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AWS Backup vs NetApp SaaS Backup comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Backup
Ranking in SaaS Backup
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (13th)
NetApp SaaS Backup
Ranking in SaaS Backup
30th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the SaaS Backup category, the mindshare of AWS Backup is 3.5%, down from 6.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp SaaS Backup is 1.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
SaaS Backup Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS Backup3.5%
NetApp SaaS Backup1.2%
Other95.3%
SaaS Backup
 

Featured Reviews

Chukwudi Uzoma - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of IT, Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Automated backups have strengthened governance and compliance while simplifying recovery
AWS Backup offers several valuable features. I think the fact that it is an AWS organization-wide service is significant. It is a centralized management system that allows me to manage AWS Backup policies, retention periods, and monitoring from a single place instead of configuring these backups for each AWS service. This helps with governance and control. Another feature I appreciate is the integration with AWS Organization, which allows backup policies to be applied consistently across multiple accounts, which is very important for large organization environments where governance and compliance are critical. I also appreciate the automated backup plans that reduce operational overhead and ensure resources are protected without relying on manual intervention. Additionally, cross-account and cross-region backup support improves resilience against accidental deletion, ransomware, or regional outages. The compliance and reporting features help provide visibility into backup status, recovery points, and policy adherence, making audits much easier.
reviewer1512921 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager - Netapp at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Simplifies backup, restore, and clone management across disparate applications and infrastructures
It's a simple solution to use. It's simple to configure everything that you need — configure your backups. It gives you an option to backup to the cloud or backup to on-premise, or to backup to cloud storage. For example, if a customer is running on Azure NetApp files or on something cloud-based that they want to back up, they have the option of bringing their own licensing and cloud controls and NetApp will give them the storage to back up for as long as they want. When deleting backups, the controls are very intuitive so not just anyone can delete the backups, only the administrator is able to do that. Backing up and restoring is simple. It's easy. It's one click of a button. It's quite good, I like it.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"AWS Backup has positively impacted my organization by helping with compliance and reporting, which is usually a headache for any organization."
"The customer service is top-notch, rated ten out of ten."
"The solution has an effective overwrite feature."
"RDS backup is one of the most crucial components of any client's cloud environment, so we generally use that. Additionally, we store EBS snapshots in S3."
"The technical support is amazing, it is the best."
"We can directly back up EC2 instances in AWS without using any third-party applications."
"AWS Backup has helped our organization by overall increasing our disaster recovery capabilities and allowing us to support different disaster recovery scenarios."
"The most valuable features of AWS Backup are point-in-time recovery and support resources."
"The interface, customization, and security are superb."
"It gives you an option to back up to the cloud or back up to on-premise, or to backup to cloud storage."
"Over the time that we have used it, NetApp SaaS was a good solution and it performed well."
"NetApp SaaS Backup is a good solution and I recommend it."
"The most valuable features are the support for both NAS and NFS."
"The most valuable feature is the simplicity in configuration and use."
"I would recommend it because it makes it simple to manage backups from Office 365."
"It's a user-friendly solution."
 

Cons

"If AWS could also add some hybrid cloud features to AWS Backup, that would be a significant improvement. For example, currently, AWS Backup only backs up to the S3 and Amazon Cloud, and you can only restore from the Amazon Cloud only. However, some people have hybrid environments. They have some workloads on-premises and some workloads in the cloud."
"This backup tool does the full backup of the entire snapshot server. I would like to have the option to not do the full server backup."
"The solution's reporting features and restore features can be improved."
"The restore functionality is an area that needs to be improved because right now, it is not very good."
"There could be a centralized dashboard with a reporting feature notifying us of daily backup status."
"Regarding disadvantages of AWS Backup, it can be expensive and not particularly user-friendly."
"It could be less expensive."
"One of the limitations of AWS Backup is that it only does file-based copying."
"The features need to be updated to support the latest hardware, as it changes every year."
"There are still a few things on SharePoint that they need to correct in terms of how they backup and restore."
"For newcomers or people who have less experience, it's a complex solution that could be simplified somewhat."
"There are several things that cannot be backed up as a full system, but rather only as a shared file. It isn't compatible with all applications and databases."
"I would like to see the graphical user interface improved to include all of the functionality because there are some things that you need to use the command-line interface for."
"Better integration with third-party databases and applications is needed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is decent."
"AWS Backup is free of cost, but we need to pay for the backup storage being used."
"The pricing is okay."
"Price-wise, I rate the solution a six out of ten. One only has to pay for the storage cost of AWS solutions, which is the standard cost provided by AWS."
"We don't use a lot of space, only approximately 900 GB, so the price is reasonable. For standing, it's okay. We normally do a payment to SSML, and they are the ones who pay over there. It is around $100 monthly."
"Our customers pay a monthly AWS fee that includes the AWS Backup service."
"Its price is much cheaper than some vendors but more expensive than others."
"It's a myth that Cloud is cheap. Cloud is cheap initially, but the cost over time can be equal to your own infrastructure if you consume a lot."
"The licensing was based on a three-year subscription and the price is good compared so some other vendors."
"The pricing is more or less the same as what we'd get from Veeam on Office 365, so it's fine."
"My understanding of the costs is that the price is fair, and not too expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise17
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Backup?
Pricing for AWS Backup is based on storage and backup frequency. Although it is reasonable, it requires monitoring, especially with long retention periods.
What needs improvement with AWS Backup?
AWS Backup is a great service, but I think there could be improvements on the reporting and dashboard side. More visibility into backup-related costs would be beneficial because I am very FinOps-mi...
What is your primary use case for AWS Backup?
I utilize AWS Backup to automate and centralize backup operations across AWS services in my AWS organization. It helps me ensure compliance with retention requirements, reduce operational overheads...
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