What Vinchin does

Vinchin is a Chengdu-headquartered software company (legal entity Chengdu Vinchin Technology Co., Ltd.) that builds Vinchin Backup & Recovery, an agentless, image-level data protection and disaster recovery platform supporting more than 15 virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox, XenServer/XCP-ng, oVirt, Oracle OLVM, Red Hat Virtualization, OpenStack, H3C CAS, Sangfor HCI, ZStack, Huawei FusionCompute, and others) along with physical Windows/Linux servers, public cloud workloads (AWS EC2, Huawei ECS), databases (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, TiDB, Postgres Pro), Kubernetes containers, NAS/file shares, and Microsoft Exchange Online. The platform runs on a Linux-based server architecture with a unified web console and offers instant VM recovery in 15 seconds, continuous data protection with real-time failover, real-time replication, agentless bidirectional V2V/P2V migration, deduplication and compression, immutable storage with IO-monitoring-based ransomware protection, and malware scanning of backup archives.

Name

Vinchin

Legal name

Chengdu Vinchin Technology Co., Ltd.

Website

https://vinchin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Vinchin builds Vinchin Backup & Recovery, an agentless data protection and disaster recovery platform supporting 15+ virtualization platforms, databases, cloud workloads, and Kubernetes. Headquartered in Chengdu, China, the privately held company serves tens of thousands of customers across more than 100 countries via a hybrid direct-sales and channel-partner model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Data Protection / VM Backup Software

akta.pro primary industry

Backup & Recovery Software (HDABAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Backup & Restore Platforms (Cloud Backup) (HDABAIAB), Backup, Archiving & Ransomware-Resilient Data Protection (HDADAFAL), Immutable Backup, Air-Gap & Ransomware Recovery (HDABAIAJ)

Keywords

• Virtual machine backup
• Disaster recovery software
• Data protection platform
• Workload migration tools
• Ransomware protection

Headquarters

HQ city

Chengdu

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: Vinchin generates revenue primarily through perpetual software licenses for Vinchin Backup & Recovery. The EULA describes perpetual licenses as standard, with non-perpetual options available for defined periods. Customers purchase licenses based on capacity (licensed capacity governs usage).
2. Software Maintenance and Support: Vinchin provides support services including 7x24x365 technical support, pre-sale and after-sale services. Support may be delivered as part of licensing transactions or as separate services.
3. Enterprise Solutions: Enterprise-grade deployments with expanded infrastructure (backup nodes for environments with more than 200 VMs or 50TB of production data) generate additional revenue through larger capacity licenses and potentially managed services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Vinchin Backup & Recovery is an enterprise data protection platform providing agentless, image-level backup and recovery for virtual machines, physical servers, cloud instances, databases, Kubernetes containers, and unstructured data. The solution supports 15+ virtualization platforms and multiple public/private cloud environments under a unified Linux-based web console, with additional capabilities for instant recovery, cross-platform migration, ransomware protection, and cloud archiving.

Product overview

Vinchin Backup & Recovery is a unified, all-in-one data protection and disaster recovery platform. The core product, Vinchin Backup & Recovery (currently at V9.0), provides centralized backup and recovery across virtual machines, physical servers, cloud instances, databases, containers, and unstructured data. It is offered in multiple editions: Core Edition ISO for standard deployments, a Full Installation ISO with all plugins, and an Agent Add-ons Pack for file/database/OS-level backups. A free tier (Backup Free Edition) covers up to 3 VMs. The platform also offers optional infrastructure components — the Backup Node for large-scale environments and the Backup Proxy for VMware HotAdd deployments. Key feature modules include Real-Time Replication, Continuous Data Protection (CDP), Malware Scan, Ransomware Protection, VM Backup Verification, V2V/P2V Migration, Offsite Copy & Archive, and Kubernetes Protection. The product supports over 15 virtualization platforms including VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox, oVirt, XCP-ng, and extends to public clouds (AWS EC2, Huawei ECS), private clouds (OpenStack, ZStack), databases (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, TiDB), and Kubernetes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vinchin Backup & Recovery All-in-one enterprise backup and disaster recovery solution providing agentless VM backup, database protection, cloud workload backup, Kubernetes container backup, file and NAS backup, and cross-platform migration across 15+ virtualization platforms and multiple physical, cloud, and container environments. Targets enterprises and IT teams needing unified hybrid-environment data protection.
• Vinchin Backup Free Edition Free forever edition protecting up to 3 VMs with basic VM backup capabilities, designed for micro-businesses and product evaluation.
• Vinchin Backup & Recovery Node Optional infrastructure component for expanding backup capacity to support large-scale virtual environments with more than 200 VMs or over 50 TB of production data, managed centrally from the Vinchin server web console.
• Vinchin Backup & Recovery Proxy Optional component dedicated to VMware environments, utilizing HotAdd technology of ESXi servers for efficient VM backup when the Vinchin server is deployed outside the ESXi cluster.

Quantifiable outcome

• Instant VM recovery in 15 seconds with full business continuity takeover in under 1 minute
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TKBRIGcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStrategic distribution partnership with TKBRIG, a specialized technology distribution company headquartered in Sri Lanka with working offices in Singapore, serving high-growth markets across the Asia-Pacific region. The partnership aims to accelerate adoption of modern data protection technologies and help organizations strengthen cyber resilience. TKBRIG combines technical expertise, market intelligence, and coordinated channel execution. Vinchin's backup and disaster recovery solutions anchor TKBRIG's Cloud & Infrastructure portfolio.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Veeam: Veeam is the category-leading VM and cloud-workload backup vendor with the deepest enterprise installed base. Both Vinchin and Veeam compete head-to-head on agentless VMware/Hyper-V/Proxmox backup, instant recovery, and ransomware protection for virtualized environments.
• Commvault: Commvault is an enterprise data-protection platform offering VM, database, container, and SaaS backup. Both Vinchin and Commvault sell unified backup and recovery to regulated enterprises, with overlapping capabilities around ransomware resilience and disaster recovery.
• Rubrik: Rubrik is a subscription-based, cloud-native data security and backup vendor with strong ransomware-recovery positioning. Both Vinchin and Rubrik compete for enterprise VM/physical/cloud workloads and emphasize immutable, malware-scanned recovery points.
• Cohesity: Cohesity is a consolidated data protection and management platform covering VM, database, container, and file workloads. Vinchin and Cohesity target the same mid-market and enterprise buyers seeking a single pane of glass for backup with cyber-resilience features.
• Acronis: Acronis combines backup with cybersecurity (anti-ransomware) and serves MSP-led SMB and mid-market segments globally. Both Acronis and Vinchin serve IT-services providers and SMBs with freemium/adoption-friendly backup plus built-in ransomware defense.
• Nakivo: Nakivo provides agentless VM backup, instant recovery, and ransomware protection for VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, and AWS. Both vendors compete on price-sensitive SMB/enterprise backup with comparable feature parity around agentless architecture and instant restore.
• Altaro (Hornetsecurity Group): Altaro is a VM backup specialist (VMware, Hyper-V) targeted at SMB/mid-market with strong MSP/Channel presence. Both Altaro and Vinchin address the same hypervisor-backup segment with freemium entry and pre-sales-led adoption motions.

Broad incumbents

• Veritas Technologies: Veritas is a long-standing incumbent in enterprise backup and information governance with the NetBackup franchise. While broader and more legacy than Vinchin, it competes for the same large-enterprise VM/database backup RFPs and pursues cyber-resilient storage.

Emerging players

• Druva: Druva is a 100% SaaS, cloud-native data protection vendor specializing in endpoint, server, and SaaS-application backup. Druva competes where Vinchin is weakest (cloud-delivered, subscription-native) and adjacent where Vinchin's Microsoft 365 and AWS workloads overlap.
• Zerto (HPE): Zerto (now part of HPE) provides VM-level disaster recovery and continuous data protection spanning on-prem and cloud. Zerto directly competes with Vinchin's CDP and real-time replication capabilities for VM workloads.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 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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