Azure Site Recovery vs NetApp Disaster Recovery

Azure Site Recovery9.4Visit NDNetApp Disaster Recovery8.4Visit

Higher score Azure Site Recovery #1 in Disaster Recovery Software 9.4/10 31-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit site

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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

• Azure Site Recovery fits best

  Azure- and hybrid-environment enterprises

• NetApp Disaster Recovery fits best

  NetApp storage estates needing VM DR

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Side by side

Feature	Azure Site Recovery 9.4/10 Visit ↗	NDNetApp Disaster Recovery 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	8.4
Ranking	#1 in Disaster Recovery Software	#11 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Azure- and hybrid-environment enterprises	NetApp storage estates needing VM DR
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	—
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	Docs
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Azure Site Recovery 4/4 · NetApp Disaster Recovery 4/4
Failover orchestration	✓	✓
Failback orchestration	✓	✓
Test failover	✓	✓
Recovery runbooks	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Supported workloads	Azure VMs; VMware VMs; Hyper-V VMs; Windows physical servers; Linux physical servers; Azure Stack VMs; AWS Windows instances	VMware virtual machines; Kubernetes clusters
RPO target	0.5 min	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Supports Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, physical, Azure Stack, and AWS Windows workloads Orchestrates failover, failback, recovery plans, and runbook-driven workflows Enables non-disruptive testing with application-consistent recovery points	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	Post-trial pricing is displayed as $-/month per instance protected Storage, transactions, data transfer, and compute can add charges The 30-second replication frequency applies to Hyper-V, not every workload	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	Azure Site Recovery is a managed disaster recovery service for enterprises protecting Azure, on-premises, and hybrid workloads. It replicates Azure VMs, VMware and Hyper-V VMs, physical servers, Azure Stack VMs, and AWS Windows instances… 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

• Azure Site Recovery — where it wins

  • Supports Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, physical, Azure Stack, and AWS Windows workloads
  • Orchestrates failover, failback, recovery plans, and runbook-driven workflows
  • Enables non-disruptive testing with application-consistent recovery points

  Where it doesn't

  • Post-trial pricing is displayed as $-/month per instance protected
  • Storage, transactions, data transfer, and compute can add charges
  • The 30-second replication frequency applies to Hyper-V, not every workload

• 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

• Azure Site Recovery9.4/10 · 31-day trial

  Broad hybrid workload coverage with orchestration, testing, and a 31-day trial.

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• NDNetApp Disaster Recovery8.4/10 · 30-day trial

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

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