# Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office review (2026): is it worth $49.99 a year?

> Backup and cloning software with anti-malware built in

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Now sold as Acronis True Image, this is a home backup product that images whole machines or chosen files to local drives or the Acronis cloud. The Advanced and Premium plans add malware and ransomware protection to the backups, and both include identity protection for U.S. customers.

- **Category:** Antivirus & Malware Protection
- **Made by:** Acronis
- **Website:** https://www.acronis.com/en/products/true-image/
- **Runs on:** Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you only need an antivirus, as the backup half is what you are paying for.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is a paid product, starting at $49.99 per year for 1 computer.

- **Pricing model:** Paid
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Essentials | $49.99 per year for 1 computer | Local backup, disk cloning and universal restore. No cloud storage and no malware protection. $79.99 for 3, $99.99 for 5. |
| Advanced | $57.99 per year for 1 computer | Adds malware protection, Microsoft 365 backup and 50 GB of cloud storage. 3 computers $88.99, 5 computers $112.99. 250 GB and 500 GB sizes cost more. |
| Premium | $124.99 per year for 1 computer | Adds electronic signatures and blockchain certification, with 1 TB of cloud storage; larger sizes up to 10 TB cost more. |

Read from https://www.acronis.com/en/products/true-image/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office before buying.

## Key features

- **Full-image and file backup:** Backs up a whole machine, a disk or chosen files and folders to a local drive, a network share or the Acronis cloud, on a schedule.
- **Disk cloning and universal restore:** Copies one drive to another when you move to new hardware, and restores an image onto a different machine. Both are in every plan.
- **Anti-malware and ransomware detection:** The page describes behavior-based ransomware detection and real-time blocking of malicious processes, with one-click recovery of affected files. It is not in the Essentials plan.
- **Microsoft 365 and mobile backup:** Advanced and Premium include Microsoft 365 backup, and an iOS and Android app backs up a phone's photos, videos and contacts to the cloud.
- **Web console:** A browser console lists every protected device with its protection status and can start backups and restores remotely.

## Good for

- Home users who want one product for backup and basic malware protection
- People migrating to a new PC or larger drive by cloning
- Households backing up several computers and phones to one account

## Worth knowing

- The product is now called Acronis True Image; the Cyber Protect Home Office name no longer appears on the page.
- The Essentials plan has no malware protection and no cloud storage; both start at Advanced.
- Identity protection is limited to U.S. customers on the Advanced and Premium plans, according to the product page.
- The prices read here came from a page set to a Singapore edition, in U.S. dollars; the U.S. page could not be read separately.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Acronis sells disk backup and cloning with anti-malware attached, and the product is now called True Image on the page. Malware protection and cloud storage start at the $57.99-a-year Advanced plan, and there is no free plan or trial on record. If you only want an antivirus, this is more than you need.

- **Value for money: C.** $57.99 a year for 1 computer on Advanced, about $4.83 a month, which is the middle of this category. That is the cheapest plan with malware protection, and it includes backup too.
- **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial is listed. The only way in is paying from $49.99 a year, and even that Essentials plan has no malware protection.
- **Features: C.** Backup, cloning and ransomware detection, but Essentials has no malware protection and no cloud storage, and identity protection is limited to US customers.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and the listing shows backups, schedules and a web console to set up, so it sits at the ordinary grade.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android with a web console, but only Microsoft 365 is listed as an integration and there is no Linux.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Acronis's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among antivirus apps

- Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 6 of the 56 other antivirus apps we grade, and level with 7.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 21 of 56) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $4.17 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $4.17 for the category: 15 of the 34 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 10 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/antivirus

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office you would be making an engine that recognises new malware as it appears. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 43 of the 56 other antivirus apps grade higher. It costs $49.99 a year.

- You could not: An engine that recognises new malware as it appears.
- You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Microsoft 365

**Tags:** Malware protection, AI features

## Alternatives

- [Norton 360](https://toolgpa.com/tools/norton-360): Antivirus suite with VPN, password manager and PC cloud backup. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/acronis-cyber-protect-home-office-vs-norton-360)
- [Bitdefender](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bitdefender): Antivirus suites for computers and phones, with a free Windows tier. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/acronis-cyber-protect-home-office-vs-bitdefender)
- [ESET](https://toolgpa.com/tools/eset): Antivirus and home security plans priced by device count. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/acronis-cyber-protect-home-office-vs-eset)
- [McAfee](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mcafee): Antivirus, VPN and identity monitoring for PCs, Macs and phones. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/acronis-cyber-protect-home-office-vs-mcafee)
- [Malwarebytes](https://toolgpa.com/tools/malwarebytes): Malware scanner and real-time protection, with VPN and ID plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/acronis-cyber-protect-home-office-vs-malwarebytes)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://www.acronis.com/en/products/true-image/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/acronis-cyber-protect-home-office
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