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name: backup-recovery-baas-comp-chart
title: Offering comparison chart
description: Review the following information to understand the differences in feature support between the various backup service offerings.
last-updated: 2025-11-17
---

> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/backup-recovery?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Offering comparison chart
{: #baas_comp_chart}

Review the following information to understand the differences in feature support between the various backup service offerings.

## Compare services
{: #baas_comp_chart-baas-vpc}

Review the following tables to learn of the differences in feature support for IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery when considering an application backup, and Backup policies for VPC instances that are an infrastructure backup.

| Attributes | IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery | Backup policies for VPC |
|:------- |:--------- |:-------- |
|  | Schedule backups for various workloads (view documentation) | Schedule VPC block storage snapshot backups and manage retention (view documentation) |
| Managed by | IBM | IBM |
| Centralized billing | Yes | Yes |
| Management console | IBM Cloud | IBM Cloud |
| API/CLI provider | IBM Cloud | IBM Cloud |
| Automation library | Yes | Yes |
| Application backup | Yes |  |
| Infrastructure backup |  | Yes |

{: caption="Comparison by attributes of backup services offered on IBM Cloud" caption-side="bottom"}

| Supported platforms and services | IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery | Backup policies for VPC |
|:------- |:--------- |:-------- |
|  | Schedule backups for various workloads (view documentation) | Schedule VPC block storage snapshot backups and manage retention (view documentation) |
| MS SQL on VMware | Yes |  |
| OracleDB on VMware | Yes |  |
| VPC Block Volumes |  | Yes |
| VPC Files Shares |  | Yes |
{: caption="Comparison by supported platforms and services of backup services offered on IBM Cloud" caption-side="bottom"}