PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS DATA

Google Workspace Backup

Automated Cloud-to-Cloud Data Protection

Google Workspace keeps your data available, but recovering it after a deletion you notice months later, a ransomware hit, or a closed account is on you. NeuGenity adds true point-in-time backup for Gmail, Drive, Shared Drives, Calendar, and Contacts, powered by Patronum.

Learn Why You Need Backup

Does Google back up your Workspace data? Google keeps your data available and gives you a short deletion-recovery window plus Drive version history, but that is not a backup. There is no point-in-time restore, the windows expire in weeks, and nothing protects you from ransomware, a closed account, or a loss you discover months later. NeuGenity provides true backup, powered by Patronum, to close that gap.

What Google Protects, and Where It Stops

Google is responsible for keeping its platform running. You are responsible for recovering your own data. Those are not the same thing.

What Google Gives You

  • Drive version history. Roll a single file back to an earlier draft, as long as the versions have not aged out.
  • A short deletion window. Trash and admin recovery hold deleted items for roughly 25 to 30 days, then they are gone.
  • Google Vault. Retention and eDiscovery for legal holds, not a recovery tool.
  • Platform uptime. Protection against Google's own hardware failures.

Where It Leaves You Exposed

  • Loss found months later. Most deletions are noticed long after the trash and version windows have already expired.
  • Ransomware. Files encrypted or deleted across the tenant, with version history wiped along with them.
  • A closed or suspended account. Lose the account and the version history and trash inside it go too.
  • No point-in-time restore. No way to roll a whole account or Shared Drive back to how it looked on a specific date.

The point: version history and the trash are useful, but they are not a backup. They expire in weeks and disappear in exactly the disasters where you need them most. A true backup keeps an independent copy you can restore from on any date.

How Businesses Actually Lose Workspace Data

These are the everyday situations Google's built-in tools were never designed to recover from.

A departing employee

Someone on the way out deletes files and emails before the account is offboarded. By the time it is noticed, the recovery window has closed.

A ransomware attack

An attacker gets in through a phishing email and encrypts or deletes Drive and Gmail data across the tenant. Without an isolated backup, the options are pay or lose it.

A deletion found too late

A folder cleaned up last quarter turns out to have held something important. Months later, the trash and version history are long gone.

An account lockout

A billing lapse or automated security flag suspends an account, and access to everything inside it goes with it until, and if, it is restored.

True Backup for Google Workspace

An independent, point-in-time copy of everything that matters, recovered straight back into your Workspace when you need it.

Gmail

Full mailboxes, attachments, and labels, searchable and restorable down to a single message.

Drive and Shared Drives

Files, folder structure, and sharing permissions preserved, including team and department Shared Drives.

Calendar, Contacts, Chat

Events, recurring appointments, full contact lists and groups, and Chat history.

What Makes It a Real Backup

Point-in-time restore

Go back to how your data looked on any date, days or months ago.

Up to three backups a day

Automated, in the background, with no effect on your team.

Ransomware isolation

Stored separately from your tenant, so it cannot be encrypted with it.

Granular search and restore

Recover one email or file, or a whole account, without overwriting good data.

Self-service recovery

Restore quickly without waiting on a ticket queue.

Encrypted end to end

AES-256 at rest and TLS in transit.

Backup powered by

Patronum, the backup platform NeuGenity deploys for clients

Backup is included with a Google Companion membership, and NeuGenity can set it up alongside a Google Workspace migration or a security assessment.

How NeuGenity Backup Works

Set up once, then it runs on its own.

1

Initial backup

NeuGenity connects to your Workspace and captures a complete first copy of mail, files, Shared Drives, calendars, and contacts.

2

Automatic daily backups

Up to three times a day, only the changes since the last run are captured, so it stays fast and current.

3

Isolated, encrypted storage

Copies are held separately from your Google tenant and encrypted, so a tenant compromise cannot reach them.

4

Restore in minutes

Search, pick a recovery point, and restore the item or account straight back into Google Workspace.

Why Small Businesses Choose NeuGenity for Backup

A Google Workspace specialist who sets it up right and is there when you need to recover.

Built for small business

Focused on companies with 10 to 150 employees. No enterprise complexity, just protection that fits.

Google Workspace specialist

Configured by a Google Workspace Certified Administrator who knows how your environment is put together.

Simple per-user pricing

Predictable monthly cost, no hidden fees. You know exactly what protection costs.

Quick setup

Backup configured, tested, and protecting your data within a couple of business days.

Monitored backups

Automated monitoring confirms backups complete, and failures are flagged and resolved.

Help when you recover

When data needs restoring, you work directly with Christopher, not a faceless queue.

Google Workspace Backup FAQ

The questions business owners ask before protecting their data.

Does Google back up your Google Workspace data?+
Not in the way most businesses assume. Google keeps your data highly available and protects against its own hardware failures, and it offers a short recovery window for deleted items plus version history on Drive files. None of that is a backup. There is no point-in-time restore, the recovery windows expire in weeks, and nothing protects you if an account is closed, ransomware strikes, or data is wiped. A separate backup covers that gap.
Isn't Google Drive version history already a backup?+
No. Version history lets you roll a single file back to an earlier draft, and it is genuinely useful, but it is not a backup. It does not help when a file or whole account is deleted and the loss is discovered months later, when ransomware encrypts or removes data, when an account is suspended or closed, or when data is lost on Google's side. Real loss is usually noticed long after Google's short windows have passed.
What does NeuGenity's backup cover?+
Gmail, Drive, Shared Drives, Calendar, Contacts, and Chat, with folder structure, sharing permissions, and document fidelity preserved. Restores can be a single email or file, a full account, or an entire Shared Drive, recovered straight back into your Google Workspace.
How often is my data backed up?+
Up to three automated backups per day. Backups run in the background with no effect on your team, capturing changes since the last run so the process stays fast.
How fast can you restore lost data?+
Most restores take minutes. You search for the item, pick the point in time to restore from, and it is recovered into Google Workspace. Granular restore means you recover exactly what was lost without overwriting good data.
Is the backup protected from ransomware?+
Yes. Backups are held in isolated storage separate from your Google Workspace, so attackers who compromise your tenant cannot reach or encrypt them. Early ransomware detection flags unusual activity, and point-in-time restore lets you roll back to a clean copy from before the attack.

Service delivered by Christopher Samuels, Google Workspace Certified Administrator

Page last updated: May 30, 2026