Azure Site Recovery vs Dell RecoverPoint

Azure Site Recovery9.2Visit Dell RecoverPoint8.5Visit

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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Dell RecoverPoint #5 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software 8.5/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Dell

• Azure Site Recovery fits best

  Azure-centered mixed-workload environments

• Dell RecoverPoint fits best

  VMware multi-site replication

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Side by side

Feature	Azure Site Recovery 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Dell RecoverPoint 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.5
Ranking	#1 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software	#5 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Azure-centered mixed-workload environments	VMware multi-site replication
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	Pricing on request
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	31 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Tickets, Email, Phone, Live chat, Community, Docs	Docs · 24/7
Integrations	8 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Azure Site Recovery 1/3 · Dell RecoverPoint 1/3
Failover orchestration	✓	✓
Dependency mapping	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Immutable recovery points	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Replication mode	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Minimum RPO	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Minimum RTO	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Supported workloads	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
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	Synchronous and asynchronous replication across local, remote, and cloud targets VM-level recovery, point-in-time restores, and copy testing before failover Orchestrated failover and failback through VMware vSphere integration
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 a sales conversation Primary workload focus is VMware virtual machines Deployment spans hybrid environments and may require infrastructure expertise
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 →	Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is a hypervisor-based data protection and replication solution for VMware virtual machines and datastores. It is designed for enterprise and commercial organizations that need operational and disaster… 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

• Dell RecoverPoint — where it wins

  • Synchronous and asynchronous replication across local, remote, and cloud targets
  • VM-level recovery, point-in-time restores, and copy testing before failover
  • Orchestrated failover and failback through VMware vSphere integration

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales conversation
  • Primary workload focus is VMware virtual machines
  • Deployment spans hybrid environments and may require infrastructure expertise

• 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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• Dell RecoverPoint8.5/10 · Pricing on request

  A VMware-focused recovery platform for multi-site replication, testing, and orchestrated failover.

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