AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs Nutanix Disaster Recovery

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery7.2Visit NDNutanix Disaster Recovery6.9Visit

Higher score AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery #4 in Disaster Recovery Orchestration Software 7.2/10 From $0.03 ✓ 0 of 4 features Visit AWS

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ND Nutanix Disaster Recovery #6 in Disaster Recovery Orchestration Software 6.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Nutanix

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery fits best

  AWS-centric teams seeking low metered cost

• Nutanix Disaster Recovery fits best

  Nutanix enterprises with virtual workloads

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Side by side

Feature	AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 7.2/10 Visit ↗	NDNutanix Disaster Recovery 6.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.2	6.9
Ranking	#4 in Disaster Recovery Orchestration Software	#6 in Disaster Recovery Orchestration Software
Best for	AWS-centric teams seeking low metered cost	Nutanix enterprises with virtual workloads
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	—	Not published
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Enterprise
Features AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 0/4 · Nutanix Disaster Recovery 4/4
Automated failover	Not published	✓ (best)
Runbook editor	Not published	✓ (best)
Failback support	Not published	✓ (best)
Ransomware recovery	Not published	✓ (best)
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Workload support	Not published	Virtual
RPO target	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	Continuously replicates block-level data and supports point-in-time recovery. Recovery plans can order server groups and include post-launch actions. Supports recovery drills and failback to on-premises or other source infrastructure.	Automates unified protection, recovery, failover and failback plans Supports synchronous, near-synchronous and asynchronous replication Enables non-disruptive testing and cross-hypervisor DR between ESXi and AHV
Cons	Traffic redirection during failover must be handled with DNS or another service. AWS DRS pricing excludes EC2, EBS, and data transfer costs. Published support channels list documentation.	Designed for virtual workloads rather than broad application estates Cross-hypervisor support is limited to ESXi and AHV Pricing requires contacting Nutanix or an account manager
Our verdict	AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery continuously replicates supported on-premises, cloud, and AWS workloads to AWS for recovery. It is aimed at teams that need to recover physical or virtual servers, Windows or Linux applications, and supported… Read the review →	Nutanix Disaster Recovery is an enterprise business-continuity and disaster-recovery solution integrated with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure. It is intended for organizations protecting virtualized workloads across hybrid multicloud… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery — where it wins

  • Continuously replicates block-level data and supports point-in-time recovery.
  • Recovery plans can order server groups and include post-launch actions.
  • Supports recovery drills and failback to on-premises or other source infrastructure.

  Where it doesn't

  • Traffic redirection during failover must be handled with DNS or another service.
  • AWS DRS pricing excludes EC2, EBS, and data transfer costs.
  • Published support channels list documentation.

• Nutanix Disaster Recovery — where it wins

  • Automates unified protection, recovery, failover and failback plans
  • Supports synchronous, near-synchronous and asynchronous replication
  • Enables non-disruptive testing and cross-hypervisor DR between ESXi and AHV

  Where it doesn't

  • Designed for virtual workloads rather than broad application estates
  • Cross-hypervisor support is limited to ESXi and AHV
  • Pricing requires contacting Nutanix or an account manager

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery7.2/10 · From $0.03

  Continuous replication and recovery planning for teams that run workloads on AWS.

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• NDNutanix Disaster Recovery6.9/10 · Pricing on request

  Enterprise DR orchestration for Nutanix environments running virtual workloads.

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