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Azure Site Recovery mindshare

As of August 2025, the mindshare of Azure Site Recovery in the Disaster Recovery as a Service category stands at 23.5%, up from 21.9% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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TypeTitleDate
CategoryDisaster Recovery as a ServiceAug 5, 2025Download
ProductReviews, tips, and advice from real usersAug 5, 2025Download
ComparisonAzure Site Recovery vs VMware Live RecoveryAug 5, 2025Download
ComparisonAzure Site Recovery vs Commvault CloudAug 5, 2025Download
ComparisonAzure Site Recovery vs Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a ServiceAug 5, 2025Download
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Review data by company size

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Top industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
8%
Healthcare Company
5%
University
5%
Real Estate/Law Firm
4%
Media Company
4%
Comms Service Provider
4%
Construction Company
3%
Government
3%
Energy/Utilities Company
3%
Legal Firm
3%
Educational Organization
3%
Retailer
3%
Hospitality Company
3%
Performing Arts
2%
Transportation Company
2%
Logistics Company
2%
Non Profit
2%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Agriculture
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
 

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IT Manager at NTT DATA
Verified user of Azure Site Recovery
Jun 19, 2025
Long-term user praises cost savings and reliability of disaster recovery solutions

Pros

"A major benefit is that you do not want to pay any more for huge costs to build a DR site."

Cons

"Recently, I worked with a mass issue related to Recovery Services Vault, and the VM support engineers are taking a lot of time to extend support to the customer."
JN
Client Relationship Manager at Infomag
Verified user of Azure Site Recovery
Mar 4, 2025
Ensures uninterrupted backup with minor patch management improvements required

Pros

"Despite the cost concerns and downtime management, I would still recommend Azure Site Recovery."

Cons

"There is room for improvement in the release of patches, such as ensuring they are properly managed to avoid outages."
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Chief Technology Officer at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
Verified user of Azure Site Recovery
Apr 24, 2025
Reliable recovery ensures uptime but communication and support need improvement

Pros

"The most valuable features of Azure Site Recovery are its ease of use and speed of recovery."

Cons

"The system did go down a couple of times, which impacted our operations. For stability, I would rate it a seven out of ten."
RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot user
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at MIC Global
Verified user of Azure Site Recovery
Nov 27, 2024
The time-saving aspects allow us to write PowerShell scripts to automate failover processes

Pros

"The setup is quite easy, just requiring the creation of a vault."

Cons

"Azure Site Recovery does not support shared disk options."
SJ
Vice President of Delivery & Deployment at TekFriday Inc
Verified user of Azure Site Recovery
Jun 10, 2025
User experience remains satisfactory while more internal details enhance troubleshooting support

Pros

"The features I find most valuable in Azure Site Recovery include the test failover, which allows us to test our site recovery without bringing down the primary; disaster recovery provides that feature."

Cons

"The flexibility of Azure Site Recovery regarding integration with different IT environments is limited; it is purely an Azure platform service for business continuity, not meant for integration with other services."
Rafael Veloso - PeerSpot user
Consultant at SoftwareONE
Verified user of Azure Site Recovery
Jul 22, 2024
Ensures continuity and enables a robust disaster recovery plan

Pros

"You can create automation to move workloads and redirect traffic to another region."

Cons

"we lack a straightforward method to automate the restart of services, which can be quite time-consuming."
Mike Douthitt - PeerSpot user
Senior System Administrator at Douthitt.net
Verified user of Azure Site Recovery
Feb 4, 2024
Useful for restoration purposes that ensures that the users get to save a lot of time

Pros

"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."

Cons

"The product's performance is an area of concern where improvements are required."
YO
IT infrastructure and services at United Bank for Africa
Verified user of Azure Site Recovery
May 16, 2024
Useful for business continuity purposes but improvement is needed in replication and failover processes

Pros

"We use the tool for business continuity purposes. "

Cons

"The solution needs to improve replication and failover processes. We are still looking for improvements in the cost baseline. "