ControlMonkey alternatives (2026)
The highest-scoring alternatives to ControlMonkey on this site's weights are Firefly (73.5), Arpio (71.1) and Commvault Cloud Rewind (70.7). ControlMonkey scores 66.3 and ranks 4 of 8. 3 of the seven alternatives score higher overall.
Ranking current as of September 2026 · By the Cloud Resilience Vendors research desk
Why do teams look for ControlMonkey alternatives?
These points come from ControlMonkey's own public pages and our score reasons, not from user reviews.
- It captures configuration only and does not position itself as a data backup product.
- Pro and Enterprise pricing is Contact sales; only the free assessment is published.
- Its 85% faster recovery figure is a customer claim; no RTO is published.
- Cross-account rebuild is not detailed; secondary region replication is listed in Pro.
Source: ControlMonkey pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026
Which ControlMonkey alternatives score highest?
01 Firefly 73.5 Infrastructure recovery platform
Scores higher than ControlMonkey on: recovery automation (84 vs 76), cross-region and cross-account rebuild (82 vs 70), drift and change history (92 vs 88), restore as code (94 vs 85), data protection (30 vs 20) and pricing transparency (55 vs 45)
ControlMonkey scores higher on: no criterion
Tied on: infrastructure coverage
02 Arpio 71.1 Cloud DR orchestration
Scores higher than ControlMonkey on: recovery automation (90 vs 76), cross-region and cross-account rebuild (90 vs 70), data protection (78 vs 20) and pricing transparency (90 vs 45)
ControlMonkey scores higher on: infrastructure coverage (86 vs 72), drift and change history (88 vs 35) and restore as code (85 vs 25)
03 Commvault Cloud Rewind 70.7 Cloud application recovery
Scores higher than ControlMonkey on: recovery automation (88 vs 76), cross-region and cross-account rebuild (78 vs 70) and data protection (80 vs 20)
ControlMonkey scores higher on: infrastructure coverage (86 vs 84), drift and change history (88 vs 50), restore as code (85 vs 60) and pricing transparency (45 vs 25)
05 Cohesity 59.0 Data security and backup platform
Scores higher than ControlMonkey on: data protection (92 vs 20)
ControlMonkey scores higher on: infrastructure coverage (86 vs 55), recovery automation (76 vs 70), cross-region and cross-account rebuild (70 vs 65), drift and change history (88 vs 30), restore as code (85 vs 55) and pricing transparency (45 vs 20)
06 Veeam 52.0 Cloud data backup
Scores higher than ControlMonkey on: data protection (94 vs 20) and pricing transparency (70 vs 45)
ControlMonkey scores higher on: infrastructure coverage (86 vs 35), recovery automation (76 vs 62), cross-region and cross-account rebuild (70 vs 60), drift and change history (88 vs 15) and restore as code (85 vs 10)
07 HCP Terraform 41.7 IaC baseline
Scores higher than ControlMonkey on: pricing transparency (60 vs 45)
ControlMonkey scores higher on: infrastructure coverage (86 vs 40), recovery automation (76 vs 45), cross-region and cross-account rebuild (70 vs 50), drift and change history (88 vs 80), restore as code (85 vs 30) and data protection (20 vs 5)
08 StackGuardian 39.8 IaC codification and governance
Scores higher than ControlMonkey on: pricing transparency (50 vs 45)
ControlMonkey scores higher on: infrastructure coverage (86 vs 30), recovery automation (76 vs 35), cross-region and cross-account rebuild (70 vs 30), drift and change history (88 vs 80) and data protection (20 vs 5)
Tied on: restore as code
How do the alternatives compare criterion by criterion?
| Vendor | COV · 20% Infrastructure coverage beyond data | AUTO · 16% Recovery automation | XREG · 14% Cross-region and cross-account rebuild | DRIFT · 12% Drift and change history | IAC · 10% Restore as code (IaC generation) | DATA · 18% Data protection depth and cloud DR track record | PRICE · 10% Pricing transparency | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ControlMonkey (this page) | 86 | 76 | 70 | 88 | 85 | 20 | 45 | 66.3 |
| Firefly | 86 | 84 Higher than ControlMonkey | 82 Higher than ControlMonkey | 92 Higher than ControlMonkey | 94 Higher than ControlMonkey | 30 Higher than ControlMonkey | 55 Higher than ControlMonkey | 73.5 |
| Arpio | 72 | 90 Higher than ControlMonkey | 90 Higher than ControlMonkey | 35 | 25 | 78 Higher than ControlMonkey | 90 Higher than ControlMonkey | 71.1 |
| Commvault Cloud Rewind | 84 | 88 Higher than ControlMonkey | 78 Higher than ControlMonkey | 50 | 60 | 80 Higher than ControlMonkey | 25 | 70.7 |
| Cohesity | 55 | 70 | 65 | 30 | 55 | 92 Higher than ControlMonkey | 20 | 59.0 |
| Veeam | 35 | 62 | 60 | 15 | 10 | 94 Higher than ControlMonkey | 70 Higher than ControlMonkey | 52.0 |
| HCP Terraform | 40 | 45 | 50 | 80 | 30 | 5 | 60 Higher than ControlMonkey | 41.7 |
| StackGuardian | 30 | 35 | 30 | 80 | 85 | 5 | 50 Higher than ControlMonkey | 39.8 |
When should you stay with ControlMonkey?
Stay with ControlMonkey if SaaS configuration is part of your recovery plan. It names Okta, Entra ID, Cloudflare, Cisco Meraki and Zscaler alongside AWS, Azure and GCP, takes daily snapshots, detects drift and generates Terraform for resources that are not in code.
ControlMonkey has the highest score in this ranking on infrastructure coverage (shared).
Frequently asked questions about ControlMonkey alternatives
What is the best alternative to ControlMonkey?
On this site's weights, Firefly (73.5). The better fit depends on the gap you need to fill: ControlMonkey's lowest score is data protection (20), and the highest-scoring alternative there is Veeam (94).
Is there a free alternative to ControlMonkey?
Firefly offers a 14-day free trial with all capabilities, no credit card. StackGuardian publishes a free tier with no credit card. HCP Terraform offers pay-as-you-go with a $500 credit. None of these is a full recovery product at no cost.
Which ControlMonkey alternatives publish prices?
Arpio publishes all three tiers, from $12k a year single-cloud. Veeam publishes its SaaS rate of $42 per TB per month. Firefly publishes its Essential tier at $2,499 a month billed annually, but Backup and DR is in the custom-priced Enterprise tier. HCP Terraform publishes pay-as-you-go with a $500 credit, with rates in IBM's pricing table. The others are Contact sales.