Feature comparison of Acronis Backup 11.7 (Standard Edition) and Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 (Standard Edition)
| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 |
|---|---|---|
Supported operating systems and environments |
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| Windows 10 | YES | YES |
| Windows 8/8.1/7/XP | YES | YES |
| Windows Vista | YES | YES |
| Windows Server 2019 | NO | YES |
| Windows Server 2016 | YES | YES |
| Windows Server 2012/2012R2 2008/2008R2 2003/2003R2 |
YES | YES |
| Windows SBS 2011/2008 2003/2003R2 |
YES | YES |
| Windows Storage Server 2012/2012R2 2008R2/2008/2003 |
YES | YES |
| Windows MultiPoint Server 2012/2011/2010 | YES | YES |
| Linux OSs (various distributions) | YES | YES |
| VMware ESX/ESX(i) (agent-less VM backup on hypervisor level) | NO | YES |
| Hyper-V (agent-less VM backup on hypervisor level) | NO | YES |
| macOS | NO | YES |
| Dynamic disks | YES | YES |
| GPT disks | YES | YES |
| Mobile platforms | NO | YES (in cloud deployment) |
| Microsoft Azure VM | NO | YES |
| Amazon AWS EC2 instance | NO | YES |
| Microsoft Microsoft 365 mailboxes | NO | YES |
| Google Workspace data (Gmail, Drive, Contacts, and Calendar) | NO | YES (in cloud deployment) |
Management options |
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| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 |
| Centralized management web console in the Acronis Cloud with multi-lingual interface (zero-install) | NO (software-based non-centralized console is available) | YES |
| Centralized management web console with multi-lingual interface (install on Windows or Linux) | NO (software-based non-centralized console is available) | YES |
| Group and policy management | NO | NO |
| Managing and backing up machines in different networks (agents behind NAT) | NO | YES |
| Centralized backup plans for multiple machines | NO | NO |
| Remote installation | NO | YES |
| Remote update | NO | YES |
| Remote backup | NO | YES |
| Restore initiated from a remote machine | NO | YES |
| Centralized catalog of multiple machines data | NO | NO |
Backup options |
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| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 |
| Disk backup | YES | YES |
| File backup | YES | YES |
| Application backup (Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, Active Directory) | NO | YES |
| Backup of Microsoft 365 mailboxes | NO | YES |
| Backup of Google Workspace data (Gmail, Drive, Contacts, and Calendar) | NO | YES (in cloud deployment) |
| Agentless backup of VMs | NO | YES |
| Backup of ESX(i) host configuration | NO | YES |
| Backup to Cloud: disks and partitions | YES (paid option) | YES (paid option) |
| Backup to Cloud: files and folders | YES (paid option) | YES (paid option) |
| Backup to Cloud: mobile devices | NO | YES (paid option) |
| Initial seeding/Physical Data Shipping for Cloud backups | YES (paid option) | YES (paid option) |
| Large scale recovery | YES (paid option) | NO |
| Backup schemes: Manual start | YES | YES |
| Backup schemes: Custom | YES | YES |
| Backup schemes: Always full | YES | YES |
| Backup schemes: Always incremental (single-file) | NO | YES |
| Backup schemes: Tower of Hanoi | YES | NO |
| Backup schemes: Grandfather - Father - Son | YES (select in backup schemes) | YES (select in archive cleanup schemes) |
| Store backups on network shares | YES | YES |
| Store backups on FTP server | YES | NO |
| Store backups on SFTP server | YES | YES |
| Microsoft Azure File Storage support | NO | YES |
| Backup contents search | YES | YES |
| Archive encryption | YES | YES |
| VSS support (consistent backup of applications) | YES | YES |
| Deduplication | NO | NO |
| Backup compression | YES | YES |
| Acronis Secure Zone | YES | YES |
| Tape support | NO | NO |
| Dual destination backup (replication) | YES | YES |
| Simplified archive naming | YES | NO |
Bootable Media |
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| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 |
| Acronis Bootable Media | YES | YES |
| WinPE plug-in | YES | YES (in on-premises deployment) |
| PXE Server with PXE Boot | NO | YES |
| Acronis Startup Recovery Manager | YES | YES |
Restore options |
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| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 |
| Acronis Universal Restore | YES | YES |
| Granular restore of Microsoft Exchange | NO | YES |
| Granular restore of Microsoft SQL | NO | YES* |
| Granular restore of Microsoft SharePoint | NO | YES |
| Restore of mobile devices' data | NO | YES |
| Acronis Active Restore | YES | NO |
| Convert backup to virtual machine | YES | YES |
| Acronis Instant Restore (Run VM from backup) | NO | NO |
| Acronis vmFlashback (CBT-based incremental VM restore) | NO | YES |
| Restore VM as a set of files | YES | YES |
Other options |
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| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 |
| Acronis Disk Director Lite | YES | partially (under bootable media in on-premises deployment) |
| Disk cloning | YES | partially (under bootable media in on-premises deployment) |
| VMware-VMware VM Replication with WAN optimization | NO | YES |
Licensing |
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| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 |
| License type | Perpetual and subscription-based, subscription-based for backup to Cloud | Perpetual and subscription-based, subscription-based for Cloud Storage |
| Licensing | Licensed by number of physical machines or virtual hosts | Licensed by number of physical machines, virtual hosts, Microsoft 365 seats, Google Workspace seats or cloud instances |
| Acronis Cloud Storage |
Subscription for required capacity. Backup to cloud can be run separately, without Acronis Backup 11.7 licenses. |
Subscription for required capacity. Includes mobile device backup. To perform backup operations, at least one license of Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 is required. |
Support options in brief |
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| E-Mail response time | From 1 business day to 1 hour | |
| Product upgrades | Free within the support subscription period | |
| Product updates | Free | |
See List of support options for Acronis products
* By extracting database files to folders for further data extraction.