# Why GitHub Backups

### Why you need GitHub Backups

### Save engineering time
Don’t waste developer cycles maintaining backup scripts. Rewind’s automated backups allow your engineers to focus on what they do best: delighting your customers.

### Disaster recovery
Protect your workflows, your IP, and your profitability. Rewind recovers your repositories, including metadata, with a few clicks. Granular data restores improve your speed to recovery.

### **Protect your metadata**
Rewind backs up your critical metadata such as pull requests, issues, and [more](https://rewind.com/backups-101/rewind-github-features/#github-metadata-backups). Cloud sync features ensure your critical data is always accessible.

### **Meet compliance needs faster**
Compliance with SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, and more is simple with automated backups, granular data recovery, data location storage, cloud sync, access logs, and audit-ready compliance reports. Rewind ensures your critical data remains protected and accessible while meeting the highest compliance standards.

## Features

#### General features

### **Automated daily backups of your GitHub data, recovered in minutes**
### Automated daily backups, including metadata
We back up your GitHub repositories nightly so that your day’s changes are captured and ready by the morning. Planning to make major changes to your code? On-demand backups are available to protect your data.

[Learn more](https://rewind.com/backups-101/rewind-github-features/#automated-daily-backups)

### Sync backups to your cloud storage
Cloud sync to Azure Blob or Amazon S3 storage allows you to automate the creation of copies of your daily backup snapshots. Ensure additional security with secure syncs of your backed-up data to the cloud storage of your choice.

[Learn more](https://rewind.com/backups-101/rewind-github-features/#enterprise-plan-features)

### Rapid, self-serve restores
Rewind allows you to rapidly restore a backup snapshot up to 365 days back in time in a few clicks. Using the self-serve portal, backups are directly created on your GitHub account without affecting your current code.

[Learn more](https://rewind.com/backups-101/rewind-github-features/#restore-gitHub-backups)

### Git LFS Support
Automated backup of large files as they are committed to Git LFS available on request.

### Security features

### **Stay compliant and audit-ready**
### Data Residency
Choose between [several global servers](https://knowledge.rewind.com/s/article/location-choice-for-rewind-backup-storage-data-residency?_gl=1*1l0pvkc*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3MzEzNTQxODAuMTIzNDU1Nzc4OQ..*_gcl_au*MTE2OTQ1MDA2Ny4xNzMwNDg0NjIxLjk2MDA1OTE5MC4xNzM4MTYwNzg5LjE3MzgxNjA3ODk.*_ga*NzMwNzg2NzgxLjE3Mjk2MjU4NzU.*_ga_69QTZH866S*MTczODE3NjEyOC4xMS4xLjE3MzgxNzcxMTIuMC4wLjE3NjgxNjEwOQ..) for your cloud storage location. Easily comply with geographic restrictions such as GDPR or HIPAA as your backups will be stored in your designated location only.

[Learn more](https://rewind.com/backups-101/rewind-github-features/#location-choice-for-cloud-storage)

### SOC 2 report
Rewind is SOC 2, Type 2 and GDPR compliant, mitigating your third-party risks. Rewind’s SOC 2 Type 2 report is available with NDA to assist in audit processes.

[Learn more](https://rewind.com/backups-101/rewind-github-features/#soc2-report)

### HIPAA
Rewind helps you meet HIPAA requirements with secure, automated backups and rapid data restoration. Encrypted storage and audit logs protect PHI, ensuring accessibility and security.

[Learn more](https://rewind.com/trust/hipaa-compliance/)

### Military-grade encryption
Rewind protects your data with military-grade encryption, AES-256. All backups are encrypted with the AES-256 bit encryption algorithm at rest and in transit. Rewind’s SOC 2 audit provides further transparency and security, verified by Rewind’s SOC 2 Type 2 report.

[Learn more](https://rewind.com/backups-101/rewind-github-features/#military-grade-encryption)

### Enterprise audit log
Rewind’s audit log is a centralized stream of all systems and user activity to improve security and help with compliance needs. Audit log covers activities such as backups, restores, logins, logouts, account creations, account deletions, and more.

[Learn more](https://rewind.com/backups-101/rewind-github-features/#audit-log)

## Pricing

Rewind Backups for GitHub is billed according to the number of GitHub Organization Members. For a custom quote, please [Request a demo](https://rewind.com/book-a-demo/?platform=github).

### Individual plan
* $14.00 USD / month
* Limited to GitHub personal accounts only
* Unlimited repository backups
* 30-day backup retention
* GitHub metadata protection
* On-demand recovery
* AES-256 encryption

### Pro plan
* $14.00 USD / month
* $4.00 USD / user / month
* Up to 99 GitHub users
* Cloud storage location
* Unlimited repository backups
* 30-day backup retention
* GitHub metadata protection
* On-demand recovery
* AES-256 encryption
* Audit log of all activity
* SOC 2 Report with NDA

### Enterprise plan
* $400.00 USD / month
* $4.00 USD / user / month
* Everything included in Pro plan, plus…
* 365 day backup retention
* Restore assistance
* Cloud Sync – Azure
* Cloud Sync – Amazon S3
* Git LFS backups* Early Access

[Start my free trial](https://app.rewind.com/users/sign_up?platform=github)