Acronis True Image 2017 Premium Review and Comparison with Standard Edition

Web, Apps, Sharing

Check the web dashboard and you will find all the backed up devices, syncs, archives and almost everything. But yes, one thing is missing here- there’s no way you can add files to the online backup set from web clients. All you can do is downloading or sharing them.

And if you wish to show any file or folder to the general public, visit the sharing option in the web client. Remember that no password protection or timeout option exists for this sharing. So you can either do it using the gear icon next to the folder for sharing on social media platforms or for synced folders, the right click context menu option is present.

If you remember how advanced the present version is that mobile backups are also a reality using Acronis True Image 2017, it’s actually true! The iOS version helps back up all your contacts, photos, videos, reminders, calendars and so on.

Not just backup

It’s a fact. Apart from the backing up task, there are few other tools that come of immense use. There’s Archive to analyze folders and offloading chaff to the cloud. Then there’s Sync, which lets a folder be accessible and updated across all devices. Clone creates copies of the disk to migrate to some other PC. In order to install software that you are not sure of but in a safe manner, rely on Rescue Media Builder, Try & Decide. And if you get an extra-cost option, Parallels, access your PC from any remote mobile device. Now different versions also have their own backup service offerings, which you can’t miss out on either.

Productivity via performance

If kept in the present competition, Acronis claims to do almost 50% faster backup than most others. Just look at the program window and it will show a progress bar so that you get an idea of the approximate time that the backup might take. So it shows you a mere 1 minute and 10 seconds for the upload process and believes me when I say this- it’s faster than the best of the lot. Speed will literally make you fall for it and you don’t have to look any further.

Improved user experience

There was one Android user and another Apple freak and both had one word after Acronis’ run- flawless! Just one drawback that poses a little problem is when the memory card is used with the device; the app can’t see the contents on the card. It’s only the main memory of the phone that can be accessed. But strange enough, you can prevent this issue for photos because your camera can be forced in at the time of using the onboard memory.

But then again, the matter differs across devices. Another Android user has not been able to locate such a feature at all. For iPhone users, there’s something called ‘one memory’ (and this works for other phones too without any memory card support) that’s a true match to the mobile backup feature.

Local Browsing

With this 2017 version, there’s a convenient shortcut that browses through your files present within the backup job. However, the shortcut takes any user to the system explorer and that’s not an image viewer. Now if you wish to access the files directly, there’s the drive region of Acronis or other software like image browsers.

Key differences between Acronis True Image 2017 Premium and the Acronis True Image 2017 Single

 Our Verdict

The standard edition of Acronis True Image 2017 has outstanding features that you can access like backup schemes, automated backup, disk image, clone disk, cloud backup integration, cloud sync, archiving, mobile and social media platform backup. Now the premium version with twice more the price of the standard one ensures added security. So it’s definitely worth the investment! And of course you can save extra money using Acronis True Image 2018 Coupon Codes on our website, the discount for separate versions is upto 80%!

What most users have taken a liking about this new version is the ransomware protection (indeed). The Notary and ASign, however, might prove useful with time. Local mobile backups are immensely convenient and you can also browse the same from the computers in the new version. Even the backup time indicator works too good. So you have a very low impact on the system performance and the overall software experience is good. Maybe we can overlook the price tag and pin our hopes on a more-centralized cloud layout.