Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud

Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud is a disaster-recovery service that brings up client servers at a secondary site after an outage. It is aimed chiefly at service providers and MSPs managing continuity for multiple clients. Its recovery controls are broad, but pay-as-you-go compute and quota-triggered shutdowns make careful capacity management essential.

Overview

Recovery infrastructure can run in Acronis Cloud, Microsoft Azure or a hybrid setup, giving providers options for where workloads resume. Production failover handles an actual disruption; automated test failover, including scheduled monthly server tests, lets teams rehearse their procedures. Runbooks define the steps for starting a client’s production environment in the cloud, helping make recovery repeatable rather than improvised.

Disaster Recovery to Cyber Protect Cloud can extend up to 23 local networks through a secure VPN tunnel, or operate in cloud-only mode without a VPN appliance. That range accommodates different network designs, but each customer tenant can have only one Disaster Recovery site location. Windows workloads on ARM64 processors are not supported.

Key features

Workload support spans Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and Active Directory, major Linux distributions, and virtualization platforms including Red Hat Virtualization, Linux KVM, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Nutanix and Scale Computing. This breadth suits providers with mixed client environments. The service also supports failover and failback orchestration, dependency mapping, immutable recovery points and a minimum RPO of 15 minutes.

Recovery to a clean recovery point is intended to help prevent ransomware reinfection. Acronis says its cloud data centers meet ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA and other requirements. Its wider Cyber Protect Cloud ecosystem names integrations including Autotask, ConnectWise, Kaseya, Atera, Plesk, cPanel, CloudBlue and AppDirect. These controls and integrations may matter to providers standardizing their protection operations, but do not remove the need to plan for recovery capacity and site constraints.

The broader capability set also includes virtual-server backup, application-aware and immutable backups, bare-metal restore and deployment options such as network media, multicast, unattended deployment and driver injection. This makes the product relevant to providers seeking recovery and deployment functions alongside DR orchestration, rather than a narrowly scoped failover tool.

Pricing

Acronis Disaster Recovery to Cyber Protect Cloud uses custom pricing and is billed pay-as-you-go for DR cloud storage and compute used during recovery or tests. Providers are directed to a calculator or cloud advisor, and the amount depends on usage and licensing model; some features may require additional licensing. A 30-day trial is available, but there is no free plan.

Compute points are charged according to a cloud server’s configured flavor even while it is powered off; recovery servers in Standby do not consume compute points. That distinction makes Standby useful for controlling idle recovery costs, while configured primary servers can continue to incur compute charges. Most importantly, reaching the compute-points quota overage shuts down all primary and recovery servers. Providers need to size quotas and monitor usage closely: the cost model is flexible, but a quota shortfall can itself interrupt service.

Platforms

The listed platforms are Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, web and Windows. Recovery deployment is hybrid, with infrastructure options in Acronis Cloud, Microsoft Azure or a hybrid setup.

Who it's for

This is a strong fit for MSPs and service providers that need to recover client workloads after ransomware, hardware failure, natural disasters or other outages, especially when they manage varied operating systems and virtualization platforms. Providers that need multiple DR site locations within one tenant, or support for Windows on ARM64, should look elsewhere. It is also a less natural fit for buyers who need predictable fixed pricing or cannot tolerate quota-related shutdown risk.

Pros and cons

Pros: Production and automated test failover, monthly server test scheduling and recovery runbooks support both real incidents and rehearsals.

Pros: Acronis Cloud, Azure and hybrid recovery options, plus connectivity for up to 23 local networks, give providers flexibility in recovery design.

Pros: Broad workload coverage and immutable recovery points suit providers protecting diverse client estates.

Cons: Pay-as-you-go storage and compute, with additional licensing possible, makes costs dependent on use and configuration.

Cons: Compute-point quota overage shuts down primary and recovery servers, turning quota management into an operational dependency.

Cons: One DR site per tenant and no Windows ARM64 support limit some deployment designs.

Alternatives

Veeam Kasten Disaster Recovery is worth considering when a free tier matters: its free plan covers up to five nodes and can be used with a sandbox, infrastructure or any cloud.

Veeam Recovery Orchestrator is another option for buyers who value free demonstration, training or evaluation licenses, though its NFR license is not for commercial use or resale.

Axcient x360Recover may suit teams seeking usage-based endpoint pricing, with rates varying by workstation or server.

Cove Data Protection may be preferable to buyers who want a flat rate per server or workstation and a flat per-user Microsoft 365 price.

Veeam Agent for Mac is a more focused option when the need is Mac backup: its free edition is limited to one backup job and does not back up directly to object storage.

SIOS Protection Suite is a paid, per-server-licensed alternative with pricing by request.

Cohesity SiteContinuity is another alternative to compare for VMware and Cohesity NAS environments.

For broader comparisons, see Cloud Disaster Recovery Software, Disaster Recovery Software, Bare Metal Provisioning Software, Backup and Disaster Recovery Software, and Virtual Machine Backup Software.

Verdict

Choose Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud if you are a service provider that needs orchestrated, testable recovery across varied client workloads and can actively manage usage and quotas. Its combination of failover, runbooks and flexible recovery infrastructure is compelling for that role. Look elsewhere if tenant-level multi-site recovery, Windows ARM64 support or predictable fixed charges are essential.