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Azure Site Recovery vs IBM Disaster Recovery Services comparison

Microsoft and IBM are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery as a Service category. Microsoft is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2, while IBM is ranked #6 with an average rating of 9.5. Microsoft holds a 25.6% mindshare in DRS, compared to IBM’s 4.0% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of IBM users who would recommend it.
Azure Site Recovery
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90% willing to recommend
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100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 14, 2024

IBM Disaster Recovery Services and Azure Site Recovery compete in the disaster recovery category. Azure Site Recovery seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive features and integration capabilities, outweighing potential pricing concerns.

Features: IBM Disaster Recovery Services offers high availability, managed services, and strong server and data protection. Azure Site Recovery provides automatic replication, monitoring, and seamless integration with Microsoft tools, emphasizing automated processes and easy compatibility as key strengths.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Azure Site Recovery enables smooth cloud integration with intuitive deployment models and extensive documentation. Its customer service, while sometimes facing delays, offers efficient online resources. IBM Disaster Recovery Services presents a more hands-on approach with tailored service options, leading to longer deployment times but more personalized support.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Disaster Recovery Services generally has lower setup costs with an attractive ROI for large-scale deployments due to tailored solutions. Azure Site Recovery's setup costs are higher but provide increased ROI over time through scalable solutions and automated processes, delivering extended value in the long term.

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.5
Microsoft support receives mixed reviews, praised for knowledge and efficiency, but criticized for slow responses and complex processes.
No sentiment score available
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.7
Azure Site Recovery needs improvements in replication, integration, security, scalability, deployment, APIs, automation, and customer support.
No sentiment score available
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Azure Site Recovery efficiently handles scalability across business sizes, despite some regional challenges, with generally high user ratings.
No sentiment score available
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
7.0
Azure Site Recovery costs vary widely, influenced by consumption, storage, and licensing, affecting user affordability and billing clarity.
No sentiment score available
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
Azure Site Recovery is highly stable and reliable, with minor transition issues noted by some users.
No sentiment score available
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.4
Azure Site Recovery is praised for its easy setup, scalability, cost efficiency, and seamless integration with existing systems.
No sentiment score available
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Site Recovery
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Disaster Recovery Services
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
3
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 Azure Site Recovery is 25.6%, down from 27.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Disaster Recovery Services is 4.0%, down from 7.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Mike Douthitt - PeerSpot reviewer
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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MertPolatay - PeerSpot reviewer
Ease of use, performance, availability, and scalability
The initial setup is very easy, user-friendly, and not complex. It mostly comes with all installed, an operating system, database, and security, all included in Power Systems. So users can easily install, configure, and use it. It's integrated with other systems. You can run different systems from IBM Power Systems, AIX Linux, or IBM I operating system. It's also integrated into Windows systems and other databases and servers.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
No data available
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

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 do you like most about IBM Disaster Recovery Services?
Disaster Recovery Services is stable.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Disaster Recovery Services?
The pricing is perfect. It's not expensive because it's all-inclusive. The operating system, database, security, different file systems. So, overall, it's cheaper than Oracle or UNIX systems with O...
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What needs improvement with IBM Disaster Recovery Services?
Nothing, it’s almost perfect.
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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.

IBM Resiliency Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) can provide end-to-end integrated services using private, public and/or hybrid cloud. IBM Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) provides continuous replication of critical applications, infrastructure, data and systems to the cloud so users can recover within minutes of an IT outage. Intelligent Orchestration offers a unified DR management approach that delivers real-time readiness validation.
 

Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Union Insurance, Rackspace
i-Virtualize, QD, Continuum Managed Services LLC, Royal Arctic Line, Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of the Philippines, Idwala Industrial Holdings Limited, A-Plant c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Hannover, eASPNet Taiwan Inc., Mobile Mini Inc., TriDatum Solutions Inc., M7 Managed Services Ltd., Hospital de la Concepci‹n
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