BDR Shield
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Vembu Technologies develops and sells BDRShield (formerly BDRSuite), a cloud-managed hybrid backup and cyber-resilience software platform designed for businesses, MSPs, and channel partners. The platform protects a wide range of IT workloads including virtual machines, physical servers, endpoints, SaaS applications, cloud VMs, NAS/file shares, and databases, with support for local, cloud, and hybrid storage. BDRShield includes built-in ransomware protection features such as immutable backups, an...
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Ideal Customer
- BDRShield's sweet spot is SMBs and mid-market organizations with 50–300 employees operating hybrid IT environments (a mix of on-premises VMs, physical servers, and cloud workloads) and lean IT teams of 2–4 admins managing 50+ VMs.
- The platform is equally well-suited for MSPs delivering managed backup and disaster recovery services to multiple client tenants, particularly those seeking a cost-effective, white-label alternative to Datto, Veeam, or Acronis.
Key Differentiators
- BDRShield's primary differentiator is aggressive pricing — claiming up to 70% lower total cost of ownership compared to Veeam and Acronis, with per-workload pricing starting as low as $1.80/month and no minimum commitments or hardware appliance requirements.
- The platform's patented VembuHIVE file system turns every incremental backup into an instantly mountable restore point, enabling fast granular recovery without full rebuilds.
Industries Served
- BDRShield serves a broad cross-section of industries including IT services, BFSI (banking, financial services, and insurance), healthcare, education, manufacturing, retail, telecom, logistics, and the public sector.
- The platform's compliance-ready features make it particularly well-suited for regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare networks, and government, where data loss can trigger legal consequences.
Service Coverage
- BDRShield (by Vembu Technologies) is headquartered at 4141 Hacienda Drive, Pleasanton, CA 94588, and operates as a global vendor with solutions available worldwide.
- The company serves customers and partners in more than 100 countries, with recent channel expansion into Central Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia via AD Distribution), India (via Savex Technologies and other distributors), the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America, and the GCC/UAE region.
Partnerships
- BDRShield's Technology Alliance Partners include VMware, NetApp, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Red Hat, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Microsoft, enabling deep integrations across virtualization, storage, and public cloud ecosystems.
- The platform offers PSA/RMM integration and a Web Services API for MSPs, with documented support for ConnectWise and Autotask PSA environments.
Company Size & Ownership
- BDRShield is a product of Vembu Technologies, founded in November 2002 by Sekar Vembu.
- The company has approximately 250–280 employees across its global operations (with around 120 in its core engineering/product organization based in Chennai, India, and additional staff supporting US and international go-to-market).
Compliance & Certifications
- BDRShield is designed to help customers meet major regulatory frameworks including HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001, FIPS 140-2, and PCI DSS, with built-in security controls such as AES-256 encryption in transit and at rest, immutable backups, MFA, role-based access control, and audit logs.
- The platform explicitly states it enables businesses across the US, EU, India, and other regions to meet these global regulations, and includes compliance-ready reporting to simplify audits.
Compiled from public sources by VenSearch · Last researched October 13, 2026
Offerings
33 offeringsAWS Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides agentless EC2 instance backup for AWS environments with entire instance and volume-level recovery, and options to store backups in the cloud or on-premises.
Azure Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides agentless VM backup for Azure environments with entire VM and volume-level recovery, and options to store backups in the cloud or on-premises.
Backup as a Service (BaaS) for MSPs
BDRShield's BaaS platform enables MSPs to deliver managed backup and disaster recovery services to their clients from a multi-tenant, centralized cloud or self-hosted management console with white-label branding capabilities. It covers all client workloads including VMs (VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox, KVM, oVirt), servers, endpoints, SaaS applications (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace), cloud VMs (AWS, Azure), and databases/applications (Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, MySQL, PostgreSQL), with flexible pay-as-you-go licensing and no minimums or quotas. MSPs also receive PSA/RMM integration, Web Services API, an MSP billing portal, 24/7 support, co-branded marketing materials, and sales enablement resources.
Backup Storage Pool (VMware Backup Storage Targets)
BDRShield's backup storage pool feature provides flexible repository options for storing VMware and other workload backups, including Simple Repository (single storage volume), Scale-Out Repository (pooling multiple volumes that expand automatically), and Disk Rotation Repository (USB/external drive rotation for air-gapped offline copies). It also integrates with object storage repositories including Amazon S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage, and S3-compatible providers like Wasabi, MinIO, and Backblaze. This allows organizations to store primary backups, backup copies, and offsite replication data across block and object storage seamlessly.
Backup to Local Storage
BDRShield's local storage backup capability allows organizations to store backups on-premises using DAS (Direct Attached Storage), NAS (Network Attached Storage), SAN (Storage Area Network), or traditional tape drives for air-gapped and offline protection. It supports backup of file servers, Windows and Linux servers, Mac and Windows endpoints, SaaS applications, and agentless backup of VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox, KVM, oVirt, and application databases to local repositories. Features include immutable backups, AES-256 encryption at rest, tape drive support for long-term compliance retention, and flexible scaling without vendor lock-in.
Backup to Public Cloud
BDRShield's public cloud backup integration allows businesses and MSPs to store backup data in Amazon S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage, or S3-compatible providers such as Wasabi, MinIO, and Backblaze B2 using the customer's own cloud accounts. It supports backup of virtual machines, physical servers, endpoints, SaaS applications, and databases with AES-256 encryption, immutable backups for ransomware protection, and multi-cloud redundancy. MSPs can manage multiple client tenants from a centralized console while directing backups to each client's preferred cloud storage.
BDRShield Cloud Backup
BDRShield Cloud Backup is a fully managed cloud backup solution that stores data directly on BDRShield's proprietary cloud infrastructure (BDRCloud), eliminating the need for on-premises backup servers or storage. It covers Windows and Linux servers, Windows, Mac, and Linux endpoints, and SaaS applications including Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, with automated scheduling, AES-256 encryption in transit and at rest, immutable backups for ransomware protection, and flexible retention policies for HIPAA, PCI DSS, and other compliance requirements. A centralized web-based console provides remote management for distributed environments.
BDRShield Cloud-Managed Hybrid Backup with Cyber-Resilience
BDRShield is a cloud-managed hybrid backup and cyber-resilience platform that provides a centralized cloud or on-premise management console for protecting endpoints, servers, virtual machines, SaaS applications, cloud VMs, NAS/file shares, and databases. It supports hybrid storage across local, BDRShield Cloud, and bring-your-own public cloud storage, and includes ransomware protection features such as immutable backups, anomaly detection, AES-256 encryption, MFA, malware scanning, and instant recovery. The platform is built for SMBs, enterprises, and MSPs with flexible per-workload subscription licensing.
BDRShield Partner Program — Distributor
BDRShield offers a Distributor partner tier for wholesale channel distribution of BDRShield licenses and services, with access to volume-based incentives, go-to-market support, deal registration and protection, and sales enablement resources.
BDRShield Partner Program — OEM
BDRShield offers an OEM partner program allowing technology vendors to embed or integrate BDRShield backup and disaster recovery capabilities into their own products and services.
BDRShield Partner Program — Reseller / VAR
BDRShield's Reseller and Value-Added Reseller partner tier allows channel partners to resell BDRShield products with higher margins, deal registration and protection, lead generation support, co-marketing funds (MDF), joint promotions, and sales training and certification resources.
BDRShield Partner Program — Service Provider
BDRShield's Service Provider partner tier allows MSPs to resell and deliver BDRShield-powered backup and disaster recovery services to clients, with access to a multi-tenant cloud console, white-label branding, PSA/RMM integration, centralized billing, volume-based pricing incentives, and no sales quotas or lock-ins. Partners receive pre-sales assistance, training and certification, co-branded marketing materials, MDF, and 24/7 technical support.
BDRShield Partner Program — Technology Alliance Partner
BDRShield's Technology Alliance Partner program provides technology vendors with integration and co-development opportunities. Existing alliance partners include VMware, NetApp, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Red Hat, AWS, and Microsoft.
Disaster Recovery (DRaaS)
BDRShield offers Disaster Recovery as a Service capabilities including offsite copies, data replication, and failover and failback to minimize downtime and maintain business continuity. It supports near-instant disaster recovery with RTO and RPO under 15 minutes, cross-platform migration (V2V, P2V), and the ability to spin up VMs and servers in the cloud or alternate locations during an outage.
Endpoint Backup Software
BDRShield's endpoint backup solution protects Windows and Mac laptops, desktops, and workstations through disk-image level and file/folder level backups with a cloud-managed or self-hosted centralized console. It supports storage on local, BDRShield Cloud, or bring-your-own public cloud (S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud, Wasabi, MinIO), with features including bare-metal recovery, instant VM boot, granular file/folder recovery, AES-256 encryption, immutable backups, and near-continuous data protection with a 15-minute RPO. Remote workers and distributed endpoints are supported through the centralized management console.
Google Workspace Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides cloud-to-cloud backup for Google Workspace including Gmail, Google Drive, and Shared Drive, with options to store backups locally or in the cloud and the ability to restore to the same or a different user.
Hyper-V Backup & Replication
BDRShield provides agentless VM backup and replication for Hyper-V Cluster and Standalone host environments, supporting instant VM and granular recovery with options to store backups locally or in the cloud.
KVM Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides agentless VM backup for KVM-based virtual machines with instant VM restore and granular recovery capabilities, and options to store backups locally or in the cloud.
Linux Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides file-level backup and recovery for Linux endpoints and servers, with options to store backups locally or in the cloud and remote backup managed through a centralized console.
Linux Server Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides file-level backup and recovery for Linux servers, with options to store backups locally or in the cloud and remote backup managed through a centralized console.
Mac Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides file-level backup and recovery for Mac laptops and desktops, with flexible storage options including local and cloud destinations and centralized management.
Microsoft 365 Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides cloud-to-cloud backup for Microsoft 365 including Mails, OneDrive, Sites, and Teams, with options to store backups locally or in the cloud and the ability to restore to the same or a different user.
MS Exchange Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides image-level and application-level backup for Microsoft Exchange Server with instant granular restore capabilities, and options to store backups locally or in the cloud.
MS SharePoint Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides image-level and application-level backup for Microsoft SharePoint Server with instant granular restore capabilities, and options to store backups locally or in the cloud.
MySQL Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides image-level and database-level backup for MySQL databases with instant granular restore capabilities, and options to store backups locally or in the cloud.
NAS Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides file-level backup and recovery for NAS devices supporting CIFS/NFS shares across Windows and Linux, with options to store backups locally or in the cloud.
oVirt Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides agentless VM backup for oVirt virtualization infrastructure with instant VM restore and granular recovery capabilities, and options to store backups locally or in the cloud.
PostgreSQL Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides image-level and database-level backup for PostgreSQL databases with instant granular restore capabilities, and options to store backups locally or in the cloud.
Proxmox VE Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides agentless VM backup for Proxmox VE environments with instant VM restore and granular recovery capabilities, and options to store backups locally or in the cloud.
SQL Server Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides image-level and database-level backup for Microsoft SQL Server with instant granular restore capabilities, and options to store backups locally or in the cloud.
VMware Backup & Replication
BDRShield provides agentless VM backup and replication for VMware vCenter and ESXi virtual machines, supporting instant VM and granular recovery with options to store backups locally or in the cloud.
Windows Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides disk-image backup and bare-metal recovery (BMR) for Windows laptops, desktops, and workstations, with file-level backup and remote backup capabilities managed through a centralized console. Backups can be stored locally or in the cloud.
Windows Server Backup & Recovery
BDRShield provides disk-image backup and bare-metal recovery (BMR) for Windows Servers, with file-level backup and remote backup capabilities managed through a centralized console. Backups can be stored locally or in the cloud.
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