Backup-only modernization
An enterprise running CrowdStrike Falcon and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint modernizes its legacy backup product with Cyber Backup — security stack stays untouched.
Acronis · Backup and Cyber Protection
Acronis Cyber Backup
Backup-only edition for organizations that need pure data protection.
Quick answer
Acronis Cyber Backup is the backup-only edition of the Acronis platform — for organizations that already run their own anti-malware/EDR stack and only need a fast, reliable, cross-platform backup tool. It delivers image and file-level backup, Universal Restore, Instant Restore and broad target support (tape, disk, cloud) — without the cyber protection modules.
Acronis Cyber Backup is the backup-only edition of Cyber Protect 16. It shares the same engine, the same agent, the same 20+ platform support and the same broad target support — but ships without the Active Protection anti-ransomware, EDR, DLP, patch management and email security modules. It targets organizations that have already standardized on a separate anti-malware/EDR stack (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Trend Micro, Bitdefender, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint) and only need a best-of-breed backup product.
Despite being the cheaper SKU, Cyber Backup retains the platform's most differentiating capabilities: Universal Restore (bare-metal to any hardware), Instant Restore (VM boot directly from backup), application-aware backup (SQL, Exchange, Oracle, SAP HANA, SharePoint, Active Directory) and 3-2-1 architecture support across disk, tape, deduplication appliance and cloud targets. It is the right choice when the security stack is already chosen but the backup tool is being modernized.
Key features
What it offers
- Image-based + file-level backup (no security modules)
- 20+ platform support — Windows, macOS, Linux, VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, Citrix
- Universal Restore — bare-metal to any hardware
- Instant Restore — VM boot directly from backup
- Application-aware: MS SQL, Exchange, Oracle (RMAN), SAP HANA, SharePoint, Active Directory
- Tape library, dedup appliance, disk, cloud targets — full 3-2-1 architecture
Tech Summary
Important technical data
- Editions
- Backup only (no anti-malware / EDR)
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, Citrix, KVM
- Targets
- Disk, tape (LTO-5 to LTO-9), dedup appliances, Acronis Cloud, AWS S3, Azure Blob, GCS, Wasabi
- Restore
- File, image, Universal Restore, Instant Restore, bare-metal
- Licensing
- Per host / per VM — 1-year, 3-year, perpetual+maintenance
Use CasesEnterprise IT Data center Branch / retail
When would you choose this product?
Mixed Veeam + Acronis estate
A data center keeps Veeam for VMware tier-1 workloads and adds Cyber Backup for physical Windows/Linux + macOS endpoint coverage Veeam doesn't address.
Simple branch backup
A retail chain deploys Cyber Backup as a lightweight branch-backup engine across 80 stores with central management and offsite cloud copy.
Who is it for?
Organizations that need only backup, with a separate security stack already in place.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does Cyber Backup include anti-ransomware?
No. Cyber Backup is backup-only — no Active Protection, no EDR. For anti-ransomware and EDR layered on the same agent, the right SKU is Cyber Protect 16 (on-prem) or Cyber Protect Cloud (SaaS).
What does Universal Restore enable?
It restores a backup of one system to different hardware — physical to physical, physical to virtual, virtual to virtual, vendor A to vendor B. The correct drivers (storage controller, NIC, chipset) are injected on the fly. This is invaluable during hardware refresh, vendor change, P2V/V2V migration and DR scenarios where the original hardware is unavailable.
What is Instant Restore?
Instant Restore boots a VM directly from the backup storage — the VM is up and serving traffic in minutes, then transparently relocated to production storage via Storage vMotion or Live Migration in the background. Recovery time collapses from hours to minutes.
Are tape libraries supported?
Yes — LTO-5 through LTO-9 single drives, autoloaders and multi-drive libraries with barcode readers, GFS rotation, WORM tapes and AES-256 encryption.
What cloud targets are supported?
Acronis Cloud, AWS S3 (and S3-compatible storage including MinIO and Cloudian), Microsoft Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage and Wasabi. Object-lock immutability is supported on Acronis Cloud and S3 with appropriate configuration.
How is licensing structured?
Per host or per VM with 1-year, 3-year and perpetual-plus-maintenance options. Volume discounts apply.
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