AWS Backup--automate the backup of your AWS services
May 23, 2021
AWS Backup--automate the backup of your AWS services

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with AWS Backup
AWS Backup is used as the main backup solution for the core of our system (which is based on AWS infrastructure). AWS Backup is used mainly to back up our servers--and some important data--on regularly scheduled backups. This solution enables us to centralize and automate the backup of all of our AWS services (EBS volumes, EFS file systems, and databases).
- It does what it supposed to do--backs up data
- Almost a full solution to disaster recovery
- Integrates with AWS services
- Not so easy to use
- A little pricey
- The backup is in the cloud; make sure to keep an offline backup (the problem of all of this kind of solution)
- Integration with AWS infrastructure and services
- Centralized backup solution
- Dashboard to get backup status
- Fast integration with other AWS services (but you must learn how to use it)
- Reduced backup headache
- Decreased recovery time
- Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
The other method of backups we considered was a scheduled backup of important data to AWS S3 and manual backup of data to a third-party storage (local/other cloud service). It works, but it takes much more time than using AWS Backup. AWS Backup interfaces with AWS services, and as long as you use AWS services supported by AWS Backup, it might be the easiest solution to back up data.
Do you think AWS Backup delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with AWS Backup's feature set?
Yes
Did AWS Backup live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of AWS Backup go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy AWS Backup again?
Yes