Edition 2026.10 · Updated 2026-10-13
Cloud disaster recovery tools compared: who gets your infrastructure back fastest
The question we score
After an outage, a bad change or the loss of a region, which tool gets your cloud infrastructure back, not only your data, fastest and most completely?
Short answer
On fast, complete infrastructure recovery the five scored tools rank Arpio 7.5, Firefly 7.3, Commvault Cloud Rewind 7.2, ControlMonkey 6.2 and Gambit Security 2.2 out of 10. Arpio scores highest in the set on recovery orchestration, region and account loss, recovery testing and pricing transparency; Firefly on bad-change rollback. ControlMonkey ties Firefly on rebuild scope. Arpio ties Firefly on published recovery targets. Data backup products such as Cohesity and Veeam work alongside these tools and are not scored here.
Vendor facts read September and October 2026, updated 2026-10-13. Editorial assessment; we did not run the products.
How do the five tools rank?
| Rank | Tool | Type | Clouds documented | Score | Incidents documented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arpio | Cloud DR orchestration | AWS, Azure | ||
| 2 | Firefly | Infrastructure recovery as code | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud (partly) | ||
| 3 | Commvault Cloud Rewind | Cloud application recovery | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud | ||
| 4 | ControlMonkey | Configuration backup and recovery | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud | ||
| 5 | Gambit Security | Recovery posture validation | None stated |
Data backup: works alongside, not scored
These products protect the data inside your cloud: volumes, databases and object storage. Most teams pair one of them with an infrastructure recovery tool from the ranking, so we list them as complements rather than score them against it.
Cohesity
Rebuilds infrastructure, configurations and data so applications work correctly after outages or cyberattacks, for select AWS workloads in Terraform-provisioned environments. Its AWS data protection covers EC2, RDS and S3 with cross-region recovery.
Source: Cohesity: Cloud Rebuild · Read 27 Sep 2026
Veeam
Data backup for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud workloads, with always-immutable backups and a SaaS rate of $42 per TB per month for AWS.
Source: Veeam Backup for AWS · Read 27 Sep 2026
IaC management: outside the disaster recovery question, not scored
These platforms run and govern infrastructure as code. None describes a backup or cloud disaster recovery product, so they sit outside the question this ranking scores.
Scalr
Describes itself as a drop-in replacement for Terraform Cloud, with drift detection, policy enforcement and module and provider registries. A disaster recovery or region-loss rebuild feature is not described in the docs read.
Source: Scalr pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
StackGuardian
An infrastructure-as-code management platform that discovers unmanaged resources and converts them to version-controlled Terraform or OpenTofu. No backup or cloud disaster recovery product is described on the home page.
Source: StackGuardian home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
HCP Terraform
Re-applies infrastructure already written in Terraform and stores state history; health assessments detect drift in the Standard and Premium editions. It has no recovery workflow.
Source: HashiCorp docs: health assessments · Read 27 Sep 2026
Spacelift
An infrastructure-as-code orchestration platform. Its home page describes no backup or cloud disaster recovery product.
Source: Spacelift home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
env zero (env0)
Describes itself as an autonomous cloud control plane with drift detection and cloud asset management. No backup or cloud disaster recovery product is described.
Source: env zero home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
Which incidents does each tool document?
Three incidents decide most cloud DR plans: an outage, a bad change and the loss of a region or account. Each row of bricks shows which of the three a vendor's own pages describe recovering from.
Arpio
A filled brick means the vendor's own pages describe recovering from that scenario. It is not a test result.
2 of 3 scenarios documented
- Outage: Documented. Orchestrated failover for outages, with tests that do not touch production.
Source: Arpio home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Bad change: Not documented. Rollback of a configuration change and drift detection are not described on the pages reviewed.
Source: Arpio home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Region loss: Documented. Cross-region and cross-account failover on AWS; cross-subscription on Azure.
Source: Arpio home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Outage: Documented. Orchestrated failover for outages, with tests that do not touch production.
Firefly
A filled brick means the vendor's own pages describe recovering from that scenario. It is not a test result.
3 of 3 scenarios documented
- Outage: Documented. Automated cross-region failover with an RTO under 1 hour, as Firefly states.
Source: Firefly home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Bad change: Documented. Point-in-time rollback from versioned IaC snapshots, with drift detection and change tracking.
Source: Firefly: cyber resilience use case · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Region loss: Documented. Cross-region and cross-account rebuild, including into a clean, isolated target.
Source: Firefly: cloud disaster recovery use case · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Outage: Documented. Automated cross-region failover with an RTO under 1 hour, as Firefly states.
Commvault Cloud Rewind
A filled brick means the vendor's own pages describe recovering from that scenario. It is not a test result.
2 of 3 scenarios documented
- Outage: Documented. Complete application recovery across compute, storage, networking, databases and security.
Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Bad change: Partial. Point-in-time copies give a restore point; drift detection is not published.
Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Region loss: Documented. Recovery to a different region, zone or account; cross-account currently AWS only.
Source: Commvault docs: Cloud Rewind overview · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Outage: Documented. Complete application recovery across compute, storage, networking, databases and security.
ControlMonkey
A filled brick means the vendor's own pages describe recovering from that scenario. It is not a test result.
2 of 3 scenarios documented
- Outage: Documented. One-click recovery to a previous known-good state from daily snapshots with dependencies.
Source: ControlMonkey: cloud disaster recovery solution · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Bad change: Documented. Time-machine restore to a known-good state, with drift detection and remediation.
Source: ControlMonkey home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Region loss: Partial. Replication to a secondary region or account is listed in the pricing table; a rebuild procedure is not published.
Source: ControlMonkey pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Outage: Documented. One-click recovery to a previous known-good state from daily snapshots with dependencies.
Gambit Security
A filled brick means the vendor's own pages describe recovering from that scenario. It is not a test result.
0 of 3 scenarios documented
- Outage: Not documented. Validates recoverability; recovery itself is left to other tools.
Source: Gambit Security: Balens · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Bad change: Partial. Drift detection and healthy restore point discovery, without a restore of its own.
Source: Gambit Security home page · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Region loss: Not documented. Rebuilding in another region or account is not described.
Source: Gambit Security: Balens · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Outage: Not documented. Validates recoverability; recovery itself is left to other tools.
What does this site measure, and what not?
We score how fully and how fast each tool can bring cloud infrastructure back: configuration, networking, identity and DNS as well as data, after an outage, a bad change or a region loss. Scores come from public vendor pages read in September and October 2026; we did not run the products. Vendor recovery figures are quoted as the vendors' claims.
Where to go next
Frequently asked questions
What is the best cloud disaster recovery tool for infrastructure in 2026?
On our weights for fast, complete infrastructure recovery, Arpio (7.5), then Firefly (7.3) and Commvault Cloud Rewind (7.2). The order depends on your incident: Firefly scores highest on bad-change rollback, and Arpio on region and account loss.
Is data backup enough for cloud disaster recovery?
No. A backup returns data; a working service also needs its networks, identity, DNS, load balancers and settings. Firefly's own page says data backup is not service continuity. Data backup products such as Cohesity and Veeam work alongside these tools and are not scored here.
Which tools publish an RTO or RPO?
Firefly states an RTO under 1 hour and Arpio publishes RPO targets by tier, as low as 15 minutes and real-time in Premium. Commvault Cloud Rewind, ControlMonkey and Gambit Security publish neither on the pages we reviewed. Both published figures are vendor claims, not our measurements.
Is this comparison sponsored?
No vendor sponsors this comparison. The weights and every score are published, Firefly does not lead this ranking, and it scores below at least one tool on five of eight criteria. The method page explains what the relationship does and does not change.