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Comparison between Code guard and Acronis backup
Backing up data is essential for both websites and entire IT systems. CodeGuard and Acronis Backup are two popular solutions, each serving different needs—CodeGuard focuses on website-level backups, while Acronis provides comprehensive, enterprise-grade backup and recovery options.
Here is the difference between Codeguard and the Acronic Backup
CodeGuard |
Acronis Cyber Backup |
| Recommended backup option for shared hosting products that run on cPanel and Plesk. | Recommended backup product for VPS and Dedicated servers |
| Can be purchased independently. | Cannot be purchased independently. You need to have at least 1 VPS or dedicated server order. |
| The way we have integrated the product, its setup is manual | No manual setup is required. As soon as the product is purchased, we will automatically set up the product. For a few error cases, some manual intervention would be required |
| You manage their backup settings from within the CodeGuard panel | You manage their backup settings from within the Acronis panel (same as CodeGuard) |
| Mapping between the Shared Hosting order and the CodeGuard account is achieved through FTP credentials and the DB password | Mapping between the VPS/Dedi server and the Acronis account is achieved by the installation of an Acronis client file (agent) on the server |
| CodeGuard can back up websites. | Acronis backs up the entire server contents. |
| CodeGuard is priced according to the plan purchased. CodeGuard has many plans with different numbers of websites and different backup disk space | Acronis Cyber Backup does not have any plans. It is simply sold on a per GB per month basis. Any number of servers can be backed up to the same Acronis account |
| You cannot directly upgrade the CodeGuard plans after purchase. | You can easily add more space to the Acronis account whenever you wish. |
| You cannot restore the backup of one website to another website using CodeGuard | You can restore backups of one server to another server using Acronis |
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