57644: Acronis Backup 11.7: Licensing

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Last update: 19-04-2019

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.