The best ESET alternative for MSPs – Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud stands out due to its all-in-one platform that combines cybersecurity, data protection, and management in a single console, unlike ESET, which requires multiple agents and consoles. This unified approach simplifies management, reduces complexity, and improves ROI for MSPs. With Acronis, you also benefit from AI-guided attack prioritization, GenAI assistants and built-in recovery options, empowering faster and more efficient response compared to ESET's separate solutions for detection and remediation.

Yes! Acronis offers several unique features that set it apart from ESET:

• AI-guided attack interpretation to help lower-tier technicians quickly analyze and respond to threats.
• GenAI assistant for faster incident resolution and analysis.
• Integrated recovery as part of its response capabilities, ensuring business continuity in one platform.
• Single-agent management for all features, eliminating the need for multiple agents like ESET requires.
• Remote access and patching as part of response capabilities, which ESET does not provide.
• Remote management and monitoring (RMM)

These features make Acronis a more comprehensive and user-friendly solution for MSPs.

ESET offers a powerful solution, but they’re also aimed at highly technical security analysts; in most cases, those analyzing just a single business rather than multiple clients under an MSP, providing a variety of services ranging beyond cybersecurity.

We understand that MSP technicians require a streamlined incident analysis process in order to effectively scale their services across multiple clients. That’s why Acronis provides AI-based interpretations of attacks mapped to MITRE stages, and at no additional cost — enabling you to cut incident analysis times to mere minutes and bring down overall complexity.

Furthermore, Acronis Copilot provides GenAI assistance that enables you to scale further with existing resources — empowering lower-tier technicians to effectively analyze and respond to advanced attacks.

Acronis offers superior response capabilities compared to ESET. Both platforms provide threat isolation and containment as well as attack-specific rollback, but Acronis goes further with integrated recovery, enabling you to respond and recover from attacks directly within the same platform. Acronis also enhances incident analysis with AI-guided prioritization, making it easier for technicians to respond faster. Additionally, Acronis provides remote access and patching for more effective and rapid responses, while ESET lacks these features.

Acronis offers a more cost-effective solution compared to ESET, especially for MSPs. While both platforms offer endpoint protection and EDR, Acronis’ single-agent solution and unified platform reduce the need for multiple tools and agents, lowering operational overhead. ESET’s multiagent, multiconsole approach requires more resources to manage, resulting in higher costs. Furthermore, Acronis' pricing structure delivers up to 60% better ROI compared to point solutions such as ESET, making it a more cost-efficient choice for MSPs who need to streamline their cybersecurity and data protection workflows.