What Databarracks does

Databarracks is a UK-based managed service provider founded in 2003 that delivers technology and business resilience services to enterprise, mid-market, financial services, and UK public sector organizations. The company is registered in Guernsey as Databarracks Limited, headquartered in London, and operates from approximately 150 staff across the UK, Poland, Australia, Romania, and India. Its offering is organized into three core pillars: Data Protection (Backup as a Service, Disaster Recovery as a Service, Cyber Resilience, Air Gap Recover, Jump-Start, and Legacy Data Protection), Public Cloud (DevOps, SecOps, FinOps, DataOps, and Site Reliability Engineering), and Business Resilience (Business Continuity, Crisis Management, IT DR Planning, Cyber Recoverability, and Supplier Continuity). Underlying technology is built on Commvault for backup, Zerto (HPE) for disaster recovery replication, and Microsoft Azure as the primary cloud infrastructure, augmented by proprietary tooling including Air Gap Recover, Recovery Confidence Score, and the Resource Planner assessment tool.

The business model is subscription-based managed services delivered through direct enterprise sales, with quote-based monthly billing tied to data volumes, protected workloads, and service level agreements. Revenue is generated from recurring BaaS and DRaaS subscriptions, managed public cloud services, and business resilience professional services, supported by a content-led go-to-market anchored on the annual Data Health Check industry survey (now in its 18th year) and customer case studies with logos including Royal Albert Hall, Westcoast, UNICEF UK, Go-Ahead, DSIT, GTR, NHS, Allianz, Experian, and Cabinet Office. The company has pursued an aggressive acquisition strategy, completing three deals (4sl in 2021, PlanB Consulting in May 2024, and COOLSPIRiT in November 2024) that combined the UK's largest Commvault Solution Provider with the largest Commvault Managed Service Partner to create a data protection powerhouse under Managing Director James Watts. Databarracks remains privately held with no disclosed external funding.

Name

Databarracks

Legal name

Databarracks Limited

Website

https://databarracks.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Databarracks is a UK-based managed service provider delivering Backup, Disaster Recovery, Cyber Resilience, Public Cloud, and Business Continuity services to enterprise, mid-market, financial services, and UK public sector clients across approximately 150 staff in five countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Managed Data Protection and Disaster Recovery Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Center Operations & Managed Services (Remote Hands, NOC/SOC) (HDABANAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Database Tools & Ecosystem (Replication, Backup/Recovery, HA/DR, Monitoring) (HDAEAAAO)

Keywords

• Managed backup services
• Disaster recovery services
• Cyber resilience solutions
• Business continuity consulting
• Managed cloud operations

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Backup as a Service (BaaS): Managed backup services delivered as a subscription, providing continuous data protection from backup to disaster recovery as a fully managed service.
2. Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS): Managed disaster recovery services with continuous replication and recovery capabilities, typically billed as a monthly subscription based on protected workloads.
3. Public Cloud Services: Cloud optimization services including DevOps, SecOps, FinOps, DataOps, and Site Reliability Engineering, delivered as managed services.
4. Business Resilience Services: Consultancy and managed services for business continuity, crisis management, IT DR planning, cyber recoverability, and supplier continuity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Databarracks is a managed service provider delivering continuous data protection, disaster recovery, cyber resilience, public cloud operations, and business continuity services to mid-market and enterprise organizations. Services are sold as subscription-based managed offerings, anchored on Commvault for backup, Zerto for replication, and Microsoft Azure as the cloud platform, and delivered with 24/7 expert support.

Product overview

Databarracks is a technology and business resilience specialist offering a unified platform of managed services. The portfolio centers on three core pillars: Data Protection (Backup as a Service, Disaster Recovery as a Service, Cyber Resilience, Air Gap Recover, Jump-Start, Legacy Data Protection), Public Cloud (DevOps, SecOps, FinOps, DataOps, Site Reliability Engineering), and Business Resilience (Business Continuity, Crisis Management, IT DR Planning, Cyber Recoverability, Supplier Continuity). The offering is delivered as integrated managed services with 24/7 support, combining technology with expert consulting to deliver outcomes including prepared teams, organized response capabilities, faster recovery, reduced risk, and improved organizational resilience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Data Protection Comprehensive managed data protection service for enterprise and mid-market organizations, covering continuous backup through to disaster recovery delivered as a fully managed, subscription-based service with 24/7 expert support.
• Cyber Resilience Managed cyber resilience service that builds capability across people, processes, and technology to prevent and recover from cyber attacks including ransomware, helping organizations maintain operations through a major incident.
• Backup as a Service (BaaS) Subscription-based managed backup service providing continuous data backup and replication delivered from the cloud, replacing or augmenting traditional on-premises backup infrastructure for enterprise and mid-market customers.
• Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) Managed disaster recovery service enabling rapid failover and recovery of critical systems and applications, using continuous replication technology (Zerto) and cloud infrastructure (Microsoft Azure) to meet defined RTOs and RPOs.
• Air Gap Recover Cloud-native data protection service providing isolated, air-gapped, immutable backups with automated failover to a separate cloud account, designed to protect against ransomware and enable rapid, clean recovery for cloud-hosted environments.
• Jump-Start Accelerated onboarding engagement that rapidly establishes backup and recovery capabilities for new customers, compressing time-to-value for Databarracks' managed services.
• Legacy Data Protection Managed data protection service designed for older or legacy systems and infrastructure, providing specialized backup and recovery approaches for environments that cannot easily move to modern platforms.
• Public Cloud Managed public cloud services providing visibility, control, and protection across cloud environments, covering DevOps, SecOps, FinOps, DataOps, and Site Reliability Engineering capabilities for organizations running workloads in public cloud.
• Business Resilience Comprehensive business continuity and resilience service designed to keep organizations running through any disruption, combining business continuity, crisis management, IT DR planning, cyber recoverability, and supplier continuity into an integrated offering.
• Business Continuity Business continuity planning and management service that helps organizations maintain critical operations during disruptions through documented plans, exercises, and ongoing program management.
• Crisis Management Crisis management service enabling organizations to lead decisively during crises, supported by tested plans and proven response capabilities from Databarracks' specialist team.
• IT DR Planning IT disaster recovery planning service including assessment, strategy development, and documentation for technology resilience, providing the framework that underpins IT recovery operations.
• Cyber Recoverability Specialized service focused on recovering from cyber attacks and ransomware incidents, providing tested recovery procedures and specialist support to restore operations after a major cyber event.
• Supplier Continuity Supply chain resilience service helping organizations manage and maintain continuity with critical suppliers and third-party providers, addressing third-party and supplier risk as part of overall resilience.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% recovery success rate
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CommvaultcoreTechnology or Integration · 12 November 2025Databarracks is the UK's largest Commvault Managed Service Partner and COOLSPIRiT (acquired) is the UK's largest Commvault Solution Provider Partner. Together they form a 'data protection powerhouse' with combined capabilities in Commvault technology deployment and managed services. Awarded EMEA MSP Partner of the Year at Commvault Fearless Awards 2025.
• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary cloud infrastructure partner for hosting backup and disaster recovery services. Customer case studies (Royal Albert Hall, etc.) reference deployment of Commvault backup with off-site copies in Microsoft Azure, and Zerto disaster recovery replication in Azure. The company leverages Azure's sustainability commitments (100% renewable energy by 2025, water positive by 2030, zero-waste certification by 2030).
• Zerto ( Hewlett Packard Enterprise)coreTechnology or IntegrationZerto disaster recovery technology is used for continuous replication and disaster recovery as a service. Selected by customers (e.g., Royal Albert Hall) for its longer journal and recovery windows, providing more flexibility and granular RPOs for cyber recovery scenarios.
• Carbon Footprint LtdminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExternal environmental consultancy engaged to assist with carbon footprint assessments, environmental reporting aligned with ISO14064-1 and GHG Protocol, and carbon neutrality certification.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Veeam Software: Global leader in backup, recovery, and data management software with strong adoption in enterprise and mid-market segments. Veeam is the closest direct competitor to Databarracks in the Commvault/Zerto-based managed backup stack, with both firms targeting the same data protection workloads on Microsoft and hybrid cloud.
• Cohesity: Enterprise data management and protection platform combining backup, file services, and cyber resilience. Cohesity targets similar Fortune-class customers and competes head-to-head with Commvault-based solutions (Databarracks' core platform) for large enterprise data protection RFPs.
• iomart: UK-headquartered managed cloud and hosting services provider serving mid-market and enterprise customers with similar geographic focus to Databarracks. Iomart is a comparable UK managed services peer for cross-sell opportunities and competitive benchmarking on managed cloud and infrastructure services.
• Druva: Cloud-native SaaS data protection platform offering backup, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience for enterprise workloads. Druva competes with Databarracks for cloud-first backup budgets, particularly with hyperscaler-native customers, and represents the SaaS delivery model against Databarracks' managed services approach.
• Zerto (Hewlett Packard Enterprise): Disaster recovery and data mobility software now part of HPE, used by Databarracks as a core DR replication technology. Zerto is also sold direct and through other MSPs, making it both a partner and a competitor for DRaaS engagements targeting the same enterprise customers.
• Rubrik: Public data security and resilience cloud vendor serving large enterprise customers with backup, recovery, and ransomware protection. Rubrik competes for the same enterprise IT resilience wallet and has been expanding managed service partner relationships that overlap with Databarracks' go-to-market.

Regional players

• ANS Group: UK cloud and digital transformation managed services provider, owned by Accenture, offering cloud migration, managed infrastructure, and security services. ANS competes for the same UK enterprise IT resilience spend and represents a scaled, PE-backed alternative.
• CloudCoCo: UK managed services provider offering cloud, connectivity, and security solutions to mid-market customers. CloudCoCo competes with Databarracks for similar UK mid-market IT services budgets, particularly where customers want consolidated cloud and resilience providers.
• Pulsant: UK-focused managed cloud, colocation, and data center services provider serving mid-market and enterprise customers. Pulsant competes with Databarracks for adjacent data infrastructure spend (managed hosting, DR infrastructure) within the same UK customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Kyndryl: Global managed infrastructure services spin-out from IBM, serving large enterprise customers with data center, cloud, and resilience services. Kyndryl competes for the largest UK enterprise resilience engagements and represents the scaled global incumbent that Databarracks is too small to displace on multi-national accounts.

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

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A5 records

Investments

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

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