Best Virtual Machine Backup Software in 2026
Updated
In short: Bacula Enterprise is ranked #1 of 19 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of Ahsay Backup Software and Iperius Backup. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Iperius Backup. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Ahsay Backup Software at $1/mo.
Virtual machine backup choices depend on the environments you need to protect and the recovery options you want available. Compare hypervisor coverage and application-aware backup to understand the workloads addressed; immutable backup storage, instant VM recovery, and off-site replication offer additional recovery criteria. Cloud backup target and deployment model help you consider how backup is arranged. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing add cost context. Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud, Bacula Enterprise, and Ahsay Backup Software are among the options, alongside VM Backup and Storware Backup & Recovery. Match these listed capabilities to your hypervisors and recovery needs.
19 virtual machine backup software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
Recognised 40% · Phone app 26% · Documented 20% · Free plan 14% of the score
- 1 Bacula Enterprise Android only RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 8.5 Application-aware backup: Yes
- 2 Ahsay Backup Software iPhone + Android RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.8$1/mo
- 3 Iperius Backup No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.5Free
- 4 Veeam Backup & Replication No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.3 Application-aware backup: Yes
- 5 Vinchin Backup & Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.3Free
- 6 NAKIVO Backup & Replication No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.2
- 7 SEP sesam No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 7.1
- 8 Unitrends Backup No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.9
- 9 Infrascale Backup and Disaster Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.5 Hypervisor coverage: VMware vSphere ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVMDeployment model: hybrid
- 10 Uranium Backup No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.5€18/mo
- 11 Quorum onQ No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.4 Hypervisor coverage: VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Oracle VM, and other hypervisorsDeployment model: hybrid
- 12 Hystax Acura No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.4 Hypervisor coverage: VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Xen, OpenStack, oVirt, OpenNebula, KubeVirt, OpenShift Virtualization, VirtuozzoDeployment model: hybridApplication-aware backup: Yes
- 13 Asigra Cloud Backup No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3 Hypervisor coverage: Microsoft Hyper-V Server, VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud DirectorDeployment model: hybridApplication-aware backup: Yes
- 14 Proxmox Backup Server No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.9€46.67/mo
- 15 Xen Orchestra No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.8$83.33/mo
- 16 Zerto No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3
- 17 JetStream DR No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.2 Hypervisor coverage: VMware vSphere 7 and 8Deployment model: hybrid
- 18 XSIBackup No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.1 Hypervisor coverage: VMware ESXi 5.5–8.0Deployment model: on-premises
- 19 Rubrik Security Cloud No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.8
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Questions about this list
Which virtual machine backup software is ranked first on Samsung Mobile US Press?
Bacula Enterprise is ranked #1 of 19 with a score of 8.5. Ahsay Backup Software is second and Iperius Backup third.
How many of these have a free plan?
3 of the 19 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Ahsay Backup Software has the lowest first paid tier we found: $1/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.