Your backup stack has a stack problem.
One tool for VMware, another for physical servers, a vault subscription for immutability, an AI add-on on the roadmap. Compass protects x86, VMware, and virtual workloads with everything built in — and it also covers the IBM workloads other vendors can't touch.
How does Compass protect x86 and virtualized environments? Compass backs up physical x86 servers, VMware, and virtual machines through the same SaaS platform that protects your databases, enterprise applications, IBM Power workloads, and cloud environments.
- Physical x86, VMware, and virtual machines protected natively — one console, one policy engine
- Same platform covers databases (SAP HANA, Oracle, DB2), enterprise apps (Epic), IBM Power, and cloud
- One all-inclusive license priced on post-deduplicated, post-compression data
- Zero Access® security and immutable copies built in — no add-on to buy
- Automates daily backup administration, with no self-managed backup servers to build
One platform, everything protected
Instead of stitching together point products, Compass protects your Windows, Linux, and x86 servers — physical and virtual — through a single platform, with native integration across operating systems, databases, and applications. The same platform extends to macOS, legacy UNIX (HP-UX Itanium, Solaris SPARC), NAS, IBM Storage Scale, and IBM Power, so no workload is left to a separate "best-effort" tool.
Windows & Linux x86
Physical and virtual x86 servers protected natively, under one policy engine.
VMware & virtual machines
Hypervisor-aware, application-consistent protection across your virtual estate.
Databases
Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL — application-consistent.
Enterprise applications
SAP HANA, Exchange, and other enterprise applications in the same platform.
The same protection, wherever your workloads run
Compass protects the workloads in your brick-and-mortar data centers and delivers the same experience across co-located facilities and the cloud — where you can even explore backup options that don't exist on-premises, without switching platforms or relicensing.
- Removes technology-management silos — one framework for data protection
- Cuts the time teams spend on training and infrastructure maintenance
- Enterprise workloads like Oracle on AIX, SAP HANA on Linux, and SQL Server on Windows managed under one solution
- Simplicity that translates into resilience for hybrid architectures and compliance demands
- Backup becomes a strategic advantage, not a patchwork of stopgaps
How Compass Wins V.S. the Big Platform Vendors
Cohesity, Commvault, and Veeam are credible for x86. Here's where they stop and Compass keeps going.
| Compass | Cohesity / Commvault / Veeam | |
|---|---|---|
| x86 & Virtualization | ✓ Native for physical, VMware, and virtual — plus every other workload | ✗ Strong for x86/virtual, separate tools beyond it |
| Everything included | ✓ Security, vaulting, and VTL included; DR copy available | ✗ Vaults, cleanrooms, and AI sold as add-ons |
| Delivery | ✓ SaaS-delivered, self-updating — no software lifecycle to manage | ✗ Appliances or customer-managed software common |
| Attack surface | ✓ No login to the backup infrastructure to steal | ✗ Industry has documented incidents and CVEs |
| Admin burden | ✓ Automated daily backup administration. | ✗ Dedicated admin teams typical |