Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud vs IBM VM Recovery Manager for Power

Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud8.7Visit IBM VM Recovery Manager for Power8.2Visit

Higher score Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud #3 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software 8.7/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Acronis

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IBM VM Recovery Manager for Power #7 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software 8.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 3 features Visit IBM

• Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud fits best

  Broad server and application recovery

• IBM VM Recovery Manager for Power fits best

  IBM Power and enterprise application recovery

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Side by side

Feature	Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud 8.7/10 Visit ↗	IBM VM Recovery Manager for Power 8.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.7	8.2
Ranking	#3 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software	#7 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Broad server and application recovery	IBM Power and enterprise application recovery
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request · 30-day trial	Pricing on request
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Phone, Tickets, Docs · 24/7	Phone, Docs, Community
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Enterprise
Features Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud 3/3 · IBM VM Recovery Manager for Power 1/3
Failover orchestration	✓	✓
Dependency mapping	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Immutable recovery points	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Replication mode	Not checked yet	Scheduled
Minimum RPO	15 min	Not checked yet
Minimum RTO	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Supported workloads	Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Active Directory, Linux Server, Red Hat Virtualization, Linux KVM, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Nutanix, Scale Computing, Citrix XenServer	AIX; IBM i; Linux; SAP HANA; OpenShift; Db2; Oracle; SAP; PostgreSQL; NetWeaver
Our review
Pros	Failover to Acronis Cloud or Microsoft Azure Runbooks, isolated testing, and incremental failback Supports Windows, Linux, databases, and major virtualization platforms	Automates VM failover, restart, and planned relocation Supports non-disruptive recovery rehearsals and site VLAN mapping Automates IBM i recovery without custom scripting
Cons	Pricing requires contact with sales and a usage-based agreement Recovery is backup-based rather than replication-mode recovery Managed through a web console rather than a broader listed platform set	Focused on IBM Power environments rather than broad infrastructure coverage Pricing requires contact with IBM or an IBM business partner Replication is scheduled rather than continuous
Our verdict	Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud is a disaster recovery as a service offering for managed service providers and businesses. It uses backup-based recovery to run physical, virtual, and cloud workloads in Acronis Cloud, Microsoft Azure,… Read the review →	IBM VM Recovery Manager for Power is a restart-based high-availability and disaster-recovery solution for organizations running AIX, IBM i, and Linux on IBM Power systems. It is aimed at teams recovering IBM Power workloads and enterprise… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud — where it wins

  • Failover to Acronis Cloud or Microsoft Azure
  • Runbooks, isolated testing, and incremental failback
  • Supports Windows, Linux, databases, and major virtualization platforms

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contact with sales and a usage-based agreement
  • Recovery is backup-based rather than replication-mode recovery
  • Managed through a web console rather than a broader listed platform set

• IBM VM Recovery Manager for Power — where it wins

  • Automates VM failover, restart, and planned relocation
  • Supports non-disruptive recovery rehearsals and site VLAN mapping
  • Automates IBM i recovery without custom scripting

  Where it doesn't

  • Focused on IBM Power environments rather than broad infrastructure coverage
  • Pricing requires contact with IBM or an IBM business partner
  • Replication is scheduled rather than continuous

• Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud8.7/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A broad recovery service for businesses and providers managing varied workloads.

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• IBM VM Recovery Manager for Power8.2/10 · Pricing on request

  A focused recovery platform for IBM Power workloads and enterprise application continuity.

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