# Backup and disaster recovery for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "backup and disaster recovery solution" and as "data backup and recovery service", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/backup-and-disaster-recovery/enterprise

**Standing:** Veeam Data Platform leads with 38% of first choices; verdict contested. 63 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Veeam Data Platform](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/veeam-data-platform/index.md) | 38% | 5% | 57 |
| 2 | [Rubrik Security Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/rubrik-security-cloud/index.md) | 22% | 4% | 56 |
| 3 | [Commvault Complete Data Protection](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/commvault-complete-data-protection/index.md) | 10% | 10% | 61 |
| 4 | [Cohesity DataProtect](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cohesity-dataprotect/index.md) | 5% | 7% | 44 |
| 5 | [Druva Data Security Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/druva-data-security-cloud/index.md) | 5% | 0% | 29 |
| 16 | [Zerto](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/zerto/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 17 |
| 17 | [Dell PowerProtect](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dell-powerprotect/index.md) | 0% | 6% | 18 |
| 18 | [Acronis Cyber Protect](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/acronis-cyber-protect/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 10 |
| 21 | [AWS Backup](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/aws-backup/index.md) | 0% | 31% | 13 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 84 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Commvault Complete Data Protection, Veeam Data Platform; alternatives AWS Backup, Google Cloud Backup and DR Service, Microsoft Azure Backup
- GPT-5.4 mini: Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery; alternatives AWS Backup, Google Cloud Backup and DR Service
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Rubrik Security Cloud; alternatives Cohesity DataCloud, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Resiliency Cloud, Veeam Data Platform
- Perplexity Sonar: Veeam Data Platform; alternatives Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security Cloud
- Grok 4.20: Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data Platform; alternatives Cohesity DataProtect, Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery
- Mistral Small: Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data Platform; alternatives Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Veeam Data Platform; alternatives Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security Cloud
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Cohesity DataProtect, Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Backup & Replication; alternatives AWS Backup, Microsoft Azure Backup
- Kimi K2: Veeam Data Platform; alternatives Cohesity DataProtect, Rubrik Security Cloud
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Veeam Backup & Replication; alternatives Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Rubrik Security Cloud
- MiniMax M2.5: Veeam Data Platform; alternatives Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, HYCU R-Cloud, Rubrik Security Cloud
- GPT-6 Luna: Veeam Data Platform; alternatives Azure Backup, Commvault Complete Data Protection
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Veeam Data Platform; alternatives Cohesity [now Cohesity Veritas], Commvault Complete Data Protection, Rubrik Security Cloud

## Sources the answers cite

75 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- eon.io: 30 answers, 54 citations
- veeam.com: 27 answers, 49 citations
- research.oz.spotlightar.com: 19 answers, 20 citations
- cohesity.com: 17 answers, 26 citations
- techtarget.com: 17 answers, 18 citations
- rubrik.com: 16 answers, 25 citations
- solutionsreview.com: 16 answers, 17 citations
- zmanda.com: 15 answers, 20 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://research.oz.spotlightar.com/reports/magic-quadrant-enterprise-backup-and-recovery-software-solutions-2024/leaders (17 answers)
- https://byteplus.com/en/topic/581740 (14 answers)
- https://eon.io/blog/leading-enterprise-backup-platforms (14 answers)
- https://eon.io/blog/enterprise-backup-solutions (13 answers)
- https://techtarget.com/news/The-best-enterprise-data-storage-products-of-2024/858231 (13 answers)
- https://controlmonkey.io/resource/enterprise-cloud-backup-solutions (12 answers)
- https://solutionsreview.com/backup-disaster-recovery/whats-changed-2024-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-enterprise-backup-and-recovery-software-solutions (12 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/cloud/backup-and-disaster-recovery/enterprise (11 answers)
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/backup-disaster-recovery (10 answers)
- https://rubrik.com/collections/rubrik-vs-alternate (10 answers)

## Warned against

- Commvault Complete Data Protection: 6 of 61 labels negative. "Avoid if your team lacks deep expertise or if you don't have a complex, mission-critical app stack" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- AWS Backup: 4 of 13 labels negative. "AWS Backup and similar tools can be appropriate for single-cloud estates, but they can create workload, portability, and skills dependencies" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- Azure Backup: 4 of 8 labels negative. "consider Azure Backup if you're deeply standardized on Microsoft, but Microsoft itself notes scaling to hundreds or thousands of VMs adds complexity" (GPT-5.4 mini, paraphrase prompt)
- Cohesity DataProtect: 3 of 44 labels negative. "Same issue — data-volume-based pricing creates unpredictability as data grows." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Veeam Data Platform at 38%.

- Rubrik Security Cloud: 14% to 22%, +8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 2 of 84, unchanged.
- Veeam Data Platform: 32% to 38%, +6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 1 of 84, unchanged.
- Acronis Cyber Protect: 5% to 0%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 6 → 18 of 84.
- Cohesity DataProtect: 9% to 5%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 4 of 84, unchanged.
- Druva Data Security Cloud: 9% to 5%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 5 of 84, unchanged.
- Commvault Complete Data Protection: 12% to 10%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 3 of 84, unchanged.
- AWS Backup: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 15 → 21 of 84.
- Zerto: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 17 → 16 of 84.
- Dell PowerProtect: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 18 → 17 of 84.
- Veritas Alta Data Protection: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 20 of 84, unchanged.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.