Almost every backup tool runs inside the same environment it protects. Same network, same credentials, same provider account. So the moment someone gets in — or someone on the inside turns — your backups fall with everything else.

That is not a backup. That is a second copy in the same fire.

The single point of failure

Three failure modes share one root cause: proximity.

• Ransomware hunts for backup volumes and snapshots first, then encrypts or deletes them before touching production.
• Compromised credentials give an attacker the same reach as your platform team — including every backup bucket and snapshot policy.
• Insider and human error — a disgruntled engineer, or an accidental terraform destroy — can wipe services and their backups in one breath.

In every case, access to production implies access to recovery.

External by architecture

saved.sh keeps backups out of reach of the environment they protect:

1. A worker runs the dump (locally in your own server, or in our cloud).
2. The backend validates, checksums and encrypts it.
3. The result is sealed in immutable, retention-locked cold storage.

A retention lock keeps every backup undeletable until it expires — so even a compromised account, a leaked key, or our own operators cannot wipe your recovery history early.

The point isn't another copy. The point is a copy your attacker can't reach.

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