Pros and Cons of AWS Backup 2025

Overview

What is AWS Backup?

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.…

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AWS Backup the one and only tool you need to keep all safe in AWS

Rating: 10 out of 10

December 31, 2024

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We rely on AWS Backup to keep all our resources backed up, whether they be EC2 instances or RDS/Aurora Clusters. We can keep all resources backed up with a plan an retention p...

Iván García

Consultant - Professional Services

Consultant

Datum, S.A.

5 years of experience

AWS BACKUP REVIEW.

Rating: 8 out of 10

December 20, 2024

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AWS Backup helps us to take a code Backup automatically, and we can plan the Backup schedules.

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Professional

5 years of experience

Pricy, but worth it

Rating: 6 out of 10

April 1, 2021

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We used AWS [Backup] as a backup for each server we have. Our data retention policies are fairly strong, and we keep about 3 months of backups in our services. AWS [Backup] wa...

Matt Hoffman

C-Level Executive - Corporate

Chief Executive Officer

Hoffman Management Group

2 years of experience

A single place for your backups

Rating: 10 out of 10

March 12, 2021

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

Basically we use AWS Backup to complete the cycle of lifetime backups, and also for centraliz[ing] those backups in one place. In first place we used just AMI backups, but whe...

carlos bonilla

Consultant - Information Technology

Office Support Manager

cibernetica

5 years of experience

AWS Backup service

Rating: 9 out of 10

November 21, 2019

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

We use AWS Backup to simplify backup tasks of all our workloads in AWS.

Oscar Martinez

Technician - Information Technology

DevOps

Aval Digital Labs

1 year of experience

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Pricing

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Backup Storage - Cold Storage

$0.01

Cloud

per GB per month

Restore - Warm Storage

$0.02

Cloud

per GB per month

Restore - Cold Storage

$0.03

Cloud

per GB per month

Entry-level set up fee?

No setup fee

Offerings

Free Trial
Free/Freemium Version
Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

Data Center Backup

Data center backup tools send data to a secure storage location after encryption and de-duplication

9

Avg 9.0

Enterprise Backup

Enterprise backup solutions are implemented by IT professionals to automatically and safely backup data hosted on a range of systems (including cloud-native workloads, servers, databases, laptops and mobile devices) to external cloud storage.

8.3

Avg 8.6

SaaS Backup

Software As A Service (SaaS) backup software is a technology designed to store and protect data created by SaaS products.

8.6

Avg 9.1

8
SaaS Product Integration
(1) Ratings
Integration with and backup capabilities for one or more SaaS products
8.5
Multiple Data Restoration Options
(2) Ratings
Multiple options for recovering all of your stored data or individual objects
8
Data Auditing and Search
(2) Ratings
eDiscovery capabilities for searching and managing stored data
10
Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises
(2) Ratings
Backed up data may be stored on-premises or in the cloud

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What is AWS Backup?

AWS Backup Technical Details

Deployment Types	Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating Systems	Unspecified
Mobile Application	No

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Reviewers rate Management dashboard and Retention options and Encryption highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of AWS Backup are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).

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AWS Backup the one and only tool you need to keep all safe in AWS

Rating: 10 out of 10

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December 31, 2024

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Iván García

Consultant

Datum, S.A. (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

5 years of experience

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Pros

Back up almost any resource in AWS Backup, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, etc
Restore the resource leaving it identical to the original
Works with AWS Organization so you can cover all your AWS accounts with a single Plan

Cons

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

AWS BACKUP REVIEW.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 20, 2024

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Information Technology Services Company, 51-200 employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

5 years of experience

Pros

It is a centralized cloud storage system so we can access easily.
Stores the data in encrypted format.
Scheduling the backup is easy.

Cons

Cost is higher.
Backup architecture can be improved.
Recovery time should be reduced.

Pricy, but worth it

Rating: 6 out of 10

Incentivized

April 01, 2021

MH

Matt Hoffman

Chief Executive Officer

Hoffman Management Group (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

2 years of experience

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Pros

Backups - it's what it does.

Cons

Unable to organize folders. Maybe this is just something basic, but I was unable to move files around. I was doing everything manually, on the AWS site to no avail.