AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs Acronis Disaster Recovery

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery9.0Visit Acronis Disaster Recovery9.0Visit

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery #4 in Disaster Recovery Software 9.0/10 Paid ✓ 3 of 4 features Visit AWS DRS

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

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery fits best

  AWS-centric teams with transparent hourly pricing

• Acronis Disaster Recovery fits best

  Businesses needing broad cloud DR orchestration

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Side by side

Feature	AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Acronis Disaster Recovery 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	9.0
Ranking	#4 in Disaster Recovery Software	#5 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	AWS-centric teams with transparent hourly pricing	Businesses needing broad cloud DR orchestration
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$0.03/unit usage-based	Pricing on request
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux	Web
Support	Docs	Email, Live chat, Phone, Community, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	SOC 2	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 3/4 · Acronis Disaster Recovery 4/4
Failover orchestration	—	✓ (best)
Failback orchestration	✓	✓
Test failover	✓	✓
Recovery runbooks	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Supported workloads	physical servers, VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Amazon EC2, other cloud infrastructure, Windows and Linux applications, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, SAP	Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Active Directory, Linux Server, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Nutanix, Scale Computing, Citrix XenServer
RPO target	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Continuous block-level replication with point-in-time recovery Recovery plans support ordered server groups and recovery drills Failback supports on-premises and other source infrastructure	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
Cons	No free plan; pricing is charged per source server per hour Traffic redirection during failover requires DNS or another service AWS resource and data-transfer costs are billed separately	Pricing requires a sales conversation Service-provider pricing is usage-based or package-based Cloud recovery depends on VPN-based site connectivity
Our verdict	AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is a paid disaster recovery service for replicating supported physical, virtual, cloud, and AWS workloads into AWS. It supports Windows and Linux applications, including environments using VMware vSphere,… Read the review →	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 →

Strengths and trade-offs

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery — where it wins

  • Continuous block-level replication with point-in-time recovery
  • Recovery plans support ordered server groups and recovery drills
  • Failback supports on-premises and other source infrastructure

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; pricing is charged per source server per hour
  • Traffic redirection during failover requires DNS or another service
  • AWS resource and data-transfer costs are billed separately

• 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

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery9.0/10 · Paid

  A focused AWS recovery service with clear hourly pricing and separate traffic management.

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

  Broad cloud DR orchestration for service providers managing mixed infrastructure.

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