Azure Site Recovery vs VMware Live Site Recovery

Azure Site Recovery9.4Visit VLVMware Live Site Recovery9.2Visit

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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VL VMware Live Site Recovery #3 in Disaster Recovery Software 9.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Contact VMware

• Azure Site Recovery fits best

  Azure- and hybrid-environment enterprises

• VMware Live Site Recovery fits best

  VMware environments requiring site recovery

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Side by side

Feature	Azure Site Recovery 9.4/10 Visit ↗	VLVMware Live Site Recovery 9.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	9.2
Ranking	#1 in Disaster Recovery Software	#3 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Azure- and hybrid-environment enterprises	VMware environments requiring site recovery
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	Tickets, Docs
Integrations	8 integrations	7 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Azure Site Recovery 4/4 · VMware Live Site 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	virtual machines
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	Centralizes recovery plans for failover, migration, testing, and failback. Supports vSphere Replication and array-based replication through SRAs. Covers on-premises and hyperscaler VMware virtual-machine deployments.
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	Focused on virtual-machine workloads rather than broader workload types. Pricing requires contact with a VMware account representative. Requires a paired VMware-site and replication integration strategy.
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 →	VMware Live Site Recovery orchestrates disaster recovery for virtualized applications across paired VMware sites. It is designed for IT administrators responsible for infrastructure resiliency and recovery, with support for on-premises and… 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

• VMware Live Site Recovery — where it wins

  • Centralizes recovery plans for failover, migration, testing, and failback.
  • Supports vSphere Replication and array-based replication through SRAs.
  • Covers on-premises and hyperscaler VMware virtual-machine deployments.

  Where it doesn't

  • Focused on virtual-machine workloads rather than broader workload types.
  • Pricing requires contact with a VMware account representative.
  • Requires a paired VMware-site and replication integration strategy.

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

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

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• VLVMware Live Site Recovery9.2/10 · Pricing on request

  A focused choice for orchestrating recovery across paired VMware sites.

  Contact VMwareFull verdict →