HYCU addresses business-critical SaaS apps and cloud services. HYCU offers disaster recovery for business-critical applications on-premises and in the public cloud. HYCU names admins and users as people who protect and restore critical data with role-based access controls. HYCU names a security team and auditors as groups for whom backup data becomes searchable and explainable with aiR.

How does CISO Tribune file HYCU?

CISO Tribune files HYCU under Backup and cyber recovery.

Where is HYCU headquartered?

HYCU is headquartered in Boston, United States.

Company record · security vendor

HYCU

Where HYCU appears on the record (15)

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Compared with (14): vs Acronis, vs Cohesity, vs Commvault, vs Druva, vs Freeit Data Solutions, vs Halcyon, vs Hornetsecurity, vs Keepit, vs Object First, vs Rubrik, vs Spin.AI, vs Telia, vs Veeam, vs Xobee Networks
In the vendor directory: Backup and cyber recovery vendors · primary category

What the company sells

HYCU sells a platform that protects 100+ workloads across AI systems, SaaS applications, cloud environments and on-premises infrastructure. HYCU Data Resiliency Cloud (R-Cloud) is offered as Data Protection as a Service. HYCU R-Cloud gives a view of the entire data estate across public and private clouds, traditional apps and databases, and SaaS, PaaS and DBaaS. HYCU states that 4,800+ organizations in 78 countries protect what matters with HYCU.

HYCU R-Cloud has a single pane of glass dashboard that provides a bird's eye view of the data estate. HYCU offers self-service with role-based access controls so admins and users can protect and restore critical data. HYCU supports granular recovery of elements across the data estate, in the terminology native to each platform or application being recovered.

HYCU covers backup and recovery with agentless, application-consistent backup and granular recovery. HYCU offers an agentless disaster recovery solution that enables failover to public cloud. HYCU disaster recovery covers business-critical applications on-premises and in the public cloud. HYCU supports failover to the cloud from on-premises sites or between public clouds. HYCU provides one single interface to perform disaster recovery, backup and migrations for on-premises and public cloud environments. HYCU offers hybrid and multi-cloud data management with cross-platform capabilities and a single pane of glass approach. HYCU offers on-demand migrations and cross-platform data mobility.

HYCU describes a security-first architecture and immutable, air-gapped backups with 100% data sovereignty. HYCU says zero agents are required for VMs, applications and servers. HYCU states that customers own their data and can choose any storage, both on-premises and in the cloud. HYCU builds data protection specifically for each backup source with deep API integration.

With aiR, backup data becomes searchable and explainable to a security team, auditors and AI. HYCU describes querying a backup the way a data warehouse is queried, to find risk, patterns and answers in stored data. HYCU backs up and versions systems of record and restores them.

HYCU R-Cloud provides autopilot protection of Google Cloud CloudSQL. Google Cloud CloudSQL can host critical data within databases running PostgresSQL, Microsoft SQL and MySQL.

HYCU for Google Workspace provides protection for emails, Shared Drive, My Drive, Contacts, Calendars and Tasks. HYCU for Google Workspace supports GDPR compliance and Legal holds, storing audit-ready backups. HYCU performs granular and full recovery of Shared Drive and My Drive files. HYCU offers bi-directional email migration between Gmail mailboxes, Microsoft 365 and HEX (Hosted Exchange). The backup target used by HYCU for Google Workspace is compliant with SOC 1,2 and 3, ISO27001, FedRAMP, FISMA, DIACAP, DOD CSM Levels 1-5 and FIPS 140-2. HYCU describes HYCU for Google Workspace as true SaaS with zero agents.

HYCU auto-discovers XenServer VMs, enables scheduled backup and supports VM restore. HYCU discovers, automates and orchestrates backups and restores across Nutanix and Azure NC2. HYCU enables automatic backup and restores of Draw.IO content from supported storage or integrations. HYCU automates backup and enables restore for Jira Assets and configurations.^{[2][4][6][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Categories: Backup and cyber recovery (primary category)
Compare HYCU with companies in the same category
Headquarters: Boston, United States^[1]
Founded: 2018^[1]
Ownership: Privately held^[1][5][7]
CISO on record: Not yet on our record. Send a verified source
Website: hycu.com

Products and services

Product names as the company writes them; what each does, in our words, from the company's own product pages. Never how well it does it.

HYCU^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}
A platform protecting 100+ workloads across AI systems, SaaS applications, cloud environments and on-premises infrastructure.
HYCU builds data protection specifically for each backup source with deep API integration. HYCU says zero agents are required for VMs, applications and servers. HYCU states that customers own their data and can choose any storage, both on-premises and in the cloud.
HYCU R-Cloud^[5][9]
HYCU Data Resiliency Cloud (R-Cloud) is offered as Data Protection as a Service.
HYCU R-Cloud has a single pane of glass dashboard that provides a bird's eye view of the data estate. HYCU supports granular recovery of elements across the data estate.
aiR^[3][4][6]
With aiR, backup data becomes searchable and explainable to a security team, auditors and AI.
HYCU for Google Workspace^[10]
HYCU for Google Workspace provides protection for emails, Shared Drive, My Drive, Contacts, Calendars and Tasks.
HYCU for Google Workspace supports GDPR compliance and Legal holds, storing audit-ready backups. HYCU performs granular and full recovery of Shared Drive and My Drive files. HYCU describes HYCU for Google Workspace as true SaaS with zero agents.

Competitors and alternatives

The other companies on our record filed under the same categories, category by category: first those that lead with that category and share more of HYCU's categories, then alphabetical. A list from the record, never a ranking.

On backup and cyber recovery, HYCU competes with Acronis, Cohesity, Commvault, Druva, Keepit, Object First, Rubrik, Veeam, Freeit Data Solutions, Halcyon and 4 more.

References

Every fact above cites one of these by number. Tier A is the company itself, a regulator or a filing; tier B is trade or business press.

[1]CompanyHYCU, Inc. · hycu.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[2]Bain capital ventures leads 87 5m series a round to accelerate growth and innovation for boston based hycuHYCU, Inc. · hycu.com · published March 30, 2021 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[3]HYCU aiR detects insider risk and AI activity from backupsHelp Net Security · published May 14, 2026 · Tier B: trade or business press
[4]Data Protection Solutions by Use Case & Industry | HYCUHYCU · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[5]Data Backup & Recovery | Cloud Based Solution | Backup | HYCUHYCU · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[6]HYCU: #1 AI Resilience CompanyHYCU · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[7]Disaster Recovery Solution | Data Backup & Recovery | HYCUHYCU · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[8]Secure, reliable backup & recovery for Amazon RDS | HYCUHYCU · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[9]Marketplace Integration Google CloudSQL | HYCUHYCU · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[10]Backup as a Service purpose-built for Google Workspace | HYCUHYCU · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[11]HYCU for Citrix XenServer Backup and Recovery | HYCUHYCU · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[12]HYCU for Dell PowerFlex with Nutanix Cloud Backup and Recovery | HYCUHYCU · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[13]HYCU for Nutanix NC2 on Azure Backup and Recovery | HYCUHYCU · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[14]HYCU for Draw.IO Backup and Recovery | HYCUHYCU · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[15]HYCU for Jira Assets Backup and Recovery | HYCUHYCU · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing

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Security leadership

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Questions CISOs ask about HYCU

What does HYCU sell?: HYCU sells HYCU, HYCU R-Cloud, aiR and HYCU for Google Workspace. HYCU: A platform protecting 100+ workloads across AI systems, SaaS applications, cloud environments and on-premises infrastructure. HYCU R-Cloud: HYCU Data Resiliency Cloud (R-Cloud) is offered as Data Protection as a Service. aiR: With aiR, backup data becomes searchable and explainable to a security team, auditors and AI. HYCU for Google Workspace: HYCU for Google Workspace provides protection for emails, Shared Drive, My Drive, Contacts, Calendars and Tasks.
Who does HYCU fit?: HYCU addresses business-critical SaaS apps and cloud services. HYCU offers disaster recovery for business-critical applications on-premises and in the public cloud. HYCU names admins and users as people who protect and restore critical data with role-based access controls. HYCU names a security team and auditors as groups for whom backup data becomes searchable and explainable with aiR.
How does CISO Tribune file HYCU?: CISO Tribune files HYCU under Backup and cyber recovery.
Where is HYCU headquartered?: HYCU is headquartered in Boston, United States.
When was HYCU founded?: HYCU was founded in 2018.
Who owns HYCU?: HYCU is privately held.

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