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Alternatives to Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes
21 backup tools sit alongside Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes in this directory. Below is what separates each from Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes 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
- -
- Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes starts at
- Free
Why people look past Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes has a free tier. 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.
SaaS Kubernetes backup and migration with published per-node pricing
- Publishes an entry price of $69/month, where Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes does not.
- Sold on a Per node per month model rather than Per worker node.
- 3 tiers to Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes's 2.
Kubernetes-native storage and data services, priced by the node hour
- No free tier, where Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $0.33/node hour, where Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes does not.
- Sold on a Per node hour model rather than Per worker node.
Modern data protection for enterprise workloads
- Publishes an entry price of $250/year, where Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes does not.
Kubernetes application backup with a free tier up to one terabyte
- Publishes an entry price of $0.2/node hour, where Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes does not.
- Sold on a Per node hour model rather than Per worker node.
Open source backup and migration for Kubernetes cluster resources
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Per worker node.
- 1 tier to Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes's 2.
Backup and recovery for OpenStack, Kubernetes and Red Hat Virtualization
- Sold on a Per node per year model rather than Per worker node.
Every Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes (this page) | Free | Per worker node | 2 | |
| CloudCasaCheaper per node with a published rate and a free tier for up to five nodes | Free, then $69/month | Per node per month | 3 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| PortworxIf you need a Kubernetes storage layer with synchronous DR rather than only backup | $0.33/node hour | Per node hour | 2 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| Veeam Backup & ReplicationIf the estate is mostly virtual machines and Kubernetes is a small part of it | Free, then $250/year | - | - | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| Portworx Backup | Free, then $0.2/node hour | Per node hour | 2 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| Velero | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| Trilio | Free | Per node per year | 2 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| rustic | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| UrBackup | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| Proxmox Backup Server | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| Kopia | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| AOMEI Backupper | Free, then $39.95/one-time | One-time | 3 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| Bacula | Free | Open-source | - | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| Redstor | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| Clumio | $0.01/month | Per GiB-month protected | 3 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| AvePoint Cloud Backup | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| HYCU | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| BDRShield | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| Comet Backup | $19/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| Backupify | $29/month | - | 2 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| Commvault Complete Data Protection | On request | - | 4 | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
| Datto Backup | On request | Subscription | - | vs Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes |
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 Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes 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.
- CloudCasa , Free, then $69/month
- Veeam Backup & Replication , Free, then $250/year
- Portworx Backup , Free, then $0.2/node hour
- Velero , Free
- Trilio , Free
- rustic , Free
- UrBackup , Free
- Proxmox Backup Server , Free
What you would be giving up
Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes is most often brought in for a platform team that must prove to auditors it can restore a production namespace, not just its disks, migrating a stateful application from on-premises openshift to a managed cloud kubernetes service, protecting kubernetes workloads to an immutable object store so ransomware cannot delete the backups, a team using operators and custom resources that volume-snapshot tools silently fail to capture. 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 Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes is broadly right and the question is cost, the Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes 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.
Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes runs on kubernetes, 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 Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes?
- 21 other backup tools are listed in this directory, led by CloudCasa, Portworx, Veeam Backup & Replication, 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 Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes?
- 11 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: CloudCasa, Veeam Backup & Replication, Portworx Backup, Velero, Trilio.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes has a free tier. 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 Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes?
- Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes is most often brought in for a platform team that must prove to auditors it can restore a production namespace, not just its disks, migrating a stateful application from on-premises openshift to a managed cloud kubernetes service, protecting kubernetes workloads to an immutable object store so ransomware cannot delete the backups, a team using operators and custom resources that volume-snapshot tools silently fail to capture. 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 Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes?
- Bacula is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes 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 Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes 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 Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.