Cerber Ransomware demand - any change of getting around this one without paying?

any chance of getting around this one without paying?  <-- Restore from backups is the only other way.

Few of us in here recommend paying and the odds are less than 50:50 that you will get your data back.

You can easily get around this.  Restore your backups.

Otherwise, you can support terrorism and send terrorists money to unlock your files... I wouldn't - I don't like the idea that I'm giving money to people who kill and terrorize others... but if you can sleep at night, whatever works for you.

And you can try this:
https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/1114221-downloading-and-using-the-trend-micro-ransomware-file-decryptor

It seems that Kaspersky has a decryptor for Cerber ransomware but it must match the version

If you have the sample you can try out ID Ransomware (https://id-ransomware.malwarehunterteam.com/) to confirm the variant and if decryptor is available .  Cerber v1 is possible to decrypt and there is a tool (Trendmicro) https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/1114221-downloading-and-using-the-trend-micro-ransomware-file-decryptor#collapseFour
otherwise chances are close to zero. Do backup your files before trying too.

I have compiled a list of decryptor in Annex and also share possible means to recover under FAQ#4 @ https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/28059/TL-DR-Ransomware-Infected.html

< 1 percent

cant go any lower, please do not put your bet in it. If you have the backup, go with that. Sure recovery is not even close to always certain when you are dealing with these fraudster. The tool even if given may not be working after paying and such state is real and can happen again to all

You need to tell clients to back things up. A carefree attitude toward ransomware is death to data as you have seen.