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A directory of backup and recovery software — enterprise platforms, cloud and SaaS backup, disaster recovery, and open-source and Kubernetes backup tools — for protecting data and recovering from failure and ransomware.

44 topics•5 categories•Updated October 2026

Enterprise Backup & Recovery Platforms

11 entries

Broad platforms for on-premises, virtual and hybrid environments.

01Veeam Backup & ReplicationThe simple, flexible, reliable, and powerful solution for protecting your cloud, virtual, and physical workloads. Veeam is the industry leader with 450,000+ customers worldwide, offering ransomware-resistant backups with instant recovery and immutable storage. Veeam says it was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms for the 10th consecutive time and positioned highest for Ability to Execute. 02CommvaultCommvault delivers the most comprehensive solution in the industry, so you can plan, protect, and recover your data no matter where it lives. Its intelligent data services platform secures workloads across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS. Commvault says it was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms for the 15th consecutive year. 03Cohesity (including Veritas NetBackup)Cohesity simplifies backup and recovery on-premises, at the edge, and in the public cloud. Reduce the total cost of ownership and increase the resiliency of any business with its next-gen data platform and AI-driven threat detection. Cohesity also carries the Veritas NetBackup enterprise backup line, so the two products are listed together here. Cohesity says it was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms for the seventh consecutive year. 04RubrikRubrik Zero Trust Data Management protects your data and applications from ransomware, rogue employees, natural disasters, and operational failures. Its Security Cloud platform delivers secure backup, recovery, and data resilience at scale. Virtualization Review reported Rubrik positioned furthest on the Completeness of Vision axis of the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms. 05Dell EMC PowerProtect Data ManagerProtect data and deliver governance control for modern cloud workloads across your evolving physical, virtual, and cloud environments. PowerProtect provides enterprise-grade scale with intelligent automation and ransomware recovery. 06IBM Storage Protect (formerly Spectrum Protect)IBM Storage Protect, formerly Spectrum Protect, provides comprehensive data resilience for physical file servers, virtual environments, and a wide range of applications. Its tiered storage architecture optimizes costs while maintaining rapid recovery capabilities. 07OpenText Data ProtectorBackup and recovery for diverse enterprises. OpenText Data Protector delivers comprehensive, automated data protection spanning traditional data centers, cloud environments, and hybrid infrastructures with centralized management. 08Arcserve UDPOne platform with every data protection capability you need, without the complexity you don't. Arcserve UDP provides unified backup, replication, and high availability for physical, virtual, and cloud environments. 09UnitrendsAll-in-one backup appliance now offered via subscription. Unitrends Recovery Series delivers enterprise-grade backup, disaster recovery, and ransomware protection in a single, easy-to-deploy hardware appliance with built-in deduplication. 10AcronisUnifying data protection and cybersecurity to protect all data, applications, and systems. Acronis delivers an integrated cyber protection platform combining backup, disaster recovery, antimalware, and endpoint management in a single solution. 11NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationBackup and disaster recovery for virtual machines, physical servers, cloud workloads and Microsoft 365. NAKIVO is built for fast, affordable deployment, available as software or a ready-to-use appliance, and used by more than 16,000 companies worldwide.

Cloud, SaaS & Disaster Recovery

9 entries

Cloud-delivered backup and continuous disaster recovery.

12Druva Data Resiliency CloudHarness the power of the cloud to empower your business with unified data protection and management. Druva's SaaS platform eliminates infrastructure overhead while providing enterprise-grade backup, disaster recovery, and ransomware protection. Druva says it was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms for the second consecutive year. 13HYCUHYCU is a Data Protection as a Service provider with purpose-built solutions for all your workloads that can be managed in a single pane of glass. It specializes in protecting Nutanix, Kubernetes, SaaS apps, and cloud-native environments. 14ZertoOne continuous software experience for disaster recovery, backup, and data mobility for on-premises and cloud. Zerto's journal-based recovery delivers near-zero RPO with automated failover for mission-critical applications. 15Microsoft 365 BackupYour in-place backup solution with lightning-fast restorability from Microsoft to ensure business continuity. Natively integrated with Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams for seamless protection of Microsoft 365 data. 16AWS BackupCentralised, policy-based backup across AWS services. 17Azure BackupMicrosoft's cloud backup service for VMs, databases and files. 18Google Cloud Backup and DRManaged backup and disaster recovery on Google Cloud. 19Azure Site RecoveryMicrosoft's disaster recovery service for Azure VMs, VMware and physical servers. Microsoft publishes regular update rollups; Rollup 83 (February 2026) is the latest listed on its what's-new page. 20AWS Elastic Disaster RecoveryAWS service that replicates servers into AWS for recovery. Its documentation added recovery plans for ordered recovery of server groups on 18 August 2026, and Graviton (arm64) source server support on 25 September 2026.

Open-source & Kubernetes Backup

7 entries

Free tools for servers, files and clusters.

21BaculaOpen-source enterprise backup software with a commercial edition. 22resticFast, encrypted, deduplicating backup program. restic v0.19.1 was released on 5 July 2026. 23BorgBackupDeduplicating archiver with compression and encryption. BorgBackup 2.0.0b25, a beta, was released on 27 September 2026. 24KopiaFast, encrypted, deduplicated backup tool with a UI and CLI. Kopia v0.23.1 was released on 16 June 2026. 25DuplicatiBacks up encrypted data to cloud storage services. Duplicati v2.4.0.1 was published as a stable release on 7 October 2026. 26VeleroBackup and restore tool for Kubernetes cluster resources and volumes. Velero v1.18.4 was released on 28 September 2026, and the CNCF accepted it at the Sandbox level on 11 March 2026. 27Veeam Kasten for KubernetesKubernetes data protection from Veeam, formerly Kasten.

Guidance

1 entries

Ransomware resilience and backup practice.

28CISA #StopRansomwareUS guidance on preventing and responding to ransomware, including backups.

Related Pages

16 entries

Related directories on this site.

29IT StorageStorage hub. 30Cloud-native Data Protection SolutionsBackup for Kubernetes and cloud-native workloads. 31Enterprise Storage SolutionsEnterprise storage. 32Object Storage SolutionsS3-compatible object storage. 33Cloud Migration ToolsMoving workloads to the cloud. 34Digital InfrastructuresDigital infrastructure components. 35Database SystemsDatabase systems hub. 36Storage Area Networks (SAN)SAN arrays and fabrics. 37Network Attached Storage (NAS)NAS appliances and software. 38Direct Attached Storage (DAS)Direct attached storage. 39RAIDRAID controllers and file systems. 40Software-Defined Storage (SDS)Software-defined storage. 41Block Storage SolutionsBlock storage. 42File Storage SolutionsFile storage. 43Other Storage SolutionsTape, archive and backup appliances. 44Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) SoftwareHCI platforms.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is backup and recovery software?

Software that copies data and system state to separate storage on a schedule and restores it after loss, corruption, failure or attack, often with deduplication, encryption and reporting.

What is the 3-2-1 rule?

Keep three copies of your data on two different media with one copy off-site; many teams now add an immutable or air-gapped copy to survive ransomware.

What is the difference between backup and disaster recovery?

Backup preserves copies of data; disaster recovery restores whole systems and services within defined recovery time and recovery point objectives, often with replication.

Do I need to back up SaaS data?

Yes. SaaS providers protect their platform but not necessarily your data, so services such as Microsoft 365 Backup and Druva fill the gap.

How do I back up Kubernetes?

Use tools designed for clusters, such as Velero or Veeam Kasten, to protect resources and persistent volumes; see the Cloud-native Data Protection page.

What does the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms say?

The Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms was published on 29 June 2026. Veeam says it was named a Leader for the 10th consecutive time and positioned highest for Ability to Execute, Commvault says it was named a Leader for the 15th consecutive year, Cohesity says it is a Leader for the seventh consecutive year and Druva says it is a Leader for the second consecutive year. Virtualization Review reported that Rubrik was positioned furthest on the Completeness of Vision axis. I could not read Gartner's report or confirm other vendors' placements.

What cloud-native disaster recovery services are there?

Azure Site Recovery and AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery are the cloud providers' own services. Microsoft's what's-new page lists Update Rollup 83 from February 2026 and says it supports the latest five rollup versions (N-4). The AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery document history lists recovery plans (18 August 2026) and AWS Graviton source servers (25 September 2026), and notes that AWS discontinued CloudEndure Disaster Recovery on 29 September 2025.