Acronis Review (2026)
By Daan Haket · Researched and written with an AI assistant · who does what
Essentials has no cloud storage at all; you need Advanced for an off-site copy.
home users and small home offices who want full-system image backup and disk cloning, with an optional cloud copy, on one to five computers.
you need business backup for servers or many endpoints (that is Acronis' separate Cyber Protect line), or you want a free plan.
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Pricing (2026)
✓ Pricing re-verified 2 Nov 2026
This review covers Acronis True Image, the home and home-office backup product. Acronis' business and MSP products (Cyber Protect) are priced separately and are not covered here. True Image is sold as a one-year subscription per number of computers. Essentials is €49.99 a year for 1 computer (€79.99 for 3, €99.99 for 5) and has no cloud storage: it does local backup and disk cloning.
Advanced adds cloud backup, Microsoft 365 backup and antivirus; for 1 computer it is €57.99 a year with 50 GB of cloud storage, €72.99 with 250 GB (the option the page pre-selects) or €89.99 with 500 GB. Premium adds blockchain certification and e-signatures; for 1 computer it is €124.99 a year with 1 TB of cloud storage and goes up to €559.99 a year with 10 TB.
The page does not state what the subscription costs at renewal, and it does not say whether VAT is included. The comparison table lists a 30-day free trial. Plans change — always verify the live price on their site.
Category context: IT & Productivity. Across the 40 tools in this category that we researched with a public US-dollar price, the median entry price is $15 a month (lowest paid plan as listed, per seat where the vendor prices per seat). Compare pricing conditions in the Software Cost Atlas →
The honest knock
On Advanced the page pre-selects 250 GB at €72.99 a year, while the 50 GB option is €57.99. Prices are per computer and per year, and the page does not show the renewal price. Refunds on annual plans must be requested within 30 days, and Acronis cannot refund copies bought from shops or resellers.
What Acronis does
Acronis True Image: backup and disk-cloning software for home and home-office computers, with full-system image backup, and, from the Advanced plan, cloud backup and antivirus.
Advanced only if you want the cloud copy
Essentials is the whole backup-and-cloning product without cloud storage: if you back up to an external drive or a NAS, it is enough. Advanced is worth the extra €8 a year (on the 50 GB option) once you want an off-site copy in Acronis' cloud or need Microsoft 365 backup. Watch the storage selector: the page pre-selects 250 GB at €72.99, while 50 GB is €57.99. Premium mainly buys storage (1 TB and up) plus blockchain certification and e-signatures.
If 250 or 500 GB of cloud covers your files, Advanced is the cheaper route.
How to actually use Acronis
Start with the 30-day trial before you buy, and note that an internet connection is required to activate a subscription. In the app, click Backup in the sidebar, then Add backup, choose Files and folders (or the whole computer), pick a destination and click Back up now. Do a test restore of one folder before you rely on it. Buy directly from Acronis if you might want a refund: purchases from shops and resellers have to be refunded by that seller.
Distilled from Acronis' own pages: the True Image purchasing page, read on 2 November 2026; the product page, the True Image documentation on creating a backup and on activation, and the help article on refunds for personal products, read on 15 October 2026. Acronis is an affiliate partner of ours through CJ. We have not used the software ourselves.
Acronis vs IDrive, side by side
Each column shows the vendor’s own published entry price, read on the date shown. Entry prices can cover different services or units, so check what each one buys. We do not average them into a score.
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The natural comparison is IDrive — IDrive is cloud backup first, with storage across many devices on one plan. Acronis True Image is built around full-system images and disk cloning on a per-computer licence, with cloud storage only from Advanced. Pick on whether you mainly need a cloud copy or a restorable system image.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Acronis True Image cost?
Read on 2 November 2026 (euro prices shown to a European visitor), for 1 computer per year: Essentials €49.99, Advanced €57.99 with 50 GB cloud or €72.99 with 250 GB, Premium €124.99 with 1 TB. Three and five computers cost more; the page does not show renewal prices.
Does Essentials include cloud backup?
No. The purchasing page shows 'Cloud is not available' on Essentials. Cloud backup and Microsoft 365 backup start at Advanced.
Is there a free trial?
Yes, the comparison table on the purchasing page lists a 30-day free trial. There is no permanent free plan.
Can I get a refund?
Acronis' refund article for personal products (read 15 October 2026) allows refund requests within 30 days of purchase for annual billing or perpetual licences. Copies bought at retail outlets or from resellers must be refunded by that seller.
Is this a hands-on review of Acronis?
This is a researched assessment, not a hands-on test — where we've used a tool ourselves, we say so explicitly. We name what each tool is good and bad at, and we earn a commission only if you sign up, at no cost to you.
- Read 2026-11-02 on the True Image purchasing page, shown in euros to a visitor in Europe; we did not see a US-dollar price list.
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