Azure Site Recovery Reviews

Name: Azure Site Recovery
Brand: Microsoft
Rating: 4.0 (23 reviews)

Vendor: Microsoft

4.0 out of 5

23 reviews
91% willing to recommend

118 followers

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What is Azure Site Recovery?

Help your business to keep doing business - even during major IT outages. Azure Site Recovery offers ease of deployment, cost effectiveness, and dependability. Deploy replication, failover, and recovery processes through Site Recovery to help keep your applications running during planned and unplanned outages. Site Recovery is a native disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS), and Microsoft been recognized as a leader in DRaaS based on completeness of vision and ability to execute by Gartner in the 2018 Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service.

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Azure Site Recovery is the #2 ranked solution in top Disaster Recovery as a Service providers. PeerSpot users give Azure Site Recovery an average rating of 8.0 out of 10. Azure Site Recovery is most commonly compared to Commvault Cloud: Azure Site Recovery vs Commvault Cloud. Azure Site Recovery is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 60% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 17% of all views.

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Featured Azure Site Recovery reviews

RituparnaBhattacharya

Senior Infrastructure Engineer at MIC Global

First of all, we initially faced a challenge as Azure Site Recovery was not supporting shared disk options on SQL clusters with VMs, which are important for a Windows cluster mode. Additionally, the setup is quite easy, only requiring the creation of a vault. Its time-saving aspects allow us to write PowerShell scripts to automate failover processes.

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Mike Douthitt

Senior System Administrator at Douthitt.net

Speaking about how Azure Site Recovery has facilitated the migration of on-premises workloads to the Azure Cloud, I would say that my company is still in the testing phase, and we also use Veeam. My company is trying to find the best spot for recovery, disaster recovery, and migrations. Veeam plays a big part in what my company does in terms of backup and recovery, so we are just trying to figure out how a Microsoft tool will fit into our environment. I haven't faced any challenges using the product. I recommended the solution to those who plan to use it. I rate the overall tool a ten out of ten.

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Peter Maklin Aquino

Project manager at Lapanday Foods Corporation

Azure Site Recovery's automated file synchronization was a game-changer in managing legacy systems. Setting up the sync was easy, and when disaster recovery was triggered, ASR automatically ensured seamless replication of files from the primary to the secondary server. With just a click, this feature simplified and expedited the entire process, providing a reliable solution for maintaining data consistency between servers during recovery events.

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Azure Site Recovery mindshare

As of March 2025, the mindshare of Azure Site Recovery in the Disaster Recovery as a Service category stands at 23.5%, down from 25.0% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PeerAnalyst reports based on Azure Site Recovery reviews

Type	Title	Date
Category	Disaster Recovery as a Service	Mar 9, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Mar 9, 2025	Download
Comparison	Azure Site Recovery vs VMware Live Recovery	Mar 9, 2025	Download
Comparison	Azure Site Recovery vs Commvault Cloud	Mar 9, 2025	Download
Comparison	Azure Site Recovery vs Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service	Mar 9, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
Commvault Cloud	4.3	11.2%	95%	109 interviews Add to research
VMware Live Recovery	4.0	27.5%	88%	79 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

Azure Site Recovery is praised for data recovery approaches, seamless failover, and scalability. Users highlight failure restores, snapshot capability, and load balancing. Its user-friendly interface and synchronization ease are valued, especially for Azure users. Automated file sync and easy setup with dashboards enhance its utility. Reliable performance, cost savings, and native Azure integration are noted. Some users find it expensive for smaller businesses but appreciate its 99.99% uptime SLA for data integrity.

"Despite the cost concerns and downtime management, I would still recommend Azure Site Recovery."
"Azure Site Recovery is obviously a time-saving solution, and I can write PowerShell scripts to automate failover on or off processes."
"The setup is quite easy, just requiring the creation of a vault."

Room for Improvement

Azure Site Recovery experiences issues with replication, error logging, and pricing. Users encounter challenges with setup complexity and slower support response times. They suggest adding security features, improving scalability, and enhancing integration with other platforms. Difficulties arise in predicting costs and anticipating usage changes. Patching processes, stability, and the handling of bugs also need attention. Requests include broader virtual server support, multiple location replication, automation tools, and enhanced monitoring capabilities. Shared disk options and App Services integration are desired.

"There is room for improvement in the release of patches, such as ensuring they are properly managed to avoid outages."
"Currently, Azure Site Recovery does not support shared disk options. Moreover, it does not support services like AppConfig or App Services."
"Azure Site Recovery does not support shared disk options."

ROI

Organizations report Azure Site Recovery offers a favorable return, simplifying processes and enhancing reliability. It is cost-effective compared to establishing a second data center and saves approximately 30% time per VM. Automation capabilities help save resources. Although more expensive than some alternatives, its service level justifies the expense, making significant time savings with its RTO feature, enabling companies to quickly reactivate systems without the lengthy restoration process associated with other solutions.

Pricing

Azure Site Recovery's pricing is multifaceted, involving various components that need separate evaluation, often with consumption-based, fluctuating costs based on storage, network traffic, and resource usage. Though some users find it affordable and cost-effective, ratings and opinions on costliness vary, with some citing expenses from $225 monthly and others considering it costly for extensive server replication. Licensing can be yearly, and adjustments in pricing structures can be time-consuming for users.

"The tool is expensive. What is expensive to me might not be expensive to you. As I mentioned, we seek ways to reduce our costs. If the price goes down, that would be great. I rate the tool's pricing a six out of ten."
"Azure Site Recovery is a very reasonably priced product."
"Azure Site Recovery is affordable."

Popular Use Cases

Organizations primarily use Azure Site Recovery for disaster recovery and business continuity. They back up sites, replicate data, and enable shift to Azure in the event of failures. It supports migrations, business continuity plans, and compliance, especially for small and medium enterprises. Users operate in diverse sectors such as healthcare, hospitality, and insurance. Azure Site Recovery is leveraged for maintaining critical infrastructure and minimizing downtime, facilitating a secondary environment for seamless operations.

Service and Support

Microsoft support receives varied feedback. Some users rate it highly for prompt engineer response, while others find resolution slow and initial interactions cumbersome. Many appreciate partners' assistance, extending support beyond Microsoft. Ratings vary from five to nine out of ten, with some finding it satisfactory. There are complaints about response time and the complexity of raising tickets. Despite mixed reactions, support is seen as fast and knowledgeable by some users.

Deployment

Azure Site Recovery's initial setup is often described as straightforward and easy to implement, though it can require additional support and expertise for optimal results. Deployment duration varies based on environment size, typically taking a few hours to several weeks. Larger environments may face complexities due to hardware needs, data synchronization, and limited documentation. Experienced teams with specific roles enhance the process. Challenges include configuration confusion and reliance on external vendors for hardware components.

Scalability

Azure Site Recovery demonstrates significant scalability, efficiently accommodating both small and midsize businesses and large enterprises. Organizations find it highly effective for disaster recovery, accommodating scaling from 100 to numerous machines as required. Users in multiple regions benefit from its capabilities, although synchronization can be time-consuming in certain contexts. The system supports both on-premises and Azure services without size limitations in data recovery, receiving favorable scalability ratings from many organizations using it.

Stability

Azure Site Recovery demonstrates robust stability, with users not experiencing significant crashes or glitches. Although stability may vary, most users agree it is consistently reliable. Many rate its stability between eight and nine out of ten, with a few perfect ratings. Reports from service providers underline its dependability. Organizations have conducted multiple tests, consistently finding high stability. Despite occasional issues, a majority of users find satisfaction in Azure Site Recovery's performance levels.

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