This article will help outline the key differences between Acronis Backup and R1Soft solutions.
With the rise in public cloud and increasing frequency of ransomware attacks (especially since 2021), concerns around backup and data management complexities are leading many businesses to re-engineer their backup infrastructure inside data centers and across public clouds.. Acronis and R1Soft both offer enterprise-grade backup and disaster recovery solutions. We’ll talk about both solutions, then compare their similarities and differences.
Acronis
Acronis is a data protection software vendor that emerged as a separate company from Parallels in Singapore and became a private company in 2003. The company provides comprehensive backup, disaster recovery, file synchronization, and sharing products across virtual, physical, cloud, and mobile environments. Operating in more than 145 countries, Acronis’ award-winning solutions. serve millions of users and enterprises worldwide.
Main Pros of Acronis
Feature-rich with advanced security enhancements, and integrations, all manageable through custom control panels and software.
The control panels are modern, visually appealing, and packed with analytics (graphs, metrics) that make centralized monitoring and management easier.
It is generally cheaper than R1Soft (see comparison table below)
Main Cons of Acronis
In case Acronis servers experience downtime, backups may be inaccessible. However, here at SolaDrive, backups are also stored on local SolaDrive storage nodes. to ensure redundancy and availability.
Due to the broad feature set, the control panel may feel overwhelming and has a steeper learning curve for new users.
As of this writing, the Cloud Backup product is still fairly new, with occasional bugs and feature refinements in progress.
R1Soft
Owned by Continuum Managed Services, LLC, R1Soft Server Backup Manager is a well-established, server-friendly backup and restore solution for service providers. Its Continuous Data Protection technology enables users to run backups as frequently as every 15 minutes, with no negative impact on server performance.
Main Pros of R1Soft
Clean and intuitive UI/UX; easy-to-navigate control panels.
Restores and full server Bare-Metal restores are straightforward.
Backup processes are lightweight and speedy, causing minimal impact on server resources
It has been around for a long time, making it a time-tested and reliable solution.
Main Cons of R1Soft
It is more expensive at $14/agent a month, though SolaDrive offers it at a discounted $8/agent.
Requires a separate management/control panel for each storage node, lacking the convenience of centralized management.
Acronis and R1Soft Comparison
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| Pricing | Starting from $69.99 per year | Starting from $14 per month |
| Pricing model | Per feature | Per feature |
| Has Free Trial? | Yes | Yes |
| Has Free Version? | No | No |
| Suited for | Business of any sizes Physical, virtual & cloud environments Distributed IT environments Seeking easy data protection & centralized management Seeking all-in-one hybrid backup (local & cloud | Leading commercial backup software for Web hosting providers. |
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R1Soft
From the comparison table, it is clear that Acronis comes out superior in many aspects, most notably in the number of deployment platforms, support, and training areas. It is also clear that R1Soft is specifically suited for server environments, while Acronis is designed for many other platforms as well. This does not mean in any way that R1Soft is not a good backup solution. However, when stacked up against Acronis, it seems Acronis is more attractive, especially when we factor in all these extra features at a relatively more affordable price.
