AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs Zerto

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery9.0Visit Zerto8.9Visit

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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Zerto #6 in Disaster Recovery Software 8.9/10 Pricing on request · 14-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Zerto

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery fits best

  AWS-centric teams with transparent hourly pricing

• Zerto fits best

  Multi-cloud teams needing near-synchronous recovery

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Side by side

Feature	AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Zerto 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.9
Ranking	#4 in Disaster Recovery Software	#6 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	AWS-centric teams with transparent hourly pricing	Multi-cloud teams needing near-synchronous recovery
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$0.03/unit usage-based	Pricing on request · 14-day trial
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	14 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux	Web
Support	Docs	Tickets, Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2	GDPR
Integrations	7 integrations	9 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 3/4 · Zerto 0/4
Failover orchestration	—	Not checked yet
Failback orchestration	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Test failover	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Recovery runbooks	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Not checked yet
Supported workloads	physical servers, VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Amazon EC2, other cloud infrastructure, Windows and Linux applications, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, SAP	Not checked yet
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	Near-synchronous replication with journal-based granular recovery points Clean-room recovery and immutable copies support ransomware resilience Automated failover, failback, migration, testing, and SLA analytics
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	Standard pricing is not published and requires contacting sales The 14-day offer is a trial rather than a free plan Its broad enterprise scope may exceed simpler recovery needs
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 →	Zerto is a data-protection platform for enterprises and managed service providers. It combines continuous data protection, near-synchronous replication, journal-based recovery, disaster recovery orchestration, workload mobility, analytics,… 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

• Zerto — where it wins

  • Near-synchronous replication with journal-based granular recovery points
  • Clean-room recovery and immutable copies support ransomware resilience
  • Automated failover, failback, migration, testing, and SLA analytics

  Where it doesn't

  • Standard pricing is not published and requires contacting sales
  • The 14-day offer is a trial rather than a free plan
  • Its broad enterprise scope may exceed simpler recovery needs

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery9.0/10 · Paid

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

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• Zerto8.9/10 · Pricing on request · 14-day trial

  A capable multi-cloud recovery platform for teams that need near-synchronous protection.

  Visit ZertoFull verdict →