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Acronis Cyber Files
File collaboration IT actually controls — governed sync-and-share that’s also backed up — the sanctioned alternative to the shadow-IT clouds your data leaks into.
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Acronis Cyber Files is enterprise file sync-and-share that IT actually controls — the alternative to the shadow-IT Dropbox accounts and personal Google Drives corporate data leaks into. Secure sharing, mobile access and collaboration with the retention, audit, encryption and access control governance tools lack, integrated into Cyber Protect Cloud so the files are backed up and protected, not just synced. For MSPs it's a sellable productivity service on the platform they already run; for enterprises it's the file-collaboration layer that keeps data inside policy instead of scattered across consumer clouds nobody governs.
The Acronis platform family
This page covers Cyber Files — sync & share. The rest of the platform:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- Cyber Files — secure sync, share & collaboration
- Vendor
- Acronis (est. 2003 · Singapore/Switzerland · EQT-backed)
- Replaces
- Shadow-IT Dropbox / personal Drive — data IT can't see
- Governance
- Retention, audit, encryption, access control — the enterprise layer
- Integrated
- Into Cyber Protect Cloud — files backed up AND governed
- Access
- Desktop, mobile and web — collaboration without the leak
- For MSPs
- A sellable productivity service on the existing platform
- Deployment
- Cloud or self-hosted — control where data lives
- Licensing
- Per user — advanced pack on Cyber Protect Cloud
- In India via
- TechBag — quotes, PoCs, GST invoicing, Tier-1 support
Understand sync & share before you buy it
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is secure sync & share?
File collaboration IT governs and backs up — sync, share and mobile access WITH retention, audit, encryption and location control, and the files protected on the same platform.
The sanctioned alternative to the shadow-IT clouds corporate data otherwise scatters into.
Shadow-IT clouds vs governed collaboration — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | Personal Dropbox / Drive | Governed sync + backup (Acronis) |
|---|---|---|
| Where files live | Personal Dropbox / Drive — invisible | Sanctioned, governed, visible |
| Backup | Synced, not backed up | Synced AND backed up |
| Governance | None IT controls | Retention, audit, access, encryption |
| Data location | Someone's consumer cloud | Cloud or self-hosted, your choice |
| External sharing | Uncontrolled, unexpiring | Permissions, expiry, audit |
| Ransomware | Encrypted file syncs everywhere | Backed up, recoverable |
| The vendor | A separate sync tool | On the platform you run |
| For MSPs | Can't offer it | A sellable service |
Adoption is user migration off consumer clouds — the technology is easy; the habit change is the work.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Sync Engine
Desktop, mobile and web sync-and-share — the productivity users expect, on infrastructure IT governs.
Governance Layer
The enterprise controls consumer clouds lack — who accessed what, retention policy, encryption, access rules.
Backup Integration
Integrated so the shared files are backed up and protected — synced AND recoverable, not one or the other.
Deployment Choice
Run it in the cloud or on your own infrastructure — decide where the corporate files actually live.
Access Controls
Granular sharing permissions, expiry, and external-access controls — collaboration without the uncontrolled spread.
One agent on every machine, one console over all of them — modules attach without a second operational world.
Twelve capabilities. Share, govern, protect.
Acronis gives users the convenience they'd otherwise steal — inside policy, and backed up.
Desktop/Mobile/Web Sync
Files everywhere users need them — the productivity that stops shadow-IT before it starts.
Secure External Sharing
Share with clients and partners — with permissions, expiry and audit, not an open consumer link.
Governed Mobile Access
Files on phones and tablets, controlled — the field team's productivity inside policy.
Collaboration
Co-working on files with the control layer consumer clouds lack — convenience plus governance.
Retention Policy
Keep files per policy, not per consumer-tool default — compliance as configuration.
Access Audit
Who accessed, shared and changed what — the trail consumer clouds never surface.
Encryption
In-transit and at-rest encryption — the corporate-data protection sync tools treat as optional.
Share Expiry & Controls
External shares that expire and revoke — collaboration that doesn't leak forever.
Cloud or Self-Hosted
Choose where the files live — the residency control consumer clouds can't offer.
Backup Integration
Integrated with Cyber Protect Cloud — the shared files are backed up and recoverable, not just synced.
Sync Is Not Backup
The deleted or ransomware-encrypted file is recoverable here — the failure sync tools share, fixed.
One Platform
On Cyber Protect Cloud — one vendor for backup, security and collaboration, not a fourth tool.
Watch Cyber Files
The fundamentals, the customization and the platform it rides.
Acronis Files Cloud Basics (Technical Training)
The sync-and-share fundamentals.
Acronis Files Cloud — Customization
Configuring the platform for the organisation.
Meet Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud
The platform Cyber Files integrates into.
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Here’s what genuinely sets Cyber Files apart from the alternatives.
Kills the shadow-IT leak
Corporate data in personal Dropbox and Google Drive accounts is the leak IT can't see and can't govern. A sanctioned sync-and-share with real controls gives users the productivity they'd otherwise steal — inside policy.
Synced AND backed up
Consumer sync tools sync — the deletion propagates, the ransomware spreads. Cyber Files is integrated with Cyber Protect Cloud, so the shared files are also backed up and recoverable. Sync is not backup; this is both.
Governance consumer clouds lack
Retention policy, access audit, encryption, external-sharing controls and expiry — the enterprise governance layer Dropbox-for-teams gestures at and IT actually needs. Control, not just convenience.
You choose where the data lives
Cloud or self-hosted — for residency mandates or data-location preferences, the choice consumer clouds never offer. The corporate files stay where policy says.
A service MSPs can sell
For providers, it's a productivity service on the platform they already run — sell secure collaboration to clients alongside backup and security, from one console. Another pack, another revenue line.
One platform, one vendor
Because it's part of Cyber Protect Cloud, the file collaboration shares the console, the billing and the governance with the backup and security — not a fourth vendor for the fourth capability.
The numbers behind the platform
What your Cyber Files journey looks like
Shadow-IT audit
Where corporate files actually live today (spoiler: personal clouds), and the residency requirements — TechBag scopes it free.
Sanctioned sync live
Cyber Files enabled on the platform; pilot users migrated off shadow-IT clouds; governance policies set.
The control drills
Test external-share expiry, access audit, and a backup-restore of a shared file — governance AND protection, proven.
Governed steady state
The workforce off consumer clouds, files governed and backed up. TechBag manages the per-user licensing.
Trusted across regulated industries in 100+ countries
The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“We found half the company sharing client files via personal Dropbox. Cyber Files gave them the same convenience inside policy — the shadow-IT audit finding closed itself.”
“Files synced AND backed up in one platform — when ransomware hit a laptop, the shared files were recoverable, not just replicated-encrypted everywhere.”
“Self-hosted deployment kept our legal documents on our own infrastructure — the residency answer consumer clouds could never give.”
“As an MSP we sell it as a secure-collaboration service — another line item on the platform we already run for these clients.”
“Access audit and expiry on external shares gave us the control our old sync tool completely lacked.”
“It's a solid sync-and-share, not a Box/Dropbox feature-for-feature match — the value is the governance and the backup integration, not raw collaboration bells.”
“Mobile access works well for our field team — files on phones, controlled, backed up.”
“One platform for backup, security AND file collaboration meant one vendor conversation instead of three.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and G2 retired its Grid. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the sync & share market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag Sync & Share Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
Governed sync + backup on the platform — this page's subject.
Governance & Backup × Collaboration
The grid nobody publishes — governance and backup depth vs raw collaboration features.
Governance + backup at platform-integrated fit — the control corner.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
Cyber Files vs the sync field
The collaboration leaders, the M365 option and the governance specialist — honest lanes, feature trade included.
| Dimension | Acronis Cyber Files | Dropbox/Box (business) | OneDrive/SharePoint | Egnyte | Shadow IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Governed sync + backup | The collaboration leaders | Microsoft's sync | Governance-first EFSS | The problem |
| Backup integration | Native | Sync only | Retention, not backup | Some | None |
| Governance depth | Retention, audit, access | Business controls | Purview-adjacent | Governance-first | None |
| Collaboration features (raw) | Solid, not maximal | The benchmark | M365-integrated | Good | Whatever the app does |
| Data-location control | Cloud or self-hosted | Region options | M365 regions | Flexible | Wherever the user's is |
| Platform integration | On Cyber Protect Cloud | Standalone | M365 suite | Standalone | None |
| Best fit | Acronis estates & MSPs killing shadow IT | Collaboration-maximal orgs | All-Microsoft estates | Governance-first buyers | Nobody, deliberately |
Which sync approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose Cyber Files if…
- ✓You're on Acronis and want governed sync + backup in one platform
- ✓Killing shadow-IT data leakage is the goal
- ✓Data-location control (cloud or self-hosted) matters
- ✓You're an MSP wanting a sellable collaboration service
Choose Dropbox/Box if…
- ✓Maximal collaboration features are the priority (backup separate)
Choose OneDrive if…
- ✓You're all-Microsoft and M365-native sync fits
Choose Egnyte if…
- ✓Governance-first EFSS is the whole requirement
Tolerate shadow IT if…
- ✓You enjoy audit findings (the column is a warning)
What does shadow IT cost you?
Drag the sliders (count users). Estimates assume ~1 hour per user per year across shadow-IT audit findings, data-leak remediation and ungoverned-share cleanup, with ~60% removed by a sanctioned governed alternative — the data-breach tail risk is the larger, unpriced concern. Illustrative.
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models actual device counts and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Cyber Files prices per user as a pack on Cyber Protect Cloud. TechBag quotes it with the backup/security in one GST bill.
Cyber Files
Best for governed sync
- Per user, on the platform
- Retention, audit, encryption
- Desktop, mobile, web
Self-hosted
Best for residency
- Files on your infrastructure
- The location control
- Compliance-friendly
+ Backup & Security
Best on the full platform
- Files backed up, not just synced
- One vendor for everything
- TechBag models the bundle
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
Get an India-ready quote
Tell us your device counts and current tools — we’ll model it against what you spend today.
The 8 questions to ask every sync-and-share vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
Audit where files actually live — the personal-Dropbox count is the business case for a sanctioned alternative.
Delete a shared file and restore it — sync tools can't; this can. That's the differentiator.
Set an external share with expiry and audit — the control consumer clouds lack, verified.
If residency matters, confirm self-hosted deployment keeps files on your infrastructure.
Match features against your users' real needs — this is governance-first, not Box-feature-maximal.
If a provider: scope it as a client productivity service on the platform you run.
Plan the move off shadow-IT clouds — the adoption challenge is user habit, not technology.
On Acronis already? It's a pack, not a new vendor — quote it with the backup/security.
Questions buyers ask
Ready to evaluate Cyber Files?
Get a per-user quote, run a shadow-IT audit with a TechBag advisor, or scope a PoC proving governed sync AND file backup on one platform.
Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.