Amanda vs Amazon CloudWatch RUM

Amanda plans

• Amanda CommunityFree
• Amanda Community EditionFree
• Business$5.99 a month
• Business Plus$6.99 a month
• EnterprisePriced on request

Amazon CloudWatch RUM plans

• Usage-based pricing$0.03 a month
• RUM web events$1 a month
• RUM mobile data$0.35 a month

Pick Amanda if…

Amanda suits administrators of Linux, Unix, and Windows hosts who want centralized, self-managed backups. The project identifies its community edition as best suited to labs and testing.

Pick Amazon CloudWatch RUM if…

It suits teams monitoring web and mobile app interactions, performance indicators, geographic patterns, and errors. Its server recovery capabilities may also suit organizations with protected server workloads.