# Backups > An index and topic collection covering backup, disaster recovery, and data protection APIs. Backup APIs enable applications and platforms to schedule, orchestrate, and verify the copying of data from production systems to durable storage targets, manage retention and immutability policies, and re... This is the **Backups** topic area of [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) — a network of focused knowledge bases drawn from 16 years of independent API research by Kin Lane. Browse all areas at https://apievangelist.com/areas/. ## Services & Tools - [Acronis](https://providers.apis.io/providers/acronis/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/acronis) - [Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager) - [Amazon Resilience Hub](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-resilience-hub/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-resilience-hub) - [Amazon S3 Glacier](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-s3-glacier/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-s3-glacier) - [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-web-services-aws/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-web-services-aws) - [AWS Backup](https://providers.apis.io/providers/aws-backup/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/aws-backup) - [Backblaze](https://providers.apis.io/providers/backblaze/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/backblaze) - [Backupify](https://providers.apis.io/providers/backupify/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/backupify) - [CloudAlly](https://providers.apis.io/providers/cloudally/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/cloudally) - [Cohesity](https://providers.apis.io/providers/cohesity/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/cohesity) - [Commvault](https://providers.apis.io/providers/commvault/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/commvault) - [Druva](https://providers.apis.io/providers/druva/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/druva) - [EMC](https://providers.apis.io/providers/emc/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/emc) - [Google Cloud Firestore](https://providers.apis.io/providers/google-cloud-firestore/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/google-cloud-firestore) - [Google Cloud Platform](https://providers.apis.io/providers/google-cloud-platform/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/google-cloud-platform) - [Keepit](https://providers.apis.io/providers/keepit/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/keepit) - [Microsoft Azure Backup](https://providers.apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-backup/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-backup) - [Microsoft Azure Migrate](https://providers.apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-migrate/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-migrate) - [Microsoft Azure Site Recovery](https://providers.apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-site-recovery/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-site-recovery) - [NetApp](https://providers.apis.io/providers/netapp/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/netapp) - [OwnBackup](https://providers.apis.io/providers/ownbackup/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/ownbackup) - [Scaleway](https://providers.apis.io/providers/scaleway/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/scaleway) - [Solaris Zones](https://providers.apis.io/providers/solaris-zones/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/solaris-zones) - [Spanning](https://providers.apis.io/providers/spanning/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/spanning) - [Spin.AI](https://providers.apis.io/providers/spin-ai/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/spin-ai) - [Sybase](https://providers.apis.io/providers/sybase/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/sybase) - [Trellix](https://providers.apis.io/providers/trellix/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/trellix) - [Veritas NetBackup](https://providers.apis.io/providers/veritas-netbackup/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/veritas-netbackup) - [VMware](https://providers.apis.io/providers/vmware/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/vmware) - [Veeam](https://providers.apis.io/providers/veeam/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/veeam) - [Rubrik](https://providers.apis.io/providers/rubrik/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/rubrik) - [HYCU](https://providers.apis.io/providers/hycu/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/hycu) - [Rewind](https://providers.apis.io/providers/rewind/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/rewind) - [Wasabi](https://providers.apis.io/providers/wasabi/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/wasabi) - [Restic](https://providers.apis.io/providers/restic/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/restic) - [BorgBackup](https://providers.apis.io/providers/borgbackup/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/borgbackup) - [Duplicati](https://providers.apis.io/providers/duplicati/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/duplicati) - [Carbonite](https://providers.apis.io/providers/carbonite/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/carbonite) ## Common Features - **Backup Job Orchestration**: Backup APIs schedule, trigger, and monitor backup jobs across servers, virtual machines, databases, SaaS tenants, and endpoints, with policy-driven recurrence and dependency management. - **Recovery Point Management**: APIs enumerate and inspect recovery points (snapshots, restore points, incremental chains) so that operators and automation can pick the right point in time for granular or full recovery. - **Retention and Lifecycle Policies**: Backup platforms expose retention rules, GFS (grandfather-father-son) schedules, and lifecycle transitions that move data between hot, cold, and archive tiers like S3 Glacier or Azure Archive. - **Immutability and Ransomware Protection**: Modern backup APIs configure object lock, WORM storage, air-gapped copies, and anomaly detection to defend recovery data against ransomware and insider tampering. - **SaaS Data Backup**: SaaS-focused providers like Rewind, OwnBackup, Spanning, and Backupify back up Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, GitHub, Shopify, and other tenant data through vendor APIs. - **Disaster Recovery Orchestration**: DR APIs from AWS, Azure, VMware, and Veeam coordinate failover, failback, runbook execution, and recovery validation across primary and secondary sites or cloud regions. - **Cross-Cloud and Hybrid Targets**: Backup APIs write to a mix of on-prem appliances, object storage (Backblaze B2, Wasabi, S3, Azure Blob), and cloud-native services, enabling 3-2-1 strategies across providers. ## Use Cases - **Ransomware Recovery**: Organizations use backup APIs to identify the most recent clean recovery point after a ransomware event and orchestrate restore of affected VMs, files, and databases at scale. - **SaaS Tenant Protection**: SMBs and enterprises run SaaS backup APIs to protect Microsoft 365 mailboxes, SharePoint sites, Google Workspace drives, and Salesforce records against accidental deletion and malicious actors. - **Cross-Region Disaster Recovery**: Operators use APIs like AWS Backup, Azure Site Recovery, and Veeam to replicate workloads across regions and execute scheduled DR drills with measurable RPO and RTO. - **Long-Term Archival and Compliance**: Regulated industries push immutable backup copies to archive tiers (S3 Glacier, Azure Archive, B2) via backup APIs to satisfy retention mandates under HIPAA, SOX, GDPR, and FINRA. - **Endpoint and Remote Worker Backup**: Endpoint backup APIs from Druva, Acronis, and Carbonite protect laptops and remote devices and let IT centrally restore files after device loss or compromise. - **Database and VM Snapshot Automation**: Platform engineers script database, VM, and volume snapshots via cloud-native APIs (Amazon DLM, Azure Backup, NetApp) and integrate them into CI/CD and pre-change checkpoints. ## Related Areas - 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