AWS Backup

AWS Backup is a fully managed, policy-based data protection service that centralizes and automates backup of data across AWS services including EBS volumes, EC2 instances, RDS databases, DynamoDB tables, EFS file systems, FSx file systems, Storage Gateway volumes, S3, and on-premises data via the AWS Backup gateway. The AWS Backup API allows programmatic management of backup plans, vaults, recovery points, restore jobs, and cross-account, cross-Region copies, authenticated with AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4).

AWS Backup publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Backup Jobs API, Backup Plans API, Backup Selections API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Backup, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Managed Service, and Compliance.

AWS Backup’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, signup flow, and 5 more developer resources.

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28.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessSelf serve

11 APIs

BackupData ProtectionDisaster RecoveryManaged ServiceCompliance

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Composite quality — 28.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 3.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 11

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: aws-backup
name: AWS Backup
description: AWS Backup is a fully managed, policy-based data protection service that centralizes and automates backup of
  data across AWS services including EBS volumes, EC2 instances, RDS databases, DynamoDB tables, EFS file systems, FSx file
  systems, Storage Gateway volumes, S3, and on-premises data via the AWS Backup gateway. The AWS Backup API allows programmatic
  management of backup plans, vaults, recovery points, restore jobs, and cross-account, cross-Region copies, authenticated
  with AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4).
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/aws-backup.png
tags:
- Backup
- Data Protection
- Disaster Recovery
- AWS
- Managed Service
- Compliance
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aws-backup/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: aws-backup:api
  name: AWS Backup API
  description: REST API for centrally configuring and managing AWS Backup including backup plans, backup selections, backup
    vaults, recovery points, restore jobs, framework reports, audit reports, and the AWS Backup gateway for on-premises virtual
    machines. All requests are signed with AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4).
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Backup
  - Data Protection
  - Disaster Recovery
  - AWS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
  - type: Actions
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/API_Operations.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/authentication.html
  - type: Endpoints
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/backup.html
- aid: aws-backup:aws-backup-backup-jobs-api
  name: AWS Backup Backup Jobs API
  description: The Backup Jobs API from AWS Backup — 2 operation(s) for backup jobs.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Backup Jobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-backup-backup-jobs-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-backup:aws-backup-backup-plans-api
  name: AWS Backup Backup Plans API
  description: The Backup Plans API from AWS Backup — 2 operation(s) for backup plans.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Backup Plans
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-backup-backup-plans-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-backup:aws-backup-backup-selections-api
  name: AWS Backup Backup Selections API
  description: The Backup Selections API from AWS Backup — 1 operation(s) for backup selections.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Backup Selections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-backup-backup-selections-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-backup:aws-backup-backup-vaults-api
  name: AWS Backup Backup Vaults API
  description: The Backup Vaults API from AWS Backup — 2 operation(s) for backup vaults.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Backup Vaults
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-backup-backup-vaults-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-backup:aws-backup-copy-jobs-api
  name: AWS Backup Copy Jobs API
  description: The Copy Jobs API from AWS Backup — 1 operation(s) for copy jobs.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Copy Jobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-backup-copy-jobs-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-backup:aws-backup-frameworks-api
  name: AWS Backup Frameworks API
  description: The Frameworks API from AWS Backup — 1 operation(s) for frameworks.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Frameworks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-backup-frameworks-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-backup:aws-backup-recovery-points-api
  name: AWS Backup Recovery Points API
  description: The Recovery Points API from AWS Backup — 2 operation(s) for recovery points.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Recovery Points
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-backup-recovery-points-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-backup:aws-backup-report-plans-api
  name: AWS Backup Report Plans API
  description: The Report Plans API from AWS Backup — 1 operation(s) for report plans.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Report Plans
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-backup-report-plans-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-backup:aws-backup-restore-jobs-api
  name: AWS Backup Restore Jobs API
  description: The Restore Jobs API from AWS Backup — 1 operation(s) for restore jobs.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Restore Jobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-backup-restore-jobs-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-backup:aws-backup-tags-api
  name: AWS Backup Tags API
  description: The Tags API from AWS Backup — 1 operation(s) for tags.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-backup-tags-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/aws-backup-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/aws-backup-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/aws-backup-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/aws-backup-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/aws-backup-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/backup/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/backup/pricing/
- type: Signup
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

AWS Backup

Kin Score

APIs 11

AWS Backup API

AWS Backup Backup Jobs API

AWS Backup Backup Plans API

AWS Backup Backup Selections API

AWS Backup Backup Vaults API

AWS Backup Copy Jobs API

AWS Backup Frameworks API

AWS Backup Recovery Points API

AWS Backup Report Plans API

AWS Backup Restore Jobs API

AWS Backup Tags API

Open Collections 1

AWS Backup API

Security Posture 4

Aws Backup Authentication

Aws Backup Domain Security

Aws Backup Vulnerability Disclosure

Aws Backup Trust Center

Agentic Access 1

Aws Backup Agentic Access