What Dantz Development does

Dantz Development is a privately-held US software company founded in 1989 and headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, operating under the brand name Retrospect. The company develops backup and recovery software for physical, virtual, cloud, and hybrid environments, with native cross-platform support for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Its product portfolio spans tiered editions — Desktop and Solo for individuals, Single Server (5, 20, Unlimited) for small and medium businesses, and Multi Server for enterprise multi-site deployments — supplemented by add-on modules including Retrospect Virtual (VMware/Hyper-V), Retrospect Cloud Storage with 20+ certified cloud providers, and Retrospect Email Protection.

The core technical platform centers on Forever-Incremental Backup, scriptable backup configurations, point-in-time restore, a centralized management console, and an anomaly detection layer positioned for ransomware protection. Dantz commercializes through a hybrid go-to-market combining direct enterprise field sales, a global channel partner program (Partner Locator, Find a Distributor, Lead Generation, Partner Portal, Training), self-serve online storefront with free trial, and certified cloud storage integrations. Pricing is anchored on perpetual licenses with subscription layers for cloud and virtual workloads. The company serves a broad installed base of over 500,000 homes and businesses across 100+ countries, including named accounts such as NASA (cited via Hubble Space Telescope reference), BART, Harvard, MIT, and Kennesaw State University, with primary verticals in education, government, creative/media, enterprise, and SMB.

Name

Dantz Development

Website

https://dantz.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Dantz Development, doing business as Retrospect, is a privately-held Bay Area backup and recovery software vendor founded in 1989, selling cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux, virtual, cloud) data protection products to over 500,000 consumers, SMBs, and institutions across 100+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Backup and Recovery Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Hybrid Cloud Storage & Backup Infrastructure (HDABAMAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Managed Backup Operations (On-Prem & Hybrid) (BPAEALAC)

Keywords

• Backup software
• Disaster recovery
• Ransomware protection
• Data protection
• Cloud backup

Headquarters

HQ city

Orinda

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Perpetual licenses and subscription plans for backup software across multiple product tiers including Desktop, Solo, Single Server (5/20/Unlimited), and Multi Server editions. Retrospect Virtual and Cloud Storage additional offerings.
2. Cloud Storage Services: Retrospect Cloud Storage service for offsite backup storage, providing integrated cloud backup with seamless Retrospect software integration.
3. Add-on Products: Additional add-on products and extensions available through the store for enhanced functionality.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Dantz Development sells Retrospect, a cross-platform backup and recovery software suite for physical, virtual, cloud, and hybrid environments on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The product line spans Desktop, Solo, Single Server (5/20/Unlimited), Multi Server, Virtual (VMware/Hyper-V), Email Protection, and the Retrospect Cloud Storage service, and is sold via perpetual licenses, subscriptions, and a global partner channel to enterprises, government, education, creative, and SMB customers.

Product overview

Dantz Development offers Retrospect, a unified backup and recovery software platform with cross-platform support for Windows and Mac environments. The product portfolio includes Desktop and Solo tiers for individual users, Single Server tiers (5, 20, and Unlimited) for small to medium businesses, and Multi Server for enterprise-scale deployments with multiple sites. Additional modules include Retrospect Virtual for VMware and Hyper-V virtual machine protection, Retrospect Cloud Storage for cloud backup integration with over twenty providers, and Email Protection for email data safeguarding. The platform features core technologies including ransomware protection, anomaly detection, complete data protection with backup/archiving/duplication, server and endpoint protection, and the recently launched Novus UI providing a modern cross-platform interface. Retrospect is designed for physical and virtual environments, supporting on-premise and cloud deployments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Retrospect Desktop Desktop-focused backup solution for individual workstation protection on Windows.
• Retrospect Solo Single-user backup solution for individual professionals and solo practitioners.
• Retrospect Single Server 5 Server backup solution supporting up to 5 computers with complete data protection features.
• Retrospect Single Server 20 Server backup solution supporting up to 20 servers with enhanced capacity for growing organizations.
• Retrospect Single Server Unlimited Unlimited server backup solution with no restriction on the number of servers protected.
• Retrospect Multi Server Multi-site server backup solution for organizations with multiple server locations, scalable to hundreds of computers per server and dozens of sites.
• Retrospect Virtual Virtual machine backup solution for VMware and Hyper-V environments providing specialized protection for virtualized infrastructure.
• Retrospect Cloud Storage Cloud storage integration service allowing backups to be stored in Retrospect's proprietary cloud or over twenty other cloud storage providers with seamless integration and no lock-in.
• Retrospect Email Protection Email backup and protection solution for safeguarding email data and communications.
• Retrospect for Mac Backup and recovery solution for macOS environments with cross-platform synchronization capabilities.
• Retrospect for Windows Backup and recovery software for Windows environments providing file-level and system-level protection with point-in-time restore capabilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% restore success rate reported by customers
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature8 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Acronis: Acronis delivers backup with integrated anti-ransomware and cyber protection, overlapping with Retrospect's anomaly detection and ransomware suite across endpoint, server, and VM workloads.
• Commvault: Commvault offers enterprise backup and recovery with hybrid cloud support and centralized management, directly competing with Retrospect's Multi Server edition and management console.
• Druva: Druva is a cloud-native, subscription-only backup SaaS that competes for the same workload protection budgets, particularly against Retrospect Cloud Storage and VM backup offerings.
• Carbonite (OpenText): Carbonite provides SMB and hybrid cloud backup with strong focus on endpoint and server protection, directly overlapping with Retrospect Desktop, Solo, and Single Server tiers.
• Arcserve: Arcserve is a long-standing backup software vendor with hybrid data protection similar to Retrospect, including ransomware recovery and unified management across physical/virtual/cloud.
• Barracuda Networks: Barracuda offers backup appliances and cloud backup services with integrated ransomware protection, competing for the same SMB and mid-market customers targeted by Retrospect.
• Veeam Software: Veeam is the dominant direct competitor for backup and recovery across virtual, physical, and cloud workloads, selling tiered perpetual + subscription products very similar to Retrospect Single Server and Multi Server editions.
• Veritas Technologies: Veritas is the established enterprise backup incumbent that Retrospect customers explicitly compare against (BART cited as 'far less expensive than Veritas'), competing head-to-head in server and enterprise data protection.

Broad incumbents

• AWS Backup: AWS provides native backup services for EC2, RDS, and S3 that overlap with Retrospect's cloud and VM protection, particularly for customers already concentrated in AWS environments.
• Microsoft (Azure Backup / Microsoft 365 Backup): Microsoft bundles backup and recovery capabilities across Windows Server, Azure, and Microsoft 365, serving as a broad incumbent that competes with Retrospect for endpoint, server, and cloud workloads on the same platforms Retrospect supports.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/retrospectinc
• Facebookfacebook.com/retrospectinc

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&A1 record

Investments

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

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