AWS Backup vs. HYCU

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS Backup
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
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.
$0.01
per GB per month
HYCU
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
HYCU is a SaaS Data Protection platform that delivers SaaS-based data backup, recovery, and ransomware protection for on-prem, cloud, and SaaS environments serving vendors globally.N/A
Pricing
AWS BackupHYCU
Editions & Modules
Backup Storage - Cold Storage
$0.01
per GB per month
Restore - Warm Storage
$0.02
per GB per month
Restore - Cold Storage
$0.03
per GB per month
Backup Storage - Warm Storage
$0.095
per GB per month
Restore - Item-Level Restore
$0.50
per request
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AWS BackupHYCU
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
AWS BackupHYCU
Considered Both Products
AWS Backup
Chose AWS Backup
We use Rubrik for long-term backup archiving & management, and we use AWS backup for short-term backups.
Chose AWS Backup
The selection process is not final - we are comparing multiple vendors for our backup solution. However, Veeam has been slightly more enticing due to pricing.
Chose AWS Backup
Linode requires a minimum data purchase for their S3 storage solution. While the convenience of being able to mount the drive directly is great, it isn't the best for small amounts of data for our different customers.

I initially tried there other backup solution but they …
Chose AWS Backup
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 …
Chose AWS Backup
I've tried a lot of different products. Backblaze, at least from a birds-eye view is significantly cheaper than AWS/the rest. Backblaze is a little more simpler, but it's well worth it.

Linode also provides backup options, however I'm only familiar with their backup on their …
Chose AWS Backup
because its easy to startup on it and also so easy to use, and again its just a one single place for control, create and recover your instances and environments. Great product overall and a must to have in your infrastructure.
Also we recommend try it and even daily or monthly …
Chose AWS Backup
Being an AWS service, AWS Backup integrates in a native way with other AWS services, providing an easy way to backup those services. Being able to create separate backup plans that meet specific business and regulatory compliance requirements provides us with capabilities to …
Chose AWS Backup
We decided to go with AWS Backup because we already use other products within the AWS suite.
Chose AWS Backup
Well Microsoft Azure is cheaper but that said AWS has more hardware and software partners so that can give a real deep integration to your AWS files. Also AWS also has a lot more support option, and is older and more mature. That said AWS isn't as easy or as pretty as Microsoft …
Chose AWS Backup
AWS Backup is already integrated with a lot of its services so is native option to go without needing third-party software.
Chose AWS Backup
AWS Backup is easy to use and is recommended by the clients and our organization.
HYCU
Chose HYCU
This fits Nutanix better than anything I have found. HYCU clearly focuses on personalized service. You can email, call or open a web ticketed, depending on your urgency.
Chose HYCU
I have used several backup programs, I selected 2 just to be brief. The best thing I see with HYCU over Veeam is that it is much more difficult for an attacker if inside the network to gain access to the backups and objects saved in the backup storage.
The best part about HYCU …
Chose HYCU
We moved from VMware w/ Veeam to Hyper-V w/ Microsoft Data Protection Manager. Each backup solution worked well for its respective workload. We made the jump to AHV on Nutanix. MSFT DPM wasn’t compatible and HYCU was a better value than Veeam.
Features
AWS BackupHYCU
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
AWS Backup
9.1
Ratings
2% above category average
HYCU
8.9
Ratings
5% above category average
Management dashboard8.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Retention options8.60 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Encryption8.60 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Universal recovery00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Instant recovery00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Recovery verification00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Business application protection00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Snapshots00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
AWS Backup
8.4
Ratings
2% below category average
HYCU
-
Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware protection8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
SaaS Backup
Comparison of SaaS Backup features of Product A and Product B
AWS Backup
8.6
Ratings
5% below category average
HYCU
-
Ratings
SaaS Product Integration8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Data Restoration Options8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Auditing and Search8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.7 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.7 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
AWS BackupHYCU
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AWS BackupHYCU
Likelihood to Recommend
AWS [Backup] does what it intends on doing. AWS [Backup] is very fast, however, for that speed, you'll end up with a high bill at the end of the month. Compared to competitors, AWS [Backup] is a lot more expensive than others. However, I believe it makes it up in it's versatility - there's no company more compatible with others than AWS.
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It’s well suited for Nutanix AHV data protection and includes the ability for immutable backups via WORM policy. I’m unsure of its performance in environments that use Hyper-V OR VMware for virtualization. The use of tiered backups without additional policies are great when creating new VMs, even automatically assigning a default backup policy to ensure that all workloads have at least a minimal level of data protection
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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.
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  • Backup of virtual machines.
  • Upload to Cloud backups.
  • Recovery of databases backed up through HYCU.
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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.
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  • Better DR support guidance/best practices
  • Reporting isn’t straightforward and as customizable as I’d like
  • Including M365 backups without additional cost would be a big value add for us
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Usability
Overall because I can sell it white labeled and use my white labeled software like CloudBerry and the native backup apps on my synology NAS servers to store things in real time and do duplication and disaster recovery directly to it was game changing for my client in the advertising world they are never down now.
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Very simple interface. Can learn it in a day. The instances where I needed a little hand holding, I just called support and they assisted immediately. That's the best of both worlds.
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Support Rating
Support for AWS Backup is by Amazon itself so it is solid as always. If you have a business or higher level support plan you'll have no trouble getting engineers or other staff on the job to help you with whatever comes up.
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I have had several requests, and issues with the rollout and deployment of HYCU in our production environment. The HYCU team of support and developers have met each issue with importance and some kind of resolution or explanation of help. They have been so supportive even in the not so easy ones. That says something for their product and team behind it.
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Alternatives Considered
Linode requires a minimum data purchase for their S3 storage solution. While the convenience of being able to mount the drive directly is great, it isn't the best for small amounts of data for our different customers. I initially tried there other backup solution but they couldn't guarantee where the data would be stored in relation to the server we were using. The risk being an incident in our near our server could result in the loss of our backup as well.
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I have used several backup programs, I selected 2 just to be brief. The best thing I see with HYCU over Veeam is that it is much more difficult for an attacker if inside the network to gain access to the backups and objects saved in the backup storage. The best part about HYCU over Bacula is that it is much easier to use and more stable. The interface alone will save you from time and energy using other products
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Return on Investment
  • With AWS Backup we can restore a resource in minutes
  • With AWS Backup we don't need to worry if a resources is being backed up or not, the plan you can configure can cover all resources
  • With AWS Backup you can plan for Disaster Recovery as it lets you copy the backup to other account or region
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  • I trust this product to protect our organization if things go badly.
  • I am able to not lose sleep thinking about backups.
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