There are dozens of cloud backup services. Most store your data. Very few protect it. Here is an honest look at what makes EndLock Vault different — and why it matters when ransomware hits.
What Sets Us Apart
Plenty of services store your data cheaply. EndLock Vault is built around something else entirely: can you actually recover when everything goes wrong?
Object lock is enforced at the storage layer, not by policy or permissions — a hard technical guarantee that nothing can be modified or deleted for the full retention period. It is on for every plan, not reserved for a premium tier. Ransomware cannot encrypt what it cannot reach, and stolen credentials cannot delete what is object-locked.
Your data is encrypted on your own device with AES-256-GCM before any of it is transmitted — file names, folder structures and contents alike. It is not a setting to find and switch on, and there is no unencrypted mode. What travels the wire and what sits in storage is ciphertext.
Many services spread your data across regions for their own redundancy, and you never find out where it ended up. EndLock Vault gives you 10 specific vault regions and a commitment that your data stays in the one you pick. Not for processing, not for redundancy, not for any other reason.
The Real Test
Every backup service claims to protect you from this. What actually happens depends on how the storage underneath is built.
Sync is not backup
Protected until credentials are stolen
Nothing to encrypt, nothing to delete
Where We Fit
Backup products fall into broad categories with different priorities. This is where EndLock Vault sits, and what each category typically offers.
| Capability | EndLock Vault | File Sync | Consumer Backup | Enterprise Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security & Encryption | ||||
| Encryption applied on your device | ✓ Always | Sometimes optional | Often optional | ✓ |
| Object lock immutability (WORM) | ✓ Every plan | ✗ | Varies by provider | ✓ Usually |
| Backups survive stolen credentials | ✓ | ✗ | Only with object lock | ✓ Usually |
| Data Residency | ||||
| You choose the storage region | ✓ 10 regions | ✗ | Limited choice | ✓ |
| Data stays in that region only | ✓ | ✗ | Varies | Configurable |
| Backup Capabilities | ||||
| Files and folders | ✓ All plans | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Disk image and system state | ✓ Enterprise | ✗ | Varies | ✓ |
| Virtual machines | ✓ Enterprise | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Databases and Microsoft 365 | ✓ Enterprise | ✗ | Varies | ✓ |
| Pricing & Setup | ||||
| Software licence included | ✓ All plans | ✓ | ✓ | Often separate |
| No hardware required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Often on-premise |
| Second vault in another region | ✓ Add-on | ✗ | Rare | ✓ |
| Fixed published pricing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Usually quote-based |
* A general characterisation of product categories, not of any specific provider. Individual services vary considerably — check the current specifications of anything you are comparing.
The Right Fit
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