Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud helps service providers restore clients’ production environments after an outage. It launches recovery servers at a secondary site, with infrastructure managed in Acronis Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or a hybrid setup. Providers can orchestrate production failover and schedule automated monthly tests, while runbooks specify the steps to bring a client’s environment online. Connectivity can extend as many as 23 local networks through a secure VPN tunnel, or use cloud-only mode without a VPN appliance. Listed workloads include Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Active Directory, major Linux distributions, and virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, and Proxmox. Acronis describes clean recovery points as a way to help limit ransomware reinfection. Compute points are used by cloud servers even when powered off, but not by recovery servers in Standby. Pricing depends on usage and licensing; there is no free plan, and a 30-day trial is available.
Who it is for
It suits service providers and MSPs that need recovery arrangements for client outages, including ransomware, hardware failure, or natural disasters. Its supported workloads and cloud, Azure, and hybrid recovery options are relevant to organizations with varied server environments.
What is good
- Supports production failover and automated test failover.
- Runbooks define cloud recovery procedures.
- Connects up to 23 local networks through VPN.
- Supports Windows, Linux, and virtualization workloads.
- Standby recovery servers do not consume compute points.
What to know first
- No free plan; pricing is on request.
- Primary and recovery servers shut down at quota overage.
- Only one Disaster Recovery site per tenant.
- Windows workloads on ARM64 are unsupported.
Verdict
Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud combines failover, scheduled testing, and runbooks for service providers managing client recovery. Check the quota behavior, single-site limit, and usage-based charges against your recovery requirements.
Get started with Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud
- Visit the Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud website.
- Request pricing or use the provider calculator or cloud advisor.
- Choose recovery infrastructure in Acronis Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or a hybrid setup.
- Start the 30-day trial if you want to evaluate the service.
- Configure recovery procedures with runbooks and plan production or test failover.
Limits to know first
There is no free plan, and the trial lasts 30 days. Cloud servers consume compute points according to configured flavor even when powered off; if the compute-points quota overage is reached, primary and recovery servers shut down. Only one Disaster Recovery site location is supported per customer tenant, and Windows workloads on ARM64 processors are unsupported.
Questions about Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud
Is there a free plan or trial?
There is no free plan. A 30-day trial is available.
How is the service priced?
Pricing is on request and pay-as-you-go for used disaster recovery cloud storage and compute during recovery or tests. Some features may require additional licensing.
Which platforms are listed?
Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, web, and Windows are listed.
Where can recovery infrastructure run?
It can be managed in Acronis Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or a hybrid setup.
What workloads does it support?
Listed workloads include Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Active Directory, major Linux distributions, and several virtualization platforms.
Who makes Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud?
It is made by Acronis, which describes itself as a Swiss technology company founded in Singapore and says it spun off as a separate company in Singapore in 2003.
Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud plans and pricing
All plansCompared on NAS backup software
- Free plan
- No
- Failover orchestration
- Yes
- Minimum RPO
- 15 min
- Dependency mapping
- Yes
- Immutable recovery points
- Yes
- Supported workloads
- Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Active Directory, Linux Server, Red Hat Virtualization, Linux KVM, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Nutanix, Scale Computing, Citrix XenServer
