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The “Backup” tab along the top is where the magic happens: you’re given two big boxes, one for the backup source, and one for the backup destination. (I’ll be focusing mostly on the backup and cloud features for this review.) Acronis - Backup and RecoveryDespite being overloaded with features (denoted by tabs along the left side of the window), Acronis puts the important stuff front and center. Most of these tools feel unnecessary and “tacked on.” Acronis is still a full-featured program for backup, but it seems like most people would rather pay less to eschew some of these less important add-ons. For example, it comes with a system cleaner (which works fine, but don’t seem much better than Windows’ built-in tools), a ransomware monitor, and a “Try & Decide” feature that lets you make changes to your computer, then roll them back if you don’t like them. Those are all relatively useful, but it also has a lot of features that feel more like padding than desirable utilities.

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Acronis can also clone one hard drive to another (which is useful if you’re upgrading to a new SSD or hard drive), a utility to build rescue disks (so you can fix your PC if it won’t boot), and a tool to convert your backups to a virtual hard drive for use in a virtual machine, and it even has a module that can back up your mobile devices and social media accounts. Acronis also has a syncing tool, a la Dropbox/Google, for syncing files between machines.

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“Some of those features are tangentially related to backups, like the “Archive” feature, which scans your hard drive for large files, and allows you to back up ones you rarely use to the cloud to free up local storage. Some throw in just 50GB of storage, and some like Backblaze are unlimited, and then others like IDrive start out at 2TB, so as you can see the options are kind of all over the map.

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You can keep 'upgrading' all the way up to 5TB of storage, in 1TB increments, and each upgrade will cost you an extra $40 to $50, putting its pricing-to-storage ratio about middle of the road for the services I've reviewed. You can upgrade to 500GB of cloud storage for an extra $10 per year.

How expensive? Well, Acronis’ pricing is relatively straightforward: if you need cloud storage in addition to traditional backup capabilities, you just need to buy the Advanced versino for $50, which includes 250GB of cloud storage and a few extra features, like social media backups and phone support. Annoyingly, Acronis can not back up external drives themselves, which is a very strange feature to be missing in a program this expensive. Acronis lets you back up to an external drive, a NAS, or to Acronis’ cloud servers (if you pay a monthly subscription fee). The backup process itself is dead simple, taking only a few clicks: you can back up certain folders and files, or back up an image of your entire machine. It explains every feature as you set it up, so you don’t have to click on 'help' Icons to find out how anything works. Buttons are big and clear, your storage is color coded so you can see what’s taking up space, and Acronis’ many, many tools are organized neatly into sections away from the main backup window. Acronis - Design, Features, and Pricingĭespite being an advanced backup tool, Acronis’ interface is very user-friendly. I thoroughly evaluated Acronis True Image along with several other leading packages based on three main criteria: pricing, features, and performance. True Image stands out amongst the 'cloud backup' programs I've tested recently, as it's essentially made for local backup first, with cloud backup as an option instead of being just for cloud backup like Backblaze, IDrive, etc.Ĭloud backup options vary wildly in price and functionality, and are increasingly necessary for peace of mind and data security. This seemingly provides the best of both worlds as you get local backups and a copy in the cloud, which is crucial when it comes to protecting your data from fire, theft, and other types of catastrophic loss.

Acronis True Image has long been known as the go-to app for system imaging and drive cloning, but now the company has expanded into backup and cloud storage with its newest backup suite, True Image 2018 (See it on the Acronis website). Note that if you click on one of these links to buy the product, IGN may get a share of the sale. Be sure to visit IGN Tech for all the latest comprehensive hands-on reviews and best-of roundups.

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