AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs NetApp Disaster Recovery

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery9.0Visit NDNetApp Disaster Recovery8.4Visit

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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ND NetApp Disaster Recovery #11 in Disaster Recovery Software 8.4/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit NetApp

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery fits best

  AWS-centric teams with transparent hourly pricing

• NetApp Disaster Recovery fits best

  NetApp storage estates needing VM DR

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Side by side

Feature	AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 9.0/10 Visit ↗	NDNetApp Disaster Recovery 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.4
Ranking	#4 in Disaster Recovery Software	#11 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	AWS-centric teams with transparent hourly pricing	NetApp storage estates needing VM DR
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$0.03/unit usage-based	—
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux	Web
Support	Docs	Docs
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 3/4 · NetApp 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	VMware virtual machines; Kubernetes clusters
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	Failover, failback, migration, and boot-order-based VM recovery Non-disruptive test failover with FlexClone volumes Application-consistent snapshots for supported Oracle and SQL Server configurations
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	Workload support centers on VMware VMs and Kubernetes clusters Paid service with no free plan after the 30-day trial Pricing is metered by used source-volume capacity
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 →	NetApp Disaster Recovery is a SaaS service in the NetApp Console for replicating and recovering workloads between on-premises and cloud environments. It is designed for teams managing NetApp ONTAP storage estates that need disaster… 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

• NetApp Disaster Recovery — where it wins

  • Failover, failback, migration, and boot-order-based VM recovery
  • Non-disruptive test failover with FlexClone volumes
  • Application-consistent snapshots for supported Oracle and SQL Server configurations

  Where it doesn't

  • Workload support centers on VMware VMs and Kubernetes clusters
  • Paid service with no free plan after the 30-day trial
  • Pricing is metered by used source-volume capacity

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery9.0/10 · Paid

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

  Visit AWS DRSFull verdict →
• NDNetApp Disaster Recovery8.4/10 · 30-day trial

  A focused DR service for NetApp storage estates protecting VMware and Kubernetes workloads.

  Visit NetAppFull verdict →