What 5nine Software does

5nine Software was a US-based technology company founded in 2009 and headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, that built cloud management software for Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure environments. Its flagship product, originally branded 5Nine Cloud Manager and now marketed as Acronis Cloud Manager, provides centralized monitoring, management, migration, and recovery for single- and multi-tenant public, private, and hybrid cloud configurations. The platform is built on a lightweight, agentless architecture that avoids in-VM agent installation and exposes full feature coverage through RESTful APIs with a JavaScript SDK, supporting automation and integration with third-party management tooling.

The company served three primary customer segments: enterprise IT and cloud administrators running hybrid Microsoft estates (primary persona), managed service providers needing multi-tenant control, and mid-market businesses using Hyper-V for virtualization. Its product feature set spans role-based access control (RBAC), full VM lifecycle management, resource pooling with quotas, usage statistics and billing export, and web-based multi-tenant administration. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is delivered through direct enterprise sales and channel partners, including Microsoft Cloud Solution Providers and Acronis's global reseller network.

5nine operated as a private company prior to being acquired by Acronis International GmbH, after which the product was rebranded Acronis Cloud Manager and integrated into Acronis's broader cyber protection portfolio. The product is positioned by Acronis as the #1 hybrid cloud management platform for Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure, and was recognized with a VirtualisationAdmin.com Reader's Choice Award. Revenue is generated through subscription licensing with active maintenance entitlements that include 24/7 technical support.

Name

5nine Software

Legal name

5nine Software

Website

https://5nine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

5nine Software built agentless hybrid cloud management software for Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure, serving enterprise IT teams, service providers, and mid-market customers. Acquired by Acronis and rebranded as Acronis Cloud Manager, the product is sold via subscription through direct sales and the Acronis/Microsoft partner channel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hybrid Cloud Management Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Orchestration (Private-Cloud-Centric) (HDABABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Enablement (BPAEACAK), Cloud Managed Services (Operations, Monitoring, Patching) (BPAEACAF), Hybrid Cloud Platforms & Orchestration (HDABAMAA)

Keywords

• Hyper-V management
• Cloud management software
• Hybrid cloud platform
• Virtualization security
• Azure management tools

Headquarters

HQ city

West Palm Beach

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. Subscription Licensing: Product licensing sold as subscription with active maintenance or subscription entitlements. Customers with active product maintenance are entitled to 24/7 technical support.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

5nine Software developed and sold a hybrid cloud management platform (5Nine Cloud Manager, now Acronis Cloud Manager) for Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure environments. The platform provides centralized monitoring, management, migration, and recovery capabilities across single and multi-tenant public, private, and hybrid cloud configurations, featuring agentless architecture, full RESTful API automation, role-based access control, and resource pooling with usage-based billing. A secondary product, Acronis Manager Standard, offers simplified Hyper-V monitoring and capacity planning.

Product overview

Acronis Cloud Manager is a unified hybrid cloud management platform designed for Microsoft environments. The core product is Acronis Cloud Manager (formerly 5Nine Cloud Manager), which provides centralized monitoring, management, migration, and recovery capabilities for Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure environments across public, private, and hybrid cloud configurations. The product line also includes Acronis Manager Standard as a simpler alternative for basic Hyper-V monitoring and capacity-planning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Acronis Cloud Manager (formerly 5Nine Cloud Manager) The #1 hybrid cloud management platform for Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure, providing advanced monitoring, management, migration, and recovery for Microsoft Cloud environments across single and multi-tenant public, private, and hybrid cloud configurations. Features agentless architecture, RBAC, full VM lifecycle management, RESTful API automation, resource pooling, quotas, and usage-based billing. Sold as a subscription license with active maintenance and 24/7 technical support.
• Acronis Manager Standard

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced provisioning times via resource pooling
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationCore technology partnership providing management capabilities for Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure environments. Product is positioned as #1 hybrid cloud management platform for Microsoft environments. Integrated deeply with Hyper-V virtualization features and Azure cloud services.
• ConnectWiseminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVendor alliance partnership in Acronis's vendor alliance program. ConnectWise is an IT management platform provider.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Scalr: Scalr provides cloud cost management and orchestration with multi-cloud governance capabilities. Comparable as a cloud management platform addressing cost, governance, and provisioning — overlapping with the cost/governance value propositions of Acronis Cloud Manager, though more focused on public cloud cost optimization.
• Virtana: Virtana provides hybrid cloud infrastructure monitoring, capacity planning, and migration tooling for virtualized environments. Comparable as a virtualization-focused monitoring and management vendor serving similar enterprise IT administrator personas for hybrid cloud estates.
• Turbonomic (IBM): IBM Turbonomic provides AI-driven hybrid cloud resource optimization and cost management. Comparable as a platform addressing resource optimization, quotas, and utilization analytics across hybrid environments, overlapping with the usage statistics and resource pooling capabilities of Acronis Cloud Manager.

Direct peers

• Veeam Software: Veeam provides data protection, backup, and monitoring for Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware environments. Highly comparable because Veeam targets the same Microsoft virtualization customer base with overlapping backup, recovery, and management capabilities, and operates as a direct competitor in the Hyper-V ecosystem.
• Scale Computing: Scale Computing provides hyperconverged infrastructure with built-in virtualization and management, often targeting Hyper-V replacement scenarios. Comparable as a management/virtualization platform for SMB and mid-market customers, with overlapping positioning on simplified management and automation.
• Morpheus (BMC): Morppheus is a hybrid cloud management and application orchestration platform supporting multiple hypervisors and clouds. Comparable because it addresses the same hybrid cloud orchestration, multi-tenancy, and self-service provisioning use cases as Acronis Cloud Manager.
• CloudHealth (VMware): CloudHealth provides multi-cloud management, governance, cost optimization, and resource analytics across cloud environments. Comparable as a cloud management platform serving IT administrators with similar governance, cost, and multi-tenant challenges across hybrid estates.
• Nutanix: Nutanix provides hyperconverged infrastructure and management software (Prism) that competes directly with Microsoft Hyper-V stacks. Comparable because both vendors address centralized management, multi-tenancy, and lifecycle automation for virtualized environments, often as alternatives to traditional Hyper-V deployments.

Broad incumbents

• VMware (Broadcom): VMware vSphere/vCenter is the dominant enterprise virtualization platform with comprehensive management capabilities. Comparable as the broader incumbent in virtualization management — VMware competes for the same IT administrator budget and represents the primary alternative to Hyper-V-centric deployments.
• Microsoft (Hyper-V / Windows Admin Center / Azure Arc): Microsoft provides native Hyper-V management via Hyper-V Manager, Windows Admin Center, and Azure Arc for hybrid management. Comparable as the platform owner and primary competitor — Microsoft bundles management capabilities natively, directly competing with 5nine/Acronis Cloud Manager for the same customer workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/5nine-software.-new-york-new-york-usa.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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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