Afi.ai vs Rewind

Afi.ai is a cloud-native backup and recovery service for Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and Kubernetes. It protects mailboxes, drives, shared drives, calendars and contacts as well as Teams and SharePoint data, and it was built from scratch as a SaaS product rather than adapted from on-premises backup software, which shows in its quick setup and modern interface.

Backups run automatically on a schedule, with unlimited storage and unlimited retention included in a per-user price. Restores can be granular (a single email, file or folder) or cover a full account at a chosen point in time. AI-driven monitoring flags unusual activity such as mass deletions or encryption patterns that suggest ransomware, and a multi-tenant console lets managed service providers run backups for many client organizations from one place. Kubernetes cluster backup is priced separately on a custom basis.

Afi fits IT teams and MSPs that want SaaS backup without managing storage or legacy agents, especially organizations on Google Workspace, where fewer strong options exist. It is a younger and less known vendor than Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Backupify or Spanning, and it does not cover Salesforce or other SaaS apps, so companies that want one vendor for every cloud application may prefer broader suites such as Druva or Own. For pure Workspace and 365 protection, transparent pricing and fast restores are its strongest arguments.

Rewind is a backup and recovery service for SaaS data, built by a company based in Ottawa, Canada. It protects data that cloud platforms do not back up on your behalf, including Shopify store content, GitHub repositories and metadata, Jira and Confluence, QuickBooks Online and Trello. Under the shared responsibility model, SaaS vendors keep their infrastructure running, but accidental deletions, faulty app installs, bad imports and malicious changes remain the customer's problem.

Rewind runs automated backups, typically daily, and keeps a versioned history of items. Users can restore a single product, theme, issue, page or transaction, or roll back a whole account to an earlier point. For GitHub it captures repositories along with metadata such as issues and pull requests, a capability it expanded by acquiring BackHub, and for Atlassian products it is available through the Atlassian Marketplace. Pricing is per user per month for the platform you back up, with a Standard plan, an Advanced plan for compliance needs and custom Enterprise contracts.

Rewind fits merchants, engineering teams and finance departments for whom losing data in Shopify, GitHub, Jira or QuickBooks would be costly, and it supports retention requirements for compliance. Costs add up when several apps are protected, coverage is limited to supported platforms, and restores of complex, interconnected data can be partial. GitProtect is an alternative for code repositories, Spanning and Backupify cover Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, and Own, now part of Salesforce, specializes in Salesforce data.