Best Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) Solutions for 2026

Zerto has long been a reference point for continuous data protection, and under HPE it remains a leading choice for organizations that want the tightest RPOs across heterogeneous environments. Its journal-based CDP captures every write, so recovery points sit seconds apart rather than hours, and its ransomware features - real-time encryption detection, immutable journal copies and clean-point recovery - are among the most mature in this list. The software-only architecture spans VMware, Hyper-V, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud, and it is delivered both as self-managed software and as DRaaS through a large partner network.

The main caveats are practical rather than fundamental: there is no native support for Proxmox or XCP-ng, which is a real gap for teams leaving VMware for those platforms, and pricing is per-VM and quote-based, so budgeting requires a conversation with HPE or a reseller. For enterprises and MSPs that fit its platform coverage, though, it's the safest overall pick.

VMware Live Recovery is the consolidation of what were VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery / Ransomware Recovery (now VMware Live Cyber Recovery) and Site Recovery Manager (now VMware Live Site Recovery) into a single subscription. For organizations standardized on VMware Cloud Foundation, it's the most natural fit: it protects vSphere workloads with customizable RPOs as low as one minute, provides an on-demand isolated recovery environment for validating and cleansing ransomware-affected VMs, and unifies on-premises and cloud DR in one console.

The trade-off is scope. This is a VMware-native solution - its strength inside VCF is also its limitation outside it, and it isn't the tool for heterogeneous estates. Licensing is quote-based, and post-acquisition pricing shifts have made cost a frequent discussion point for VMware customers. If you're a VMware shop, it belongs on your shortlist; if you're not, look elsewhere.

Veeam's approach to DRaaS is less a single product than a flexible model: replicate workloads with Veeam Backup & Replication, ship them off-site through Veeam Cloud Connect Replication to a Veeam Cloud & Service Provider of your choice, and drive tested, orchestrated recovery with Veeam Recovery Orchestrator. That flexibility is the point - you aren't tied to one vendor's cloud, and MSPs can build white-labelled DR services on top. Cloud Connect Replication requires no extra Veeam licence, so much of the cost is the provider's infrastructure.

The flip side is that outcomes depend on the provider you pick, and the most valuable orchestration and CDP capabilities live in premium editions. It's also more of an assembly than a turnkey box. But for the very large base of existing Veeam customers, and for MSPs, it's often the most pragmatic and least lock-in-prone way to deliver DR.

Azure Site Recovery (ASR) is the default DR service for organizations already living in the Microsoft ecosystem. It replicates Azure VMs, VMware and Hyper-V VMs, and physical servers to Azure, supports recovery plans with sequencing and Azure Automation, and lets you run non-disruptive test failovers. Crucially - and unusually for this market - its pricing is public: roughly US$16 per protected instance per month to a customer-owned site and US$25 to Azure, with the first 31 days free per instance. That transparency makes budgeting and comparison far easier.

The caveats are the usual cloud-service ones. The per-instance fee is only part of the bill; you also pay for replica storage, transactions, egress and the compute consumed during a failover or drill. And because Azure is the recovery target, ASR is most compelling when Azure is already your strategic cloud. For Microsoft shops, it's a strong, well-priced, well-integrated choice; for others, its gravitational pull toward Azure is a consideration.

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) is the value pick of this list. It continuously replicates source servers - physical, VMware, Hyper-V or other-cloud - at the block level into a cheap AWS staging area, and spins up full recovery instances only when you run a drill or an actual failover. That pilot-light model, combined with a flat and refreshingly transparent US$0.028 per source server per hour, keeps steady-state cost low while still delivering seconds-level RPO and minutes-level RTO, plus point-in-time recovery for ransomware scenarios.

As with ASR, the headline fee isn't the whole bill: you also pay for EBS staging volumes, snapshots and the EC2 compute used during drills and recovery. And it's AWS-centric by design, so it fits best when AWS is already in your strategy. For teams that value predictable, usage-based pricing and don't want to pay for an idle DR site, it's hard to beat.

Commvault Cloud (with its Auto Recovery capabilities, powered by Metallic AI) approaches DR as one facet of a broad cyber-resilience platform. It offers both continuous and periodic replication - targeting sub-minute RPO - with a choice of hot-site recovery for near-zero RTO or cost-optimized warm-site recovery, plus automated failover and orchestration. Its Cleanroom add-on provides an on-demand isolated environment to validate and recover cleanly after ransomware, and threat scanning runs across a wide range of workloads.

That breadth is the appeal and the catch. For enterprises that want backup, DR and security posture unified under one console across hypervisors, physical servers, cloud, databases and SaaS, Commvault is compelling. But the tiered packaging plus Cleanroom add-on is quote-based and can be intricate, there's more to learn than with a focused tool, and some users flag variable support. It's an enterprise-grade choice rather than an SMB one.

Datto SIRIS, now part of Kaseya, is purpose-built for MSPs delivering BCDR to SMB clients. It unifies a hardened local appliance (or software-only deployment), backup software, and the Datto Cloud into one flat-fee package, and its recovery experience is a strength: Inverse Chain Technology makes every incremental snapshot a bootable recovery point, and MSPs can virtualize a failed system instantly on the appliance or fail over into the Datto Cloud. Immutability comes from ZFS snapshots and Cloud Deletion Defense, with machine-learning ransomware detection layered on top, and the flat-fee model notably includes DR testing, compute and egress at no extra charge.

Where it trades off is precision and openness. It's image-snapshot based rather than journal-based CDP, so RPOs are coarser than Zerto or AWS DRS. It's sold through the MSP channel with quote-based pricing rather than self-serve, and some reviewers find the interface dated. For SMBs and the MSPs that serve them, though, it's one of the most complete turnkey continuity options available.

Acronis takes the same "one platform" philosophy as its broader Cyber Protect Cloud and applies it to DR: its Advanced Disaster Recovery add-on layers cloud failover, orchestration and testing onto integrated backup and anti-malware, all from a single console. The RunVM engine targets RPO and RTO under 15 minutes, drag-and-drop runbooks make orchestration approachable for IT generalists, and connectivity is flexible - site-to-site VPN, point-to-site, or a VPN-less trial, with a cloud-only deployment option to simplify onboarding. Pairing DR with Advanced Security enables failover to a malware-free recovery point.

The trade-offs are that DR is an add-on rather than a standalone product, its sub-15-minute RPO is good but not journal-CDP territory, and it's delivered through service providers with per-workload plus pay-as-you-go pricing that requires a partner quote. For SMBs and the MSPs serving them who value having backup, security and DR in one easy-to-run place, it's a very practical choice.