Licensing

To use Storware Backup and Recovery, you must obtain a license key and install it on the server. FREE and TRIAL licenses are available on our website.

Capacity-based license (per frontend terabytes)

In this license type, only the size of the protected data being backed is taken into account. The frontend terabytes license covers all types of supported workloads.

Capacity-based license for Storage Providers only (per frontend terabytes)

To address the evolving needs of modern data management, we are introducing a cost-effective licensing model tailored for the following storage providers: Ceph RBD, Nutanix Files, Nutanix Volume Groups. This change is designed to optimize costs while ensuring efficient data management.

Virtual Environments license (per host)

This license type covers the number of physical hosts under virtualization technology. With per-host licensing, you can have an unlimited number of virtual machines of terabytes. One license covers two server sockets.

Virtual Environments license (per VM)

This license type covers the exact number of virtual machines you want to protect. You can have any number of hosts or terabytes. This option is a good fit for MSPs to align with managed VM services pricing.

Virtual Environments migration license (V2V)

This license covers a predefined number of successful migration jobs executed since installation. It is sold in bundles of 10 VM migrations.

OS Agent license

OS Agent allows for protecting data from various filesystem types on Windows, Linux, and macOS. There are 3 different ways to protect file systems depending on the license type.

Desktop

Allow to protect all local data on the user endpoint devices (Windows non-server editions, macOS, Linux used by end users). Licensed per agent instance. This license doesn't include remote file system protection.

Server (per agent)

Allow to protect all local data on the server (Linux servers, Windows Server editions). Licensed per agent instance. This license doesn't include remote file system protection.

Server (capacity)

Allow to protect all data on servers. Licensed per server capacity (front-end terabytes).

External backup providers integration module

License for a module that allows using a supported backup system as a backup destination for Storware Backup and Recovery.