Macrium Reflect Workstation vs Acronis Cyber Protect

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The complete backup solution for commercial use. Macrium Reflect Workstation protects documents, data and operating systems using advanced disk imaging technology. For centralized management, Macrium SiteBackup offers a scalable solution built on the same reliable technology.

Access Controls/Permissions

Alerts/Notifications

Archiving & Retention

Automated Scheduling

Automatic Backup

Backup and Recovery

Backup Log

Backup Scheduling

Bare-Metal Restore

Bootable Media Creation

Cloud Backup

Compression

Continuous Backup

Data Recovery

Data Storage Management

Differential Backup

Disaster Recovery

Disk Cloning

Disk Image Creation

Disk Partitioning

Email Alerts

Encryption

Event Logs

Full Backup

Image Deployment

Image Merging

Incremental Backup

Local Server Options

Monitoring

OS Imaging

Remote Monitoring & Management

Remote Server Options

Remote Update/Installation

Reporting & Statistics

Role-Based Permissions

Secure Data Storage

Task Scheduling

Third-Party Integrations

Web Access/Restoration

Proprietary

Macrium Reflect Workstation

Windows

Web-based

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard

Acronis Cyber Protect

IDrive

MSP360 Backup

Reflect Workstation Annual Plan with Premium Support

Grand Guru

For example, I have a couple of programs (including Macrium) that occasionally lose their key settings files on one of my computers. If I can't restore in a simpler way, I can restore the last good copy from a backup with a minimum of fuss, seeing & even opening the file(s) in question before restore.

System Support Manager

The ability to make bootable rescue media to repair or re-image failing PCs has empowered our technicians to get way more issues fixed with fewer trips.

General Manager

It has always been a rock solid backup utility, I use it for all our PC's either through Reflect Workstation or via Macrium Site Manager for remote recovery. If a PC is trashed or a new HD installed then the Rescue media on a USB stick can always do the job.

SR SYS Admin

Been using them for several years for machine imaging and cloning in small batches.

Paramount Software has instituted, like many software vendors, a yearly licensing fee which has its quirks, and the pressure will be on them to either develop another product or make it worth the user's money to pay yearly in order to upgrade with each release.  

Engineer

I've restored backups, both when disks have been replaced, and to recover fat-fingered accidents, and usually it is pain-free (once I couldn't restore a backup on a network drive to a virgin PC, but that got resolve).

Tax Preparer

The backups are quite fast and having ransomware protection to restrict the backup partition to only be accessible by Macrium Reflect is also critical to my business.

Software

Ability to backup complete system image (which allows me to restore those pesky registry settings with no hassle)

CEO, Music Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Artist

I can rely on the fact that I can always restore my image to different to a different machine using the bare metal restore feature.

I have to be honest with you, there isnt really much to dislike about a piece of software that makes cloning an imaging a breeze.

That's kind of understandable because you don't want to have what you think is a backup but is just random noise on some disk sectors, but it is useful to be able to complete the backup anyway and know some of it might be flaky - better to have some data than none at all, and typically in this case you might be trying to save a drive that is failing.

Maybe the fact that the rescue media takes a few minutes to create?

Support Specialist

I can create a master "backup" file of the source and "restore" it to many targets.  

There would be intermittent blue screens whenever you plugged in a USB external drive while it was doing its 30–60-minute backup.

President, technically

Each year I get a new machine, and I'm able to migrate everything on my current machine to my new one, it has worked great for five or six years now.

With Reflect I can rest assured I will always be able to re-open project files as the system will remain exactly the same if restore is ever necessary.

Support has its own site, but their system doesn't recognize my credentials and I never received the reset key.

Abundant options, fair pricing, streamlined and transparent UI and backup creation.

Dev Lead

Even though we have good source control and production data is safe, if my laptop fails it can be a major irritation.  

Product Manager

Now and again, when something goes wrong and I need to retrieve a file from the backup, it's a simple process that takes very little time.

In the past, when I was in contact with support, they would too often deny the reality of the issue I faced (and still face) such as the settings files disappearing.

Team Lead - IT Servicedesk

Using the rescue medium to quickly make a copy of the existing partition and restore it on another device is very easy to work with.

Reflect is probable the most important software that I use to ensure my business will always remain in operation as long as I have my data in-tact.

I haven't read the specs so I don't know what changes were made, but I'll probably switch to the new version even if it's only available as a subscription product.

Simple answer, It has not yet let me down in restoring a backup to a PC or server when it has been necessary to do so.

System Administrator And IT

That it is not possible to reset licenses in Site Manager and transfer them to another computer

Electrical Engineer IV

Fast Backups, Easy Restore Process, Ability to change the size of restoration Drives

Owner

Gets confused if you add or remove some non-involved disks while a clone backup is taking place.

Backups can be mounted as volumes and explored with File Manager.

Co-founder

It’s a “set it and forget it” solution, with email alerts for any issues.

The "fix boot issues" and "redeploy" (to new hardware) are amazing.

Partner

Confusing interface, things not organized intuitively, you really have to use it regularly to remember how to do stuff.

Lead Printer

Nothing, wish the price was lower and could purchase multiple license keys at a discount.

Single user price is reasonable, annual support is reasonable, and from time to time, it saves my bacon.

IT Specialist

The only other thing I wish Reflect could do is remote backups but that is not a deal breaker for me.

Service engineer

Easy interface to clone disks, that help me to fix problems on my laptop

Private French Tutor

Lots of error messages, the backup succeeds with warnings and/or fails at the end.

Infrastructure Manager

The product allows you get the task done with minimal roadblocks.

Now they just need to fix the licensing issue which can be problematic particularly with the home version.

Technology Coordinator

Fixed manually, but the uninstaller didn't remove all components of the software automatically.

The only I think (as user and not as admin) is mor explanation about the functions in tha maual or in YouTube.

Reflect Workstation has been my secret weapon in my sys admin toolbox.  

Gopher

Worry was out of the picture, except for that damn singular serial number, But I am a lowly grunt, so what me worry.

Even the quote and final payment page didnt specify which version I was going to get.  

does what it says, seems reliable and stable, have used it for business critical restores succesfully.

managing owner

Without this a client can only hope that data will be recoverable when needed.

The fact that my serial number disappeared more times than a singular 1

Maybe a little bit more of a learning curve, but mostly due to extra features (vs. the competition).

That we can buy a perpetual license, was the prime reason.

It's setup is flexible enough that I can set up father, son, grandfather aging.

Backup

Restore and Recovery

License and Subscription

Cloning

Data Safety

Security and Access Control

Customer Support

Backup Options

User Interface

Switch and Migrate

Small Business

Mid-size Business

Large Enterprises

Freelancers

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Acronis Cyber Protect brings together data protection and cybersecurity in one, easy-to-use solution.

Activity Monitoring

Activity Tracking

AI/Machine Learning

Anti Virus

Assessment Management

Behavioral Analytics

Behavior Tracking

Compliance Management

Data Security

Device Management

Endpoint Management

Endpoint Protection

Incident Management

Maintenance Scheduling

Patch Management

Policy Management

Real-Time Analytics

Real-Time Data

Real-Time Monitoring

Real-Time Notifications

Real-Time Reporting

Risk Assessment

Threat Response

Virus Definition Update

Vulnerability Scanning

Web Threat Management

Whitelisting/Blacklisting

Linux

Android

iPhone

iPad

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Acronis Cyber Protect Standard

Acronis Cyber Protect Backup Advanced

Acronis Cyber Protect Advanced

Network Engineer

We've found the O365 backups to be the most reliable as they connect directly to MS servers and relieve the painpoints we experience with their agents on the computers.

Digital Marketer

It has also provided us with as evidence remote patch management systems.

I was previously using Acronis for personal and business PCs under different subscriptions.  

If you do not need support, Acronis works very well and has good logging.

HR Manager

It is very secure and guarantees business data security.

Happy to share the litany of e-mails that range between ridiculous and humorous.  

I like that this is a scalable and an affordable business data backup software.

The best thing about it is the different options for restoring while keeping RPOs and RTOs low.

This year they did it again and it took weeks to get a refund.  

Rest assured I will not renew with them nor will I ever buy software via Cleverbridge.  

Macrium Reflect Workstation vs Acronis Cyber Protect Comparison (2026)

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