Acronis vs Tresorit

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.

Tresorit is an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage and file sharing service founded in Budapest, Hungary, in 2011 and majority-owned by Swiss Post since 2021. Files are encrypted on the user's device before upload, so Tresorit cannot read them, and data is stored in Microsoft Azure data centers in the region the customer chooses. It targets organizations whose documents are confidential by nature, such as law firms, healthcare providers, financial advisers and executives.

Beyond desktop and mobile sync, Tresorit offers encrypted share links with passwords, expiry and download limits, file requests, encrypted email attachments through an Outlook add-in, and Tresorit eSign for signatures. Admins get policy controls, remote wipe, activity and audit logs, SSO and Active Directory integration. Plans include a personal tier, business tiers priced per user with a minimum number of seats, and enterprise agreements.

Tresorit fits regulated or confidentiality-focused teams that need strong encryption they can prove to clients and auditors, and European organizations sensitive to data jurisdiction. It costs more than mainstream storage, sync and previews can feel slower, and integrations with office suites are fewer. Proton Drive offers end-to-end encryption at lower cost but fewer business controls, Sync.com is a budget encrypted option, and Box or Microsoft OneDrive suit teams prioritizing collaboration and integrations over zero-knowledge security.