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What is HYCU
HYCU is a data protection platform that provides backup, recovery, and disaster recovery workflows for virtualized, cloud, and SaaS environments. It targets IT operations and infrastructure teams that need policy-based protection for applications and data across on-premises and public cloud. The product emphasizes application-aware protection and simplified management through pre-built integrations and templates for supported platforms. HYCU also supports recovery use cases such as granular file/object restore and orchestrated recovery for business continuity.
Broad workload coverage
HYCU supports protection for multiple environment types, including virtualization platforms, public cloud services, and several SaaS applications. This helps organizations standardize backup and recovery processes across heterogeneous estates. It can reduce the need to operate separate tools for different workload classes. Coverage varies by integration, but the platform is designed for multi-environment use.
Application-aware recovery workflows
HYCU focuses on protecting applications with awareness of underlying components rather than treating all data as generic files. It provides guided workflows and templates for backup, restore, and disaster recovery for supported applications and platforms. This can shorten recovery time by reducing manual steps during restores. It also supports granular recovery options in supported scenarios (for example, file-level or object-level restores).
Orchestrated DR capabilities
HYCU includes disaster recovery features that help coordinate failover and failback activities across protected workloads. It supports defining recovery plans and executing recovery in a controlled sequence for supported platforms. This is useful for business continuity testing and repeatable DR operations. DR functionality depends on the target environment and the specific integration in use.
Integration-dependent feature depth
Capabilities such as granularity of restores, application consistency options, and DR orchestration can differ by platform and connector. Organizations may find that some workloads have richer functionality than others. This can complicate standardization if critical systems rely on less mature integrations. Validation against the exact workload list is typically required before adoption.
Not a migration-first tool
While HYCU can support recovery to alternate locations and cloud targets, its primary design centers on protection and recoverability rather than large-scale content migration. Teams focused on one-time tenant-to-tenant or repository-to-repository migrations may need specialized migration tooling. Using a backup product for migration can introduce additional planning around data mapping and cutover. This is especially relevant for collaboration content and user data moves.
Operational planning still required
Backup and DR outcomes depend on storage sizing, retention policies, network throughput, and recovery testing discipline. HYCU can simplify workflows, but it does not remove the need for designing RPO/RTO targets and validating restores. Organizations may need to invest time in runbook creation and periodic DR exercises. Compliance requirements (immutability, legal hold, audit evidence) may require additional configuration and supporting processes.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan / Product | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Workforce Identity Suite (SaaS) | $1.20 per user/month* | Protects AWS IAM, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta Workforce Identity. (Listed on HYCU pricing page.) |
| Microsoft 365 (SaaS) | $2.25 per user/month* | Protects Exchange Online, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Teams. |
| Atlassian Suite (SaaS) | $4.00 per user/month* | Protects Confluence, Jira, Jira Product Discovery, Jira Service Management, Timesheets by Tempo, Trello. |
| DevOps Suite (SaaS) | $4.00 per user/month* | Protects Bitbucket, CircleCI, GitHub, GitLab, Terraform. |
| Productivity Suite (SaaS) | $4.00 per user/month* | Protects Asana, ClickUp, Miro, Notion, Podio, Trello, Typeform, Wrike. |
| Salesforce, Google Workspace, Box, DocuSign, iManage (SaaS) | Request Quote | HYCU lists these enterprise SaaS products as "per user" or "per TB" with pricing available by quote. |
| HYCU Starter Bundle (small org eligibility) | Starts at $5,000 per year (organizations <100 employees) | Starter Bundle for eligible orgs; includes limits (e.g., up to 50 VMs, up to 10 TB, up to 100 SaaS users). 12‑month minimum contract. Purchase via HYCU or authorized resellers. |
| HYCU Starter Bundle (100–200 employees) | Starts at $7,500 per year (organizations 100–200 employees) | Same as above; eligibility and regional variants noted on HYCU pages. |
| HYCU Protégé — Data Migration (partner offering) | $99 per VM (one-time) | Listed in HYCU press release as available via authorized partners. |
| HYCU Protégé — Disaster Recovery (partner offering) | $24 per VM per month | Listed in HYCU press release as available via authorized partners. |
| HYCU for Azure — Pay-as-you-go | Pay-as-you-go (marketplace billing) | HYCU for Azure offers a pay-as-you-go plan ("pay only for what you use") and a token-based subscription option (contact HYCU sales for token details). See HYCU Azure docs and Azure Marketplace for pay-as-you-go specifics. |
| Other infrastructure, DBaaS, AI foundations protection | Request Quote / Contact Sales | HYCU lists many workload types (VMs, file shares, object storage, databases, data warehouses, vector DBs) and directs users to request a quote or contact sales for pricing. |
*Prices shown on HYCU's official pricing page. Many workload categories are "Request Quote" or sold via quotes/partners.
Seller details
HYCU, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2018
Private
https://www.hycu.com/
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