Overview and History
Acronis were congenital in 2001. At aboriginal they focused on harder drive administration utilities, again widened this into the advancement and adversity accretion areas and now beset the accomplished acreage of PC protection. Their best affairs product: Acronis True Image is advised to annal harder drives, arrangement drives and alien media. In 2010 they produced Acronis Advancement and Accretion 10 for accumulated clients.
The Acronis Online advancement band-aid was appear in 2010 and can be bureaucracy as a standalone affairs or as allotment of the Acronis True Image Suite. This is Acronis' aboriginal try at the online accumulator apple and marks a actual big footfall in befitting your abstracts safe.
Feature Set
Security
Security is strong: Files are captivated with 256 AES encryption both during alteration and if kept in their abstracts centers. You can aces an encryption countersign which keeps your advice even added secure. A agenda of warning: if you overlook your encryption key you will lose all the abstracts you accept archived. So accumulate it safe!
Backup Features
Acronis Online Advancement is a aboveboard advancement scheduling utility. After you accept bureaucracy the desktop program, just accept the files and folders you would like to advancement and again either set a agenda for the files to be backed up or use the 'Back Up Now' button. The applicant can aback up accessible / in use files yet appears not to use 'block akin incremental backups' which agency that complete files will be backed up instead of just the $.25 of the files that accept been altered. This will beggarly that backups yield best than some added Online Advancement providers.
File versioning is accessible and an absolute bulk of archetype can be kept for up to 45 days. You can aswell set a specific bulk of editions to keep.
Restore Features
Restores can be accomplished from either the applicant software or from the online portal. Either way, there is the functionality to aces which archetype of a book you charge to restore. Already selected, the book is alternate to you as a zip (compressed) book which agency you can save it anywhere you would like.
If you accept archived files added than already in a day, again a scrollbar at the basal of the applicant and online aperture interfaces appearance the times of anniversary completed advancement and permits you to accept these times to restore files from that specific backup.
Control and Analysis
If you use Acronis Online Advancement via addition Acronis Product, for example, Acronis True Image again Online Advancement seamlessly combines with the ancestor artefact and you accept admission to all the reporting, logging and controls from the ancestor application. If you use Acronis Online Advancement in standalone mode, again there is no advertisement or logging.
CPU System ability throttling can be set to Low, Medium or High and internet bandwidth can be set to any absolute you like. Proxy servers are aswell supported. Advancement notifications can be beatific to any bulk of email addresses and you can configure the applicant to accomplish pre- and column functions, this can be actual advantageous if lets say you charge to advancement a database locally to acquiesce it to be included in the online backup.
Interface
The applicant interface on the standalone adaptation is absolutely simple to use and displays how abundant of your accumulator allowance you accept captivated on anniversary of up to 5 PCs at a glance. It aswell displays if the next appointed advancement will commence. The online aperture interface is about identical to the applicant interface defective alone the advancement options.
Device Support
Currently alone supports Windows applicant operating systems.
Limitations
No abutment for MAC, adaptable accessories or server platforms.
No way to extend accomplished the 250Gb allowance.
No way to add added than 5 PCs to an account.
File Sharing and Collaboration
None.
Synchronization
Synchronization to the web aperture but not amid PCs.
Web 2.0 Integration
None.
Customer Support
Customer Abutment options include:
- LiveChat
- Knowledgebase
- Forums
- Email a catechism from a web form
- Self-help options are: User Guides, FAQs, Demo, Tutorials and Testimonials
- Telephone abutment can be acquired on a per adventure basal for $11.84.
Ease of Use
The applicant is aboveboard to configure and absolutely simple to use. The interface makes managing up to 5 PCs actual simple and gives an burning overview of how abundant abstracts has been archived for anniversary PC as able-bodied as how abundant you accept left. The interface is ablaze and bright with no acquirements ambit appropriate to get up and running.
Cost
- Initial bureaucracy is free
- Monthly Cost: $3.95 / mth
- Annual Cost: $39.95 / year
- Initial accumulator allowance: 250Gb
- Amount of accessories allowed: Up to 5 PCs can allotment the 250Gb allowance.
- Cost of added storage: n/a
- Charge for added accessories / PCs / users: n/a
- E-billing facility: Yes
- Free Adaptation / Chargeless Trial: There is a 60 day chargeless balloon which allows 2Gb of advancement space.
- Hidden costs: Telephone abutment can be bought on a per adventure base for $11.84.
Conclusion
This is Acronis' aboriginal ache at an online advancement band-aid and in my assessment they accept done rather well. The actuality that the artefact can be either standalone or chip into the absolute desktop software is a ablaze blow and offers adaptability for users. There are a some things absent from the standalone version, for archetype advertisement and centralized admin of all machines aural one account. But these will apparently become accessible with time.
The individual archetype of the account gives an abounding 250Gb of accumulator for a actual reasonable bulk and the applicant can be configured to advance as abundant or as little ability and bandwidth as you wish. The interface is apple-pie and simple to use and restores are quick and reliable.
All in all Acronis accept produced a solid, aboveboard and actual reliable online advancement band-aid at a abundant amount which is backed by the Acronis name: A all-around baton in advancement technology. A abundant advantage from a abundant name.
If you wish even added accord of mind, again buy one of their suites, such as Acronis True Image Home and get complete computer protection.
