Every European backup software tool reviewed
Vienna, Austria
Founded 2005
Software free (AGPLv3) / subscriptions per backup server per year: Community EUR 560, Basic EUR 1,120, Standard EUR 2,240, Premium EUR 4,480
Best for: Proxmox users wanting open-source backup with published prices
Proxmox Backup Server is an open-source backup server licensed under the GNU AGPLv3, with the whole software stack written in Rust. It is built for the Proxmox virtualisation platform, includes a Proxmox VE integration and a tape feature, and its overview presents it as an enterprise backup solution for physical and virtual workloads.
The operator is Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH, Brauhausgasse 37, 1050 Vienna, Austria, registered as FN 258879f at the Handelsgericht Wien, with Martin Maurer as CEO. The company says it was founded in 2005. The software is free, and the subscription page lists Community at EUR 560, Basic at EUR 1,120, Standard at EUR 2,240 and Premium at EUR 4,480 per server per year.
Every subscribed server includes unlimited backup storage and unlimited backup clients, and the tiers differ in support tickets and response times rather than features. It ranks first for the combination of jurisdiction, licence and published prices.
What Proxmox Backup Server does well
- Austrian GmbH with a full legal notice and commercial register number
- Open source under AGPLv3
- Prices published for four subscription tiers
- Unlimited backup storage and clients per subscribed server
- Tape support and Proxmox VE integration
Where Proxmox Backup Server falls short
- Designed around the Proxmox ecosystem rather than every platform
- Support tiers differ by tickets and response time, so the cheap tier has limited help
- Data location is the customer's own, with no vendor-hosted option on the pages checked
- Price is per backup server, which is awkward for estates with many sites
Standout feature. It is the only tool here that pairs an Austrian GmbH, an AGPLv3 code base and per-server prices published on its own page.
Cologne, Germany
Software free (AGPLv3) / subscription priced through an online calculator on the vendor site, quote form available
Trial offered, including subscription-only plugins
Best for: Teams wanting AGPLv3 enterprise backup with disk, tape and S3 targets
Bareos describes itself as open-source backup and recovery software for Linux, Windows and mixed enterprise environments since 2012. It backs up physical systems, virtual machines, databases and applications to disk, tape or S3-compatible storage. Its GitHub page says the source code is licensed under AGPLv3 and that Bareos is and will remain 100% open source.
The operator is Bareos GmbH & Co. KG, Zollstockgurtel 65, 50969 Cologne, registered at the Amtsgericht Koeln under HRA 29646. The managing directors are Stephan Duhr, Jorg Steffens and Philipp Storz. A subscription brings tested binary packages for major platforms, access to subscription repositories, ongoing maintenance and subscription-only plugins, with trials available.
Pricing is built through an online calculator on the vendor site rather than a fixed list, so it should be read as a quote. It sits second because it is open source and fully German, but publishes less than Proxmox.
What Bareos does well
- German KG with full legal details and register number
- Source code under AGPLv3 on GitHub
- Disk, tape and S3-compatible targets
- Subscription adds tested packages, repositories and plugins
- Trial includes subscription-only plugins
Where Bareos falls short
- Pricing runs through a calculator and quote, not a fixed list
- Self-hosted and administrator-driven, with a steeper learning curve than appliance tools
- Support levels are paid add-ons
- No vendor-hosted SaaS option on the pages checked
Standout feature. It is the German open-source option, with the AGPLv3 source code and a subscription for packages and plugins.
Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland
Founded 2009
Not stated on the pages checked
Best for: Mixed estates wanting a Polish vendor and a choice of data location
Xopero ONE is a data protection platform covering endpoints on Windows, Linux and Apple, servers and databases, VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines, and SaaS apps including Microsoft 365, GitHub, GitLab, Jira and Bitbucket. The vendor describes zero-trust and air-gap approaches and says customers can choose between US, EU and Australian data locations.
The contracting company is Xopero Software S.A., 3 Franciszka Walczaka Street, 66-400 Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland, KRS 0000684240, NIP 599-306-66-03. The company page says it was founded in 2009. The privacy policy says data in electronic form is stored on servers located in Poland and that processing stays inside the European Economic Area.
The pricing pages checked did not give a usable figure, so cost is something to confirm with the vendor. Compared with the entries above it is a hosted-first platform, with less of the self-hosted control that Proxmox or Bareos give.
What Xopero does well
- Polish S.A. with a KRS number in its privacy notice
- Data location selectable between US, EU and Australia
- Covers endpoints, servers, VMs and SaaS apps in one platform
- Privacy policy states data is stored on servers in Poland
- Air-gap and immutability described by the vendor
Where Xopero falls short
- No usable pricing figure on the pages checked
- US and Australian locations exist, so the EU choice must be made deliberately
- Proprietary, closed source
- Hosted-first design with less self-hosted control
Standout feature. It is the only tool here that combines a Polish S.A. with a selectable US, EU or Australian data location in one platform.
Warsaw, Poland
Not published on the pages checked / universal licence
Free trial licence available
Best for: Multi-hypervisor estates wanting one console and one licence
Storware Backup and Recovery is an agentless, policy-driven platform for virtual machines, containers and cloud workloads, protecting VMware, OpenStack, OpenShift Virtualization, Proxmox, Nutanix AHV, Hyper-V, Kubernetes and others from a single console. It offers immutable and air-gapped backup options and a REST API for DevOps pipelines.
The vendor is Storware sp. z o.o., Bakalarska 15A U2, 02-212 Warsaw, Poland, with company number 0000510131 and VAT ID PL5213672602 listed on the site. The vendor also sells a pre-integrated Storware Backup Appliance with Supermicro hardware and Storware Cloud as an off-site backup service.
Licensing is a single universal licence rather than per-hypervisor fees, and a trial licence is available. No price is published on the pages checked, and the product is not stated to be open source.
What Storware does well
- Polish sp. z o.o. with company and VAT numbers on the site
- One console for 15-plus hypervisors and container platforms
- Universal licence with no per-hypervisor fees
- Appliance and cloud options on top of the software
- Free trial licence available
Where Storware falls short
- No price published
- Not stated to be open source
- Location of Storware Cloud not stated on the pages checked
- Aimed at virtualisation, with less depth for endpoint backup
Standout feature. It protects more than 15 hypervisors and container platforms under one universal licence, the broadest platform list in this directory.
Holzkirchen, Germany
Unit-based licensing through the SEP Unit License Configurator, no figure on the pages checked
30-day free trial; Community Edition offered
Best for: German enterprises with databases and SAP workloads
SEP sesam is hybrid backup and disaster recovery software for virtual and physical environments, with Si3 inline deduplication on the source or target side. Its supported databases include SAP HANA, Oracle, Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2 and MariaDB, and applications include SAP, Kopano, HCL Domino and Microsoft Exchange. The vendor also states cloud-to-cloud backup for Microsoft 365, Salesforce and Google Workspace.
The operator is SEP GmbH, Konrad-Zuse-Strasse 5, 83607 Holzkirchen, registered as HRB 298001 at the Amtsgericht Muenchen, with Susanne Moosreiner as CEO. The legal page says the company has offices in Denver, Colorado for its Americas operations.
Licensing is unit-based through a configurator, with a 30-day free trial and a Community Edition. No price figure is published on the pages checked.
What SEP sesam does well
- German GmbH with full legal details
- Wide database and application support
- Si3 deduplication on source or target
- 30-day free trial and a Community Edition
- Vendor support described as not call-center based
Where SEP sesam falls short
- No price figure on the pages checked
- Proprietary, closed source
- US office for the Americas operations
- Feature depth means more setup than simple tools
Standout feature. It has the widest stated database and enterprise application support among the German tools in the list.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Flat-rate pricing stated, no figure published; zero data transfer, rehydration or storage charges
Best for: Backing up Microsoft 365 and other SaaS accounts
Keepit is a SaaS data protection platform covering Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Azure DevOps, Google Workspace, Jira, Confluence, Salesforce, Zendesk and more. The vendor states an air-gapped architecture with no third-party sub-processors, ISO 27001 certification and SOC 2 Type II attestation.
The terms of service are offered by Keepit A/S, based in Copenhagen, and separately by Keepit USA Inc. for North America, so European customers should check which one they sign. The site states seven global regions and quotes a customer case about European data centres.
Pricing is described as flat-rate with zero data transfer fees, rehydration charges or storage costs, but no figure is published. The product protects SaaS accounts rather than servers, so it complements a server backup tool rather than replacing one.
What Keepit does well
- Danish A/S with European terms of service
- Broad SaaS coverage including Entra ID and Salesforce
- ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II stated
- No third-party sub-processors stated
- Flat-rate pricing with no transfer or rehydration fees stated
Where Keepit falls short
- A US entity, Keepit USA Inc., exists for North American customers
- No price figure published
- SaaS only, with no server or endpoint backup
- Exact data-centre locations per region not captured
Standout feature. It is the only Danish tool here and the most SaaS-focused, with Entra ID, Salesforce and Google Workspace on the list.
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Quote only; capacity-based licensing is explicitly rejected, no figure published
Best for: Large estates wanting Swiss enterprise Bacula with support
Bacula Enterprise is enterprise backup and recovery software for physical, virtual, cloud and container environments, derived from the open-source Bacula Community. The vendor lists support for 40-plus hypervisors and storage systems, agentless backup for VMware, Hyper-V, KVM and Nutanix, native integration with Oracle, SQL Server, SAP HANA, PostgreSQL and MySQL, and FIPS 140-3 compliance.
The legal notice names Bacula Systems SA, Avenue des Sciences 11, CH-1400 Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, with a copyright notice from 2009. It says the site is controlled from the Swiss offices, though other Bacula sites may be run from various locations inside and outside the United States.
No price is published, and the vendor rejects capacity-based licensing without naming an alternative on the page, so it is a quote. Switzerland is outside the EU, so it is listed as European but not EU.
What Bacula Systems does well
- Swiss SA with a published legal notice
- Derived from the open-source Bacula Community
- Support for 40-plus hypervisors and storage systems
- FIPS 140-3 compliance stated
- Native integration with major databases
Where Bacula Systems falls short
- No price published
- Switzerland is outside the EU
- Enterprise edition is not itself stated to be open source
- Legal notice mentions other sites run in and outside the United States
Standout feature. It is the Swiss Bacula option, with 40-plus hypervisors and FIPS 140-3 on its own claims.
Italy
Iperius ONE annual subscription with modular pricing; backup modules Essential, Hyper-V, Database and Microsoft 365
Free trial offered, no credit card
Best for: Italian-built Windows and server backup with a trial
Iperius Backup is now sold inside Iperius ONE, a platform that combines RMM, backup and remote access in modular, subscription-based pricing. The backup modules listed are Essential, Hyper-V, Database and Microsoft 365, and the vendor offers a free trial with no credit card required.
The site is operated by Enter Srl, which describes itself as an Italian software house and a private European company based in Italy. The footer copyright reads Enter Srl. The pages checked did not give a street address or VAT number, so the Italian jurisdiction rests on the vendor's own description.
Pricing is an annual subscription with module-based pricing, and the pages checked did not give module prices. It ranks lower because it publishes less company detail than the tools above.
What Iperius Backup does well
- Italian company by its own description
- Modular subscription, so you pay for modules you use
- Backup modules for Hyper-V, databases and Microsoft 365
- Combines backup, RMM and remote access
- Free trial with no credit card
Where Iperius Backup falls short
- Address and VAT number not found on the pages checked
- Module prices not captured
- Proprietary, closed source
- Subscription model replaces earlier standalone editions
Standout feature. It bundles backup, RMM and remote access into one Italian subscription platform.
Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Free edition / paid editions from EUR 80 (Base, Pro, Gold, Professional)
Free edition available to download
Best for: Small Windows setups wanting a free edition and prices from EUR 80
Uranium Backup is backup software for PCs, servers and virtual machines, offered in Free, Base, Pro, Gold and Professional editions. The vendor lists local, NAS, tape, cloud and FTP destinations, drive imaging and virtual machine backup, and says more than 100,000 users in 120 countries rely on it.
The company behind it is Nanosystems S.r.l., Via del Commercio 76/A, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy, VAT IT01085650446, REA AP-111997. The home page states that paid editions start from EUR 80, and a free edition can be downloaded.
It is the low-cost entry in the list, strongest for single servers and small fleets, and the claims about users and data volume come from the vendor and are not independently checked.
What Uranium Backup does well
- Italian S.r.l. with VAT and REA numbers
- Free edition available
- Paid editions from EUR 80 on the vendor page
- Local, NAS, tape, cloud and FTP destinations
- Drive imaging and virtual machine backup
Where Uranium Backup falls short
- Aimed at small setups, not large estates
- Proprietary, closed source
- Usage claims are the vendor's own
- Edition-by-edition pricing beyond the entry price not captured
Standout feature. It is the cheapest published entry price in the list, with a free edition and paid editions from EUR 80.
Freiburg, Germany
Backup and Recovery Community Edition free / business pricing not captured on the pages checked
Best for: German disk imaging with a free Community Edition
Paragon sells Hard Disk Manager Advanced, Backup and Recovery Business for small and midsize companies, a free Backup and Recovery Community Edition for files, disks and the whole Windows computer, and an image-based macOS backup. The focus is disk imaging and recovery on individual machines and small servers.
The imprint names Paragon Technologie GmbH, Leo-Wohleb-Strasse 8, 79098 Freiburg, registered as HRB 300575 at the Amtsgericht Freiburg, with Konstantin Komarov as CEO. The imprint page also lists sales numbers for Japan and Russia alongside Europe and North America.
No price was visible on the pages checked, so only the free Community Edition can be stated. It is last among the German tools because it covers fewer enterprise workloads than SEP sesam or Bareos.
What Paragon Backup and Recovery does well
- German GmbH with a full imprint and register number
- Free Community Edition for Windows
- Image-based backup for macOS
- Business edition for small and midsize companies
Where Paragon Backup and Recovery falls short
- Business pricing not captured
- Less coverage of virtualisation and databases than enterprise tools
- Sales offices listed in Russia and Japan on the imprint page
- Proprietary, closed source
Standout feature. It is the only German tool here with a free Community Edition for Windows and an image-based macOS version.
Stroud, United Kingdom
Not published; quote or trial on request
Best for: Restoring whole servers from existing Rubrik, Cohesity or Dell backups
Cristie Software provides automated system recovery and replication. It restores servers from Rubrik, Cohesity, Dell and IBM backups with bare metal recovery agents, offers CloneManager for real-time system replication with automated failover, and includes anomaly detection as an early warning for ransomware. Standalone products include CBMR for Windows, Linux, AIX and Solaris, and P4VM for VMware.
The terms of use give the registered office as New Mill, Chestnut Lane, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3EW, and the company registration number as 6395450 (registered in England). The vendor claims 2,000-plus customers and 250,000-plus protected machines.
Pricing is not disclosed, with quotes and trials on request. It complements backup tools more than it replaces them, and the United Kingdom sits outside the EU.
What Cristie Software does well
- English-registered company with a company number
- Recovers from several third-party backup platforms
- CloneManager adds real-time replication and failover
- Anomaly detection as ransomware warning
- Standalone products for several operating systems
Where Cristie Software falls short
- Not a standalone backup product in the main use case
- No price published
- The United Kingdom is outside the EU
- Ownership and parent company not stated on the pages checked
Standout feature. It is the one recovery-first tool here, restoring systems from Rubrik, Cohesity, Dell and IBM backups.
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Not captured on the pages checked
Free trial offered
Best for: Buyers who accept a Swiss entity with US governing law
Acronis Cyber Protect combines backup, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, endpoint management and compliance in one platform. Backup types include full, incremental and differential, and the vendor states AES-256 encryption in transit and at rest and ISO 27001 for Acronis Cloud. A free trial is offered.
The legal page names Acronis International GmbH, Rheinweg 9, 8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland, as the main entity. The same page says the agreement is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and refers to Acronis, Inc. and its affiliates, which is why it ranks last despite its Swiss head office.
Pricing and data-centre locations were not captured on the pages checked. Switzerland is outside the EU, so the entry is European but not EU, and the US governing law is the reason to read the contract before relying on the jurisdiction.
What Acronis does well
- Swiss GmbH named as the main entity on the legal page
- Backup, disaster recovery and security in one platform
- AES-256 encryption and ISO 27001 stated
- Free trial offered
Where Acronis falls short
- Terms are governed by Massachusetts law
- Acronis, Inc. and affiliates are named in the legal materials
- Pricing and data-centre locations not captured
- Switzerland is outside the EU
Standout feature. It is the best known name here and the one with the clearest non-European caveat, a Swiss entity under Massachusetts law.
