VM Backup vs Iperius Backup Comparison: Everything You Need to Know Before Choosing

Iperius Backup is a backup and data protection software developed by Enter Srl, an Italian company, and used by businesses and IT professionals in many countries. It addresses the need of small and mid-sized organisations to protect servers, virtual machines, databases and cloud data reliably without paying for expensive enterprise backup suites. Many such organisations run a mix of physical servers, VMware or Hyper-V hosts, SQL Server or MySQL databases and Microsoft 365 accounts, and require backups to several destinations for resilience. Iperius’s approach is a lightweight Windows application with a broad range of backup types and destinations, configurable through a single interface, so that administrators can build a complete protection strategy, including offsite and cloud copies, at a modest cost. Key features include file and folder backup with incremental and differential modes, drive imaging and bare-metal recovery, backup of VMware ESXi and Hyper-V virtual machines with incremental support, and hot backup of SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and Oracle databases. Microsoft 365 and Exchange backup protects mailboxes, OneDrive and SharePoint data. Supported destinations include local disks, NAS devices, RDX drives, LTO tape, FTP and SFTP servers, and cloud storage services such as Amazon S3, Azure, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and S3-compatible providers. AES-256 encryption, compression, scheduling, email notifications and detailed logs support secure and auditable operation, while ransomware protection features and immutable storage options help safeguard backups. The Iperius Console allows managed service providers and IT administrators to monitor and configure multiple installations centrally. The software runs on Windows workstations and servers, with editions for different workloads, and licences are typically perpetual. Iperius Backup is aimed at small and mid-sized businesses, IT consultants, managed service providers and public organisations seeking affordable, flexible backup. Pricing starts from around EUR 29, typically for a perpetual licence, with a free trial, and a free version is also available.