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Azure Site Recovery vs Datto ALTO comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Azure Site Recovery
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Datto ALTO
Ranking in Disaster Recovery as a Service
11th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Disaster Recovery as a Service category, the mindshare of Azure Site Recovery is 9.9%, down from 23.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Datto ALTO is 2.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Disaster Recovery as a Service Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Site Recovery9.9%
Datto ALTO2.9%
Other87.2%
Disaster Recovery as a Service
 

Featured Reviews

AP
IT Manager at NTT DATA
Long-term user praises cost savings and reliability of disaster recovery solutions
There is only one thing to note: the agent has to be up-to-date when SCCM or any third-party tools are doing patching activities. If their agent version is mismatched and the health status is critical, you will not be able to perform your Azure Site Recovery. 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. When you raise a call, they wait too long, and even if you request an engineer to set up a call for severity B cases, they are not ready to communicate over the phone, preferring email instead.
DG
Owner at Oxford Network Solutions, Inc
Easy to scale, reliable, reasonably price, extremely simple to use, and manage
We are a reseller and primarily use Datto ALTO for disaster recovery It is extremely simple to use, set up, and manage. They do a good job of it.  The interface is very easy. It stayed the same for a long time, which makes it easy to set up and easy to work with. Technical support was superior…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the visibility of what is happening with our business as well as the good reporting and dashboards."
"The setup is quite easy, just requiring the creation of a vault."
"The solution is secure, reliable, and scalable."
"You can create automation to move workloads and redirect traffic to another region."
"Site Recovery's most valuable features include its user-friendly console and the ease of migration."
"What I love about Azure Site Recovery is its simplicity for basic configurations."
"It is a very stable product and very scalable."
"Despite the cost concerns and downtime management, I would still recommend Azure Site Recovery."
"Previously, we used AppAssure; we switched to Datto ALTO because it was a better product, at the same price point."
"It stayed the same for a long time, which makes it easy to set up and easy to work with."
 

Cons

"Site Recovery's scalability could be improved."
"It could include more of a backup and recovery."
"The immutable backup could be better and should be improved."
"There have been issues with replication. It would be helpful if error logging was handled more effectively."
"There is room for improvement in the release of patches, such as ensuring they are properly managed to avoid outages."
"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."
"I would like to see more security features."
"The support team took a lot of time to respond and was not very professional."
"Technical support was superior when it was owned independently."
"Technical support was superior when it was owned independently."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They have a license to pay."
"I'm not sure about the Azure Site Recovery pricing, but my organization gets monthly bills from providers."
"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."
"Azure Site Recovery is a very reasonably priced product."
"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."
"Azure Site Recovery is affordable."
"Azure Site Recovery is neither very expensive nor very cheap."
"If you have a small server, it's approximately $100 per month."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
University
8%
Construction Company
7%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise14
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Site Recovery?
A major advantage is that you do not want to pay any more for huge costs to build a DR site. It is very flexible and will save your cost.
What needs improvement with Azure Site Recovery?
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 wit...
What is your primary use case for Azure Site Recovery?
My main use case for Azure Site Recovery is that we are doing cross-region disaster recovery and processing.
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Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Union Insurance, Rackspace
Datapac, Dynamic Business Technologies, SAX Technology Advisors
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