Atlassian has launched "Backup & Restore for Cloud" and simultaneously deprecated the old Backup Manager APIs. For Jira administrators this means: act now — or risk a regulatory gap.
The existing Backup Manager APIs and Large Site Imports are being discontinued. If your backup processes rely on them, you'll soon have a gap. Existing automations and scripts will stop working.
The new solution offers full-app backup — but only for Premium and Enterprise plans with annual contracts. No download, no own storage. Atlassian manages everything. And: only 30 days maximum retention.
GDPR, DORA, and BaFin requirements often demand longer retention, own storage locations (BYOS), and verifiable recovery. Atlassian Backup alone is not enough for many companies to stay compliant.
| Feature | Atlassian Backup | Revyz | Rewind | HYCU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granular Restore | ✗ Full-app only | ✓ Project/Issue/Attachment | ✓ Object level | ✓ Object level |
| In-Place Restore | ✗ Empty site only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Retention | ⚠ Max. 30 days | ✓ Unlimited | ✓ Unlimited | ✓ Unlimited |
| Own Storage (BYOS) | ✗ Atlassian-managed | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Download Available | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3rd-Party App Data | ✗ | ✓ | ⚠ Partial | ✓ |
| Assets Data | ✗ | ✓ | ⚠ Partial | ✓ |
| Immutable Backups | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Minimum Plan | Premium / Enterprise | All plans | All plans | All plans |
| Primary Use | Disaster Recovery | Admin Ops & Config | Multi-SaaS Backup | Enterprise Multi-Cloud |
Deleted issues, pages, and attachments can be restored within 60 days. Simple but limited — no configuration changes, no bulk recovery.
New full-app backups with 30 days retention. No granular restore, no download, no own storage. Premium/Enterprise with annual contract only.
For severe outages on Atlassian's side. You have no self-service here — this is Atlassian's internal safeguard, not yours.
Offsite storage, long retention, granular restore, compliance evidence. Only a 3rd-party tool delivers this — and that's exactly where we help you.
We're not just consultants — we implement Atlassian Cloud environments for DAX corporations and mid-sized companies. Backup strategies are part of every landing zone we design.
We recommend the solution that fits you — whether Revyz, Rewind, HYCU, or Atlassian-native. No vendor lock-in consulting, but real decision-making basis.
RPO/RTO analysis, storage strategy (BYOS), runbook creation: we deliver not just the recommendation, but also the implementation — including documentation for your audit.