VMware Live Site Recovery vs Arcserve Replication and High Availability

VLVMware Live Site Recovery9.2Visit Arcserve Replication and High Availability8.8Visit

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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Arcserve Replication and High Availability #7 in Disaster Recovery Software 8.8/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Arcserve

• VMware Live Site Recovery fits best

  VMware environments requiring site recovery

• Arcserve Replication and High Availability fits best

  Mixed Windows and Linux high availability

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Side by side

Feature	VLVMware Live Site Recovery 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Arcserve Replication and High Availability 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.8
Ranking	#3 in Disaster Recovery Software	#7 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	VMware environments requiring site recovery	Mixed Windows and Linux high availability
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Windows, Linux
Support	Tickets, Docs	Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Docs
Integrations	7 integrations	12 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features VMware Live Site Recovery 4/4 · Arcserve Replication and High Availability 3/4
Failover orchestration	✓	✓
Failback orchestration	✓	✓
Test failover	✓	✓
Recovery runbooks	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Supported workloads	virtual machines	Windows and Linux systems; physical and virtual machines; Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, IIS, Hyper-V, Dynamics CRM, VMware vCenter, Oracle Database, custom applications
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.	Supports continuous replication with automatic or manual failover. Covers physical, virtual, on-premises, remote, and cloud deployments. Includes rollback, recovery testing, monitoring, encryption, and redirection.
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 rather than self-serve plan selection. There is no free plan. Replication is asynchronous rather than synchronous.
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 →	Arcserve Replication and High Availability is disaster recovery and high-availability software for organizations running Windows and Linux systems. It supports physical and virtual machines, on-premises, remote, and cloud deployments, and… 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.

• Arcserve Replication and High Availability — where it wins

  • Supports continuous replication with automatic or manual failover.
  • Covers physical, virtual, on-premises, remote, and cloud deployments.
  • Includes rollback, recovery testing, monitoring, encryption, and redirection.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than self-serve plan selection.
  • There is no free plan.
  • Replication is asynchronous rather than synchronous.

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

  A focused choice for orchestrating recovery across paired VMware sites.

  Contact VMwareFull verdict →
• Arcserve Replication and High Availability8.8/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A broad disaster recovery platform for mixed Windows and Linux high-availability workloads.

  Visit ArcserveFull verdict →