AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs Arcserve Replication and High Availability

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery9.0Visit Arcserve Replication and High Availability8.8Visit

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

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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

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery fits best

  AWS-centric teams with transparent hourly pricing

• Arcserve Replication and High Availability fits best

  Mixed Windows and Linux high availability

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Side by side

Feature	AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Arcserve Replication and High Availability 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.8
Ranking	#4 in Disaster Recovery Software	#7 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	AWS-centric teams with transparent hourly pricing	Mixed Windows and Linux high availability
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$0.03/unit usage-based	Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux	Windows, Linux
Support	Docs	Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2	GDPR
Integrations	7 integrations	12 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 3/4 · Arcserve Replication and High Availability 3/4
Failover orchestration	—	✓ (best)
Failback orchestration	✓	✓
Test failover	✓	✓
Recovery runbooks	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
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 and Linux systems; physical and virtual machines; Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, IIS, Hyper-V, Dynamics CRM, VMware vCenter, Oracle Database, custom applications
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	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.
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 rather than self-serve plan selection. There is no free plan. Replication is asynchronous rather than synchronous.
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 →	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 →

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

• 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.

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery9.0/10 · Paid

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

  Visit AWS DRSFull verdict →
• 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.

  Visit ArcserveFull verdict →