AWS Backup vs. Azure Arc

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS Backup
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
AWS Backup is a fully managed backup service from AWS, designed to make it easy to centralize and automate the back up of data across AWS services in the cloud as well as on premises using the AWS Storage Gateway. Using AWS Backup, users can centrally configure backup policies and monitor backup activity for AWS resources, such as Amazon EBS volumes, Amazon RDS databases, Amazon DynamoDB tables, Amazon EFS file systems, and AWS Storage Gateway volumes.
$0.01
per GB per month
Azure Arc
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Azure Arc is a set of technologies that brings Azure security and cloud-native services to hybrid and multicloud environments. It enables the user to secure and govern infrastructure and apps anywhere, build cloud-native apps faster with familiar tools and services to run them on any Kubernetes platform, and modernize the data estate with Azure data and machine-learning services.N/A
Pricing
AWS BackupAzure Arc
Editions & Modules
Backup Storage - Cold Storage
$0.01
per GB per month
Restore - Warm Storage
$0.02
per GB per month
Restore - Cold Storage
$0.03
per GB per month
Backup Storage - Warm Storage
$0.095
per GB per month
Restore - Item-Level Restore
$0.50
per request
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AWS BackupAzure Arc
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
AWS BackupAzure Arc
Features
AWS BackupAzure Arc
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
AWS Backup
8.9
6 Ratings
4% above category average
Azure Arc
-
Ratings
Management dashboard8.36 Ratings00 Ratings
Retention options7.16 Ratings00 Ratings
Encryption8.36 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
AWS Backup
7.8
3 Ratings
2% below category average
Azure Arc
-
Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware protection7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
SaaS Backup
Comparison of SaaS Backup features of Product A and Product B
AWS Backup
7.9
3 Ratings
9% below category average
Azure Arc
-
Ratings
SaaS Product Integration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Data Restoration Options7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Auditing and Search7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Management
Comparison of Cloud Management features of Product A and Product B
AWS Backup
-
Ratings
Azure Arc
9.1
2 Ratings
4% above category average
Cloud Management Security00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Automation and Orchestration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Cost Management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Cloud Management Performance Monitoring00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Governance and Compliance00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Systems Integration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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AWS BackupAzure Arc
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 8.5 out of 10
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Druva Security Cloud
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
AWS BackupAzure Arc
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(12 ratings)
9.4
(2 ratings)
Usability
8.4
(5 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AWS BackupAzure Arc
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
There is a cost involved with data retrieval. AWS Backup is truly that, a backup. If you need to access this data on a regular basis, there are better options out there. For long term, just in case incremental backups, AWS [Backup] checks all the boxes. Just set it up, start your backups, and rest assured your data is safe.
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Microsoft
It is best asset management & centralized monitoring across multi cloud environments. It can be used to access those assets, update them when necessary, implement Azure monitor to get insights. We can also onboard thsese assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud to provide the cloud security. Azure Arc is not suitable for the client device management or use as a MDM.
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Centralized management - single pane of glass to manage backups for multiple AWS services.
  • Encryption - integrates with KMS to encrypt backup data at rest and in transit.
  • Cross Account management - manage backups across multiple AWS accounts with AWS organizations.
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Microsoft
  • Azure Monitor metrics
  • Event logs aggregation
  • Integration with Windows Admin Center
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • Restoring the compute nodes of the cluster should be done always
  • Having the default Roles all the necessary permission, you have to add some depending on your configurations
  • Being able to see the Jobs status in a centralize account more graphically
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Microsoft
  • Licensing benefits could use some improvement
  • Update management pricing
  • Security optimization and pricing
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Usability
Amazon AWS
Overall because I can sell it white labeled and use my white labeled software like CloudBerry and the native backup apps on my synology NAS servers to store things in real time and do duplication and disaster recovery directly to it was game changing for my client in the advertising world they are never down now.
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Microsoft
Azure Arc monitoring is based on a unified procedure which includes the installation and configuration of the Arc agent on any computer/server which is to be onboaded to Arc. The solution is very usable especially when combined with the usage of Windows Admin Center, the HTML5-based unified management console for all our hybrid infrastructure. Many of the best of breed Azure tools and services are available via Azure Arc, when deployed to on-premise servers.
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
Support for AWS Backup is by Amazon itself so it is solid as always. If you have a business or higher level support plan you'll have no trouble getting engineers or other staff on the job to help you with whatever comes up.
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Microsoft
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
I've tried a lot of different products. Backblaze, at least from a birds-eye view is significantly cheaper than AWS/the rest. Backblaze is a little more simpler, but it's well worth it. Linode also provides backup options, however I'm only familiar with their backup on their VPS's (however you make that plural), which never gave me a problem.
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Microsoft
Azure Arc uses the underlying power of Microsoft Azure, which allows assets across multicloud to be onboarded to Arc platform. It provides monitoring, security, updates in one click in one single platform. It also provides licensing benefits for Windows Server licenses, which offers premium features like Windows server admin center to manage your windows servers more effectively.
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Offsite means a failure at our cloud provider means we can redeploy quickly to another data center or another provider quickly.
  • The cost can't be best.
  • Pay only for what you use. No need to pay for extra data that you don't need.
  • No minimums
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Microsoft
  • After configuring Azure Arc-enabled services on premise for SQL Server, we saw a drastic decrease in our Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by 30%
  • After working with Azure Arc monitoring agents installed in our on-prem Windows and Linux users, we documented a 20% increase in overall IT operations efficiency, due to the unified monitoring solution.
  • The Azure Arc-enabled servers security baseline provides procedural guidance and resources for implementing security recommendations and best practices. This has increased operational efficiency and decreased security incidents by 15%.
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