# AWS Backup

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/aws-backup/  
**Website:** https://aws.amazon.com/backup/  
**APIs profiled:** 11

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).

## Kin Score — 31.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 31.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 55.2 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 31.6 |
| Access Clarity | 31.6 |

## Agent readiness — 28.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (11)

- **AWS Backup API** — REST API for centrally configuring and managing AWS Backup including backup plans, backup selections, backup vaults, recovery points, restore jobs, framework reports, audit repo...
- **AWS Backup Backup Jobs API** — The Backup Jobs API from AWS Backup — 2 operation(s) for backup jobs.
- **AWS Backup Backup Plans API** — The Backup Plans API from AWS Backup — 2 operation(s) for backup plans.
- **AWS Backup Backup Selections API** — The Backup Selections API from AWS Backup — 1 operation(s) for backup selections.
- **AWS Backup Backup Vaults API** — The Backup Vaults API from AWS Backup — 2 operation(s) for backup vaults.
- **AWS Backup Copy Jobs API** — The Copy Jobs API from AWS Backup — 1 operation(s) for copy jobs.
- **AWS Backup Frameworks API** — The Frameworks API from AWS Backup — 1 operation(s) for frameworks.
- **AWS Backup Recovery Points API** — The Recovery Points API from AWS Backup — 2 operation(s) for recovery points.
- **AWS Backup Report Plans API** — The Report Plans API from AWS Backup — 1 operation(s) for report plans.
- **AWS Backup Restore Jobs API** — The Restore Jobs API from AWS Backup — 1 operation(s) for restore jobs.
- **AWS Backup Tags API** — The Tags API from AWS Backup — 1 operation(s) for tags.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Aws Backup Agentic Access** — 28 operations · 14 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

## Security (4)

- **Aws Backup Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Aws Backup Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Aws Backup Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Aws Backup Trust Center** — PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

## Tags

Backup, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Managed Service, Compliance

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/aws-backup/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.