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PROS

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery enhances uptime and reduces downtime during high-impact natural disasters.
The initial setup is straightforward, ensuring easy implementation and quick deployment.
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery offers seamless integration with AWS services like Route 53, ACL, EKS, and Fargate.
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is cost-effective and provides a return on investment by improving customer SLAs and saving money.
Near real-time replication and quick recovery testing make AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery reliable for business continuity.

CONS

Customer support for AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery needs improvement, with slow response times and a lack of a formal ticketing system.
Granular testing and automation for OT workloads could be enhanced.
Logging should be improved, providing more detailed information accessible to customers.
The cost is considered high, with a need for a more transparent pricing model.
Challenges exist with the bandwidth requirements and the replication process, which can replicate encrypted data to the DR site in real-time.
 

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery Pros review quotes

KS
Data Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Mar 9, 2026
Overall, the best combination of AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is its near real-time replication and quick recovery testing, and this makes the service very useful in real-world scenarios.
Deva Rugved - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
Mar 14, 2026
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery has positively impacted our organization by improving our overall resilience and reducing downtime risk.
Harsh Shrivastava - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters
Dec 22, 2025
There has definitely been a lot of improvements in recovery time with very less downtime because we already understand how to recover using the clear process that AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery provides.
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VG
Senior Java Developer at J.P. Morgan
Dec 2, 2025
Since deploying AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, we have mostly seen an improvement in uptime, which contributes to reducing downtime.
Iurii Efimov - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Product & Engineering (Cpto) at a real estate/law firm with 11-50 employees
Apr 22, 2026
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery has positively impacted my organization by securing and stabilizing our platform.
reviewer2802339 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Feb 11, 2026
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is a reliable and cost-effective solution for business continuity.
FH
Director Of Systems And Operations at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 10, 2026
Some of the most valuable features of this product include its ability to manage disaster recovery effectively.
Vijay Londhe - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Programmer at Mahadis
Jan 22, 2025
Since it is a managed service, I reduce my time to manage infrastructure and applications.
Olusegun Akinnola - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at DivVerse Labs
Jan 27, 2025
It offers seamless integration with services like ACL, EKS, and Fargate for deploying containerized applications.
HarshalJethwa - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Operations Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Apr 11, 2026
I have seen a return on investment, as using AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery allows us to save and recover data, improving our customer SLAs, and since we are not facing downtime, our money is saved.
 

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery Cons review quotes

KS
Data Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Mar 9, 2026
When I started working with AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, one of the major issues I faced during my learning phase was understanding the initial setup and replication process.
Deva Rugved - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
Mar 14, 2026
However, the user interface and monitoring features could be improved to make the overall experience better.
Harsh Shrivastava - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters
Dec 22, 2025
There is definitely a scope of improvement, and for year-end licensing, they should definitely improve the cost.
Learn what your peers think about AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: May 2026.
893,311 professionals have used our research since 2012.
VG
Senior Java Developer at J.P. Morgan
Dec 2, 2025
We believe that customer support for AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery needs to be improved because although we do raise tickets, the response can take some time.
Iurii Efimov - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Product & Engineering (Cpto) at a real estate/law firm with 11-50 employees
Apr 22, 2026
Because the replication is continuous and block-level, if a production server is hit by ransomware, the encrypted garbage data is often replicated to the DR site in near-real time.
reviewer2802339 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Feb 11, 2026
While the service is very effective, it could improve in areas such as more granular cost visibility during staging and test launches.
FH
Director Of Systems And Operations at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 10, 2026
The initial setup was complex rather than straightforward. It became more complex in several ways.
Vijay Londhe - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Programmer at Mahadis
Jan 22, 2025
Since I have to view everything on the console, the previous application solutions like IBM and Sanavi showed the RPO and RTO status directly. In AWS Disaster Recovery Service, these details are not available, making it difficult to check my replication status.
Olusegun Akinnola - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at DivVerse Labs
Jan 27, 2025
An improved AWS pricing model is needed.
HarshalJethwa - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Operations Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Apr 11, 2026
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is stable, but it can be improved.