Zmanda

Zmanda is an enterprise backup and recovery software provider and the commercial steward of the open-source Amanda (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) project. Its products protect Linux, Windows and macOS systems, databases, and application data with agent-based and agentless backups that write to local disk, tape, and public-cloud object storage. The company maintains an active GitHub organization (github.com/zmanda) around the Amanda backup engine and related tooling, operates a customer-facing management portal at the Zmanda Network (network.zmanda.com), and publishes API documentation for programmatic backup and recovery management at api.zmanda.com. Zmanda was an early portfolio company of Canaan Partners.

Zmanda is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Backup, Recovery, Data Protection, and Disaster Recovery.

Zmanda’s developer surface includes API reference, documentation, and 5 more developer resources.

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14.7/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyBackupRecoveryData ProtectionDisaster RecoveryCloud BackupStorageEnterprise SoftwareAmandaDatabase Backup

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 14.7/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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
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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Zmanda Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Zmanda Trust Center

SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Login
Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

APIReference
APIReference
 Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: zmanda
name: Zmanda
description: Zmanda is an enterprise backup and recovery software provider and the commercial steward of the open-source Amanda
  (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) project. Its products protect Linux, Windows and macOS systems, databases,
  and application data with agent-based and agentless backups that write to local disk, tape, and public-cloud object storage.
  The company maintains an active GitHub organization (github.com/zmanda) around the Amanda backup engine and related tooling,
  operates a customer-facing management portal at the Zmanda Network (network.zmanda.com), and publishes API documentation
  for programmatic backup and recovery management at api.zmanda.com. Zmanda was an early portfolio company of Canaan Partners.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zmanda/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://14528274.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/14528274/hubfs/Logos/Zmanda%20Logo%202022.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- canaan-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Backup
- Recovery
- Data Protection
- Disaster Recovery
- Cloud Backup
- Storage
- Enterprise Software
- Amanda
- Database Backup
apis: []
common:
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/zmanda-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/zmanda-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.zmanda.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.zmanda.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.zmanda.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/zmanda
- type: Login
  url: https://network.zmanda.com/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io