Tech riderRev. 4 Oct 2026
OpenText Data Protector
- 1Runs onAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
- 2CostsNot stated by the maker
1 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: opentext.com

Overview
OpenText Data Protector is ranked #20 of 33 in backup and disaster recovery software on Specifiction. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Windows.
OpenText Data Protector plans and pricing
All plansOpenText Data Protector Express Not published Socket-based pricing · designed for highly virtual environments · agentless VMware and Hyper-V protection opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
OpenText Data Protector for Cloud Workloads Not published Front-end capacity-based licensing · perpetual license or subscription · Microsoft 365, hypervisor, container, and cloud backup opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
OpenText Data Protector Premium Not published Capacity-based pricing · physical, virtual, and hybrid environments · perpetual license or subscription opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
Facts
- Purpose
- OpenText Data Protector provides backup protection and recovery for business-critical data and applications across virtual, physical, and cloud environments.opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Target users
- The product is described as an enterprise-grade solution for large, complex, heterogeneous IT environments.opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Backup destinations
- It backs up multiple copies to disk, tape, or cloud, locally and remotely.opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Recovery
- It offers self-service recovery for individual items and recovery from granular file restores to automated bare-metal recovery.opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Application integrations
- Application-aware backup and recovery integrations include Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, SQL, Oracle, SAP, SAP HANA, IBM Db2, Sybase ASE, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Virtualization integrations
- Native VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V integrations provide agentless backup and protection policy inheritance.opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Storage and cloud integrations
- Named integrations include HPE StoreOnce Catalyst, Dell EMC Data Domain Boost, Microsoft Azure, Amazon S3, and S3 API-compliant Ceph and Scality.opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Cloud Workloads coverage
- Data Protector for Cloud Workloads supports backup for Kubernetes, Proxmox, and OpenShift containers, and online Microsoft 365 applications including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Teams.opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- The data sheet states that traffic is encrypted in transit, secure peering uses TLS 1.2, and the product is Common Criteria Certified.opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
- REST API
- A REST API with authentication and authorization enables integration of data protection tasks with customer service portals or applications.opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Monitoring and automation
- The product includes backup health monitoring and alerting, reporting, predictive analytics, and backup process automation and orchestration.opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- OpenText provides a support portal for product support and license management, with premium support and other advanced customer support services listed on the product page.opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Pricing detail
- The maker describes socket-based pricing for Express and capacity-based pricing for Premium and Cloud Workloads, but the overview gives no numeric prices.opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
Company
- Founded
- 1991opentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Waterloo, Ontario, Canadaopentext.com · 4 Oct 2026
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Sources
- opentext.com/uk/products/data-protector· checked 4 Oct 2026
- opentext.com/assets/documents/en-US/pdf/data-protect· checked 4 Oct 2026
- opentext.com/en/media/product-overview/opentext-data· checked 4 Oct 2026
- opentext.com/products/data-protector· checked 4 Oct 2026





