Feature comparison of Acronis Advanced backup software
| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 Advanced | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 Advanced |
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Supported operating systems and disk layout |
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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) 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 (agentless VM backup on hypervisor level) | YES | YES |
| VMware ESX/ESX(i) 6.7 (agentless VM backup on hypervisor level) | NO | YES |
| Hyper-V (agentless VM backup on hypervisor level) | YES | YES |
| Citrix XenServer | YES | YES |
| Red Hat Virtualization | YES | YES |
| Linux KVM | YES | YES |
| Oracle VM Server | YES | YES |
| macOS | NO | YES |
| Cloud VM on Azure, Amazon | NO | YES |
| Microsoft Microsoft 365 mailboxes | NO | YES |
| Dynamic disks | YES | YES |
| GPT disks | YES | YES |
| iOS, Android | NO | YES |
Management options |
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| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 Advanced | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 Advanced |
| Web-based console | NO | YES |
| Centralized dashboard of activities | partially | YES |
| Ad-hoc reports | YES | YES |
| Scheduled reports | partially (requires custom script) | YES |
| Admin roles (role-based administrative access) | partially | YES |
| Group and policy management | YES | YES |
| Active Directory integration for user authentication | YES | YES (with single sign-on) |
| Managing and backing up machines in different networks (agents behind NAT) | partially (requires setting up port forwarding) | YES |
| Centralized backup plans for multiple machines | YES | YES |
| Remote installation | YES | YES |
| Remote update | YES | YES |
| Backup initiated from a remote machine | YES | YES |
| Restore initiated from a remote machine | YES | YES |
| Off-host backup staging, replication, retention and validation | NO | YES |
| Centralized catalog of multiple machines data | YES | YES |
| Centralized catalog of application data | YES | planned |
| PXE server for network boot | YES | YES |
Backup options |
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| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 Advanced | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 Advanced |
| New generation archive format (.tibx) | NO | YES |
| Disk backup | YES | YES |
| File backup | YES | YES |
| Application backup (Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, Active Directory) | YES | YES |
| Backup of Oracle databases | NO | YES |
| Backup of Microsoft Microsoft 365 mailboxes | NO | YES |
| Google Workspace backup | NO | YES |
| ESXi configuration backup | NO | YES |
| Agentless backup of VMs | YES | YES |
| Backup from NetApp SAN Storage Snapshots | 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 for Cloud backups | YES (paid option) | YES (paid option) |
| Large scale recovery | YES (paid option) | planned |
| Store backups on network shares | YES | YES |
| Store backups on SFTP/FTP server | YES / YES | YES / NO |
| Search for files in a backup | YES | YES |
| Archive encryption | YES | YES |
| VSS support (consistent backup of applications) | YES | YES |
| Central storage deduplication | YES | YES |
| Backup compression | YES | YES |
| Acronis Secure Zone | YES | YES |
| Acronis Startup Recovery Manager | YES | YES |
| RDX support | YES (in 'fixed' and 'removable drive' mode) | partially (in 'fixed' mode) |
| Multiple destination backup (replication) | YES | YES |
| Disaster recovery plan | YES | planned |
Tape support options |
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| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 Advanced | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 Advanced |
| Tape drive, autoloader, library support, including media management | YES | YES |
| Tape sets | NO | YES |
| Automatic tape device detection | NO | YES |
| Recover from deleted slices | NO | YES |
| Multiple independent tape locations on one physical tape device | NO | YES |
Bootable media |
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| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 Advanced | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 Advanced |
| Acronis bootable media | YES | YES |
| WinPE plug-in | YES | YES |
| Remote management of bootable media | YES | YES |
| Centralized management of bootable media | NO | YES |
| Automated bare-metal recovery | NO | YES |
Restore options |
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| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 Advanced | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 Advanced |
| Acronis Universal Restore | YES | YES |
| Granular restore of Microsoft Exchange databases | YES | YES* |
| Granular restore of Microsoft Exchange mailboxes | YES | YES* |
| Integrated search and preview of Exchange emails before recovery | NO | YES |
| Granular restore of Microsoft Microsoft 365 mailboxes | NO | YES |
| Integrated search and preview of Microsoft 365 emails before recovery | NO | YES |
| Granular restore of Microsoft SQL | YES** | YES** |
| Granular restore of Microsoft SharePoint | YES | YES |
| Restore of Microsoft Active Directory domain controllers | YES | YES |
| Volume resize during recovery | YES | YES*** |
| Restore of mobile devices' data | NO | YES |
| Acronis Active Restore | YES | planned |
| Convert backup to virtual machine | YES | YES |
| Acronis Instant Restore (running VM from a backup) | NO | YES |
| Acronis vmFlashback (CBT-based incremental VM restore) | NO | YES |
| Export VM as a set of files | YES | YES |
Other options |
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| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 Advanced | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 Advanced |
| Acronis Active Protection | NO | YES |
| Acronis Notary | NO | YES |
| Acronis ASign | NO | YES |
| Validation of archive file integrity | YES | YES |
| Enhanced validation in sandbox environment | NO | YES |
| VM replication | NO | YES |
| Acronis Disk Director Lite | YES | partially*** |
| Disk cloning | YES | partially*** |
Licensing |
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| Feature | Acronis Backup 11.7 Advanced | Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 Advanced |
| License type | Perpetual and subscription-based, subscription-based for Cloud Storage | 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 | Backup to cloud can be run separately, without Acronis Backup 11.7 licenses. | To perform backup operations, at least one license of Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 is required. |
Support options in brief |
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| Support options | Phone, email, chat | |
| 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
* Not all Exchange versions, supported in v. 11.7 are supported in v. 12.5, see documentation for details.
** By mounting database and restore items, or by restoring as files with further data extraction.
*** Available in Acronis bootable media.