aid: backups name: Backups kind: topic description: >- 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 recover workloads after incidents ranging from accidental deletion to ransomware. This collection spans enterprise backup platforms like Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik, and Cohesity, SaaS data backup providers like Rewind, OwnBackup, Spanning, and Backupify, endpoint and cloud backup services like Acronis, Druva, and Carbonite, cloud-native backup services from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, open-source tools like Restic, BorgBackup, and Duplicati, and storage targets used as backup destinations such as Backblaze B2 and Wasabi. type: Index image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg tags: - Backup - Disaster Recovery - Data Protection - Snapshot - Archives tags_raw: - Backup - Disaster Recovery - Data Protection - Snapshot - Archive url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/backups/refs/heads/main/apis.yml created: '2026-05-19' modified: '2026-05-19' specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: [] network: - name: Acronis url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/acronis/refs/heads/main/apis.yml - name: Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager/refs/heads/main/apis.yml - 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name: Recovery Point Management description: 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. - name: Retention and Lifecycle Policies description: 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. - name: Immutability and Ransomware Protection description: Modern backup APIs configure object lock, WORM storage, air-gapped copies, and anomaly detection to defend recovery data against ransomware and insider tampering. - name: SaaS Data Backup description: 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. - name: Disaster Recovery Orchestration description: DR APIs from AWS, Azure, VMware, and Veeam coordinate failover, failback, runbook execution, and recovery validation across primary and secondary sites or cloud regions. - name: Cross-Cloud and Hybrid Targets description: 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. - type: UseCases data: - name: Ransomware Recovery description: 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. - name: SaaS Tenant Protection description: 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. - name: Cross-Region Disaster Recovery description: 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. - name: Long-Term Archival and Compliance description: 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. - name: Endpoint and Remote Worker Backup description: Endpoint backup APIs from Druva, Acronis, and Carbonite protect laptops and remote devices and let IT centrally restore files after device loss or compromise. - name: Database and VM Snapshot Automation description: 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. - type: Integrations data: - name: Veeam description: Backup, replication, and disaster recovery platform for VMs, physical servers, cloud workloads, and Microsoft 365 with a comprehensive REST API. - name: Commvault description: Enterprise data protection and backup platform with REST APIs for jobs, clients, storage policies, and disaster recovery orchestration. - name: Rubrik description: Cloud data management and backup platform with REST APIs covering SLA domains, snapshots, recovery, and ransomware investigation. - name: Cohesity description: Hyperconverged data protection and backup platform with REST APIs for protection jobs, sources, views, and recovery operations. - name: AWS Backup description: Centralized, policy-based AWS service that automates backup of EBS, RDS, DynamoDB, EFS, S3, and other AWS resources via API and IaC. - name: Microsoft Azure Backup description: Azure-native backup service that protects VMs, files, SQL, and SAP HANA workloads, with REST APIs for vaults, policies, and recovery points. - name: Druva description: SaaS-delivered data protection for endpoints, data centers, and cloud workloads with APIs for backups, restores, and compliance reporting. - name: Backblaze B2 description: Low-cost cloud object storage commonly used as a backup target via S3-compatible APIs, supporting object lock and lifecycle rules. maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com humanURL: https://apievangelist.com