Acronis Cyber Protect vs Azure Site Recovery

Acronis Cyber Protect9.3Visit Azure Site Recovery8.7Visit

Higher score Acronis Cyber Protect #2 in Backup and Disaster Recovery Software 9.3/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Acronis

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Azure Site Recovery #7 in Backup and Disaster Recovery Software 8.7/10 31-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Microsoft

• Acronis Cyber Protect fits best

  Broad hybrid backup and ransomware protection

• Azure Site Recovery fits best

  Azure and VMware failover orchestration

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Side by side

Feature	Acronis Cyber Protect 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Azure Site Recovery 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.7
Ranking	#2 in Backup and Disaster Recovery Software	#7 in Backup and Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Broad hybrid backup and ransomware protection	Azure and VMware failover orchestration
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	—
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	30 days	31 days
Free trial length	30 days	31 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android	Web
Support	Docs, Community · 24/7	Tickets, Email, Phone, Live chat, Community, Docs
Integrations	300+ integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Acronis Cyber Protect 0/3 · Azure Site Recovery 0/3
Immutable backups	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Recovery orchestration	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Ransomware recovery	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment model	Not checked yet	Hybrid
Protected workloads	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Maximum retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Full-image, bare-metal, VM, and application-aware backup Immutable storage, validation, malware scanning, and ransomware protection Broad cloud, hypervisor, database, and SaaS integrations	Sequenced recovery plans support multi-tier application failover. Continuous replication covers Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, and physical workloads. Test failover, failback, and runbook integration support recovery drills.
Cons	Pricing requires contact with Acronis or an authorized partner Workload-based licensing varies by region and deployment model Its broad scope may exceed the needs of backup-only teams	Post-trial pricing is shown as $-/month per protected instance. Storage, transactions, data transfer, and compute may add charges. The service is available through the web platform only.
Our verdict	Acronis Cyber Protect combines backup, recovery, cybersecurity, endpoint management, and disaster-recovery capabilities for business workloads. It protects physical machines, virtual machines, servers, cloud workloads, applications, and… Read the review →	Azure Site Recovery is a managed disaster recovery service for organizations protecting Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, physical, Azure Stack, and AWS Windows workloads. It supports replication between Azure regions, from on-premises environments… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Acronis Cyber Protect — where it wins

  • Full-image, bare-metal, VM, and application-aware backup
  • Immutable storage, validation, malware scanning, and ransomware protection
  • Broad cloud, hypervisor, database, and SaaS integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contact with Acronis or an authorized partner
  • Workload-based licensing varies by region and deployment model
  • Its broad scope may exceed the needs of backup-only teams

• Azure Site Recovery — where it wins

  • Sequenced recovery plans support multi-tier application failover.
  • Continuous replication covers Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, and physical workloads.
  • Test failover, failback, and runbook integration support recovery drills.

  Where it doesn't

  • Post-trial pricing is shown as $-/month per protected instance.
  • Storage, transactions, data transfer, and compute may add charges.
  • The service is available through the web platform only.

• Acronis Cyber Protect9.3/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A broad hybrid platform for backup, ransomware protection, and workload recovery.

  Visit AcronisFull verdict →
• Azure Site Recovery8.7/10 · 31-day trial

  A broad disaster recovery service for Azure, VMware, and hybrid failover orchestration.

  Visit MicrosoftFull verdict →