AWS Backup vs. Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

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
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) is an enterprise backup and recovery system that contributes to BCDR strategy by facilitating the backup and recovery of enterprise data.N/A
Pricing
AWS BackupMicrosoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
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 BackupMicrosoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
AWS BackupMicrosoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
AWS Backup
9.1
Ratings
2% above category average
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
8.0
Ratings
6% below category average
Management dashboard8.50 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Retention options8.60 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Encryption8.60 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Universal recovery00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Instant recovery00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Recovery verification00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Business application protection00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Snapshots00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
AWS Backup
8.4
Ratings
2% below category average
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
-
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
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
-
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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User Ratings
AWS BackupMicrosoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.1
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AWS BackupMicrosoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
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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Well suited for domain disaster recovery. I would avoid considering it for remote or non-domain disaster recovery. While it claims to have the ability, and we have used it this way for years, it often loses it's connection to the DPM server for no apparent reason, and has to be reconfigured. It doesn't always seem to work
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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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  • Clustered Hyper-V VM backup and restore.
  • Easy to have multiple restore points.
  • Can back up different workloads with the same solution.
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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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  • Remote and non-domain backups could be simplified.
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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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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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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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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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  • Reduced recovery time
  • Fast backup
  • Complete interface
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