VMware Live Site Recovery vs Acronis Disaster Recovery

VLVMware Live Site Recovery9.2Visit Acronis Disaster Recovery9.0Visit

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

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Acronis Disaster Recovery #5 in Disaster Recovery Software 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Acronis

• VMware Live Site Recovery fits best

  VMware environments requiring site recovery

• Acronis Disaster Recovery fits best

  Businesses needing broad cloud DR orchestration

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Side by side

Feature	VLVMware Live Site Recovery 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Acronis Disaster Recovery 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	9.0
Ranking	#3 in Disaster Recovery Software	#5 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	VMware environments requiring site recovery	Businesses needing broad cloud DR orchestration
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Tickets, Docs	Email, Live chat, Phone, Community, Docs · 24/7
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features VMware Live Site Recovery 4/4 · Acronis Disaster Recovery 4/4
Failover orchestration	✓	✓
Failback orchestration	✓	✓
Test failover	✓	✓
Recovery runbooks	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Supported workloads	virtual machines	Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Active Directory, Linux Server, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Nutanix, Scale Computing, Citrix XenServer
RPO target	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	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.	Automates production failover, testing, runbooks, and incremental failback Supports servers, databases, applications, and major virtualization platforms Recovers to Acronis Cloud, Azure, or a hybrid cloud environment
Cons	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.	Pricing requires a sales conversation Service-provider pricing is usage-based or package-based Cloud recovery depends on VPN-based site connectivity
Our verdict	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 →	Acronis Disaster Recovery is a disaster recovery as a service product for managed service providers and their customers. It protects physical and virtual workloads and provides recovery to Acronis Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or a hybrid… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 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.

• Acronis Disaster Recovery — where it wins

  • Automates production failover, testing, runbooks, and incremental failback
  • Supports servers, databases, applications, and major virtualization platforms
  • Recovers to Acronis Cloud, Azure, or a hybrid cloud environment

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales conversation
  • Service-provider pricing is usage-based or package-based
  • Cloud recovery depends on VPN-based site connectivity

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

  A focused choice for orchestrating recovery across paired VMware sites.

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• Acronis Disaster Recovery9.0/10 · Pricing on request

  Broad cloud DR orchestration for service providers managing mixed infrastructure.

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