Unitrends

Unitrends brings four decades of backup and disaster recovery heritage to the MSP and mid-market segment, and Recovery Assurance, which automatically validates that every backup is not just complete but actually bootable and recoverable, addresses the same core concern that Veeam's SureBackup technology solves at enterprise scale. Following the 2020 Kaseya acquisition, integration with the broader Kaseya MSP toolstack, including VSA and BMS, has deepened, creating genuine operational efficiency for MSPs already standardised on Kaseya's platform for remote monitoring and management.

The honest consideration worth naming directly is Kaseya's broader security incident history. The July 2021 VSA supply chain attack, which affected Kaseya's MSP customers and cascaded to their downstream clients, did not directly involve Unitrends as a product, but it is relevant context for buyers conducting vendor risk assessment on the parent company, and worth factoring into a genuinely complete evaluation alongside the technical merits of the Unitrends product itself.

The verdict: Unitrends is right for MSPs already invested in the broader Kaseya toolstack wanting backup with automated recovery verification. Organisations wanting the simplest cloud-native deployment, or those weighing Kaseya's incident history as a significant factor, should evaluate Veeam or Datto BCDR instead.

Last reviewed: September 2026

Strongest: Workload coverage

Watch out for: RPO / RTO observability

Best for

MSPs already invested in the broader Kaseya toolstack wanting backup and disaster recovery with automated recovery verification integrated into their existing management platform.

Not suitable for: Organisations wanting the simplest possible cloud-native deployment, or those conducting vendor risk assessment who want to evaluate Kaseya's broader security incident history as part of their decision.