ExaGrid

What ExaGrid does

ExaGrid Systems, Inc. is a privately held provider of Tiered Backup Storage appliances, headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, founded in 2002 and operating globally with regional entities in the UK, Ireland, Singapore, and India. The company's core technology is a two-tier storage architecture: a front-end disk-cache Landing Zone that ingests backups in undeduplicated form for fastest backup and restore performance, and a non-network-facing Repository Tier with tiered air gap, delayed-delete policies, and immutable deduplication objects that isolates retained data from the production network for ransomware recovery. Each appliance contributes disk, memory, bandwidth, and processing power, allowing up to 32 mixed HDD and SSD nodes in a single scale-out system that keeps backup windows fixed as data grows, with the largest SSD scale-out reaching over 17.3PB and the largest HDD scale-out reaching 6PB full backup capacity. Adaptive Deduplication operates in parallel with backups and replication, yielding zone-level ratios of 10:1 to 50:1.

The product line includes eight HDD appliance models and four all-flash SSD models, supported by Version 7.x software that integrates with over 25 backup applications (Veeam, Commvault, Veritas NetBackup, Rubrik, Cohesity, IBM Spectrum Protect, HYCU, Oracle RMAN, Zerto, Metallic) via standard protocols including S3 with Object Locking and KMIP 1.4 for external key management. The most recent release (Version 7.4.0) added AI-Powered Retention Time-Lock with Auto Detect & Guard for anomaly-based ransomware defense and features targeted at managed service providers.

ExaGrid sells through a hybrid go-to-market combining direct enterprise field sales with dedicated system engineers for proof of concept, alongside a global channel partner network of resellers and distributors; the average selling price is approximately $280,000 with multiple seven-figure deals per quarter. Revenue is generated primarily through hardware appliance sales bundled with maintenance and software subscription agreements sold on multi-year contracts. The customer base exceeds 5,000 active enterprise and upper mid-market installations across federal government, healthcare, financial services, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, technology, and education, with reported 2025 ARR of $49.6 million, double-digit year-over-year growth in Q1 2026, 95.6% annual customer retention, 80% competitive win rate, and 21 consecutive quarters of positive P&L, EBITDA, and free cash flow while remaining 100% debt-free.

Name

ExaGrid

Legal name

ExaGrid Systems, Inc.

Website

https://exagrid.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

ExaGrid provides tiered backup storage appliances with a disk-cache Landing Zone and non-network-facing Repository Tier, serving over 5,000 enterprise and mid-market customers with ransomware-resilient backup retention across 25+ backup software integrations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Backup Storage Appliances

NAICS

Computer Storage Device Manufacturing (334112)

SIC

Computer Storage Devices (3572)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDACACAI

Data Protection & Backup Appliances (Backup Targets, Dedup Appliances)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Computing Hardware & Peripherals/Computer Storage Hardware (HDD/SSD/NAS/SAN/Tape)

SECONDARYHDABAIAJ

Immutable Backup, Air-Gap & Ransomware Recovery

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Cloud & Data Center Infrastructure/Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity & High Availability

SECONDARYHDABAEAE

Backup Appliances & Integrated Systems

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Cloud & Data Center Infrastructure/Storage Infrastructure (SAN/NAS/Object/Backup)

SECONDARYHDABAIAB

Backup & Restore Platforms (Cloud Backup)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Cloud & Data Center Infrastructure/Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity & High Availability

Keywords

• Tiered backup storage
• Enterprise backup appliances
• Disk-based deduplication
• Ransomware recovery storage
• Disaster recovery storage

Headquarters

HQ city

Marlborough

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Backup Storage Appliances: Sale of hardware appliances including HDD and SSD models for tiered backup storage. Average selling price of US$280,000 with multiple million-dollar deals.
2. Software and Maintenance: Software licenses, maintenance contracts, and support services bundled with appliances. All upgrades and releases included in maintenance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ExaGrid designs, manufactures, and sells Tiered Backup Storage appliances that combine a front-end disk-cache Landing Zone for fastest backups and restores with a non-network-facing Repository Tier (tiered air gap) for long-term retention and ransomware recovery. The scale-out architecture allows up to 32 mixed-and-matched HDD or SSD appliances in a single system, with adaptive deduplication, AI-powered ransomware protection, and integrations with over 25 backup applications including Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup, Rubrik, and Cohesity.

Product overview

ExaGrid offers a Tiered Backup Storage platform consisting of eight HDD appliance models and four SSD appliance models (EX90-SSD, EX135-SSD, EX270-SSD, EX540-SSD). The platform's core architecture includes a disk-cache Landing Zone for fastest backups/restores, a non-network-facing Repository Tier with tiered air gap for ransomware recovery, and Adaptive Deduplication achieving 10:1 to 50:1 ratios. The scale-out architecture supports up to 32 appliances in a single system, scaling to 17.3PB for SSD systems and 6PB full backup capacity for HDD systems. Security features include AI-Powered Retention Time-Lock with Auto Detect & Guard that uses AI to detect anomalies and automatically extend retention policies. The software platform (versions 7.0.0 through 7.4.0) integrates with over 25 backup applications including Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup, Rubrik, and Cohesity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tiered Backup Storage Platform ExaGrid's primary backup storage platform combining a disk-cache Landing Zone for fast backups and restores with a non-network-facing Repository Tier (tiered air gap) for ransomware-resilient long-term retention, sold to enterprise IT and mid-market organizations with complex data protection needs.
• HDD Tiered Backup Storage Appliances Eight HDD-based backup storage appliance models that can be combined in a scale-out configuration for enterprises and mid-market customers; the largest HDD scale-out system handles up to 6PB full backup with 12PB raw capacity and data deduplication.
• All-Flash SSD Tiered Backup Storage Appliances Four all-flash SSD appliance models (EX90-SSD, EX135-SSD, EX270-SSD, EX540-SSD) extending the tiered backup architecture with faster backups and restores, scaling to over 17.3PB full backup in a single scale-out system for organizations prioritizing performance.
• ExaGrid Software Platform (Version 7.4.0) Version 7.4.0 of ExaGrid's software platform, shipped with all appliance purchases and bundled maintenance contracts, adding MSP multi-tenant capabilities (per-customer usage tracking, billing, restore) and AI-Powered Retention Time-Lock with Auto Detect & Guard ransomware anomaly detection.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3X faster backups, 20X faster restores
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration14 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• VeeamcoreTechnology or Integration · 15 May 2026Strategic partnership for cyber resilience capabilities. ExaGrid serves as backup storage target for Veeam workloads. Version 7.0.0 achieved 'Veeam Ready-Object' status with immutability and 'Veeam SOSAPI' certification.
• RubrikcoreTechnology or Integration · 15 July 2025ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage appliances can be used as target for Rubrik backup software. Enables combined deduplication ratios of 6:1 to 20:1. Reduces storage costs up to 90% compared to cloud storage while providing ransomware protection through tiered air gap architecture.
• CohesitycoreTechnology or Integration · 26 June 2025Expanded partnership with certified integrations enabling ExaGrid as archive storage target for Cohesity DataProtect and NetBackup. Generally available in H1 2026.
• Convergent TechnologyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner with Convergent Technology winning Storage Solution of the Year Corporate award at Storage Awards 2026.
• Quest Technology ManagementminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorQuest Technology Management awarded enterprise technology contract for HPE and ExaGrid in California.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dell Technologies (PowerProtect Data Domain): Dell's PowerProtect Data Domain is the market-leading purpose-built backup storage appliance, directly competing with ExaGrid on deduplicating backup targets, scale-out capacity, and protection storage; ExaGrid explicitly calls out Dell DD as the primary competitor being displaced in deals.
• HPE (StoreOnce): HPE StoreOnce is a competing backup storage appliance family with inline deduplication and Catalyst replication, selling into the same enterprise and mid-market backup use cases and frequently evaluated head-to-head with ExaGrid in IT procurement.
• Quantum Corporation (DXi): Quantum's DXi series is one of the original purpose-built backup dedup appliances serving mid-market and enterprise customers; competes with ExaGrid's tiered architecture and displaces in similar dedup-target RFPs.

Broad incumbents

• Rubrik: Rubrik is a leading cloud-data-management and cyber-recovery platform that now certifies ExaGrid as a backup target; it increasingly ships its own storage tier and overlaps with ExaGrid on ransomware recovery, immutability, and enterprise data protection.
• Cohesity: Cohesity's hyperconverged secondary storage and DataProtect platform competes head-on with ExaGrid on backup storage and ransomware protection; the companies maintain a certified integration but Cohesity is also an appliance and software-defined alternative.
• Veritas Technologies (NetBackup / Alta): Veritas NetBackup is the largest independent backup software platform and ExaGrid's most deeply integrated long-time partner (Flex Media Server Appliances), but it also competes via Veritas appliances and the NetBackup deduplication pool feature.
• Commvault: Commvault is a leading enterprise backup and data protection software platform that certifies ExaGrid as a backup target; its Metallic/Hedvig offerings and appliance partnerships create indirect competition for backup storage spend.

Emerging players

• Veeam Software: Veeam is ExaGrid's most strategic software partner (Veeam Ready-Object, SOSAPI) and the dominant mid-market backup vendor, but it increasingly bundles hardened repositories and object-lock features that compete with ExaGrid's core tiered-air-gap value proposition.
• HYCU: HYCU is a purpose-built backup software vendor integrated with ExaGrid but also competing for the same modern, virtualized/cloud-native backup workload where ExaGrid's Landing Zone + Repository Tier architecture is sold.
• Barracuda Networks (Backup): Barracuda Backup is a smaller-purpose-built backup appliance targeting mid-market and SMB; competes with ExaGrid on price-sensitive deals, though ExaGrid targets a larger scale-out enterprise workload.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ExaGrid
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ExaGridSystems
• Facebookfacebook.com/ExaGrid
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/exagrid-systems

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds10 records

Investors7 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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