--- title: "INFOGRAPHIC: The Hosting Provider Opportunity Selling Backup as a Service" description: Businesses are desperate to have hosting providers offer a local and cloud backup and recovery solution they can trust. The market is set to explode in the next few years, so now is the perfect time to jump in. canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/infographic-hosting-provider-opportunity-selling-backup-service/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) # INFOGRAPHIC: The Hosting Provider Opportunity Selling Backup as a Service Businesses are desperate to have hosting providers offer a local and cloud backup and recovery solution they can trust. The market is set to explode in the next few years, so now is the perfect time to jump in. [Try Now](https://www.acronis.com/en/products/cloud/trial/) [![Image 2: Acronis Editorial Team](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/d85707ae91461544212d39836dc32b42.png)](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/ "Acronis Editorial Team") [Acronis Editorial Team](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/) 1 min read Last updated 18 February 2015 Businesses are desperate to have hosting providers offer a local and cloud backup and recovery solution they can trust. The market is set to explode in the next few years, so now is the perfect time to jump in. In today's infographic (downloadable version below) we explain why you, as a hosting provider, should start selling backup as a service The opportunity for hosting providers: * Solve customers’ data protection needs quickly * Expand service portfolio with backup & recovery today * Create new revenue streams with zero entry costs * Reduce churn with local and cloud backup and bare-metal recovery * Keep growing with DRaaS and more innovations from Acronis [Cybersecurity](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/tags/cybersecurity/) [Cyber protection](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/tags/cyber-protection/) ## Written by ![Image 3: Acronis Editorial Team](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/d85707ae91461544212d39836dc32b42.png) Acronis Editorial Team Acronis is a global cyber protection company that provides natively integrated cybersecurity, data protection, and endpoint management for managed service providers (MSPs), small and medium businesses (SMBs), and enterprise IT departments. 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