Get your business cyber resilient with secure backup

Yes. Acronis Cyber Protect is designed to give you full flexibility over where your backups are stored. You can back up data to Acronis Cloud, to your own local or network-attached storage, or to public and S3-compatible cloud storage such as Amazon S3 and other supported providers. This enables you to follow your preferred data residency, compliance and cost requirements without being locked into a single storage option.

Acronis Cyber Protect is built to minimize impact on system performance. Backup operations run with low priority, and resource usage is optimized to avoid disruption to production workloads.

The agent uses a modular, dynamic architecture: only the components required by your selected protection plan are installed. If security features such as anti-malware or URL filtering are not enabled, they are not installed. This ensures a lightweight deployment that matches your specific needs.

Yes. Acronis Cyber Protect can be deployed as a backup-only solution. Security components are optional and are activated only when included in your protection plan. If you choose to use Cyber Protect purely for backup and recovery, security modules are not installed or can be removed automatically. This enables you to use Acronis alongside existing security tools or as a dedicated backup solution.

Licensing is workload based, with one license required per protected machine, host, or service (such as Microsoft 365). Acronis Cyber Protect is available in multiple editions, enabling you to choose the level of functionality that fits your environment.

Cloud storage, disaster recovery and certain advanced services are licensed separately, enabling you to pay only for what you use. Pricing varies by region, workload type and deployment model, so we recommend contacting Acronis or an authorized partner for a tailored quote.

Acronis Cyber Protect supports agent-based and agentless protection for virtualized environments and simplifies backup management across hypervisors. While existing virtual machines can be protected automatically, newly created VMs typically need to be assigned to a protection plan or included through policy configuration. This approach ensures administrators maintain full control over which workloads are protected and how.

Acronis Cyber Protect includes multiple technologies to ensure backup reliability and recoverability. These include backup validation using checksum, AI-assisted post-boot screenshot or heartbeat check, as well as off-host data processing, and multidestination backup support.

In addition, Acronis offers backup scanning for malware, enabling backups to be checked for threats while stored in the Acronis Cloud. This helps ensure that recovery points are clean and safe to restore, reducing the risk of reinfection during recovery operations.

Acronis Cyber Protect supports a wide range of operating systems, applications and platforms, including physical machines, virtual environments and cloud workloads. It provides tested and certified integrations with popular cloud storage providers and virtualization platforms. Microsoft 365 security features are designed to work alongside third-party solutions. Acronis also provides open APIs to help organizations manage backup, recovery and security within their existing IT environment.