Arpio vs Veeam: cloud disaster recovery compared
Arpio scores 71.1 and Veeam scores 52.0 on this site's weights, so Arpio ranks higher overall. Arpio wins on infrastructure coverage, recovery automation, cross-region and cross-account rebuild, drift and change history, restore as code and pricing transparency; Veeam wins on data protection.
Ranking current as of September 2026 · By the Cloud Resilience Vendors research desk
Verdict by criterion
| Criterion | Arpio | Veeam | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure coverage beyond data COV 20% | 72 | 35 | Arpio |
| Recovery automation AUTO 16% | 90 | 62 | Arpio |
| Cross-region and cross-account rebuild XREG 14% | 90 | 60 | Arpio |
| Drift and change history DRIFT 12% | 35 | 15 | Arpio |
| Restore as code (IaC generation) IAC 10% | 25 | 10 | Arpio |
| Data protection depth and cloud DR track record DATA 18% | 78 | 94 | Veeam |
| Pricing transparency PRICE 10% | 90 | 70 | Arpio |
| Weighted total | 71.1 | 52.0 | Arpio |
Arpio wins 6, Veeam wins 1, ties 0
- DATA
- Restored Continuous replication; RPO as low as 15 min.
- CONFIG
- Restored Replicates infrastructure with dependency mapping.
- NETWORK
- Partial or not itemized Complex networking support listed in Enterprise.
- IAM
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
- DNS
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
What the vendor's public material says it restores. Not a test result. Hatched = partial or not itemized.
- Data
- Restored Continuous replication; RPO as low as 15 min.
- Configuration
- Restored Replicates infrastructure with dependency mapping.
- Network
- Partial or not itemized Complex networking support listed in Enterprise.
- IAM
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
- DNS
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
What the vendor's public material says it restores. Not a test result. Hatched = partial or not itemized.
- DATA
- Restored Widest listed workload data coverage in this ranking.
- CONFIG
- Partial or not itemized Amazon VPC and Azure Virtual Networks listed; detail not published.
- NETWORK
- Partial or not itemized Listed as services; configuration detail not published.
- IAM
- Not covered or not published Not listed.
- DNS
- Not covered or not published Not listed.
What the vendor's public material says it restores. Not a test result. Hatched = partial or not itemized.
- Data
- Restored Widest listed workload data coverage in this ranking.
- Configuration
- Partial or not itemized Amazon VPC and Azure Virtual Networks listed; detail not published.
- Network
- Partial or not itemized Listed as services; configuration detail not published.
- IAM
- Not covered or not published Not listed.
- DNS
- Not covered or not published Not listed.
What the vendor's public material says it restores. Not a test result. Hatched = partial or not itemized.
How do Arpio and Veeam differ in approach?
Arpio is ranked in the cloud DR orchestration category, with the ranking note "Best for orchestrated failover with published pricing". Veeam is ranked in the cloud data backup category, with the ranking note "Best data backup depth across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud".
Arpio
- Automated cloud disaster recovery orchestration for AWS and Azure, covering outages and ransomware.
Source: Arpio home page · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Cross-account and cross-region failover on AWS; cross-subscription orchestration on Azure.
Source: Arpio home page · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Dependency mapping across services and resources, and failover testing without disrupting production.
Source: Arpio home page · Reviewed Sep 2026
Veeam
- Veeam Backup for AWS lists Amazon EC2, EBS, RDS, VPC, S3, S3 Glacier, AWS Outposts, DynamoDB, Redshift, EFS, Aurora and FSx.
Source: Veeam: Backup for AWS · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Always-immutable, encrypted, air-gapped backups are standard.
Source: Veeam: Backup for AWS · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Veeam Backup for Azure supports Azure VMs and managed disks, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL and Azure Files, and lists Azure Virtual Networks.
Source: Veeam: Backup for Azure · Reviewed Sep 2026
Where does each one score higher?
Arpio
- Infrastructure coverage beyond data: 72 vs 35. Replicates infrastructure and data with dependency mapping on AWS and Azure; a full list of covered resource types is not published on the pages we reviewed.
- Recovery automation: 90 vs 62. One-click testing and failover in every tier, automated failback in Premium, and orchestrated ransomware recovery in Enterprise.
- Cross-region and cross-account rebuild: 90 vs 60. Cross-account and cross-region failover on AWS and cross-subscription orchestration on Azure are stated on the home page.
- Drift and change history: 35 vs 15. Drift detection and a configuration change history are not published.
- Restore as code (IaC generation): 25 vs 10. Arpio does not publish infrastructure-as-code output from a recovery.
- Pricing transparency: 90 vs 70. All three tiers are on the pricing page, with Standard at $12k single-cloud and Premium at $36k single-cloud per year.
Veeam
- Data protection depth and cloud DR track record: 94 vs 78. The widest listed data coverage in this ranking (EC2, EBS, RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, EFS, FSx, S3, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Cloud SQL, Spanner) with always-immutable backups.
What does each one cost?
| Vendor | Published pricing | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Arpio | Billed annually. Standard: $12k single-cloud or $18k multi-cloud, 25 core resources. Premium: $36k single-cloud or $54k multi-cloud, 50 core resources. Enterprise: custom, 100+ core resources. No storage charges from Arpio; cloud provider costs apply. All three tiers are on the pricing page, with Standard at $12k single-cloud and Premium at $36k single-cloud per year. | Source: Arpio pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026 |
| Veeam | SaaS: $42 per TB per month. Software: price varies. The SaaS offering is published at $42 per TB per month; software pricing varies. | Source: Veeam pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026 |
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Which should you choose?
Choose Arpio if you want the rebuild to run with as little manual work as possible during an incident, or you must be able to rebuild into another region or a clean account after ransomware. Arpio scores 90 on recovery automation and 90 on cross-region and cross-account rebuild.
Choose Veeam if protecting the data inside the environment, such as volumes, databases and object storage, is your main gap. Veeam scores 94 on data protection against 78 for Arpio.
Frequently asked questions
Is Arpio or Veeam better for cloud disaster recovery?
On this site's weights Arpio scores higher (71.1 vs 52.0). Veeam is ahead on data protection. Which fits better depends on how much those criteria matter to you; the calculator lets you re-weight them. Open the calculator.
Do Arpio and Veeam publish their prices?
Arpio: Billed annually. Standard: $12k single-cloud or $18k multi-cloud, 25 core resources. Premium: $36k single-cloud or $54k multi-cloud, 50 core resources. Enterprise: custom, 100+ core resources. No storage charges from Arpio; cloud provider costs apply. Veeam: SaaS: $42 per TB per month. Software: price varies.
Do Arpio and Veeam back up data?
Arpio: Restored, continuous replication; RPO as low as 15 min. Veeam: Restored, widest listed workload data coverage in this ranking. Most teams pair an infrastructure recovery tool with a data backup product.