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Alternatives to Portworx Backup
21 backup tools sit alongside Portworx Backup in this directory. Below is what separates each from Portworx Backup on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 11
- Cheaper to start
- 1
- Portworx Backup starts at
- Free, then $0.2/node hour
Why people look past Portworx Backup
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Portworx Backup has a free tier, and starts at $0.2/node hour against a category median of $29/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
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.
Open source backup and migration for Kubernetes cluster resources
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Per node hour.
- 1 tier to Portworx Backup's 2.
Kubernetes-native storage and data services, priced by the node hour
- No free tier, where Portworx Backup has one.
- Starts $0.13 a node hour dearer, at $0.33/node hour.
Modern data protection for enterprise workloads
- Starts $249.8 a year dearer, at $250/year.
Backup and recovery for OpenStack, Kubernetes and Red Hat Virtualization
- Sold on a Per node per year model rather than Per node hour.
Kubernetes-native backup, disaster recovery and application mobility
- Sold on a Per worker node model rather than Per node hour.
SaaS Kubernetes backup and migration with published per-node pricing
- Starts $68.8 a month dearer, at $69/month.
- Sold on a Per node per month model rather than Per node hour.
- 3 tiers to Portworx Backup's 2.
Every Portworx Backup 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portworx Backup (this page) | Free, then $0.2/node hour | Per node hour | 2 | |
| VeleroVelero if you accept community support in exchange for no licence cost at all | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Portworx Backup |
| PortworxPortworx for the persistent storage layer rather than its backup | $0.33/node hour | Per node hour | 2 | vs Portworx Backup |
| Veeam Backup & ReplicationVeeam Backup & Replication where one vendor covering Kubernetes and virtual machines is worth more than Kubernetes depth | Free, then $250/year | - | - | vs Portworx Backup |
| Trilio | Free | Per node per year | 2 | vs Portworx Backup |
| Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes | Free | Per worker node | 2 | vs Portworx Backup |
| CloudCasa | Free, then $69/month | Per node per month | 3 | vs Portworx Backup |
| rustic | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Portworx Backup |
| UrBackup | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Portworx Backup |
| Proxmox Backup Server | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Portworx Backup |
| Kopia | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Portworx Backup |
| AOMEI Backupper | Free, then $39.95/one-time | One-time | 3 | vs Portworx Backup |
| Bacula | Free | Open-source | - | vs Portworx Backup |
| Redstor | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Portworx Backup |
| Clumio | $0.01/month | Per GiB-month protected | 3 | vs Portworx Backup |
| AvePoint Cloud Backup | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Portworx Backup |
| HYCU | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Portworx Backup |
| BDRShield | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Portworx Backup |
| Comet Backup | $19/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Portworx Backup |
| Backupify | $29/month | - | 2 | vs Portworx Backup |
| Commvault Complete Data Protection | On request | - | 4 | vs Portworx Backup |
| Datto Backup | On request | Subscription | - | vs Portworx Backup |
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 Portworx Backup badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (11)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Velero , Free
- Veeam Backup & Replication , Free, then $250/year
- Trilio , Free
- Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes , Free
- CloudCasa , Free, then $69/month
- rustic , Free
- UrBackup , Free
- Proxmox Backup Server , Free
Cheaper than Portworx Backup (1)
Entry price under Portworx Backup's $0.2/node hour. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Clumio , $0.01/month
What you would be giving up
Portworx Backup is most often brought in for a platform team running velero that needs an accountable vendor for restore failures, protecting kubernetes applications across eks, gke and on premises clusters under one policy set, restoring a namespace into a different cloud provider as a disaster recovery test, a small team that wants real kubernetes backup within the free one terabyte tier before committing budget. 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 Portworx Backup is broadly right and the question is cost, the Portworx Backup 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.
Portworx Backup runs on web, linux. 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 Portworx Backup alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Portworx Backup?
- 21 other backup tools are listed in this directory, led by Velero, Portworx, Veeam Backup & Replication, Trilio. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Portworx Backup?
- 11 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Velero, Veeam Backup & Replication, Trilio, Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes, CloudCasa.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Portworx Backup?
- Yes. 1 of the alternatives below start under Portworx Backup's $0.2/node hour: Clumio at $0.01/month.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Portworx Backup?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Portworx Backup has a free tier, and starts at $0.2/node hour against a category median of $29/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Portworx Backup?
- Portworx Backup is most often brought in for a platform team running velero that needs an accountable vendor for restore failures, protecting kubernetes applications across eks, gke and on premises clusters under one policy set, restoring a namespace into a different cloud provider as a disaster recovery test, a small team that wants real kubernetes backup within the free one terabyte tier before committing budget. 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 Portworx Backup?
- Bacula is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Portworx Backup 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 Portworx Backup against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Portworx Backup 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, 21 tools beside Portworx Backup. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.