Hello, my name is Mauricio and in this video we’re going to go over the highs and lows
of Acronis’ latest backup solution, True Image Twenty twenty one.
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Now, let’s see what next year looks like according to Acronis.
We’ve reviewed a lot of backup providers at Cloudwards over the years and Acronis is
the only one that regularly updates every year.
This is great on the one hand because it means the software is looked after and guarantees
you’ll get the most bang for your buck, but on the other it forces Acronis to tout
small tweaks as major updates.
This is what the twenty twenty one edition of Acronis update feels like.
To make clear: Acronis is still awesome overall, and we very much like it as a top-five provider.
It's fast, secure, and offers all the features you can expect in a backup provider and then
some.
For example, it syncs files much like a storage provider does, meaning you can work on files
and have them backed up in real time.
It’s cool as hell, and we wish more services would offer this.
However, we struggle to see how next year’s version differs from this year’s.
If the company kept up rolling updates like IDrive and Backblaze do, and both rank higher
than Acronis in our overall backup ranking, we would lose the pretense of a new product
every year and also have more reasonable expectations.
As it stands, though, the much needed interface overhaul hasn’t made an appearance in this
edition, even though it’s the one thing holding Acronis back the most.
Though it looks great, with crisp visuals and striking colors, navigating it is a pain
thanks to the many stacked menus and submenus you need to traverse to get anything done.
It makes something that should be easy a laborious and slightly annoying process and we wish
Acronis would take a leaf out of the books of its own mobile app, which is a lot easier
to use and lags a lot less than the desktop app, as well.
Another strike against Acronis is its price, which we feel is a bit on the high side when
compared to other players on the market and also, like the interface, is needlessly complicated.
At first, it seems Acronis offers three plans, Essential, Advanced and Premium, but then
when you look further you’ll soon see that each of these has plans for one, three of
five computers, which of course affects the price.
So, rather than have a straightforward pricing table like so, you get one that looks like
this.
It’s silly and Acronis is pretty much the only service that does this.
In theory it’s nice that you have variable plans you can choose from, but in reality
we figure most people don’t need quite this much choice, and the price difference for
different devices is just too high if you ask us.
If CrashPlan can offer you a single price for unlimited space, then so can Acronis.
What’s also a bit odd is that the Essential Plan only sports local backup, so using a
NAS or external hard drive, which makes it the most pricey offline backup provider around.
While Advanced and Premium offer all kinds of great bells and whistles, you may want
to think twice how much you need Acronis extra features before signing on to a package that’s
significantly pricier than anything else out there.
Though we really like Acronis at Cloudwards, its price may be enough to put it out of reach
for most individuals.
That said, thanks to its speed and features it may be a fantastic option for people with
some hard core backup needs or those running a small business, so we recommend you check
it out if you fall in either of those categories.
We hope you found this recap useful, I’ve linked the full review below if you want more
details, and our full ranking as well in case you want to see what else is out there.
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