Azure Site Recovery vs Carbonite Recover comparison

Microsoft and OpenText are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Additionally, 90% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

Azure Site Recovery

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90% willing to recommend

Carbonite Recover

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

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Azure Site Recovery

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

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Disaster Recovery as a Service (2nd)

Carbonite Recover

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

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Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (24th)

Featured Reviews

Mike Douthitt

Senior System Administrator at Douthitt.net

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.

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Rias_Majeed

CTO at Exceed NetSec Computer Trd LLC

May 23, 2024

Allows you to test and schedule recovery tasks for multiple sites

The main weakness of Carbonite Recover is the fallback process, which can be time-consuming. However, the failover process works well when done properly. Similar to other software programs, there was a technical issue involving duplicates and small glitches. Over time, Carbonite recovery has improved. When I started working with Cyber, we had to double-check everything, and although it was challenging, the downtime wasn't extensive—one incident in a year, for example. Restoring data with Carbonite Recover can take time, mainly because the backup process occurs in real time. The main concern is the duration needed to restore data to the primary environment, which can be lengthy. However, once the failover is complete, there are no further issues.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Azure Site Recovery helps to save costs."

"We use the tool for business continuity purposes."

"What I love about Azure Site Recovery is its simplicity for basic configurations."

"Azure Site Recovery's automated file synchronization was a game-changer in managing legacy systems."

"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."

"Site Recovery's most valuable features include its user-friendly console and the ease of migration."

"The solution is secure, reliable, and scalable."

"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."

More Azure Site Recovery pros

"We confirm the server failure before initiating recovery. Once started, this process takes half an hour to an hour, though it can be as fast as 15 minutes. After bringing up the server, we test connectivity to ensure everything is operational."

Cons

"The primary area for improvement in Azure Site Recovery is its pricing."

"The tool should improve synchronization."

"One area for improvement with Azure is helping customers predict usage more accurately."

"Site Recovery's scalability could be improved."

"The support team took a lot of time to respond and was not very professional."

"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."

"we lack a straightforward method to automate the restart of services, which can be quite time-consuming."

More Azure Site Recovery cons

"The main weakness of Carbonite Recover is the fallback process, which can be time-consuming. However, the failover process works well when done properly. Similar to other software programs, there was a technical issue involving duplicates and small glitches."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"The tool's licensing is yearly and not expensive."

"They have a license to pay."

"Azure Site Recovery is neither very expensive nor very cheap."

"Azure Site Recovery is affordable."

"Azure Site Recovery is a very reasonably priced product."

"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."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

19%

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10%

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Questions from the Community

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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Site Recovery?

It is cost-effective.

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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...

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What needs improvement with Carbonite Recover?

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What is your primary use case for Carbonite Recover?

Carbonite Recover is an effective tool for testing and scheduling recovery tasks for multiple sites, whether they have primary servers or virtual machines. You can schedule jobs for recovery at the...

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What advice do you have for others considering Carbonite Recover?

Carbonite Recover is a downtime reduction solution that minimizes the time employees cannot work. Carbonite Recover can accurately measure how much potential productivity or revenue is saved per ho...

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Overview

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.

Carbonite Recover securely replicates critical systems from your primary environment to the Carbonite cloud. This ensures that an up-to-date secondary copy is available for failover at any moment, minimizing downtime as well as costs. You pay for what you use, when you use it - and not for idle resources.

Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Union Insurance, Rackspace

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