VMware Live Site Recovery vs AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

VLVMware Live Site Recovery9.2Visit AWS Elastic 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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AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery #4 in Disaster Recovery Software 9.0/10 Paid ✓ 3 of 4 features Visit AWS DRS

• VMware Live Site Recovery fits best

  VMware environments requiring site recovery

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery fits best

  AWS-centric teams with transparent hourly pricing

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Side by side

Feature	VLVMware Live Site Recovery 9.2/10 Visit ↗	AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	9.0
Ranking	#3 in Disaster Recovery Software	#4 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	VMware environments requiring site recovery	AWS-centric teams with transparent hourly pricing
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	$0.03/unit usage-based
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web, Windows, Linux
Support	Tickets, Docs	Docs
Integrations	7 integrations	7 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features VMware Live Site Recovery 4/4 · AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery 3/4
Failover orchestration	✓ (best)	—
Failback orchestration	✓	✓
Test failover	✓	✓
Recovery runbooks	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Supported workloads	virtual machines	physical servers, VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Amazon EC2, other cloud infrastructure, Windows and Linux applications, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, SAP
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.	Continuous block-level replication with point-in-time recovery Recovery plans support ordered server groups and recovery drills Failback supports on-premises and other source infrastructure
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.	No free plan; pricing is charged per source server per hour Traffic redirection during failover requires DNS or another service AWS resource and data-transfer costs are billed separately
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 →	AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is a paid disaster recovery service for replicating supported physical, virtual, cloud, and AWS workloads into AWS. It supports Windows and Linux applications, including environments using VMware vSphere,… 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.

• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery — where it wins

  • Continuous block-level replication with point-in-time recovery
  • Recovery plans support ordered server groups and recovery drills
  • Failback supports on-premises and other source infrastructure

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; pricing is charged per source server per hour
  • Traffic redirection during failover requires DNS or another service
  • AWS resource and data-transfer costs are billed separately

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

  A focused choice for orchestrating recovery across paired VMware sites.

  Contact VMwareFull verdict →
• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery9.0/10 · Paid

  A focused AWS recovery service with clear hourly pricing and separate traffic management.

  Visit AWS DRSFull verdict →