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Acronis True Image
Cloning plus cloud backup and anti-malware, at a subscription price.
- Licence
- Paid
- Price
- From around $49.99 per year (Essentials); Advanced around $57.99; Premium around $124.99
- Platform
- Windows and macOS
- Current version
- Current 2026 release
- Developer
- Acronis
- Clones the Windows system disk for free
- Yes
- Clone to a smaller drive
- Yes
- Official site
- www.acronis.com
The verdict
A full protection suite rather than a cloning utility — imaging, cloud storage, ransomware protection and mobile backup in one subscription. If you want all of that it is good value. If you want to move Windows onto a new SSD once, it is far more product than you need.
Who it is for
Households wanting one paid product covering local images, cloud backup and several machines, including Macs.
Strengths
- Cloning, imaging, cloud backup and security in a single package
- Works on macOS as well as Windows
- Live cloning of an in-use Windows system disk
- Cloud storage included on the higher tiers
- Mature, well-documented recovery media
Limitations
- Subscription only; costs recur every year
- Installs background services that some users find heavy
- Extra security features overlap with what Windows already provides
- Historically mixed reputation for support responsiveness
Worth knowing
Many SSD makers ship a free, drive-locked Acronis build with their hardware — see our page on SSD vendor tools before paying for a full licence.
The interface
assets/img/screenshots/ and swap the src above. See the README in
that folder.
Before you clone anything
The destination drive is erased completely. Confirm which physical disk is which — by
size, model number and serial, not just by drive letter — and keep a separate backup of
anything irreplaceable. Our pre-clone checklist
takes about fifteen minutes and prevents most disasters.