The three versions of Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office currently available are:

1) Essentials:

The essentials version of Cyber Protect Home Office allows for full use of the core backup functionality alongside selected elements of the Acronis cyber security protection suite (this being the ransomware protection component as opposed to the full security suite found on all higher plans).

Includes no allocation of Acronis Cloud storage as a part of the subscription nor does it allow connecting to a third-party cloud storage provider (in other words, this version is for making locally stored and NAS-based backups only).

The Cyber Protect Home Office Essentials subscription also allows access to the latest versions of the application as they are released (albeit at a special upgrade price as opposed to being completely free as they are on the two higher plans) as well as access to premium support via email, live chat and phone.

2) Advanced:

The Advanced version of Cyber Protect Home Office, which is the most popular according to Acronis themselves, takes everything available in the Essentials version much further for a slightly higher fee.

To start off with, on this subscription plan, we have access to the Acronis Cloud (with 50GB of cloud storage included), inclusion of the full Acronis cyber security suite (including a full anti-virus suite) plus the ability to back up a Microsoft 365 account as well.

Furthermore, when subscribing to the Advanced plan, all future versions of the software are provided free of charge under the subscription as is premium support via email, live chat or on the phone.

3) Premium:

The Premium version of Cyber Protect Home Office features everything which is included in the Advanced plan alongside a few additional features on top.

One of the most notable additions in the Premium version is the ability to both create electronic signatures for selected files as well as make use of blockchain certification technology. Both of these features combined not only help in keeping files secure, but also help in ensuring that any backups have worked as intended and the integrity of the files within said backups is maintained.

Finally, the Premium plan also brings with it an upgraded 1TB allocation of cloud storage (extendable up to 5TB) within the Acronis Cloud alongside the email, phone and live chat support also available on all other plans.