Arcserve Replication and High Availability vs Datto SIRIS

Arcserve Replication and High Availability8.8Visit Datto SIRIS8.7Visit

Higher score Arcserve Replication and High Availability #7 in Disaster Recovery Software 8.8/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Arcserve

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

• Arcserve Replication and High Availability fits best

  Mixed Windows and Linux high availability

• Datto SIRIS fits best

  MSPs managing multi-tenant backup DR

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Side by side

Feature	Arcserve Replication and High Availability 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Datto SIRIS 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.7
Ranking	#7 in Disaster Recovery Software	#8 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Mixed Windows and Linux high availability	MSPs managing multi-tenant backup DR
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	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Windows, Linux	Web, Linux
Support	Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Docs	Email, Phone, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	GDPR	ISO 27001, SOC 2, 2FA
Integrations	12 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Arcserve Replication and High Availability 3/4 · Datto SIRIS 3/4
Failover orchestration	✓	✓
Failback orchestration	✓	✓
Test failover	✓	✓
Recovery runbooks	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Supported workloads	Windows and Linux systems; physical and virtual machines; Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, IIS, Hyper-V, Dynamics CRM, VMware vCenter, Oracle Database, custom applications	Windows Server, Linux, VMware, Hyper-V
RPO target	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Supports continuous replication with automatic or manual failover. Covers physical, virtual, on-premises, remote, and cloud deployments. Includes rollback, recovery testing, monitoring, encryption, and redirection.	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 rather than self-serve plan selection. There is no free plan. Replication is asynchronous rather than synchronous.	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	Arcserve Replication and High Availability is disaster recovery and high-availability software for organizations running Windows and Linux systems. It supports physical and virtual machines, on-premises, remote, and cloud deployments, and… 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

• Arcserve Replication and High Availability — where it wins

  • Supports continuous replication with automatic or manual failover.
  • Covers physical, virtual, on-premises, remote, and cloud deployments.
  • Includes rollback, recovery testing, monitoring, encryption, and redirection.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than self-serve plan selection.
  • There is no free plan.
  • Replication is asynchronous rather than synchronous.

• 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

• Arcserve Replication and High Availability8.8/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A broad disaster recovery platform for mixed Windows and Linux high-availability workloads.

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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.

  Visit Datto SIRISFull verdict →