Top 6 Cloud Backup Vendors for SMBs in India 2026
Top 6 cloud backup solutions for Indian SMBs, ranked for 2026
A working shortlist of the cloud backup platforms we deploy for Indian SMBs, ranked on price, restore speed and where your data actually lives, not brand noise.
Top 6 cloud backup solutions for Indian SMBs, ranked for 2026
This is not a scraped roundup. Every vendor here is one we quote, deploy and support for Indian SMBs, and every rank comes with the point where it stops fitting. Read the methodology, then jump to the pick that matches where your data lives.
How this list was built
Priya Sharma built this list from the data-protection practice at Sirius Star. We ranked only the cloud backup platforms we actually deploy and support for Indian SMBs, each with a live brand page you can open and read. Ranking weighs real India pricing, restore and recovery speed, fit for a Microsoft 365-first estate, DPDP and CERT-In readiness, and whether a small team can run it without a dedicated backup engineer. India’s cloud backup market is set to grow from 434 million dollars in 2024 to over 1.6 billion by 2035, and small and medium businesses are the largest slice of that spend.
The 6 picks at a glance
| Rank | Vendor | Best for | Indicative price band | Verdict in a line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Acronis Cyber Protect | The very small estate that wants backup and endpoint security in one agent | Per workload, annual. About Rs 999 per M365 seat, Rs 2,499 per laptop, Rs 5,999 per server, storage per TB extra | the smallest estates |
| #2 | Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 | M365-first SMBs and mixed estates that will add VMs later | From about Rs 110 per user per month for M365, volume-tiered. Veeam Data Platform near Rs 4,500 per VM per year | Microsoft 365-first shops |
| #3 | Arcserve UDP | SMBs that want backup, disaster recovery and immutable copies in one box | Quote-based, priced per socket or per workload, UDP software or appliance sized to the estate | all-in-one backup and DR |
| #4 | Commvault Cloud | The SMB that will scale into mid-market and wants SaaS-simple backup | Quote-based SaaS, priced per user or per front-end TB, tiered by workload | the SMB scaling up |
| #5 | AvePoint | SharePoint and Microsoft 365-heavy shops that need granular restore and DPDP trails | Per Microsoft 365 seat, quoted per user per month, in line with other M365 backup | SharePoint-heavy estates |
| #6 | Veritas NetBackup | The regulated SMB that needs BFSI-grade RPO and will outgrow lighter tools | Quote-based, per front-end TB or per-workload subscription, heavier to run | regulated, scaling estates |
Why this list exists
Most backup shortlists start with a scare and end with a mismatch. A ransomware headline lands, or an auditor asks for your recovery plan, and a 60-person firm ends up quoting a platform built for a bank with a dedicated backup team. Then it sits half-configured, because nobody had a week to set it up properly. We have seen that pattern more times than we can count. The trigger is usually the same. A laptop gets encrypted, or someone finds the nightly script has been silently failing for a month, and suddenly the board wants a real backup by Friday. The honest answer is that backup is not one product. It depends on where your data actually lives. If everything is in Microsoft 365, your problem is a SaaS-native tool. If you run a few servers and VMs on site, you need imaging and instant recovery. If a regulator is watching, you need provable recovery points and a clean audit trail. This list ranks for the Indian SMB reality, the shop that needs a tested backup, a DR plan it can show a board, and a bill that does not need a five-person team to justify. Every pick here is one we deploy and support from Vashi, and every rank comes with the point where it stops fitting.
The 6 cloud backup platforms, in order
#1 Acronis Cyber Protect
Where it wins. If you are 60 people with a couple of servers and a rack of laptops, Acronis puts backup and endpoint security in a single agent, managed from one cloud console with no on-premise backup server to babysit. It images the whole machine, so a ransomware-hit laptop restores to bare metal in one pass, and the built-in anti-ransomware guards the backups themselves. Pricing is per workload, so you pay for the twelve machines you protect, not a per-user tax on the whole company. For the shop replacing a 2019 nightly script, this is the smallest jump to a real, tested backup. We have seen a Navi Mumbai firm cut its restore drill from a full morning to under an hour after moving off tape onto Acronis.
Where it stops fitting. Cloud storage is billed per TB on top of the licence, so a data-heavy estate needs to model that cost early. Once you run dozens of VMs across VMware and Hyper-V, a workload-native platform like Veeam pulls ahead on scale.
Indicative price band: Per workload, annual. Around Rs 999 per Microsoft 365 seat per year, Rs 2,499 per workstation, Rs 5,999 per server, with cloud storage billed separately per TB.
Full brand page →#2 Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Where it wins. If your business email, files and Teams chat all live in Microsoft 365, Veeam backs up every one of them to a copy Microsoft does not hold, so an accidental mailbox purge or a ransomware event in OneDrive stays recoverable. The same platform extends to VMware, Hyper-V and physical servers when you add them, and the repository can be made immutable, which means even a domain admin who turns malicious cannot wipe the backup. It is the most widely deployed backup line in the mid-market for a reason. On the India list it starts near Rs 110 per user per month and tiers down with volume.
Where it stops fitting. Storage is a separate line, usually a Wasabi Mumbai bucket or Azure Blob, so the sticker price is not the whole bill. For a two-server micro-shop, a full Veeam deployment is more platform than the problem needs.
Indicative price band: From about Rs 110 per user per month for Microsoft 365, volume-tiered. Veeam Data Platform runs around Rs 4,500 per VM per year. Storage billed separately.
Full brand page →#3 Arcserve UDP
Where it wins. Arcserve Unified Data Protection folds backup, replication and disaster recovery into one console, so you are not stitching three tools together. It writes immutable, air-gapped copies with cloud and appliance options, and its instant-VM recovery spins a failed server back up in minutes rather than hours. For an SMB that wants a single box that also handles the DR test the board keeps asking about, it is a clean answer. Sirius Star sizes and supplies it from Vashi. We have seen it earn its slot at firms that were tired of running one tool for backup and another for replication.
Where it stops fitting. The interface shows its age next to the newer SaaS consoles, and getting the most from it usually means a partner doing the initial sizing and policy build rather than a self-serve signup. Pure Microsoft 365 shops will find a SaaS-native tool simpler to stand up.
Indicative price band: Quote-based, priced per socket or per workload, with UDP software or an appliance sized to your estate.
Full brand page →#4 Commvault Cloud
Where it wins. Most people file Commvault under enterprise-only and stop reading. Its SaaS line, sold as Metallic and now Commvault Cloud, is a genuine subscription backup you switch on without building infrastructure. It covers Microsoft 365, endpoints, VMs and databases under one plan, with air-gapped cloud copies and threat scanning on the backups. For the SMB that knows it will double headcount in two years, starting on a platform that scales with you avoids a painful migration later.
Where it stops fitting. The breadth means more settings than a 30-person shop needs on day one, and the commercial conversation is a quote, not a price list. If your only workload is Microsoft 365, a focused tool is faster to stand up.
Indicative price band: Quote-based SaaS, priced per user or per front-end TB, with tiers by workload across Microsoft 365, endpoints and VMs.
Full brand page →#5 AvePoint
Where it wins. AvePoint is the backup nobody puts on the shortlist, because most buyers are still picturing a server room. Its Cloud Backup covers Microsoft 365 end to end, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams, with the granular item-level restore that saves you when one deleted document matters more than the whole tenant. It keeps a clean audit trail, which is the part that helps a DPDP conversation go well. For a shop whose real crown jewels are SharePoint sites, this is the specialist the endpoint tools miss.
Where it stops fitting. It is a SaaS-data specialist, so it is not the tool for imaging a physical server or a rack of VMs. Pair it with one of the others if your estate is mixed.
Indicative price band: Per Microsoft 365 seat, quoted per user per month, in the same band as other Microsoft 365 backup tools.
Full brand page →#6 Veritas NetBackup
Where it wins. When you are a small finance or healthcare firm answering to a regulator, NetBackup brings BFSI-grade recovery points, deduplication that keeps storage sane at scale, and a track record auditors already trust. Its cloud line, Alta, extends the same engine to SaaS and cloud workloads. If you know your data volumes and compliance load will only grow, buying the platform the big banks run means you will not outgrow it in three years.
Where it stops fitting. It is the heaviest tool on this list to run, and for a 60-person shop with a couple of servers it is more machinery than the problem calls for. The others get you to a tested backup faster and for less money.
Indicative price band: Quote-based, priced per front-end TB or per-workload subscription, sized for regulated and scaling estates.
Full brand page →How to pick between them
Start with where your data lives. If your business runs on Microsoft 365 and little else, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 or AvePoint will get you to a tested backup fastest, because they are built for exactly that data and nothing you do not need. If you are a very small estate, a couple of servers and a rack of laptops, Acronis Cyber Protect gives you backup and endpoint security in one agent at a per-workload price, which is the smallest, cheapest jump off a nightly script. If you want backup and disaster recovery in one box, and you want to pass the DR test the board keeps asking about, Arcserve UDP is the single-console answer. If you already know you will scale into mid-market inside two years, start on Commvault Cloud so you are not migrating platforms the week you cross 200 people. And if a regulator is watching your recovery points, Veritas NetBackup is the one auditors already trust, as long as you can carry the weight of running it. One more thing worth saying out loud. If you are handing fresh laptops to a growing team at the same time, ask about Device-as-a-Service from Rs 499 per device per month, so the machines arrive already enrolled and the backup agent is on them from day one, not bolted on after the first laptop goes missing. Tell us your headcount, where your data sits, and the clause or auditor you answer to, and we will shortlist three from this list in 24 working hours.
The one platform most buyers skip
The one most buyers skip is AvePoint. It does not come up when you ask three peers what backup they run, because they are all picturing a server room. It sits at number five because it does one thing the server-first tools do not. It protects Microsoft 365 the way that data actually breaks, one deleted SharePoint document, one purged mailbox, one Teams channel someone cleared by mistake. With item-level restore and a clean audit trail, it answers the DPDP question before anyone asks it. For a shop whose real value lives in SharePoint and OneDrive rather than on a physical disk, that quiet coverage is often the piece the shortlist forgot.
Questions this list tends to raise
Which backup tool is best if we only use Microsoft 365?
We are 60 people with two servers. Do we need enterprise backup?
What does cloud backup actually cost for an Indian SMB?
Do these meet DPDP and CERT-In requirements?
How fast can Sirius Star shortlist backup for us?
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