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AWS Backup

Composite Score

8.6 /10

CX Score

9.0 /10

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What is AWS Backup?

AWS Backup is a cost-effective, fully managed, policy-based service that simplifies data protection at scale.

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AWS Backup Ratings

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87 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+97 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love AWS Backup?

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100% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Virtual Machine Backup

Automated Backup Testing and Verification

Analytics

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Replication for High Availability

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Backup Automation

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Application Awareness

Deduplication Implementation

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

AWS Backup Reviews

Punit G.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Nov 2023

An amazing service to manage your backups

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS Backup from other similar products?

Once setup correctly, AWS Backup know what to backup, when to backup, till when to keep the backup, where all to copy the backup and when to delete it. And it does all that securely.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Once setup correctly, AWS Backup know what to backup, when to backup, till when to keep the backup, where all to copy the backup and when to delete it. And it does all that securely.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Only missing feature of this is the file explorer restore option. However, in Cloud it is not a very big issue.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a must have service of AWS to stay compliant and without wasting your time and money on old backup cleanup.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Effective Service

Douglas D.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Fantastic Solution

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS Backup from other similar products?

All the features are useful for the daily operations.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Using this solution you will be able to achive your organizational goals. Very nice Product.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Mayuresh T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Jun 2023

Protect Your Data - AWS Backup

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates AWS Backup from other similar products?

AWS Backup offers different ways to recover your data. You can restore data at different levels, like whole volumes, databases, tables, or even individual files. It also allows you to recover data from specific backup instances based on the exact point in time you want to restore from.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

AWS Backup works well with other AWS services like AWS IAM, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS CloudFormation. This seamless integration improves security, allows for better tracking of backup activities, and makes it easier to manage backups within your existing AWS workflows.

What do you dislike most about this product?

AWS Backup makes backup management easier, it may not be suitable for all advanced or complex backup needs. In such cases, additional configuration and setup might be required. It's important to assess the complexity of your backup requirements and ensure that AWS Backup can effectively meet your specific needs before implementation.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Before fully implementing AWS Backup, it is recommended to start with a small-scale test called a proof-of-concept (POC) or pilot project. This allows you to try out AWS Backup in a controlled environment to assess how well it performs, how compatible it is with your existing setup, and how easy it is to use.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation

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AWS Backup Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+97 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love AWS Backup?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Virtual Machine Backup Automatically discovers and protects VMs as they come online, move, and change. Production VMs are replicated to a secondary data store.

Automated Backup Testing and Verification Goes beyond monitoring whether backup jobs completed by verifying the integrity of data restoration.

Analytics Built-in real-time and historical reporting and analytics on SLAs, performance, and resource consumption, as well as predictive capabilities to plan & optimize.

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery Onsite backup data is replicated and stored to a public cloud (AWS, Azure). Can also include restore-to-cloud capabilities for Disaster Recovery as a Service.

Replication for High Availability Beyond secondary copy backup, the solution also manages replication of primary data host-to-host and site-to-site for live failover and high availability.

Backup Monitoring and Reporting Backup and replication are continually monitored for status and effectiveness. Detailed reporting is available on successful and unsuccessful operations.

Backup Automation Solution automates backup, recovery and remediation tasks using RestAPI and CLI to integrate with 3rd party solutions, reduce cost and enforce standards.

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms Backs up data and system info for non-virtualized systems. Primarily Windows and Linux servers but also, potentially, AIX, Unix and others.

Backup of Cloud Based Data In addition to targeting backups to the cloud, the solution also has the capability to back up primary data and services already in the cloud.

Application Awareness Application consistent backup and granular restore for application data from core applications such as MS SQL, Oracle, MS Exchange, MS SharePoint.

Deduplication Implementation Deduplication of redundant data blocks is implemented by the solution. Deduplication can be at source, target, or globally (source and target).

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

AWS Backup Reviews

Punit G.

An amazing service to manage your backups

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Douglas D.

Fantastic Solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mayuresh T.

Protect Your Data - AWS Backup

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Virtual Machine Backup

Automated Backup Testing and Verification

Analytics

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Replication for High Availability

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Backup Automation

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Application Awareness

Deduplication Implementation

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

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Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement