Acronis Disaster Recovery vs Datto SIRIS

Acronis Disaster Recovery9.0Visit Datto SIRIS8.7Visit

Higher score Acronis Disaster Recovery #5 in Disaster Recovery Software 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Acronis

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Datto SIRIS #8 in Disaster Recovery Software 8.7/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Datto SIRIS

• Acronis Disaster Recovery fits best

  Businesses needing broad cloud DR orchestration

• Datto SIRIS fits best

  MSPs managing multi-tenant backup DR

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Side by side

Feature	Acronis Disaster Recovery 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Datto SIRIS 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.7
Ranking	#5 in Disaster Recovery Software	#8 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Businesses needing broad cloud DR orchestration	MSPs managing multi-tenant backup DR
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web, Linux
Support	Email, Live chat, Phone, Community, Docs · 24/7	Email, Phone, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS	ISO 27001, SOC 2, 2FA
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Acronis Disaster Recovery 4/4 · Datto SIRIS 3/4
Failover orchestration	✓	✓
Failback orchestration	✓	✓
Test failover	✓	✓
Recovery runbooks	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Supported workloads	Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Active Directory, Linux Server, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Nutanix, Scale Computing, Citrix XenServer	Windows Server, Linux, VMware, Hyper-V
RPO target	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Automates production failover, testing, runbooks, and incremental failback Supports servers, databases, applications, and major virtualization platforms Recovers to Acronis Cloud, Azure, or a hybrid cloud environment	Five-minute backup frequency with local and Datto Cloud backups Local and cloud virtualization with failback and recovery testing Immutable storage, ransomware detection, and centralized multi-tenant management
Cons	Pricing requires a sales conversation Service-provider pricing is usage-based or package-based Cloud recovery depends on VPN-based site connectivity	Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than public plan comparison Multiple deployment options add architecture and planning decisions Its broad DR focus may exceed the needs of simple file backup
Our verdict	Acronis Disaster Recovery is a disaster recovery as a service product for managed service providers and their customers. It protects physical and virtual workloads and provides recovery to Acronis Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or a hybrid… Read the review →	Datto SIRIS is a business continuity and disaster recovery platform for managed service providers and IT teams. It combines backup software, appliances, cloud replication, local and cloud virtualization, file-level restore, bare-metal… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Acronis Disaster Recovery — where it wins

  • Automates production failover, testing, runbooks, and incremental failback
  • Supports servers, databases, applications, and major virtualization platforms
  • Recovers to Acronis Cloud, Azure, or a hybrid cloud environment

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales conversation
  • Service-provider pricing is usage-based or package-based
  • Cloud recovery depends on VPN-based site connectivity

• Datto SIRIS — where it wins

  • Five-minute backup frequency with local and Datto Cloud backups
  • Local and cloud virtualization with failback and recovery testing
  • Immutable storage, ransomware detection, and centralized multi-tenant management

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than public plan comparison
  • Multiple deployment options add architecture and planning decisions
  • Its broad DR focus may exceed the needs of simple file backup

• Acronis Disaster Recovery9.0/10 · Pricing on request

  Broad cloud DR orchestration for service providers managing mixed infrastructure.

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• Datto SIRIS8.7/10 · Pricing on request

  A hybrid DR platform with five-minute backups, virtualization, failback, and multi-tenant management.

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