Vinchin Backup & Recovery
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free Edition | permanent · up to 3 virtual machines · limited functionality · no technical support, upgrades or maintenance | Free |
| Standard Edition | perpetual or subscription · up to 10 physical CPU sockets · VMware-focused feature set | On request |
| Enterprise Edition | perpetual or subscription · unlimited license numbers · broad multi-hypervisor support | On request |
As vinchin.com lists them, read 21 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from Vinchin Backup & Recovery's own pages
- Agentless VM backup
- The product performs image-based, agentless backups for supported virtual machines at the hypervisor level. · helpcenter.vinchin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Backup methods
- Supported VM backup methods include full, incremental, differential and forever-incremental backups. · vinchin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Backup scope
- mixed · vinchin.com, 19 Sept 2026
- Cloud integrations
- The product supports backup or archiving for AWS, Azure, Huawei Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Wasabi, MinIO and Ceph storage services. · vinchin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Company founded
- LinkedIn states that Vinchin was established in 2015. · linkedin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters and size
- LinkedIn lists Chengdu, Sichuan, China as headquarters and the company size as 201–500 employees. · linkedin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Computer backup
- Yes · vinchin.com, 19 Sept 2026
- Cross-platform migration
- Vinchin supports bidirectional agentless V2V migration between supported virtualization platforms. · helpcenter.vinchin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Database protection
- Database functions cover Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB and related transaction or archive-log backups with point-in-time recovery options. · vinchin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Deployment model
- The backup server is self-hosted and can be installed on a physical server or as a virtual machine on an existing virtualization platform. · helpcenter.vinchin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The public help center provides versioned user guides covering installation, monitoring, backup, replication, CDP, data resilience, resources and system administration, plus release notes and a knowledge base. · vinchin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Download packages
- Version 9.0 downloads include a 13.10-GB core ISO, a 4.44-GB agent add-ons pack and a 17.70-GB full installation ISO. · vinchin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Firewall and API control
- Administrators can enable the built-in firewall, disable SSH, and disable port 8080 to block API access. · helpcenter.vinchin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2015 · vinchin.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · vinchin.com, 19 Sept 2026
- Granular recovery
- The feature set includes file-level and granular recovery so individual files can be restored without restoring an entire VM. · vinchin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Hypervisor integrations
- Supported virtualization platforms listed by Vinchin include VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, XCP-ng, oVirt, RHV, Oracle OLVM, OpenStack, Proxmox, Sangfor HCI, Huawei FusionCompute, H3C CAS/UIS, ZStack and others. · vinchin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Instant recovery
- Vinchin can boot a failed virtual machine directly from backup data using instant VM recovery. · vinchin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Kubernetes backup
- Kubernetes jobs can protect namespaces or applications together with associated persistent volumes, with WORM protection and integrity checks. · helpcenter.vinchin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Legal name and funding
- Crunchbase identifies the legal name as Chengdu Vinchin Technology Co., Ltd. and lists a private Series A financing history. · crunchbase.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: API extensibility
- A Capterra reviewer said the API documentation is incomplete, making custom DevOps automation harder than expected. · capterra.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: documentation and reporting
- G2 reviewers report vague guidance for advanced disaster-recovery configuration, insufficient log detail, and room for better reporting and interface customization. · g2.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: enterprise polish
- Capterra reviews mention an older-feeling interface, limited reporting customization, incomplete advanced monitoring and documentation gaps for complex configurations. · capterra.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- windows,linux · vinchin.com, 19 Sept 2026
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