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Compare Commvault and Acronis BaaS solutions

Research done from February 2022 to June 2022 | Page publised on 13th June 2022

Below is a side-by-side comparison of Commvault and Acronis based on a number of parameters such as Products, Licences, Workloads (Public Cloud, SaaS Applications, and Database & End Points), Vendor Advantages and Disadvantages (as per Gartner and Forrester), and Usecase to assist IT administrators and MSPs in making an informed decision.

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Commvault

Product

Commvault offers four products:

Commvault Complete Backup and Recovery

Commvault Backup and Recovery solution provides backup, recovery, and cost-optimized cloud workload mobility across multiple clouds. It enables you to manage all your workloads – cloud, virtual machines, containers, applications, databases, and endpoints – from a single platform.

Commvault HyperScale

Commvault HyperScale is Commvault's on-premise scale-out backup and recovery that is delivered as a converged Commvault appliance or through partners. It allows customers to build a unified data protection and management platform that delivers cloud-like services on-premises.

Metallic (BaaS)

Metallic is the division of Commvault that offers data protection with the simplicity of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The solution works well on platforms such as Microsoft, Google, AWS, Oracle, Splunk, and VMware.
Metallic BaaS includes VM & Kubernetes Backup, Microsoft 365 Backup, File & Object Backup, Endpoint Backup, Database Backup, Salesforce Backup, and Dynamics 365 Backup.

Commvault Disaster Recovery

Commvault Disaster Recovery software provides replication, disaster recovery, and automated compliance reporting, all managed through a single, web-based interface. It supports multiple data types – including applications, containers, virtual machines, and hypervisors.

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Acronis

Product

Acronis offers three products:

Acronis Cyber Protect

Acronis Cyber Protect provides backup and ransomware protection for endpoints, physical or virtual servers, databases, applications, and cloud workloads. The product integrates backup, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, and endpoint management in one solution.

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (previously known as Acronis True Image)

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is the personal cyber protection solution by Acronis that provides backup and anti-malware in one solution. Since 2020, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office includes malware and Zoom protection.

Acronis Disk Director

Acronis Disk Director helps to optimize disk usage and protect data. It also provides disk cloning, volume recovery, and partition management.
Both Cyber Protect Home Office and Disk Director are meant for individual users, whereas Cyber Protect is for businesses.

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Licences

Commvault provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
There are five types of subscription-based licensing:
1. Storage-based
2. VM-based
3. User-based
4. Socket-based
5. Operating instance-based

Licences

Acronis provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
License units are based on TB or instances based on the edition and the chosen workloads.

Backup workloads

SaaS application backup

Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and Microsoft Dynamic 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP, MySQL, IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, Informix, and Sybase

End points backup

Windows, Mac, and Lunix

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Backup workloads

SaaS applications backup

Google Workspace and Microsoft 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Red Hat Virtualization, Linux KVM, Oracle, and VM Server.

End points backup

Lunix, Mac, and Windows

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Usecases

  • Backup and recovery
  • Disaster recovery
  • e-Discovery and compliance
  • Sensitive data governance
  • File optimization
  • HyperScale technology
  • Distributed storage

Usecases

  • Ransomware protection
  • Patch management for businesses
  • Anti-Malware
  • IT disaster recovery
  • File backup and recovery
  • Data loss prevention

Commvault offers four products:

Commvault Complete Backup and Recovery

Commvault Backup and Recovery solution provides backup, recovery, and cost-optimized cloud workload mobility across multiple clouds. It enables you to manage all your workloads – cloud, virtual machines, containers, applications, databases, and endpoints – from a single platform.

Commvault HyperScale

Commvault HyperScale is Commvault's on-premise scale-out backup and recovery that is delivered as a converged Commvault appliance or through partners. It allows customers to build a unified data protection and management platform that delivers cloud-like services on-premises.

Metallic (BaaS)

Metallic is the division of Commvault that offers data protection with the simplicity of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The solution works well on platforms such as Microsoft, Google, AWS, Oracle, Splunk, and VMware.
Metallic BaaS includes VM & Kubernetes Backup, Microsoft 365 Backup, File & Object Backup, Endpoint Backup, Database Backup, Salesforce Backup, and Dynamics 365 Backup.

Commvault Disaster Recovery

Commvault Disaster Recovery software provides replication, disaster recovery, and automated compliance reporting, all managed through a single, web-based interface. It supports multiple data types – including applications, containers, virtual machines, and hypervisors.

Acronis offers three products:

Acronis Cyber Protect

Acronis Cyber Protect provides backup and ransomware protection for endpoints, physical or virtual servers, databases, applications, and cloud workloads. The product integrates backup, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, and endpoint management in one solution.

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (previously known as Acronis True Image)

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is the personal cyber protection solution by Acronis that provides backup and anti-malware in one solution. Since 2020, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office includes malware and Zoom protection.

Acronis Disk Director

Acronis Disk Director helps to optimize disk usage and protect data. It also provides disk cloning, volume recovery, and partition management.
Both Cyber Protect Home Office and Disk Director are meant for individual users, whereas Cyber Protect is for businesses.

Commvault provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
There are five types of subscription-based licensing:
1. Storage-based
2. VM-based
3. User-based
4. Socket-based
5. Operating instance-based

Acronis provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
License units are based on TB or instances based on the edition and the chosen workloads.

SaaS application backup

Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and Microsoft Dynamic 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP, MySQL, IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, Informix, and Sybase

End points backup

Windows, Mac, and Lunix

SaaS applications backup

Google Workspace and Microsoft 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Red Hat Virtualization, Linux KVM, Oracle, and VM Server.

End points backup

Lunix, Mac, and Windows

  • Backup and recovery
  • Disaster recovery
  • e-Discovery and compliance
  • Sensitive data governance
  • File optimization
  • HyperScale technology
  • Distributed storage

  • Ransomware protection
  • Patch management for businesses
  • Anti-Malware
  • IT disaster recovery
  • File backup and recovery
  • Data loss prevention