Azure Site Recovery vs Nutanix Disaster Recovery

Azure Site Recovery9.3Visit NDNutanix Disaster Recovery8.7Visit

Higher score Azure Site Recovery #1 in Disaster Recovery Orchestration Software 9.3/10 31-day trial ✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Microsoft

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ND Nutanix Disaster Recovery #6 in Disaster Recovery Orchestration Software 8.7/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Nutanix

• Azure Site Recovery fits best

  Azure and hybrid enterprise environments

• Nutanix Disaster Recovery fits best

  Nutanix enterprises with virtual workloads

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Side by side

Feature	Azure Site Recovery 9.3/10 Visit ↗	NDNutanix Disaster Recovery 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.7
Ranking	#1 in Disaster Recovery Orchestration Software	#6 in Disaster Recovery Orchestration Software
Best for	Azure and hybrid enterprise environments	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	Mid-market, Enterprise	Enterprise
Features Azure Site 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	Replicates Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, physical, Azure Stack, and AWS Windows workloads Sequences multi-tier recovery with plans, runbooks, and failback Supports non-disruptive test failovers and disaster recovery drills	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	Post-trial pricing is displayed as "$-/month per instance protected" Storage, transactions, data transfer, and compute can add charges The 30-second minimum replication frequency applies to Hyper-V, not every workload	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	Azure Site Recovery is Microsoft’s managed disaster recovery service for organizations that need to replicate workloads across Azure regions or move recovery from on-premises VMware, Hyper-V, or physical servers to Azure or a secondary… 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

• Azure Site Recovery — where it wins

  • Replicates Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, physical, Azure Stack, and AWS Windows workloads
  • Sequences multi-tier recovery with plans, runbooks, and failback
  • Supports non-disruptive test failovers and disaster recovery drills

  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 minimum replication frequency applies to Hyper-V, not every workload

• 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

• Azure Site Recovery9.3/10 · 31-day trial

  A hybrid recovery service for orchestrating replication, failover, testing, and failback.

  Visit MicrosoftFull verdict →
• NDNutanix Disaster Recovery8.7/10 · Pricing on request

  Enterprise DR orchestration for Nutanix environments running virtual workloads.

  Visit NutanixFull verdict →