Clumio by Commvault: Data Protection and Resilience for AWS

My main use case for Clumio  is to back up all of my AWS  EC2  instances and my RDS  databases along with my other EC2  compute nodes.

The best features that Clumio  offers are the ability to know when a backup has completed, to know how to restore both files at the file level and also restore EBS backups, point-in-time restores, as well as snapshots.

Clumio has positively impacted our organization by providing us with the peace of mind of knowing that all of our EC2 instances are securely backed up.

This peace of mind has translated into measurable outcomes as we adhere to NIST 800 compliance, and with that, we need immutable backups and the ability to have backups that do not exist within our existing tenants. Clumio fixes that problem for us.

I cannot think of any features that could make Clumio better.

The only other tweaks I would like to see with Clumio are that it provides more granular reporting and dashboards for showing what is backed up weekly, daily, and monthly backups.

I have been using Clumio, the backup and restore function for AWS , for over a year.

Clumio is stable, and there have been no outages.

Clumio handles growth and increased workloads well, demonstrating good scalability.

Customer support for Clumio has been excellent; we have only had one issue, and they resolved it quickly; otherwise, we have not had to reach out for anything else.

We previously used N2W , and we switched because that solution was backing up instances in our environment, costing us more money.

I was originally with a vendor called N2W  because my backups were not immutable and were stored in our tenant. Clumio resolves this issue by backing up our instances in an alternate, secure tenant that is not part of our tenant, which makes the solution better than our previous vendor.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was smooth; we received pricing that was cheaper than N2W, and it was a smooth transition from N2W to Clumio.

I have seen a return on investment with Clumio, and the biggest time-saver was not having to log into N2W and guess if my backups were working and guess if I could restore them. I could easily figure out how to restore my backups. The time saved was also creating a Slack channel to quickly see when my backups are taking place and have an easy to use and understand frequency of those backups.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was smooth; we received pricing that was cheaper than N2W, and it was a smooth transition from N2W to Clumio.

Before choosing Clumio, I did evaluate other options.

I rate Clumio a 10 overall.

I chose a 10 for Clumio because it is a secure, cloud-based backup solution that we do not have to host; it is hosted externally, and the backups are immutable, in addition to being a secure and cost-effective solution.

I appreciate that Clumio provides turn-key controls and uses AI to understand the environment and ensure that all the backups are done correctly.

Clumio has been very consistent for us, showing us everything that is backed up, what is being backed up over time, and where we can improve.

I purchased Clumio through the AWS Marketplace .

My best advice for others looking into using Clumio is to work with a customer success manager and ensure that you get additional credits to test out the platform for at least 60 days to ensure that everything works properly. My overall rating for Clumio is 10 out of 10.

Public Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

What do you like best about the product?

I use Clumio as our enterprise data protection platform for all AWS-based resources. I really like how it has greatly improved backup speeds on large EC2 instances and enhanced recovery speeds for both volumes and full instances. Its ease of use is fantastic, and the customer support is great. It's one of the best vendor relationships I've experienced. If an issue arises, they are quick to respond, dig into it, and assist us. Whenever we uncover a bug, they work with third-party vendors on our behalf to resolve it, and it gets patched very quickly. The initial setup was very straightforward, involving only a few IAM role deployments and some policy configuration.

What do you dislike about the product?

Some of the reporting and task tracking can be cumbersome at times.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Clumio greatly improves backup and recovery speeds for large EC2 instances, either in-source or to any account. Their customer support is quick to respond, assisting with issues and coordinating with third-party vendors to resolve bugs quickly.

What do you like best about the product?

Clumio is a simple, SaaS-native backup platform that excels in AWS environments by adding governance, automation, and air-gapped protection on top of native cloud capabilities.

What do you dislike about the product?

Clumio is strong for AWS-native backup simplicity, but it lacks the breadth, depth, and multi-cloud capabilities required for large-scale enterprise data protection environments.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Clumio solves the chaos of AWS-native backups by delivering centralized control, automation, and ransomware-safe protection—without requiring any infrastructure to manage