SurrealDB Cloud is designed so you can recover from mistakes, outages, or regional issues without operating your own backup infrastructure. Policies are managed per instance or organisation according to your plan.
Automated backups and retention
Automated backups capture instance state on a schedule defined in the Cloud console. Retention determines how long each backup generation is kept before it is eligible for removal—longer retention improves recoverability but increases storage use and cost. Align retention with compliance needs (for example, minimum weeks or months of history).
Point-in-time recovery
Where available for your instance type and version, point-in-time recovery (PITR) lets you restore to a moment within the retained window, not only to named backup snapshots. This narrows data loss when you need to undo a bad migration or application bug.
Manual exports
For portability, audits, or migrations, use manual export flows to pull data or definitions in a format suitable for re-import or offline analysis. Treat exports like secrets: store them in secure object storage with restricted access.
Operational detail
Step-by-step backup schedules, export procedures, and restore workflows are covered alongside other runbooks in the deployment documentation. See SurrealDB Cloud operations for exports, migration, and related topics.