This white paper compares the operational, financial, and security tradeoffs between building an in-house backup infrastructure and adopting SaaS-based or managed solutions. It explains staffing constraints, maintenance burdens, hidden costs, and scaling challenges in DIY models. It highlights benefits of buying: predictable pricing, automation, immutability, expert-managed updates, and faster deployment. The guide provides evaluation criteria, including RPO/RTO needs, security requirements, compliance, workloads, and long-term flexibility, helping organizations choose a resilient, sustainable backup strategy.

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