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AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs Trilio Site Recovery
Both stand on disaster recovery software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Choose AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery if you need to recover supported workloads onto EC2 and want point-in-time recovery, ongoing replication, and failback support. Look elsewhere if you need failover orchestration or a free plan; those are not included in the listed facts.
Visit AWS Elastic Disaster RecoveryChoose Trilio Site Recovery if your team runs KubeVirt or OpenShift Virtualization VMs and needs replication, failover orchestration, and isolated recovery testing. Its Technology Preview availability and pricing on request are key considerations for teams evaluating access and cost.
Visit Trilio Site RecoveryThe facts
| AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery | Trilio Site Recovery | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Not published |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | API, Linux, Web, Windows | API, Linux, Self-hosted |
| Lowest paid plan | AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery: $0.03 a month | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | aws.amazon.com | trilio.io |
| On disaster recovery software | #10 of 24 | #20 of 24 |
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery: what it does well
- Launches recovery instances within minutes from current or earlier server states.
- Supports recovery drills while replication continues.
- Recovers EC2 instances in another Availability Zone or AWS Region.
- Supports Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, and SAP workloads.
- Offers failback orchestration and test failover.
What to know first
- There is no free plan.
- Additional AWS resource charges apply beyond the listed plan price.
- Production users are advised to have Business or Enterprise Support.
- One staging account supports up to 300 replicating servers.
Trilio Site Recovery: what it does well
- Continuous replication supports synchronous and asynchronous modes.
- Automated failover can coordinate VM startup, network reassignment, and DNS cutover.
- Isolated recovery tests use replicated snapshots without disrupting production.
- Policies can be stored as Git-managed Kubernetes custom resources.
- Uses no VM agent and supports a centralized control plane for multiple clusters.
What to know first
- Availability is through the Technology Preview Early Adopter Program.
- Support is listed for Red Hat OpenShift 4.20 and later.
- Pricing is available on request.
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