Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud vs WithSecure MDR

Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud provides disaster recovery as a service, launching recovery servers at a secondary site after a natural or man-made disaster. Recovery infrastructure can be managed in Acronis Cloud, Microsoft Azure or a hybrid setup. It supports production failover and automated test failover, including scheduled monthly server tests, while runbooks define steps for starting a client’s production environment in the cloud. The service can extend up to 23 local networks through a secure VPN tunnel or connect in cloud-only mode without a VPN appliance. Listed workloads include Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Active Directory, major Linux distributions, and several virtualization platforms. Acronis says clean recovery points can help prevent ransomware reinfection. Cloud servers consume compute points according to configured flavor even when powered off; recovery servers in Standby do not. If the compute-points quota overage is reached, primary and recovery servers shut down. There is no free plan; a 30-day trial is available. Pricing depends on usage and licensing, with no dollar price listed.

WithSecure MDR is a managed detection and response service that monitors an organization’s IT environment, investigates threats, and responds using data from Elements EDR. Certified threat hunters provide monitoring 24/7/365, and WithSecure states that 90% of cases have an SLA-backed response time of 60 minutes. For confirmed incidents, its Detection and Response Team can isolate hosts, stop malicious processes, and remove persistence. Analysts may spend up to 30% of their time proactively hunting for threats. MDR for Identities is an optional add-on covering identity threats through Microsoft Entra ID. The integration catalog includes SIEM products such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Elasticsearch, and Cortex XSOAR. Before monitoring can begin, organizations must deploy the Elements Agent across their devices. Advanced Response must be enabled for analysts to carry out containment and remediation, and customers must provide two incident contacts whose combined availability covers 24/7. The service starts at €16.90/mo and includes a 30-day trial; Elements pricing is modular, with buyers directed to a certified partner for a suitable combination and price.