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IBM Storage Protect pricing
IBM Storage Protect publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the backup tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, IBM Storage Protect pricing is $100/month. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $100/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Not on record
IBM Storage Protect plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage Protect | $100/month | 3 | Entry tier |
What the product covers
The full IBM Storage Protect feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Progressive incremental backup
- Policy-based management
- Container protection
- Kubernetes support
- Data deduplication
- Instant restore
Integrations
- VMware
- Hyper-V
- AWS
- Azure
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
Platform
- Windows support
- Linux support
- Web support
People bring IBM Storage Protect in for data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity, ransomware protection, compliance. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to IBM Storage Protect are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Backup
Too few backup tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Storage Protect (this page) | $100/month | subscription | - | |
| Velero | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs IBM Storage Protect |
| Clumio | $0.01/month | Per GiB-month protected | - | vs IBM Storage Protect |
| Portworx Backup | Free, then $0.2/node hour | Per node hour | - | vs IBM Storage Protect |
| Trilio | Free | Per node per year | - | vs IBM Storage Protect |
| AvePoint Cloud Backup | On request | quote | - | vs IBM Storage Protect |
| HYCU | On request | quote | - | vs IBM Storage Protect |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the IBM Storage Protect badges page.
Before you pay for IBM Storage Protect
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at $100/month. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare IBM Storage Protect against the tools that do have one before committing.
IBM Storage Protect runs on windows, linux, web, and is published by IBM of Armonk, New York. The full record is on the IBM Storage Protect review, and the rest of the category is under best backup tools.
IBM Storage Protect pricing questions
- How much does IBM Storage Protect cost?
- IBM Storage Protect publishes a single tier, Storage Protect, at $100/month.
- Does IBM Storage Protect have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: IBM Storage Protect is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- Which backup tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 backup tools listed alongside IBM Storage Protect have a free tier: Velero, Portworx Backup, Trilio, Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes.
- What am I actually paying for with IBM Storage Protect?
- The record lists 15 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity.
- Does IBM Storage Protect charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these IBM Storage Protect prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare IBM Storage Protect against before paying?
- The closest backup tools in this directory are Velero, Clumio, Portworx Backup, Trilio. Each has a side-by-side comparison with IBM Storage Protect covering price, platforms and features.