AWS backup - Improving Service for short term needs.
May 17, 2025

AWS backup - Improving Service for short term needs.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with AWS Backup

Short-term retention backups for Production, Development, and UAT are used for backups that do not require long-term monthly archiving.

Pros

  • 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.

Cons

  • Lacks built-in features for granular recovery, such as files or DB records, without restoring the entire backup.
  • Complexity - managing backups with multiple rules and resources, with limitations on the number of tags and resources per plan.
  • D/R recovery orchestration - does not offer advanced D/R orchestration.
  • Good compliance features.
  • Operational - native improves operation efficiency.
  • Data protection - encryption at rest & in transit.
It's a good product for integrating AWS services, providing good data protection with encryption, immutable storage, and compliance reporting. However, it still requires improvement, as it offers no long-term archiving management and lacks granular recovery without having to restore the entire backup. Cost management can add up quickly for larger environments.
We use Rubrik for long-term backup archiving & management, and we use AWS backup for short-term backups.

Do you think AWS Backup delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with AWS Backup's feature set?

No

Did AWS Backup live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of AWS Backup go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy AWS Backup again?

Yes

Because it is a native AWS service, it integrates well with all AWS services. However, it lacks the ability to manage long-term archive backups.

AWS Backup Feature Ratings

Data Center Backup
7.0
Management dashboard
8
Retention options
5
Encryption
8
Enterprise Backup
7.0
Operational reporting and analytics
7
Malware protection
7
Ransomware Recovery
7
SaaS Backup
6.3
SaaS Product Integration
Not Rated
Multiple Data Restoration Options
6
Data Auditing and Search
7
Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises
6

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