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Alternatives to HYCU
22 backup tools sit alongside HYCU in this directory. Below is what separates each from HYCU on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 12
- Cheaper to start
- -
- HYCU starts at
- On request
Why people look past HYCU
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the HYCU entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for HYCU carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 12 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
HYCU publishes a single plan, HYCU R-Cloud at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Modern data protection for enterprise workloads
- Can be used without paying; HYCU cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $250/year, where HYCU does not.
100% SaaS data protection platform
Priced and rated the same as HYCU on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Zero trust data security for modern enterprises
- Publishes an entry price of $100/varies, where HYCU does not.
Kubernetes application backup with a free tier up to one terabyte
- Can be used without paying; HYCU cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $0.2/node hour, where HYCU does not.
- Sold on a Per node hour model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to HYCU's 1.
Open source backup and migration for Kubernetes cluster resources
- Can be used without paying; HYCU cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than quote.
Backup and recovery for OpenStack, Kubernetes and Red Hat Virtualization
- Can be used without paying; HYCU cannot.
- Sold on a Per node per year model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to HYCU's 1.
Every HYCU alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYCU (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| Veeam Backup & ReplicationVeeam Backup & Replication for deeper VMware and physical server coverage | Free, then $250/year | - | - | vs HYCU |
| Druva Data Resiliency CloudDruva for a fully SaaS-delivered backup service with no infrastructure to run | On request | - | - | vs HYCU |
| Rubrik Cloud Data ManagementRubrik where security posture and threat detection alongside backup are the priority | $100/varies | - | - | vs HYCU |
| Portworx Backup | Free, then $0.2/node hour | Per node hour | 2 | vs HYCU |
| Velero | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs HYCU |
| Trilio | Free | Per node per year | 2 | vs HYCU |
| Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes | Free | Per worker node | 2 | vs HYCU |
| CloudCasa | Free, then $69/month | Per node per month | 3 | vs HYCU |
| rustic | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs HYCU |
| UrBackup | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs HYCU |
| Proxmox Backup Server | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs HYCU |
| Kopia | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs HYCU |
| AOMEI Backupper | Free, then $39.95/one-time | One-time | 3 | vs HYCU |
| Bacula | Free | Open-source | - | vs HYCU |
| Redstor | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HYCU |
| Clumio | $0.01/month | Per GiB-month protected | 3 | vs HYCU |
| AvePoint Cloud Backup | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HYCU |
| BDRShield | On request | Quote | 1 | vs HYCU |
| Comet Backup | $19/month | Subscription | 4 | vs HYCU |
| Backupify | $29/month | - | 2 | vs HYCU |
| Commvault Complete Data Protection | On request | - | 4 | vs HYCU |
| Datto Backup | On request | Subscription | - | vs HYCU |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the HYCU badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (12)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Veeam Backup & Replication , Free, then $250/year
- Portworx Backup , Free, then $0.2/node hour
- Velero , Free
- Trilio , Free
- Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes , Free
- CloudCasa , Free, then $69/month
- rustic , Free
- UrBackup , Free
What you would be giving up
HYCU is most often brought in for an organisation that has just realised its okta, jira and github data is not covered by any backup product it owns, a nutanix environment needing agentless backup that understands the platform rather than treating it as generic virtual machines, a mid-market it team wanting one vendor across on premises virtual machines, cloud workloads and saas applications, building an immutable off-site copy with object lock to satisfy a cyber insurance requirement. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If HYCU is broadly right and the question is cost, the HYCU pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Backup category lists everything the directory holds, and best backup tools ranks them.
HYCU runs on web, linux, windows. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about HYCU alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to HYCU?
- 22 other backup tools are listed in this directory, led by Veeam Backup & Replication, Druva Data Resiliency Cloud, Rubrik Cloud Data Management, Portworx Backup. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to HYCU?
- 12 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Veeam Backup & Replication, Portworx Backup, Velero, Trilio, Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes.
- Why do people look for an alternative to HYCU?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from HYCU?
- HYCU is most often brought in for an organisation that has just realised its okta, jira and github data is not covered by any backup product it owns, a nutanix environment needing agentless backup that understands the platform rather than treating it as generic virtual machines, a mid-market it team wanting one vendor across on premises virtual machines, cloud workloads and saas applications, building an immutable off-site copy with object lock to satisfy a cyber insurance requirement. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to HYCU?
- Bacula is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these HYCU alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Backup, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare HYCU against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against HYCU covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every backup tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Backup category, 22 tools beside HYCU. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.