Amazon Web Services → Microsoft Azure
Azure equivalent of Amazon EBS snapshots
EBS snapshots map to managed disk incremental snapshots.
About Amazon EBS snapshots
| Provider | Amazon Web Services |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Incremental point-in-time backups stored in S3-backed storage, with copy across Regions and accounts, an archive tier, fast snapshot restore, snapshot lock, and Recycle Bin. |
| Documentation | docs.aws.amazon.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Azure mappings (1)
| Capability | Azure equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Block volume snapshots | Managed disk snapshots (incremental) | Direct match |
Block storage(1)
Block volume snapshots Direct match
EBS snapshots map to managed disk incremental snapshots. Both store only changed blocks after the first copy, and both can be copied to other regions.
- Storage. EBS snapshots are stored by AWS in S3-backed storage, with an optional lower-cost archive tier. Azure incremental snapshots are stored on Standard HDD storage and billed on used size, with no archive tier.
- Restore speed. EBS fast snapshot restore pre-initializes volumes in chosen AZs. Azure has no equivalent per-snapshot feature.
- Protection. EBS adds snapshot lock (WORM) and Recycle Bin. On Azure, use Azure Backup (immutable vaults and soft delete) for equivalent protection of disk backups.