AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs Datto SIRIS

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery9.0Visit Datto SIRIS8.7Visit

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

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery fits best

  AWS-centric teams with transparent hourly pricing

• Datto SIRIS fits best

  MSPs managing multi-tenant backup DR

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Side by side

Feature	AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Datto SIRIS 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.7
Ranking	#4 in Disaster Recovery Software	#8 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	AWS-centric teams with transparent hourly pricing	MSPs managing multi-tenant backup DR
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$0.03/unit usage-based	Pricing on request
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux	Web, Linux
Support	Docs	Email, Phone, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	SOC 2	ISO 27001, SOC 2, 2FA
Integrations	7 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 3/4 · Datto SIRIS 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 Server, Linux, VMware, Hyper-V
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	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	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 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	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 →	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

• 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

• 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

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery9.0/10 · Paid

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

  Visit AWS DRSFull verdict →
• 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 →