The results are in: Windows performs better with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud safeguarding it than it does running any other comparable cybersecurity solution.
In an impartial evaluation by AV-TEST conducted in May 2024, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud with Advanced Security + XDR scored a perfect 6.0 for having minimal impact on Windows performance. Windows performed faster running Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud than it did running any other similar product.
Similar cybersecurity solutions tested on two different Windows machines
AV-TEST conducted a series of tests to evaluate:
- Slowdown at the start of popular websites.
- Slower downloading of frequently used programs.
- Slower introduction of standard software programs.
- Slower installation of frequently used programs.
- Slower copying of files (locally and in a network).
The evaluators tested Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud with Advanced Security + XDR on two machines — one a standard Lenovo ThinkCentre V55t MT and the other a high-end Lenovo ThinkStation P340, with both running Windows 10 Professional.
They calculated the total average time required for five basic functions, including:
- Downloading files
- Loading websites
- Installing applications
- Running applications
- Opening specific documents
- Copying files
The total impact of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud with Advanced Security + XDR on Windows performance was 5.89%, making it the best performing product out of the 16 vendors tested. The next-best product had a performance impact of nearly 7%, while the worst impacted performance was nearly 14%. The average impact on performance of the other 15 products tested was 8.4%.
Acronis delivers performance MSPs can pass on to clients
The AV-TEST evaluation provides unbiased results that prove that Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud with Advanced Security + XDR offers MSPs performance advantages they can use to sell their services to clients.
In a highly competitive landscape, MSPs can differentiate themselves by offering a solution that delivers native integration of critical cybersecurity and data protection that has little to no impact on Windows performance.
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud provides a single, complete solution for MSPs
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is the one solution MSPs need to perform multiple essential security operations and end their reliance on several different vendors for piecemeal functionality.
With Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, MSPs can offer clients integrated backup, disaster recovery, cybersecurity and endpoint management. And now they can prove that Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud with Advanced Security + XDR delivers better performance on Windows than any other comparable solution.
About Acronis
A Swiss company founded in Singapore in 2003, Acronis has 15 offices worldwide and employees in 50+ countries. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is available in 26 languages in 150 countries and is used by over 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses.
