12 enterprise cloud backup services to consider in 2026
These cloud-based backup products offer a variety of features, such as AI and enhanced security measures, to help enterprises reduce risk and meet their compliance needs.
Data can reside just about anywhere in the cloud, making it critical to find the right enterprise cloud backup service for your company's data protection needs.
Organizations typically store their data in a combination of on-premises data centers, cloud platforms and SaaS applications. Doing so requires a versatile backup offering that covers hybrid and multi-cloud environments and executes fast recoveries across them. To meet these demands, many enterprise cloud backup service providers now offer various types of AI functionality; stronger ransomware defenses, such as immutable storage, and other heightened security features, such as zero‑trust policies and AI-based threat detection.
This guide highlights 12 enterprise cloud backup services, detailing their notable features, key integrations and pricing. The list is based on Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant report on backup and data protection platforms, but it's unranked and presented in alphabetical order.
Arcserve
Arcserve offers several data protection products; Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) is the primary service. The company once marketed UDP primarily to enterprises but has pivoted to also focus on small and midmarket customers.
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Notable features: Like many enterprise-class products, Arcserve UDP combines backup, replication, high availability and data immutability. Recent updates add AI‑based ransomware detection and policy‑based data governance to assist organizations with compliance.
Integrations: Arcserve UDP protects physical and virtual Windows and Linux servers both on-premises and in the cloud. It is compatible with virtualization platforms, including Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV and VMware. Arcserve UDP connects to Arcserve Cloud Storage and Arcserve Cyber Resilient Storage, and supports object storage on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Wasabi.
Pricing: Arcserve offers subscription and per‑socket licensing. Arcserve's online store lists UDP from $19.99 per month per each front‑end terabyte of data. Costs for licenses from channel partners or for fixed-term licenses vary by data capacity and edition.
Cohesity
Cohesity offers DataProtect, NetBackup -- acquired from Veritas in December 2024 -- and FortKnox. Its most comprehensive data protection product is DataProtect, a cloud‑native platform that protects on‑premises, public cloud and SaaS workloads, simplifying backup and recovery through a single control plane.
Notable features: Cohesity DataProtect emphasizes simplicity and extensibility with broad workload integrations, API support and pre‑built automated workflows. It includes a single management interface and an open API, allowing users to automate backups through custom scripts or third-party tools. The system stores backups as ready-to-use copies for instant recovery for VMs, files and application objects at scale.
Cohesity's unified management platform consolidates backup, disaster recovery, search and threat detection with capabilities for multi-cloud backup and recovery.
Integrations: DataProtect supports numerous integrations in a variety of areas. It protects virtualization platforms such as VMware, Hyper‑V, Nutanix AHV and Kubernetes, as well as Windows, Linux, AIX and Solaris servers. Supported applications and databases include Microsoft 365, SAP HANA, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server; specific releases cover other databases, such as MongoDB and Cassandra. The service also integrates with storage platforms such as Pure Storage, NetApp, HPE and Dell.
Pricing: Cohesity does not publicly disclose pricing for its products.
Commvault
Commvault Cloud Unity is a cloud‑native platform that unifies data security, identity resilience and recovery across on‑premises, multi-cloud and SaaS environments.
Notable features: Cloud Unity uses AI to detect unusual activity across data platforms, applications and identity management systems; it also integrates with third-party threat databases and finds clean recovery points to help restore data from known‑good backups.
The service supports isolated environments for recovery testing and forensics, plus automated backup and recovery workflows at enterprise scale. It provides full or partial application and infrastructure recovery. For example, full Active Directory forest recovery is possible, as well as restoration of individual directory objects and attributes.
Commvault consolidates operations through a single management console and claims it can deliver rapid recovery at cloud scale.
Integrations: Commvault Cloud Unity supports a wide range of integrations for identity providers, enterprise databases, storage platforms, enterprise applications and even infrastructure as code. The company currently only lists support for three SaaS apps: Microsoft 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Salesforce.
Pricing: Commvault does not publicly disclose the pricing for its plans and services.
Dell Technologies
Dell's Data Protection Suite consists of a portfolio of products designed for on-premises and cloud-based data protection. The products in this portfolio include PowerProtect Data Manager, NetWorker, Avamar, RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines and Data Protection Advisor. Customers must choose the offerings that provide the required level of protection. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is the core product that enables on-premises and multi-cloud data protection.
Notable features: PowerProtect Data Manager automatically discovers and protects resources such as VMs, databases and containers. Users can store backups to PowerProtect appliances and the cloud.
The service is designed for centralized governance and control via the IT team, but Dell also offers a self-service feature that enables data owners to recover their own data.
Integrations: Dell PowerProtect Data Manager supports VMware, Hyper-V and Nutanix AHV and protects Windows and Linux file systems. The software performs application-based backups for enterprise workloads, such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange Server and SAP HANA.
Pricing: Dell does not publicly disclose pricing for PowerProtect Data Manager.
Druva
Druva Data Security Cloud is a SaaS backup platform that centralizes the management of data protection; eDiscovery and regulatory compliance; cybersecurity response and recovery; and governance of sensitive data. Druva said it designed its platform to be secure by design with autonomous features, such as auto-tuning and self-healing.
Notable features: Druva's cloud-based backup and data protection service emphasizes simplified management through a single console without any appliances to administer. Backup and disaster recovery operations are automated, further reducing complexity. The company provides tools for forecasting resource requirements and can scale the service up or down based on the customer's needs.
Integrations: Druva supports a variety of clouds, applications and platforms, including SaaS applications such as Microsoft 365, Salesforce and Google Workspace. For identity and access management, the platform integrates with Okta and Microsoft Entra ID, formerly Azure Active Directory. For security, Druva integrates with platforms that include Splunk, Palo Alto Networks and FireEye to support automated log exports and coordinated incident response.
Pricing: Druva's pricing varies widely based on the resources being protected. For many resources, Druva offers multiple protection tiers -- Business, Enterprise and Elite -- with different features and pricing.
Huawei
Huawei's Cloud Backup and Recovery (CBR) is optimized to back up data in the Huawei cloud, but this service is also capable of handling file- and image-level backups within competing clouds or on local servers.
Notable features: Huawei said CBR provides gigabit transfer speeds and a recovery time objective measured in minutes. The service also offers multi-layer ransomware protection that includes AI-based threat detection and cross-region replication for backup and disaster recovery.
Huawei CBR bases its backups on a vault system. The server backup vault protects entire cloud servers, while disk backup vaults keep individual disks safe. A locking feature treats the vaults as immutable storage to prevent unauthorized changes.
Integrations: Huawei supports integration of CBR with on-premises VMware environments and local file systems, as well as MySQL and SAP HANA databases. It provides an SDK for customized application integration. Policy automation provides centralized administration of backups across multiple clouds.
Pricing: Huawei uses a consumption model for on-demand usage and also offers yearly and monthly billing.
HYCU
HYCU Data Resiliency Cloud, known as R-Cloud for short, is a SaaS-based backup and recovery platform designed for on-premises, cloud and SaaS environments, using centralized management to maintain visibility.
Notable features: HYCU R-Cloud's most interesting feature is R-Graph, an analytics and visualization tool that tracks data and applications in both public and private clouds, as well as traditional applications, databases and SaaS applications. The tool displays the protection status for each application to identify unprotected resources.
Integrations: HYCU supports more than 80 workloads, with an emphasis on SaaS apps, such as Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Trello, Google Workspace and Monday.com. R-Cloud also protects DevOps and identity platforms, including Okta and GitHub. It integrates with virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere and Nutanix AHV, as well as public clouds that include AWS, Google Cloud and Azure.
Pricing: HYCU offers subscriptions per user or per workload, with specialized protection suites for platforms such as Microsoft 365 and Atlassian. The pricing ranges from $1.20 to $4 per user per month. However, enterprises and certain on-premises workloads will typically require a custom quote.
IBM
IBM Cloud Backup is a cloud- and agent-based backup tool designed to protect physical and virtual workloads across environments.
Notable features: IBM Cloud Backup works with on-premises data and is capable of cloud-to-cloud backup. Users can schedule backups according to the organization's needs and manage these jobs through a browser-based GUI. If a restoration is required, an organization can perform a granular recovery or restore an entire system image. Data deduplication and compression features help to expedite backup and recovery operations.
Integrations: IBM Cloud Backup is an agent-based service. To protect a particular workload, customers must purchase an agent as an add-on to their IBM Cloud Backup service. IBM does not list all the available agents, but it does mention the ability to protect Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle. Agents are also available for both Windows and Linux.
Pricing: IBM does not publicly disclose pricing for IBM Cloud Backup.
OpenText
OpenText Data Protector is a consolidated backup and recovery product designed to protect virtual, physical and cloud-based workloads.
Notable features: The OpenText service includes a smart scheduling feature that prioritizes important data and uses automation to run backup jobs outside of peak usage times. Backups can be full, differential or mirror copies. A backup health monitor checks the status and alerts admins to problems.
Integrations: OpenText Data Protector integrates with several hypervisors, including Nutanix, KVM and Citrix. It supports cloud and container platforms, such as OpenStack and Kubernetes, and integrates with Ceph storage, Oracle databases and Microsoft 365.
Pricing: OpenText does not publicly disclose pricing information.
Rubrik
Rubrik Zero Trust Data Protection is part of Rubrik Security Cloud, a SaaS platform designed to protect data across on‑premises, cloud and SaaS environments
Notable features: Rubrik's backup platform follows zero-trust principles, including the use of immutable storage to prevent unauthorized changes or deletion, even by ransomware. A role-based access control feature segments administrative permissions and supports multifactor authentication. Organizations can require multiple administrators to approve policy changes and other significant actions.
Fast recovery from data loss events is another key feature. An integrated search engine directs users to locate the data they need to recover. This data can then be mounted directly on the backup server.
Integrations: Rubrik provides numerous integrations for major workloads, including Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, SAP HANA and NoSQL databases. Supported clouds include AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365, Google Cloud and VMware Cloud on AWS. The service also integrates with vRealize Automation and VMware Cloud Director.
Pricing: Rubrik does not publicly disclose pricing for its services.
Unitrends
Unitrends provides physical or virtual backup appliances designed to automate many manual backup tasks. Customers can also deploy its software to AWS or Azure. A single console provides centralized management of the on-premises appliances and the cloud backup software.
Notable features: Like many enterprise backup providers, Unitrends offers ransomware detection to alert admins to early warning signs of an attack. The platform features "self-healing" capabilities to automatically diagnose and resolve issues that might corrupt backups.
Unitrends also supports instant recovery for VMware and Hyper-V workloads. The software creates standby replicas of VMs that can be activated for use until the problem is resolved. Additionally, an automated feature tests runbooks to verify application recovery.
Integrations: Unitrends supports backups of popular SaaS applications, such as Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and Salesforce. It can also protect VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V VMs, as well as workloads running in AWS and Azure.
Pricing: Unitrends does not publicly disclose pricing information.
Veeam
Veeam Data Platform is Veeam's enterprise backup and recovery tool for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It offers native protection for a wide variety of workloads and also provides an API for customers who want to tailor the product to their needs.
Notable features: Veeam Data Platform offers all the standard backup and encryption capabilities expected in an enterprise backup product, with an emphasis on quick recovery times and backup verification. It uses AI to detect and remediate issues, and to determine optimal recovery procedures if necessary.
Veeam backups can create a test lab for patch testing and other tasks that would otherwise have the potential to disrupt IT operations. Veeam said the service's nondisruptive tests ensure that data is recoverable and, if necessary, that customers can direct recovery operations to a different location, such as a cloud.
Integrations: Veeam Data Platform features numerous integrations, including protection for cloud and virtualization platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, VMware, Hyper-V and Nutanix. Some of the supported applications and databases include Microsoft SQL Server, Active Directory, SAP HANA, Oracle, SharePoint, Exchange Server and PostgreSQL. Veeam also supports IBM AIX, Oracle Solaris, Windows, Linux and macOS.
Pricing: Veeam offers three Data Platform editions -- Secure Foundation, Cyber Resilience and Enterprise Resilience -- with capabilities increasing by edition. It does not publicly disclose pricing.
Editor's note: This article was updated in January 2026 to provide new information and improve the reader's experience.
Brien Posey is a former 22-time Microsoft MVP and a commercial astronaut candidate. In his more than 30 years in IT, he has served as a lead network engineer for the U.S. Department of Defense and a network administrator for some of the largest insurance companies in America.
