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Arcserve Cloud Direct vs Azure Site Recovery comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Arcserve Cloud Direct
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
15th
Average Rating
5.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (50th)
Azure Site Recovery
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Disaster Recovery as a Service category, the mindshare of Arcserve Cloud Direct is 3.5%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure Site Recovery is 25.6%, down from 27.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Disaster Recovery as a Service
 

Featured Reviews

EP
Apr 20, 2020
Good backup retention but it is not a reliable platform and it doesn't giving any sort of alerts that things are not working
The backup retention was pretty good. Being able to archive users who had been backed up is a good functionality. Even if they've been deactivated it'll keep the backups and keep them protected StorageCraft wasn't getting full backup coverage. It was backing up around 1 to 2% of the points. It…
Mike Douthitt - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2024
Useful for restoration purposes that ensures that the users get to save a lot of time
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.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The backup retention was pretty good. Being able to archive users who had been backed up, is a good functionality. Even if they've been deactivated it'll keep the backups and keep them protected."
"Azure Site Recovery allows my company to save around 30 percent of the time on every VM that we need to back up and restore."
"Azure Site Recovery helps to save costs."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The solution is secure, reliable, and scalable."
"They're moving a lot of their workload to cloud and aiming for a seamlessly integrated product."
"It’s native to Azure and does exactly what it’s designed to do—recover one site to another without creating all the VMs on that site. This helps reduce costs on the secondary site."
"Our primary use case is for disaster recovery and business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR)."
"You can create automation to move workloads and redirect traffic to another region."
 

Cons

"StorageCraft wasn't getting full backup coverage. It was backing up around one to 2% of the points. It was not a reliable platform and it wasn't giving any sort of alerts that things were not working."
"The immutable backup could be better."
"It would be good if we could replicate the solution to multiple locations simultaneously because we are currently allowed to replicate to just a single location."
"It is for site-to-site replication. When something goes wrong on your site, you only get 15 minutes before it also goes wrong on your replicated site. There should be some way to be able to say that we want to restore it, but we want to restore it to the version from yesterday. It should support versioning. I would also like to see real-time scanning for advanced threat protection, more straightforward billing, and quicker turnaround on the tech support."
"It could include more of a backup and recovery."
"Could have more integration with other platforms."
"One area for improvement with Azure is helping customers predict usage more accurately."
"The pricing predictability and clarity around the final cost of the plan of this solution could be improved."
"The tool should improve synchronization."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I'm not sure about the Azure Site Recovery pricing, but my organization gets monthly bills from providers."
"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."
"They have a license to pay."
"Azure Site Recovery is a very reasonably priced product."
"It should have more straightforward billing. The billing was what got funky. It was really cheap. We would pay based on the usage. We paid around $225 a month for site-to-site replication."
"Azure Site Recovery is neither very expensive nor very cheap."
"The tool's licensing is yearly and not expensive."
"Azure Site Recovery is affordable."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
 

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What do you like most about Azure Site Recovery?
Azure Site Recovery allows my company to save around 30 percent of the time on every VM that we need to back up and restore.
What needs improvement with Azure Site Recovery?
It can incorporate features related to monitoring the site to streamline the process. Personally, I often use automation for efficiency. This reduces dependency on support for those solutions, espe...
 

Also Known As

StorageCraft Cloud Services, StorageCraft Disaster Recovery Services, StorageCraft Cloud Backup, Arcserve Cloud Services, Zetta Cloud Backup
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