Acronis vs SOCRadar

Acronis is a Swiss-headquartered cyber protection company founded in 2003, known for its True Image disk imaging software and, today, mainly for a multitenant platform that managed service providers use to back up, secure and manage their clients' systems. EQT agreed in 2024 to take a majority stake, and Acronis says more than 20,000 service providers and 750,000 businesses use its platform.

The business offering, marketed as the Acronis Cyber Platform and sold to service providers as Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, combines backup of servers, PCs, VMs and Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace with disaster recovery, EDR and MDR, email security, data loss prevention, patching, RMM and PSA-style billing and service desk tools. MSPs pay per workload for actual usage; IT departments buy one to three year terms. The consumer line, Acronis True Image, is sold per year: Essentials for local backup and cloning, Advanced with cloud storage and anti-malware, and Premium with 1 TB or more of cloud storage.

Acronis fits MSPs that want one console for backup, security and RMM, and home or small-office users who need full-disk images and cloning. Backblaze is simpler and cheaper for plain cloud backup, Afi.ai focuses on SaaS backup for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, and Veeam is the usual choice for large virtualized data centers.

Buying tip: True Image prices rise with each extra computer and terabyte, so a 3 or 5 computer pack is better value for households. MSPs should check which security modules they already license elsewhere.

SOCRadar is an extended threat intelligence (XTI) platform founded in Turkey by cybersecurity specialist Huzeyfe Önal and now serving organizations in many countries. It brings together several security disciplines that are usually bought separately: external attack surface management, digital risk protection, dark web monitoring, brand protection and cyber threat intelligence, all focused on what attackers can see from outside the organization.

The platform starts by discovering an organization's internet-facing assets, such as domains, subdomains, IP addresses, cloud buckets, certificates and exposed services, and continuously checks them for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. Digital risk protection monitors the surface, deep and dark web for leaked credentials, stolen card data, impersonating domains, phishing pages and hacker forum mentions, and supports takedown requests. Integrations push alerts and indicators into SIEM, SOAR and ticketing tools. A free community edition and free research tools give limited access, while the full platform is sold as modules, some with list prices (Dark Web Monitoring from $3,950 a year) and others quoted.

SOCRadar suits banks, e-commerce companies, telecoms, public institutions and managed security providers, and it is especially relevant in Turkey, where it understands local brands, threat actors and language. Smaller companies without a security team may struggle to act on its alert volume. Recorded Future is the best-known global threat intelligence alternative, ZeroFox and CybelAngel focus on digital risk protection.