Cove Data Protection wins Omdia BDR Champion for the third consecutive

TL;DR: Cove Data Protection™ by N‑able has been named a Champion in the 2026 Omdia Global Managed Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR) Leadership Matrix for the third consecutive year. The recognition reflects sustained excellence in technology, partner go-to-market performance, and ongoing innovation across backup, anomaly detection, and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) capabilities.

For an independent analyst firm to rank you among the top performers in a competitive market once is noteworthy. Three years in a row is a different kind of statement. It means the bar kept rising, and Cove Data Protection kept clearing it.

Omdia, one of the world’s leading technology research and analysis firms, publishes its Global Managed BDR Leadership Matrix annually to evaluate vendors delivering backup and disaster recovery technology to, through, and with the MSP community. In 2026, N‑able secured Champion status for Cove Data Protection for the third consecutive year, placing it alongside only four other vendors in the top quadrant of a field that included 15 evaluated companies.

This isn’t a participation award. It’s a rigorous, multi-dimensional assessment, and earning it repeatedly signals something durable about how Cove is built, how it performs for partners, and where it’s headed.

What the Omdia BDR Champion award recognizes

The Omdia Global Managed BDR Leadership Matrix evaluates vendors across three primary inputs: an independent analyst assessment, ecosystem feedback from the partner community, and performance metrics including revenue growth and market share. Vendors are then scored on two axes, leadership and momentum, and placed into one of four quadrants: Champion, Contender, Scaler, or Foundation.

To earn Champion status, a vendor must demonstrate the highest levels of excellence in both channel and technology capability over the prior 12 months, as assessed by Omdia analysts and the partner community alike.

Placement is determined by:

• Analyst assessment: Partner vision and leadership, execution of partner strategy, portfolio competitiveness, and channel initiatives
• Ecosystem feedback: Partner program and enablement metrics, sales engagement, and the overall partner experience
• Performance metrics: Revenue growth and market share relative to peer vendors

In 2026, just five vendors achieved Champion status from a field of 15.  N‑able was one of four Champions to retain that status from the prior year, which Omdia noted as „an impressive achievement.“

The Leadership Matrix was originally developed by Canalys and is now fully integrated into Omdia, carrying forward the same rigorous methodology and market credibility.

Why three consecutive years matters

Earning Champion status once reflects strong performance in a given year. Earning it three times in a row reflects something more important: consistency.

The managed BDR market is growing fast. Omdia estimates managed backup and disaster recovery services, including Backup as a Service (BaaS) and DRaaS, will reach approximately $38 billion in 2026, growing at more than 16%. As that market expands, the competitive field sharpens. New entrants arrive. Established players acquire and extend. The vendors that hold their Champion position across multiple cycles are the ones whose technology, partner programs, and execution keep pace with where the market is actually going.

Cove Data Protection has done exactly that.

Since its first Champion recognition, Cove has evolved from a strong cloud-native backup platform into a full data resilience platform built for the threat reality MSPs and IT teams face today. Key milestones driving this recognition include:

• Cove crossed $200 million in annual revenue in 2025, accounting for 38.5% of N‑able quarterly revenue by Q4 2025, making backup and disaster recovery the largest single contributor to the company’s total business
• N‑able now protects more than 500,000 businesses globally, supported by a partner base of more than 25,000 MSPs
• DRaaS launched inside Cove at Empower 2026, giving MSPs and IT teams a co-managed disaster recovery service with approximately 15-minute failover, an isolated cyber cleanroom, and a dedicated Critical Restore hotline, all managed from the existing Cove dashboard
• Three-quarters of MSPs report they’re moving toward co-managed engagements, with the Cove platform helping partners win larger CIO- and CISO-level conversations

This trajectory didn’t happen by accident. It reflects deliberate investment in the capabilities that matter most to MSPs navigating a threat landscape where, according to Sophos research, 94% of ransomware attacks target backups, and 57% of those attempts succeed.

What customers are saying

Third-party recognition carries weight. Customer outcomes carry more.

The MSPs and IT teams running Cove in production, across real incidents, under real pressure, are the most credible validators of what the platform delivers.

„Two thumbs up on peace of mind. We had a ransomware attack recently and it was a simple recovery.“— Chris Soutar, Entré Computer Solutions

„Cove has saved us so many times.“— Art Ocain, Airiam

These aren’t controlled scenarios. They’re live ransomware events and real recovery moments, where the platform performed under the conditions that matter most.

A note from N‑able leadership

„Data protection is a core part of cyber resilience, and Cove’s continued recognition as a Champion for three years running reflects the differentiators that set it apart: ease of use, operational efficiency, and the ability to scale with our customers‘ businesses,“ said Chris Groot, General Manager of Cove. „With DRaaS now integrated into Cove, we’re helping businesses reduce recovery complexity and deliver the always-on business resilience their customers increasingly expect.“

This recognition follows N‑able’s third consecutive Champion placement in the Omdia RMM and PSA Leadership Matrix earlier in 2026, reinforcing the company’s broader position as a leading platform for MSPs building security, efficiency, and resilience into their service stacks.

What this means for your business

For MSPs and IT teams evaluating backup and disaster recovery solutions, independent analyst recognition removes a significant layer of uncertainty from the decision.

Here’s what that recognition translates to in practice:

• Proven technology at scale. Cove’s cloud-native, isolated-by-design architecture protects servers, workstations, and Microsoft 365 data with immutable Fortified Copies, real-time anomaly detection, and AI/ML-powered automated recovery testing with a 99%+ boot verification success rate.
• Compliance-ready by design. Cove is certified ISO 27001 and SOC 2, and meets PCI-DSS and HIPAA standards, with mandatory multi-factor authentication enforced platform-wide. These aren’t configurations you have to set up; they’re built into how the platform works.
• Recovery confidence you can document. Automated recovery testing continuously validates that backups can actually be restored, producing timestamped proof of recoverability that satisfies cyber insurance carriers and compliance audits without manual effort.
• A partner that invests with you. Three consecutive Champion recognitions signal that N‑able is not standing still. The platform that earns this recognition today is not the same platform it was three years ago, and that trajectory matters when you’re choosing a long-term data protection partner.

What’s next for Cove Data Protection

The 2026 Omdia recognition reflects where Cove is. The product roadmap reflects where it’s going.

With DRaaS now integrated into the platform, MSPs can offer enterprise-grade disaster recovery as a co-managed service, without building DR infrastructure, hiring DR specialists, or absorbing unpredictable hyperscaler costs. Flat per-device pricing makes it straightforward to package and resell.

Backup as a category is evolving. The shift from business continuity to full cyber resilience, from fast recovery to forensically sound cyber recovery, is where the market is heading. Cove is already there.

Read the full award citation and explore Cove

• [Read the Omdia Global Managed BDR Leadership Matrix 2026] — Access the full report to see how Cove and other Champions were assessed
• [Start a free trial of Cove Data Protection] — Experience the platform MSPs trust to protect more than 500,000 businesses globally
• [Talk to a product specialist] — Connect with a Cove expert to see how the platform fits your environment

About Cove Data Protection

Cove Data Protection™ is a cloud-native, isolated-by-design backup and recovery platform built for MSPs and IT teams. It protects physical and virtual servers, workstations, and Microsoft 365 data, including Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams, from a single web-based dashboard. Core capabilities include immutable Fortified Copies, real-time anomaly detection, automated recovery testing with 99%+ boot verification success, and co-managed Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) with an isolated cyber cleanroom and approximately 15-minute failover. Cove is ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA compliant, with mandatory multi-factor authentication enforced platform-wide.

About Omdia

Omdia is a leading technology research and analysis firm, part of Informa TechTarget. The Omdia Global Managed BDR Leadership Matrix evaluates vendors across analyst assessment, ecosystem partner feedback, and performance metrics to identify those delivering the highest levels of excellence in backup and disaster recovery for the MSP market. The Leadership Matrix methodology was originally developed by Canalys and is now fully integrated into Omdia.