Best Azure Backup for AKS Alternatives in 2026
Taken from Container Backup Software, where Azure Backup for AKS is listed too, in the same order.
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8.0 Club scoreBacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise is commercially supported software for backing up, recovering, and verifying computer data across networks.
- Free trial
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 2 7.9 Club score
Velero
Velero is an open source tool for backing up and restoring Kubernetes resources and persistent volumes.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · API
- 3
7.8 Club scoreGoogle Kubernetes Engine
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a managed environment for running containerized applications.
- Free plan
- Windows · Linux · Web · API
- 4 7.4 Club score
Rancher
Rancher is a Kubernetes management platform for operating multiple clusters and containerized workloads.
- Free plan
- Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
- 5
7.4 Club scoreStorware Backup & Recovery
Storware Backup & Recovery protects virtual machines, containers, and cloud workloads through one console, with hybrid deployment.
- Free plan
- Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
- 6
7.3 Club scoreAfi Kubernetes Backup
Afi Kubernetes Backup automates backup and recovery for distributed Kubernetes applications.
- Free plan
- Web · API · Self-hosted
- 7 7.2 Club score
NetApp Disaster Recovery
NetApp Disaster Recovery is a disaster recovery as a service solution for VMware virtual machines and Kubernetes clusters.
- Free trial
- Web
- 8 7.2 Club score
KubeSphere Backup
KubeSphere Backup is a cloud disaster-recovery service for data across hybrid-cloud Kubernetes environments.
- Free plan
- Web
- 9 7.2 Club score
Portworx Enterprise
Portworx Enterprise is Kubernetes-native storage software for containers and virtual machines across data centers, cloud, edge, hybrid, multi-cloud, and on-premises…
- Free trial
- Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
- 10
7.2 Club scoreCloudCasa
CloudCasa is a data protection and recovery service for Kubernetes, cloud databases, cloud-native applications, and Kubernetes-native virtualization.
- Free trial
- Web · API · Self-hosted
- 11 7.1 Club score
Commvault Cloud Kubernetes Backup
Commvault Cloud Kubernetes Backup protects Kubernetes applications, clusters, configurations, and persistent data across hybrid and multicloud environments.
- Free trial
- Web · Self-hosted
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7.0 Club scoreCohesity Kubernetes Backup and Recovery
Cohesity Kubernetes Backup and Recovery protects Kubernetes operational metadata and the persistent state of applications.
- Free trial
- Web · Self-hosted
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7.0 Club scoreBnkr
Bnkr is a Kubernetes backup and migration application for files and supported databases inside a cluster, rather than a tool for backing up the whole cluster.
- Free plan
- Web · Self-hosted
- 14
6.9 Club scorePlakar
Plakar is computer backup software for Linux, macOS and Windows.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux
- 15 6.9 Club score
K8up
- Free plan
- Linux · API · Self-hosted
- 16 6.8 Club score
Stash
Stash is a cloud-native backup and recovery solution for Kubernetes workloads, delivered as an operator.
- Free plan
- API · Self-hosted
- 17 6.8 Club score
KubeStash
KubeStash is a Kubernetes-native disaster recovery solution for backing up and restoring volumes and databases across public and private clouds.
- Free plan
- API · Self-hosted
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6.8 Club scoreZerto
Zerto helps organizations protect, recover and move applications and data across on-premises, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
- Free trial
- Web · API · Self-hosted
- 19 6.8 Club score
HYCU for Kubernetes
- Free trial
- Web · Self-hosted
- 20 6.7 Club score
Rubrik Data Security Posture Management
Rubrik Data Security Posture Management for Microsoft 365 is a web service for discovering sensitive information, assessing exposure, and applying governance controls…
- Web