We list the advantages and differences between cloud backups vs locals backups Both can be considered complementary, and all have some advantages, without being perfect.
The cloud is actually a remote, external server, professionally managed and secured. That means that if your company is attacked, the cloud is safe from attacks.
1- The highest security: an attack on your company does not affect the cloud backups at all. Data in the cloud is backed up and secured by the most advanced systems.
2- Scalability: very easily and quickly you can go from having backups of one PC, to having backups of 3, 5, 10 or whatever is necessary.
3- Disaster recovery: Thanks to point 1, you can recover data in case of local disasters (fires, floods, or destruction of computer equipment for other reasons), or due to theft.
The local backup system is characterized by the fact that you control it locally—with all the associated pros and cons. Its advantages are as follows:
1- Maximum speed, both when backing up data and when restoring backups and data. Much faster than the cloud in doing both processes, since everything is local.
2- In the medium and long term, it is cheaper. While cloud-based solutions require ongoing annual or monthly fees, a local backup system typically only involves an initial investment to set up the system and purchase the necessary hard drives; additional spending is only required if you wish to increase storage capacity.
3- It does not rely on the internet. Although today it is common to find fiber optics everywhere, with cloud backups it may be the case that the bandwidth collapses due to very intense use, or also that there is a fault in the connection on a certain day, and the backup cannot be made. With the local backup that never happens.
In short, and from our perspective, we would say that cloud backups are the best—albeit most expensive—option.
Local backups are more cost-effective in the long run, but they offer fewer advantages.
Although we currently recommend both, we do not consider one to be so far superior to the other that you should choose one and discard the other. The best option is to have it all and combine it.
