Alternatives to Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition

A free edition of Veeam Backup & Replication for backing up virtual machines and physical servers. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition.

  • Veeam Backup & Replication

    Windows backup server that protects virtual machines, physical machines, NAS shares and cloud workloads.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindows

    Veeam Backup & Replication is the full paid product, removing the 10-instance limit and adding the full feature set, while still running its backup server on Windows only.

  • NAKIVO Backup & Replication

    Backup and replication for virtual machines, physical servers and Microsoft 365.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsLinuxSelf-hosted

    NAKIVO Backup & Replication also has a free edition, covering VMs, physical servers, NAS and Microsoft 365, and runs on Linux too, but limits workload count and retention.

  • Proxmox Backup Server

    Backup server for virtual machines, containers and physical hosts with deduplication.

    FreemiumOpen sourceLinuxSelf-hostedWeb

    Proxmox Backup Server is open source with deduplication and client-side encryption, integrating with Proxmox VE rather than VMware or Hyper-V, and it needs a dedicated Linux server.

  • BDRShield

    Hybrid backup platform for files, servers, VMs and SaaS with a free edition.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsLinux

    BDRShield offers free editions for servers, VMs and SaaS apps on Windows and Linux, with full cloud-managed features requiring a paid tier.

  • Vinchin Backup & Recovery

    Cross-platform backup for VMs, databases and files with a free trial.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsLinux

    Vinchin Backup & Recovery supports many hypervisors and database engines plus VM migration on Windows or Linux, but it has no free edition beyond a trial.

  • Bareos

    Network backup system that archives and restores data across mixed server fleets.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxSelf-hosted

    Bareos is free AGPLv3 software with no instance limits across Linux, Windows, macOS and FreeBSD clients, but setup requires a director, storage daemons and a database.

  • Bacula

    Enterprise network backup system with director, storage and client daemons.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxSelf-hosted

    Bacula is open source and scales to many clients and tape libraries without an instance cap, though configuration is unforgiving and some features sit in the Enterprise edition.

  • Xen Orchestra

    A web interface for managing, backing up and monitoring XCP-ng and XenServer hosts.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Xen Orchestra is open source under AGPL-3.0 and includes VM backup through a web console, but it only works with XCP-ng and XenServer hypervisors.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • BackupChain

    Windows backup software for PCs, servers and virtual machines, sold with a perpetual license.

    PaidProprietaryWindows

    Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition is free for up to 10 instances and backs up VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines, but requires sign-in to download.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.