Supported operating systems and disk layout |
Windows 10 | YES | YES | YES |
Windows 8/8.1/7 | YES | YES | YES |
Windows Vista | YES | YES | NO |
Windows XP | YES | YES | NO |
Windows Server 2019 | 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, 6.7 (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 |
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 2020 |
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Web-based console | YES | YES | YES (Online Dashboard) |
Centralized dashboard of all activities | YES | YES | YES (Online Dashboard) |
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 Online 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 Online Dashboard) |
Restore initiated from a remote machine | YES | YES | partially (files and folders from cloud backups) |
Off-host backup staging, replication, retention, validation and converting backup to VM files | 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 2020 |
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New archive format (.tibx) | YES | YES | partially *** |
Disk backup | YES | YES | YES |
File backup | YES | YES | YES |
Backup of mobile devices to a local storage and NAS | NO | NO | YES **** |
Application backup (Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, Active Directory) | YES | YES | NO |
Clustered Exchange, SQL support | YES | NO | NO |
Backup of Microsoft Office 365 for Business mailboxes (Exchange Online) | YES | YES | NO |
Backup of Microsoft OneDrive for Business | YES (in Cloud deployment type) | YES (in Cloud deployment type) | NO |
Backup of Microsoft SharePoint Online | YES (in Cloud deployment type) | YES (in Cloud deployment type) | NO |
Backup of Microsoft Outlook Online for home | NO | NO | YES (in Advanced or Premium Subscriptions only) |
Backup of Microsoft OneDrive Personal | NO | NO | YES (in Advanced or Premium Subscriptions only) |
Backup of G Suite (mail, drive, contacts, calendar) | YES (in Cloud deployment type) | YES (in Cloud deployment type) | 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/Physical Data Shipping for Cloud backups | YES | YES | 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 (replication to Acronis Cloud) |
Acronis Nonstop Backup | NO | NO | YES |
Bootable Media |
Feature | Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced | Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard | Acronis
True Image 2020 |
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Acronis Bootable Media (Linux-based) | 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 2020 |
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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 | YES (in Advanced or Premium Subscriptions only) |
Integrated search and preview of Office 365 emails before recovery | YES | YES | YES (in Advanced or Premium Subscriptions only) |
Granular restore of Gmail messages | YES (in Cloud deployment only) | YES (in Cloud deployment only) | NO |
Granular restore of Microsoft OneDrive | YES (in Cloud deployment type) | YES (in Cloud deployment type) | YES (in Advanced or Premium Subscriptions only) |
Granular restore of Microsoft SQL | YES* | YES* | NO |
Granular restore of Microsoft SharePoint | YES | YES | NO |
Granular restore of Microsoft SharePoint Online | YES (in Cloud deployment type) | YES (in Cloud deployment type) | 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 2020 |
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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 |
Replication of virtual machines | YES | YES | NO |
Licensing in brief |
Feature | Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced | Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard | Acronis
True Image 2020 |
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License type | Perpetual and subscription-based; subscription-based for Cloud Storage | Perpetual and subscription-based, subscription-based for Cloud Storage | Perpetual and subscription-based |
Licensing | Licensed by number of physical machines, virtual hosts,
Office 365 seats, G Suite seats or cloud instances; Acronis Cloud Storage (can be purchased additionally) is licensed by storage quota | Licensed by number of physical machines, virtual hosts,
Office 365 seats, G Suite seats or cloud instances; Acronis Cloud Storage (can be purchased additionally) is licensed by storage quota | Licensed by the number of computers. Acronis Cloud Storage is licensed by storage quota, available only for Subscription licenses. |
Support options in brief |
Support options | Email, chat, phone | Free email, chat for Perpetual licenses. Free email, chat and phone for Subscription licenses throughout the whole subscription period. |
E-Mail response time | From 1 business day to 1 hour | From 3 business days to 1 business day |
Product upgrades | Free within the support subscription period | Paid for Perpetual licenses. Free for Subscription licenses within the subscription period. |
Product updates | Free | Free |