Azure Site Recovery
Azure Site Recovery: Broad hybrid workload coverage with orchestration, testing, and a 31-day trial. Ranked #1 of 25 in Disaster Recovery Software by our editors (9.4/10); pricing: 31-day trial; best for azure- and hybrid-environment enterprises.
At a glance
- Editor score9.4 / 10
- Pricing31-day trial
- Best forAzure- and hybrid-environment enterprises
- Free planNo
- Failover orchestrationYes
- Founded1975 · Redmond, Washington, United States
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
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 $-/month per instance protected
- Storage, transactions, data transfer, and compute can add charges
- The 30-second replication frequency applies to Hyper-V, not every workload
Our verdict on Azure Site Recovery
Azure Site Recovery is a managed disaster recovery service for enterprises protecting Azure, on-premises, and hybrid workloads. It replicates Azure VMs, VMware and Hyper-V VMs, physical servers, Azure Stack VMs, and AWS Windows instances between Azure regions, Azure and on-premises environments, or a secondary site. Its audience is organizations that need coordinated recovery across multiple infrastructure types rather than a narrow, single-platform backup tool.
The service covers planned and unplanned failover, failback to the primary site, recovery points, and recovery plans that sequence multi-tier application recovery. Hyper-V replication can run at a frequency as low as 30 seconds, while the published 0.5-minute RPO reflects that minimum frequency rather than a universal target for every workload. Azure Automation runbooks and scripts extend recovery workflows, and integrations with Azure Traffic Manager, SQL Server Always On, SharePoint, Exchange, Dynamics AX, Active Directory, and the Azure portal support broader application and network operations.
Pricing is organized by protected instance. Both Azure Site Recovery to customer-owned sites and Azure Site Recovery to Azure are free for the first 31 days per protected instance; after that period, the published price is shown as "$-/month per instance protected." Azure-to-Azure regional replication uses the same rate. Storage, transactions, data transfer, and compute can incur additional charges. The 31-day trial gives teams time to run test failovers and disaster recovery drills without disrupting production. Choose Azure Site Recovery when broad workload coverage, recovery orchestration, hybrid deployment, and Azure ecosystem integration are priorities. Organizations seeking a narrowly focused tool or a simple standalone backup workflow may prefer a more limited alternative.
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Azure Site Recovery pricing
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Azure Site Recovery fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Not verified |
| Failover orchestration | Yes |
| Deployment model | Hybrid |
| Supported workloads | Azure VMs; VMware VMs; Hyper-V VMs; Windows physical servers; Linux physical servers; Azure Stack VMs; AWS Windows instances |
| RPO target | 0.5 min |
| Failback orchestration | Yes |
| Test failover | Yes |
| Recovery runbooks | Yes |
| Free trial | 31 days |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web |
| Compliance & security | ISO 27001 |
| Support | Tickets, Email, Phone, Live chat, Community, Docs |
| Built for | Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 8 integrations: Azure Automation, Azure Traffic Manager, SQL Server Always On, SharePoint, Exchange, Dynamics AX … |
| Pricing | 31-day trial (source) |
| Website | azure.microsoft.com |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
Azure Site Recovery integrations
Azure Site Recovery lists 8 integrations on its own site.
- Azure Automation
- Azure Traffic Manager
- SQL Server Always On
- SharePoint
- Exchange
- Dynamics AX
- Active Directory
- Azure portal
Alternatives to Azure Site Recovery
- Veeam Recovery OrchestratorA Veeam-centered platform for orchestrated, tested failover and recovery operations.9.3
- VMware Live Site RecoveryA focused choice for orchestrating recovery across paired VMware sites.9.2
- AWS Elastic Disaster RecoveryA focused AWS recovery service with clear hourly pricing and separate traffic management.9.0
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Azure Site Recovery vs the competition
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