Veeam Kasten Disaster Recovery

Spec sheet

What it does

Veeam Kasten is a Kubernetes-native platform for backup and restore, disaster recovery, and application mobility.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Intended users

Veeam Kasten is positioned for enterprise operations teams needing scalable, secure backup, restore, disaster recovery and mobility for Kubernetes applications.Read 1 Oct 2026 · helpcenter.veeam.com

Deployment

Veeam Kasten runs on a Kubernetes cluster in its own namespace and can be installed with a Helm command or marketplace integrations, including offline installations for air-gapped or private networks.Read 1 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

API

Kasten exposes a native Kubernetes API and represents policies, actions, restore points and repositories as Kubernetes resources.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Headquarters

Seattle, WARead 28 Sep 2026 · kasten.io

Founded

2006Read 28 Sep 2026 · kasten.io

Application integrations

The partner ecosystem lists integrations for Amazon RDS, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, K8ssandra, Kanister, EDB, Cassandra, SQL Server, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Kafka and KubeVirt.Read 1 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

Application mobility

Applications can be moved between clusters, regions, clouds and Kubernetes distributions with resource transformations during restore.Read 21 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

Application recovery

The product automatically imports and restores changes to a Kubernetes cluster and maintains multiple restore-ready backups for multi-component applications.Read 1 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

Application-centric protection

The platform discovers Kubernetes applications automatically and treats their resources, metadata and persistent data as a protection unit.Read 21 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

Cloud and distribution coverage

Kasten supports managed and self-managed Kubernetes across public, private, hybrid and on-premises environments.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Company facts

Gartner lists Veeam as a private company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.Read 21 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Company ownership

Veeam acquired Kasten in 2020 and incorporated the product into its Kubernetes data-protection portfolio.Read 21 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

Company size

LinkedIn lists Veeam as privately held with 5,001–10,000 employees and headquarters in Seattle, Washington.Read 21 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Core protection

Veeam Kasten provides Kubernetes-native backup, restore, disaster recovery, application mobility and ransomware protection.Read 1 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

Database integrations

Official materials describe application-aware integrations for relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Amazon RDS.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Disaster recovery

Kasten replicates backups off site and can recreate application stacks in the same or another namespace for disaster recovery.Read 21 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

Documentation depth

The documentation includes installation, storage integration, air-gapped and FIPS deployment, encryption, upgrades, operations, Kanister, multi-cluster management, restrictions and release notes.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Extensibility

The Kanister framework is open source and lets teams author blueprints and custom code for application-specific data-management tasks.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Granular restore

Users can restore complete applications or selectively restore individual artifacts and data, including data-only restores.Read 21 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

Interfaces

The product provides a GUI, command-line interface and cloud-native API with role-based access.Read 1 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

Latest release

Release 9.0.8 dated 2026-10-16 added Kubernetes 1.36 support, OpenVEX documents, SBOM improvements and additional Kanister image-pull-secret handling.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Licence

Veeam Kasten itself is proprietary commercial software; only the Kanister extension framework is open source.Read 21 Oct 2026 · kube.fm

Limit: cost and transparency

Reviews criticize enterprise cost and limited pricing transparency, while the vendor requires sales contact for subscription pricing.Read 21 Oct 2026 · faun.dev

Limit: management UI

Users request a more unified multi-cluster dashboard, better filtering, richer reporting and more detailed alerts.Read 21 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com

Limit: setup complexity

Reviewers report a steep initial setup and learning curve, especially for advanced configuration and troubleshooting.Read 21 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Policy automation

Policy-driven workflows automate protection schedules and lifecycle operations across applications and clusters.Read 21 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

Praise: hybrid and multicloud

Reviewers commonly value support for AWS, Azure, GCP, on-premises clusters and S3-compatible storage, enabling hybrid disaster recovery.Read 21 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Praise: reliability and ease

Independent reviewers repeatedly praise reliable backup and restore, ease of deployment, a clear interface and strong automation.Read 21 Oct 2026 · peerspot.com

Ransomware protection

The product supports encrypted, immutable WORM backups and policy controls intended to protect against ransomware.Read 21 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

Rating on AWS Marketplace

4.7 out of 5 from 14 ratingsRead 21 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com

Rating on Capterra

0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviewsRead 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com

Rating on G2

4.7 out of 5 from 11 reviewsRead 21 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Rating on Gartner Peer Insights

4.5 out of 5 from 30 ratingsRead 21 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Rating on Microsoft Marketplace

4.8 out of 5 from 11 ratingsRead 21 Oct 2026 · marketplace.microsoft.com

Rating on PeerSpot

4.8 out of 5 from 3 reviewsRead 21 Oct 2026 · peerspot.com

Rating on Trustpilot

4.1 out of 5 from 36 reviews for Veeam SoftwareRead 21 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Restriction: GitOps

External GitOps controllers can interrupt restores, so auto-sync or controller reconciliation may need to be disabled during recovery.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Restriction: privileges

Installing without binding the supplied service account to the Kubernetes cluster-admin role is unsupported.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Restriction: storage

On-premises deployments are supported only when storage is provisioned through CSI; unsupported providers require Kanister-based approaches and may fail for persistent volumes.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Security and compliance

Veeam states certifications and compliance programs including ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, SOC 2, FIPS 140-2 and HIPAA/HITECH Type 2.Read 21 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

Security controls

Authentication options include Kubernetes tokens, basic authentication, OIDC and OpenShift OAuth, with Kubernetes RBAC support.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Self-hosting

Kasten is installed inside customer Kubernetes clusters with Helm and can run on customer infrastructure or in any supported cloud.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Storage integrations

The platform integrates with CSI snapshots and object storage services including Amazon S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage and S3-compatible systems.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Supported distributions

Supported Kubernetes distributions include Amazon EKS, Google GKE, Azure AKS, Red Hat OpenShift, SUSE Rancher and Nutanix Kubernetes Platform.Read 1 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

System requirements

Supported worker platforms include Linux amd64, arm64 and ppc64le; amd64 requires x86-64-v3 CPUs, and Helm 3 is required for installation.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Veeam integrations

Integration with Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Vault is available, with separate licenses required.Read 1 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

Virtual machines

Veeam Kasten protects virtual machines running in or alongside Kubernetes, including file-level recovery of KubeVirt VMs through Veeam Data Platform integration.Read 1 Oct 2026 · veeam.com

VM protection

Veeam Kasten can protect KubeVirt virtual machines alongside containerized workloads on Kubernetes.Read 21 Oct 2026 · docs.kasten.io

Plans and prices

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