-on) |
1 license per one machine with Microsoft SQL where Acronis Backup Advanced is installed and licensed for backup of disks and files |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for SharePoint | 1 license per one machine with Microsoft SharePoint |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for SharePoint (Add-on) |
1 license per one machine with Microsoft SharePoint where Acronis Backup Advanced is installed and licensed for backup of disks and files |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for Active Directory |
1 license per one machine with Active Directory |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for Active Directory (Add-on) |
1 license per one machine with Active Directory where Acronis Backup Advanced is installed and licensed for backup of disks and files |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for Linux Server | 1 license per one machine |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware | 1 license per one physical host (unlimited virtual machines on the host) with support of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint and Active Directory included * |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for Hyper-V | 1 license per one physical host (unlimited virtual machines on the host) with support of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint and Active Directory included * |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for RHEV | 1 license per one physical host (unlimited virtual machines on the host) with support of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint and Active Directory included * |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for Citrix XenServer | 1 license per one physical host (unlimited virtual machines on the host) with support of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint and Active Directory included * |
| Acronis Backup Advanced for Oracle | 1 license per one physical host (unlimited virtual machines on the host) with support of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint and Active Directory included * |
| Acronis Backup Advanced Universal | 1 license per one physical host (unlimited virtual machines on the host) with support of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint and Active Directory included * |
* A single Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware/Hyper-V/RHEV/Citrix/Oracle/Universal license is required to back up all virtual machines on 1 host along with Exchange Server/SQL Server/SharePoint Server/Active Directory running on these machines. To enable application-aware backup please install Acronis Agents in the Guest OS of the machine, see Acronis Backup Advanced: Installation
More information
See also Acronis Backup: Products Comparison.