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AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs AWS Server Migration Service [EOL] 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

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (9th), Cloud Backup (9th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (9th)
AWS Server Migration Servic...
Average Rating
9.2
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Kavya S - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Continuous replication has protected critical servers and supports seamless disaster recovery drills
Some features that I personally feel can be improved are more simplified monitoring and reporting. As I previously mentioned, the console shows the replication status. If it had more detailed dashboards or built-in reports for DR readiness, it would make it easier for the teams to track everything in one place. Another improvement would be cost visibility and optimization guidance in optimizing the cost and also giving us visibility of it. Because the staging resources and replication storage are running continuously, it would be very helpful for organizations and users if AWS provided clearer cost insights, recommendations, and remediations to optimize the DR environment. It would also be useful if AWS added more automation options for application-level recovery, such as easier ways to handle IP changes, domain name system (DNS) updates, or application dependencies during failover. Additionally, we can simplify the setup and configuration process. For someone new to the service, understanding the staging settings, launch templates, and networking configurations can take some time. Setup simplicity and more detailed monitoring and alerting features would be beneficial. If we could add that, we can easily track the replication health, lag, and potential issues. Instead of relying on other additional tools for monitoring and alerting features, we can rely on AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery itself.
AD
Senior Web Developer at freelancer
A cloud solution for operating and managing the AWS Server, EC2, and S3 bucket
Some of the functionalities are increasing day by day. Some points are yet to be explored according to the requirements. While working with others, I will get some insights and create more challenges to improve. It will be helpful for me to enhance my skills in the AWS server mode because different challenges make a person perfect. AWS is a very good server with flexibility and 99% uptime. Most applications and e-commerce are also using AWS servers. We always advise using the AWS server because it is a very good server with 99% uptime. We can start with the initial level at the initial price. We can upgrade the AWS server. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Since it is a managed service, I reduce my time to manage infrastructure and applications."
"Since deploying AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, we have mostly seen an improvement in uptime, which contributes to reducing downtime."
"Technical support has been very good. They usually respond quickly to our requests.​"
"AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is a robust and reliable solution for disaster recovery needs."
"CloudEndure Disaster Recovery is a fairly stable solution."
"The solution is dependent on the network bandwidth. For example, if they have a bandwidth of 10Mbps the solution will run a little heavier. If the bandwidth is good the solution runs well."
"​The initial setup is really straightforward."
"We went from an organization with minimal to no disaster recovery, and I was able to spin up the disaster recovery environment with AWS rather quickly and meet business requirements."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The solution's setup phase was straightforward."
"Mature, resilient, and seamless database and server migration solution that's stable and scalable."
"The tool is automatic and makes migration easy."
"AWS Server Migration Service is seamless and mature."
 

Cons

"The cost of AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is seen as expensive."
"The initial setup was complex rather than straightforward. It became more complex in several ways."
"AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is stable, but it can be improved."
"I would say it did not provide enough flexibility for all our backup needs."
"Sometimes, one of the servers will get behind for one reason or another, and it does not notify us when that happens."
"There is definitely a scope of improvement, and for year-end licensing, they should definitely improve the cost."
"The failback could be improved. It should be more intuitive."
"The bandwidth is a constant upload communication to the AWS DR environment, so if you do not have the proper bandwidth, it will definitely eat up your internet line."
"The database schema conversion could be made more seamless for this solution. Widening the scope of features for database migration will also help."
"There is no monitoring support available in the solution."
"The product's cloud security could be improved. It also needs to improve its stability."
"Because of the technical limitations, we had to change our migration strategy and had to do some convergence before we can do the migrations."
"The documentation and videos could be improved, especially in the area of migration. Live videos would be helpful. There are very limited videos available."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"I feel the product's pricing is a good value. Licensing is pretty straightforward."
"CloudEndure Disaster Recovery is charging clients $20 to do the DR backups. It is an expensive solution."
"We were happy with the pricing that they gave us."
"It has saved us money from having to buy hardware for disaster recovery."
"They license us on a per machine basis. We have a set number of machines, which we have licensed.​"
"I rate the price of CloudEndure Disaster Recovery a six out of ten."
"Where the price adds up, there are CloudEndure licenses, then there is the AWS environment, and finally, there is the AWS storage, so cumulatively, it adds up."
"There is no need to pay for any licensing since it is an open-source tool."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise12
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
The cost rating was assessed on a scale where 10 represented the most expensive.
What needs improvement with CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
There are areas that could be improved beyond the downtime issues mentioned, and AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery could enhance several aspects of its functionality.
What is your primary use case for AWS Server Migration Service?
Our primary use case for AWS Server Migration Service has been migrating aging on-premises virtual machines to AWS with minimal disruption. Working with Redington Limited over the past few years, S...
 

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CloudEndure Disaster Recovery
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Sample Customers

Agio, Cloud Nation, Limelight Networks
Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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