Commvault Cloud Backup & Recovery vs Azure Site Recovery

Commvault Cloud Backup & Recovery9.2Visit Azure Site Recovery8.7Visit

Higher score Commvault Cloud Backup & Recovery #3 in Backup and Disaster Recovery Software 9.2/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Commvault

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Azure Site Recovery #7 in Backup and Disaster Recovery Software 8.7/10 31-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Microsoft

• Commvault Cloud Backup & Recovery fits best

  Enterprise-scale cyber-resilient recovery

• Azure Site Recovery fits best

  Azure and VMware failover orchestration

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Side by side

Feature	Commvault Cloud Backup & Recovery 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Azure Site Recovery 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.7
Ranking	#3 in Backup and Disaster Recovery Software	#7 in Backup and Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Enterprise-scale cyber-resilient recovery	Azure and VMware failover orchestration
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	—
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	31 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7	Tickets, Email, Phone, Live chat, Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SSO/SAML	ISO 27001
Integrations	10 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Commvault Cloud Backup & Recovery 0/3 · Azure Site Recovery 0/3
Immutable backups	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Recovery orchestration	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Ransomware recovery	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment model	Not checked yet	Hybrid
Protected workloads	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Maximum retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Protects cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and SaaS workloads Immutable, indelible, and air-gapped copies support cyber recovery Cleanroom recovery, anomaly detection, and bare-metal restoration	Sequenced recovery plans support multi-tier application failover. Continuous replication covers Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, and physical workloads. Test failover, failback, and runbook integration support recovery drills.
Cons	Paid product with no free plan Application-aware protection applies to supported applications Enterprise breadth may exceed basic backup requirements	Post-trial pricing is shown as $-/month per protected instance. Storage, transactions, data transfer, and compute may add charges. The service is available through the web platform only.
Our verdict	Commvault Cloud Backup & Recovery is a data-protection platform for organizations managing workloads across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and SaaS environments. It supports virtual machines, containers, databases, applications, endpoints,… Read the review →	Azure Site Recovery is a managed disaster recovery service for organizations protecting Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, physical, Azure Stack, and AWS Windows workloads. It supports replication between Azure regions, from on-premises environments… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Commvault Cloud Backup & Recovery — where it wins

  • Protects cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and SaaS workloads
  • Immutable, indelible, and air-gapped copies support cyber recovery
  • Cleanroom recovery, anomaly detection, and bare-metal restoration

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid product with no free plan
  • Application-aware protection applies to supported applications
  • Enterprise breadth may exceed basic backup requirements

• Azure Site Recovery — where it wins

  • Sequenced recovery plans support multi-tier application failover.
  • Continuous replication covers Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, and physical workloads.
  • Test failover, failback, and runbook integration support recovery drills.

  Where it doesn't

  • Post-trial pricing is shown as $-/month per protected instance.
  • Storage, transactions, data transfer, and compute may add charges.
  • The service is available through the web platform only.

• Commvault Cloud Backup & Recovery9.2/10 · Paid

  Enterprise recovery with immutable copies, cleanroom recovery, and hybrid workload coverage.

  Visit CommvaultFull verdict →
• Azure Site Recovery8.7/10 · 31-day trial

  A broad disaster recovery service for Azure, VMware, and hybrid failover orchestration.

  Visit MicrosoftFull verdict →