BDRShield vs OpenText Server Backup – Public Cloud
BDRShield
bdrshield.comOpenText Server Backup – Public Cloud
cybersecurity.opentext.comSide by side
| Figure | BDRShield | OpenText Server Backup – Public Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 8 | 2 |
| Spec score · Cloud Backup Services | 9.3 (#4) | 7.2 (#38) |
| Compliance | The same documentation says BDRShield supports GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, ISO 27001 and FIPS 140-2 requirements. | OpenText says the product supports HIPAA, GDPR, and other common compliance frameworks, with configurable regional data residency and retention policies. |
| Purpose | BDRShield provides backup, disaster recovery, and data protection for virtual, physical, SaaS, and cloud workloads. | Cloud-native server backup for small and mid-sized businesses and managed service providers, integrated with OpenText cybersecurity tools in one management console. |
| Ransomware protection | The product page lists immutable backups with retention lock, air-gapped and offsite copies, encryption in transit and at rest, anomaly detection, and malware scanning before backup and restore. | Backup files are immutable in the platform and cannot be altered or deleted there. |
| Recovery | The product provides full VM, instant VM, bare-metal, file-level, application-item and disk-level recovery. | It supports restoring individual files, folders, full servers, and bare-metal machines. |
| Support | The product page advertises 24/7 expert technical support. | OpenText lists support resources for Server Backup – Public Cloud on its cybersecurity support page. |
Plans
BDRShield
- 30-day trialFree
- Free EditionFree
- Endpoint / Workstation Backup$12 a year
- SaaS Backup$12 a year
- VMs, Servers & Cloud Backup$48 a year
- Apps & DB Backup$72 a year
- BDRShield Enterprise Edition perpetual licensePriced on request
- BDRShield Enterprise Edition subscriptionPriced on request
OpenText Server Backup – Public Cloud
- BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud)Priced on request
- OpenText-hosted storagePriced on request
In their own words
BDRShield
BDRCloud provides backup, disaster recovery, and data protection for virtual, physical, SaaS, and cloud workloads. Its centralized management console can be hosted in the cloud or self-hosted. Supported sources include Windows, Linux, and Mac endpoints and servers; Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace; VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Proxmox VE, and oVirt; AWS and Azure virtual machines; NAS and file shares; and databases and applications. Backups can be stored in BDRShield Cloud, on-premises or remote DAS, NAS, or SAN, and public cloud storage such as Amazon, Azure, Google, Wasabi, Backblaze, MinIO, and other S3-compatible storage. Listed protections include immutable backups with retention lock, air-gapped and offsite copies, encryption, anomaly detection, and malware scanning before backup and restore. Recovery tools include automated backup verification, instant recovery for virtual machines and physical servers, granular restores, and cross-platform migration. There is one edition, Enterprise Edition, with custom pricing based on licensing. A fully featured 30-day free trial is available; installing the backup server software costs nothing, but protected workloads require licenses.
OpenText Server Backup – Public Cloud
OpenText Server Backup – Public Cloud has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.