Azure Site Recovery vs Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud

Azure Site Recovery9.2Visit Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud8.7Visit

Higher score Azure Site Recovery #1 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software 9.2/10 31-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 3 features Visit site

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Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud #3 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software 8.7/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Acronis

• Azure Site Recovery fits best

  Azure-centered mixed-workload environments

• Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud fits best

  Broad server and application recovery

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Side by side

Feature	Azure Site Recovery 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.7
Ranking	#1 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software	#3 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Azure-centered mixed-workload environments	Broad server and application recovery
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	31 days	30 days
Free trial length	31 days	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Tickets, Email, Phone, Live chat, Community, Docs	Email, Phone, Tickets, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	ISO 27001	SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Azure Site Recovery 1/3 · Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud 3/3
Failover orchestration	✓	✓
Dependency mapping	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Immutable recovery points	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Replication mode	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Minimum RPO	Not checked yet	15 min
Minimum RTO	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Supported workloads	Not checked yet	Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Active Directory, Linux Server, Red Hat Virtualization, Linux KVM, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Nutanix, Scale Computing, Citrix XenServer
Our review
Pros	Replicates Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, physical, Azure Stack, and AWS Windows workloads Sequences multi-tier failover with recovery plans, runbooks, and scripts Supports planned, unplanned, test failover, and failback operations	Failover to Acronis Cloud or Microsoft Azure Runbooks, isolated testing, and incremental failback Supports Windows, Linux, databases, and major virtualization platforms
Cons	Post-trial pricing is displayed as $-/month per protected instance Storage, transactions, data transfer, and compute can add charges Web-based service is most suitable for Azure-centered environments	Pricing requires contact with sales and a usage-based agreement Recovery is backup-based rather than replication-mode recovery Managed through a web console rather than a broader listed platform set
Our verdict	Azure Site Recovery is a managed disaster recovery service for organizations protecting workloads across Azure regions, on-premises environments, and secondary sites. It supports Azure VMs, VMware and Hyper-V VMs, Windows and Linux… Read the review →	Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud is a disaster recovery as a service offering for managed service providers and businesses. It uses backup-based recovery to run physical, virtual, and cloud workloads in Acronis Cloud, Microsoft Azure,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Azure Site Recovery — where it wins

  • Replicates Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, physical, Azure Stack, and AWS Windows workloads
  • Sequences multi-tier failover with recovery plans, runbooks, and scripts
  • Supports planned, unplanned, test failover, and failback operations

  Where it doesn't

  • Post-trial pricing is displayed as $-/month per protected instance
  • Storage, transactions, data transfer, and compute can add charges
  • Web-based service is most suitable for Azure-centered environments

• Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud — where it wins

  • Failover to Acronis Cloud or Microsoft Azure
  • Runbooks, isolated testing, and incremental failback
  • Supports Windows, Linux, databases, and major virtualization platforms

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contact with sales and a usage-based agreement
  • Recovery is backup-based rather than replication-mode recovery
  • Managed through a web console rather than a broader listed platform set

• Azure Site Recovery9.2/10 · 31-day trial

  A broad hybrid recovery service for Azure-centered environments with orchestration and testing.

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• Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud8.7/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A broad recovery service for businesses and providers managing varied workloads.

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