Dell PowerProtect Data Manager vs Storware Backup & Recovery

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager9.1Visit Storware Backup & Recovery8.4Visit

Higher score Dell PowerProtect Data Manager #4 in Server Backup Software 9.1/10 Pricing on request · 90-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Dell

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Storware Backup & Recovery #11 in Server Backup Software 8.4/10 Free plan · pricing on request · 60-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Storware

• Dell PowerProtect Data Manager fits best

  Dell-centered enterprise environments

• Storware Backup & Recovery fits best

  Free hybrid, VM, and Kubernetes backup

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Side by side

Feature	Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Storware Backup & Recovery 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.4
Ranking	#4 in Server Backup Software	#11 in Server Backup Software
Best for	Dell-centered enterprise environments	Free hybrid, VM, and Kubernetes backup
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Pricing on request · 90-day trial	—
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	90 days	60 days
Free trial length	90 days	60 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Linux	Web, Windows, Linux, macOS
Support	Live chat, Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7	Email, Tickets, Docs · 24/7
Integrations	14 integrations	15 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 4/4 · Storware Backup & Recovery 4/4
Virtual server backup	✓	✓
Bare-metal restore	✓	✓
Application-aware backup	✓	✓
Immutable backups	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment	Hybrid	Hybrid
Free retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Covers VM, file, bare-metal, application, and Kubernetes protection Adds immutable retention locking, anomaly detection, and recovery orchestration Supports Dell storage, VMware, Hyper-V, databases, NAS, and public-cloud deployment	Forever-free plan supports up to 10 virtual machines Covers VMs, Kubernetes, applications, databases, and bare-metal recovery Immutable, air-gap, policy, and recovery-testing capabilities
Cons	Pricing requires a sales quote rather than a published software price The strongest integrations are concentrated in the Dell ecosystem The 90-day trial is time-limited and there is no free plan	Commercial pricing is quote-based Free and trial plans have workload-specific limits V2V migration is excluded from the 60-day trial
Our verdict	Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is software-defined data protection for physical, virtual, cloud, and application workloads. It is designed for organizations managing mixed environments that include VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Kubernetes,… Read the review →	Storware Backup & Recovery is an enterprise data-protection platform for organizations managing virtual machines, containers, private clouds, storage, applications, and endpoints. It is aimed at IT leaders, engineers, and architects… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Dell PowerProtect Data Manager — where it wins

  • Covers VM, file, bare-metal, application, and Kubernetes protection
  • Adds immutable retention locking, anomaly detection, and recovery orchestration
  • Supports Dell storage, VMware, Hyper-V, databases, NAS, and public-cloud deployment

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales quote rather than a published software price
  • The strongest integrations are concentrated in the Dell ecosystem
  • The 90-day trial is time-limited and there is no free plan

• Storware Backup & Recovery — where it wins

  • Forever-free plan supports up to 10 virtual machines
  • Covers VMs, Kubernetes, applications, databases, and bare-metal recovery
  • Immutable, air-gap, policy, and recovery-testing capabilities

  Where it doesn't

  • Commercial pricing is quote-based
  • Free and trial plans have workload-specific limits
  • V2V migration is excluded from the 60-day trial

• Dell PowerProtect Data Manager9.1/10 · Pricing on request · 90-day trial

  A broad enterprise backup platform with its strongest fit in Dell-centered environments.

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• Storware Backup & Recovery8.4/10 · Free plan · pricing on request · 60-day trial

  A free hybrid backup platform for VMs, Kubernetes, applications, and bare-metal recovery.

  Visit StorwareFull verdict →