Price | Free (Install) | Free | Subscription-based |
License Duration | Perpetual | 30 days | Subscription-based |
Minimum Nodes | No limit | 201 | No limit |
Maximum Nodes | 10 (50 for first 30 days) | 500 | No limit |
What You Get: | |||
Data Protection Assessment | - | ✔ | ✔ |
Kasten Assisted Deployment | - | ✔ | ✔ |
Customer Support | Best Effort | ✔ (30 days) | ✔ |
Use Cases: | |||
Backup and Restore | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Disaster Recovery | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Application Mobility | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Features: | |||
Kubernetes Distributions
Support for all leading Kubernetes distributions including AKS, EKS, GKE, Rancher, VMware PKS, etc. |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Storage
Support for wide range of storage targets including public cloud storage (AWS S3, Azure blob, etc.), on-premise storage (Pure, NetApp, etc.), and CSI-compatible storage. |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Public Cloud Operation
Support for all leading public clouds including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, Digital Ocean, etc. |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
On-prem Operation
Support for VSphere, bare metal, OpenStack, etc. |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Enterprise Security
Support for authentication (OIDC and token), access controls (RBAC, IAM, IAM assumed roles), end-to-end encryption, air-gapped operation, etc. |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Data Features
Including volume snapshots, durable backups, change block tracking, dedup & compression, app consistent backups, logical DB capture, etc. |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Metadata Features
Including auto app discovery, full spec capture, spec transforms, global resource capture, include/exclude filters, infrastructure portability, global catalog, query API, etc. |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Backup, DR, Mobility Features
Including policy-based operations, manual actions, GFS retention, independent schedules, application cloning, application hooks, blueprint extensibility, etc. |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Operations Support Features
Including enterprise dashboard, API-first design, logging integration, monitoring, alerting, DR and HA |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ |