Supported operating systems and disk layout
|
| Windows 10 |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Windows 8/8.1/7/XP |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Windows Vista |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Windows Server 2016 |
YES |
YES |
NO |
Windows Server 2012/2012R2
2008/2008R2
2003/2003R2 |
YES |
YES |
NO |
Windows SBS 2011/2008
2003/2003R2 |
YES |
YES |
NO |
Windows Storage Server
2012/2012R2
2008R2/2008/2003 |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Windows MultiPoint Server 2012/2011/2010 |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Linux OSs (various distributions) |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| VMware ESX/ESX(i) 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 (agent-less VM backup on hypervisor level) |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Hyper-V (agent-less VM backup on hypervisor level) |
YES |
YES |
NO |
Citrix XenServer
Red Hat Virtualization
Linux KVM
Oracle VM Server |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| macOS |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Microsoft Office365 mailboxes |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Cloud VM on Azure, Amazon |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Dynamic disks |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| GPT disks |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| iOS, Android |
YES |
YES |
YES |
Management options
|
| Feature |
Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced
|
Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard |
Acronis
True Image 2019
|
| Web-based console |
YES |
YES |
Both product interface and web-based console (Family Dashboard) |
| Centralized dashboard of all activities |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Reports |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Admin roles (role-based administrative access) |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Group and policy management |
YES |
partially (in cloud deployment) |
NO |
| Active Directory Integration (for account and group management) |
YES |
partially (in on-premise deployment) |
NO |
| Managing and backing up machines in different networks (agents behind NAT) |
YES |
YES
|
partially (with Family Dashboard) |
| Centralized backup plans for multiple machines |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Remote installation |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Remote update |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Backup initiated from a remote machine |
YES |
YES |
YES (with Family Dashboard)
|
| Restore initiated from a remote machine |
YES |
YES |
partially (files and folders from cloud backups) |
| Off-host backup staging, replication, retention and validation |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Centralized managed storage (Acronis Storage Node) |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Centralized catalog of multiple machines data |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| PXE server for network boot |
YES |
NO |
NO |
Backup options
|
| Feature |
Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced
|
Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard |
Acronis
True Image 2019
|
| New archive format (.tibx) |
YES |
YES |
partially (for mobile backup) |
| Disk backup |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| File backup |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Backup of mobile devices to a local storage and NAS |
NO |
NO |
YES*** |
| Social network backup |
NO |
NO |
YES (in Advanced or Premium Subscriptions only) |
| Application backup (Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, Active Directory) |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Clustered Exchange, SQL support |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Backup of Microsoft Office 365 mailboxes |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Oracle database backup |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| ESXi configuration backup |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Agentless backup of VMs |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Backup from NetApp SAN Storage Snapshots |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Backup to Cloud: disks and partitions |
YES (paid option)
|
YES (paid option)
|
YES (in Advanced or Premium Subscriptions only) |
| Backup to Cloud: files and folders |
YES (paid option)
|
YES (paid option)
|
YES (in Advanced or Premium Subscriptions only) |
| Backup to Cloud: mobile devices |
YES |
YES |
YES (in Advanced or Premium Subscriptions only) |
| Initial Seeding |
planned |
planned
|
NO |
| Large scale recovery |
planned
|
planned |
NO |
| Store backups on network shares |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Store backups on FTP server |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Store backups on SFTP server |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Tape drive, autoloader, library support, including media management |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Search for files in a backup |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Archive encryption |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| VSS support (consistent backup of applications) |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Central storage deduplication |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Backup compression |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Acronis Secure Zone |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Acronis Startup Recovery Manager |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Multiple destination backup (replication) |
YES (up to 5)
|
YES (up to 2)
|
YES (reserve copy) |
| Acronis Nonstop Backup |
NO |
NO |
YES |
Bootable Media
|
| Feature |
Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced
|
Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard |
Acronis
True Image 2019
|
| Acronis Bootable Media |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| WinPE plug-in |
YES |
YES (in on-premise deployment)
|
YES |
| Centralized management of bootable media |
YES |
NO |
NO |
Restore options
|
| Feature |
Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced
|
Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard |
Acronis
True Image 2019
|
| Acronis Universal Restore |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Restore of entire machines, disks and volumes |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Restore of files and folders |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Restore of mobile devices' data |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Granular restore of Microsoft Exchange databases |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Granular restore of Microsoft Exchange mailboxes |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Integrated search and preview of Exchange emails before recovery |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Granular restore of Microsoft Office 365 mailboxes |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Integrated search and preview of Office 365 emails before recovery |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Granular restore of Microsoft SQL |
YES* |
YES* |
NO |
| Granular restore of Microsoft SharePoint |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Restore of Microsoft Active Directory domain controllers |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Acronis Instant Restore (running VM from a backup) |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Convert backup to virtual machine |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Acronis vmFlashback (CBT-based incremental VM restore) |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Automated bare-metal recovery |
YES |
NO |
NO |
Other options
|
| Feature |
Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced
|
Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard |
Acronis
True Image 2019
|
| Acronis Active Protection |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Acronis Notary |
YES |
NO |
YES (in Premium Subscription only) |
| Acronis ASign |
YES |
NO |
YES (in Premium Subscription only) |
| Scheduled backup validation |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Scheduled replication and retention |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Data synchronization |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Archiving to a local storage |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Archiving to Cloud |
NO |
NO |
YES (in Advanced and Premium Subscriptions only) |
| Try&Decide |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Drive cleanser |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Acronis Disk Director Lite |
partially** |
partially** |
NO |
| Disk cloning |
partially** |
partially** |
YES |