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Portworx Backup pricing
Portworx Backup publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Portworx Backup pricing is free, then $0.2/node hour across 2 published tiers. 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
- Free, then $0.2/node hour
- Model
- Per node hour
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Portworx Backup 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Portworx Backup | $0.2/node hour | 5 | +$0.2/node hour, 5 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers up to one terabyte of protected data, no feature restrictions, fully managed service, cross-cluster restore included.
Portworx Backup
$0.2/node hourOver Free, this tier adds:
- Minimum 1,000 node hours per month
- Unlimited protected capacity
- Any Container Storage Interface provider
- Role-based access control
- Licensed separately from Portworx Enterprise
Where Portworx Backup stops being free
Free, Free
- Up to one terabyte of protected data
- No feature restrictions
- Fully managed service
- Cross-cluster restore included
Portworx Backup, $0.2/node hour
The first thing you pay for:
- Minimum 1,000 node hours per month
- Unlimited protected capacity
- Any Container Storage Interface provider
- Role-based access control
- Licensed separately from Portworx Enterprise
What the product covers
The full Portworx Backup 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
- Application-level backup
- Any CSI provider
- Cross-cluster restore
- Namespace and label selection
- Scheduled policies
- Role-based access
- Free tier
People bring Portworx Backup 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. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Portworx Backup 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portworx Backup (this page) | Free, then $0.2/node hour | Per node hour | - | |
| Velero | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Portworx Backup |
| Clumio | $0.01/month | Per GiB-month protected | - | vs Portworx Backup |
| Trilio | Free | Per node per year | - | vs Portworx Backup |
| AvePoint Cloud Backup | On request | quote | - | vs Portworx Backup |
| HYCU | On request | quote | - | vs Portworx Backup |
| Redstor | On request | quote | - | vs Portworx Backup |
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 Portworx Backup badges page.
Before you pay for Portworx Backup
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: 2 tiers between Free and $0.2/node hour, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Portworx Backup runs on web, linux, and is published by Portworx by Pure Storage of Santa Clara, California, United States. The full record is on the Portworx Backup review, and the rest of the category is under best backup tools.
Portworx Backup pricing questions
- How much does Portworx Backup cost?
- Portworx Backup publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Free up to $0.2/node hour for Portworx Backup. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Portworx Backup have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers up to one terabyte of protected data, no feature restrictions, fully managed service. Paying starts at $0.2/node hour for Portworx Backup.
- What is the difference between Free and Portworx Backup on Portworx Backup?
- Portworx Backup costs $0.2/node hour against Free, and adds minimum 1,000 node hours per month, unlimited protected capacity, any container storage interface provider, role-based access control.
- Which backup tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 backup tools listed alongside Portworx Backup have a free tier: Velero, Trilio, Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes.
- What am I actually paying for with Portworx Backup?
- The record lists 7 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is 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.
- Does Portworx Backup charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 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 Portworx Backup 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 Portworx Backup against before paying?
- The closest backup tools in this directory are Velero, Clumio, Trilio, AvePoint Cloud Backup. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Portworx Backup covering price, platforms and features.