Name

UltraBac Software

Legal name

UltraBac Software, Inc.

Website

https://ultrabac.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Backup and Disaster Recovery Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Backup & Recovery Software (HDABAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Backup & Restore Platforms (Cloud Backup) (HDABAIAB), Immutable Backup, Air-Gap & Ransomware Recovery (HDABAIAJ), Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) (HDABAIAA)

Keywords

• Backup software
• Disaster recovery software
• Bare metal recovery
• Virtual machine backup
• Cloud replication

Headquarters

HQ city

Bellevue

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: Perpetual software licenses sold for backup and disaster recovery products. Includes one year of maintenance and support services with the initial purchase.
2. Maintenance Subscriptions: Annual Maintenance Subscription Agreements (MSA) providing priority service, unlimited technical support, and free software upgrades. First year included with license; discounted second-year pricing available.
3. Agent/Option Add-ons: Additional agents and options (SQL Agent, Exchange Agent, Hyper-V Agent, vSphere Agent, Virtual Disk Agent, etc.) sold as separate perpetual licenses or additions to base products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

UltraBac Software develops Windows-focused backup and disaster recovery software, including file-by-file and image backups, bare metal disaster recovery (UBDR Gold), agentless virtual machine backup, and continuous replication to Microsoft Azure. Products are sold as perpetual licenses with annual maintenance subscriptions and add-on agents.

Product overview

UltraBac Software offers a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery software portfolio built around its core UltraBac Backup Software and UBDR Gold products. The main platform provides file-by-file and image backup capabilities, while UBDR Gold delivers bare metal disaster recovery with P2P, P2V, V2V, and V2P recovery options. Add-on agents extend functionality for Microsoft SQL, Exchange, Oracle, MySQL, Hyper-V, and vSphere environments. The product line includes specialized bundles for servers (Server Edition, Ultimate Bundle, Flex Bundle, Essentials SBS Bundle), workstations (Workstation Bundle, Workstation Continuity Bundle), and virtual environments (Virtual Edition). UltraBac also offers cloud integration through Hybrid Cloud Backup, Continuous Replication to Azure, and Hybrid Endpoint Backup modules. Recent additions include UltraBac-Lite for simplified endpoint protection and GCFOS deduplication for optimized storage. All products share a common management console and support backup to diverse targets including tape, disk, NAS, SAN, cloud providers (Azure, AWS S3, Google Cloud, Wasabi), TSM, and FTP/SFTP servers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UBDR Gold: Bare metal disaster recovery software for Windows servers and workstations with image backup, dissimilar hardware restore, and P2V/V2V/V2P capabilities
• UltraCopy
• UltraBac-Lite (UBL)
• PartnerPlus
• UltraBac Cloud Manager

Products and services

• UltraBac Backup Software File-by-file and image backup software for Windows servers and workstations with built-in encryption, compression, remote administration, and support for various backup targets including tape, disk, NAS, SAN, and cloud.
• UBDR Gold Bare metal disaster recovery software that performs image or file-based backups to any storage device, enabling P2P, P2V, V2V, and V2P recoveries with dissimilar hardware restore support. Restores a dead machine in minutes (up to 7GB/min).
• UBDR Gold Workstation Edition Disaster recovery solution for individual workstations with the same functionality as the server edition. Minimum 5 license purchase required for maintenance.
• UltraBac Virtual Disk Agent Generates VMware VMDK or Microsoft VHD files during regular Windows image backups, enabling physical-to-virtual operations in under 3 minutes without additional processing.
• UltraBac vSphere Agent Centralized virtual machine backup without running backup tasks from inside each VM. Uses Changed Block Tracking (CBT) to reduce backup windows and provide fast restores.
• UltraBac Hyper-V Agent Centralized Hyper-V virtual machine backup with ability to back up only used space even for fixed disks. Unique ability to skip pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys files.
• UltraBac SQL Agent Allows local and remote backups of live SQL databases without shutdown using Microsoft SQL APIs for fast and reliable full and incremental database dumps.
• UltraBac Exchange Agent Allows local and remote backups of live Exchange databases without shutdown. Protects Exchange 2013, 2010, and 2007 with VSS support.
• UltraBac Oracle Agent Database backup agent for Oracle with hot backup support including redo logs and temp files.
• UltraBac MySQL Agent MySQL backup agent with ability to restore to flat files and backup of stored procedures.
• UltraBac TSM Device Allows UltraBac to write data to Tivoli Storage Manager servers, combining UltraBac's backup strengths with TSM's enterprise media management.
• UltraBac FTP Device Direct backups to any FTP or SFTP server compliant with RFC 959, enabling easy offsite backup configuration.
• UltraCopy Disk-to-disk-to-tape backup solution that duplicates backups from disk to tape, with media spanning and command line interface for automation.
• UltraBac Media Library Module Provides direct access to selected tapes from a media library's magazine with random access capability.
• UltraBac Remote Local Server Agent Compresses data on local machine before network transfer to increase backup speed and decrease network overhead. Captures System State and Active Directory.
• UltraBac Locked File Agent Enables backup of open or locked files without requiring applications to close. Uses proprietary UBFD driver or Microsoft VSS for file-level backups.
• UltraBac-Lite (UBL) Simplified workstation backup and disaster recovery solution streamlined for end-users. Uses mountable image backup with built-in copy to cloud functionality for S3-compatible providers.
• Hybrid Cloud Backup Mountable image backup for on-premise and cloud file/folder level recoveries with fast bare metal recovery. Includes replication to Azure.
• Continuous Replication to Azure Continuous replication to low-cost Azure storage with unlimited recovery points for near instant failover or migration.
• Hybrid Endpoint Backup Mountable endpoint image backup with copy to cloud for onsite and offsite file/folder recoveries plus bare metal recovery.
• UltraBac Virtual Disk Utility Standalone utility that creates native VMware VMDK or Microsoft VHD files for P2V operations without requiring conversion.
• UltraBac Server Edition Easy-to-use, fast and reliable backup solution for single Microsoft Windows server with Backup Engine, Remote Local Server Agent, and Locked File Agent.
• UltraBac Workstation Bundle Complete data protection and bare metal disaster recovery for workstations or laptops. Minimum 5 licenses for maintenance.
• UltraBac Workstation Continuity Bundle Image disaster recovery with bare metal restores and file-by-file backup for Windows workstations creating standby VHD or VMDK.
• UltraBac Ultimate Bundle Comprehensive protection combining standard UltraBac backups with UBDR Gold disaster recovery for quick file or bare metal restores plus dissimilar hardware and virtual recoveries.
• UltraBac Flex Bundle Multi-pack of Ultimate Bundle protecting 10 servers with UltraBac and UBDR Gold, including choice of any two agents.
• UltraBac Essentials (SBS) Bundle Complete data protection for SMB with UltraBac, UBDR Gold bare metal disaster recovery, Locked File, and Exchange protection.
• UltraBac Virtual Edition Unlimited Windows virtual machine backup for two sockets on either Hyper-V or vSphere.
• GCFOS Deduplication Global Common File Object Store hybrid file/block-based deduplication server for backup optimization and efficient storage utilization.
• UltraBac Cloud Manager Application for managing cloud replication and disaster recovery failover to Microsoft Azure.

Quantifiable outcome

• Bare metal disaster recovery in as little as 15 minutes with restore speeds up to 7GB per minute
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft Gold Certified Partner with deep integration across Microsoft products including Azure cloud, Hyper-V virtualization, SQL Server, Exchange, Windows Server, and Active Directory. Joint go-to-market activities and technology roadmap alignment.
• VMwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationVMware Technology Alliance Partner with agentless backup capabilities for VMware vSphere environments using Changed Block Tracking (CBT), vStorage API, and support for ESXi 4 through 8.0.
• Ingram MicromajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partnership with Ingram Micro for distribution of UltraBac backup and disaster recovery products to channel partners and end customers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cohesity: Hyperconverged secondary storage platform with backup, file/object services, and ransomware recovery. Overlaps with UltraBac on VM backup, immutable backups, and DR orchestration for enterprise environments.
• Rubrik: Cloud-native data management and backup with strong ransomware recovery, immutable storage, and Azure/AWS replication positioning. Competes with UltraBac's Continuous Replication to Azure and Hybrid Cloud Backup modules for hybrid enterprise workloads.
• Arcserve: Long-standing backup and disaster recovery vendor with image-based backup, BMR, and hybrid cloud (Arcserve UDP) offerings. Closely comparable to UltraBac's product structure, pricing model (perpetual + maintenance), and SMB/mid-market positioning.
• Acronis: Compete head-to-head on image-based backup, bare-metal restore, and ransomware/anti-malware protection for SMB and mid-market. Acronis integrates backup with cybersecurity, matching UltraBac's ransomware detection and hybrid cloud features.
• Druva: 100% cloud-native, subscription-based data protection platform with ransomware recovery and SaaS workload backup. Represents the subscription/SaaS model that contrasts with UltraBac's perpetual-license Windows software.
• Nakivo: VM-focused backup and DR for VMware, Hyper-V, AWS and Microsoft 365. Competes with UltraBac's vSphere Agent, Hyper-V Agent, and Virtual Edition products, particularly in the SMB and mid-market segment.
• Veeam Software: Direct competitor offering backup, recovery and replication for virtual, physical, cloud and SaaS workloads. Overlaps directly with UltraBac on Windows server backup, Hyper-V/vSphere protection, and bare-metal recovery, and is the dominant mid-market backup vendor UltraBac most often loses deals to.

Emerging players

• Zerto: Disaster recovery and continuous replication for virtualized and cloud environments (now part of HPE). Overlaps with UltraBac's Continuous Image Protection and Continuous Replication to Azure for near-instant failover.

Broad incumbents

• Veritas Technologies: Enterprise incumbent in backup, recovery, and information governance (NetBackup, Backup Exec). Competes for enterprise IT department budget with comprehensive multi-platform data protection, broader than UltraBac's Windows-only stack.
• Commvault: Large enterprise data protection and information management suite covering backup, archive, replication, and DR across heterogeneous environments. A broader incumbent competing for the same enterprise IT department buyers UltraBac targets with UBDR Gold.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ultrabac
• YouTubeyoutube.com/UltraBacSoftware
• Facebookfacebook.com/ultrabac
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ultrabac-software

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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