Firefly vs Arpio: cloud disaster recovery compared
Firefly scores 73.5 and Arpio scores 71.1 on this site's weights, so Firefly ranks higher overall. Firefly wins on infrastructure coverage, drift and change history and restore as code; Arpio wins on recovery automation, cross-region and cross-account rebuild, data protection and pricing transparency. Arpio wins more criteria (4 to 3), but Firefly's wins carry more weight in the total.
Ranking current as of September 2026 · By the Cloud Resilience Vendors research desk
Verdict by criterion
| Criterion | Firefly | Arpio | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure coverage beyond data COV 20% | 86 | 72 | Firefly |
| Recovery automation AUTO 16% | 84 | 90 | Arpio |
| Cross-region and cross-account rebuild XREG 14% | 82 | 90 | Arpio |
| Drift and change history DRIFT 12% | 92 | 35 | Firefly |
| Restore as code (IaC generation) IAC 10% | 94 | 25 | Firefly |
| Data protection depth and cloud DR track record DATA 18% | 30 | 78 | Arpio |
| Pricing transparency PRICE 10% | 55 | 90 | Arpio |
| Weighted total | 73.5 | 71.1 | Firefly |
Firefly wins 3, Arpio wins 4, ties 0
- DATA
- Not covered or not published Does not document backing up data contents.
- CONFIG
- Restored Resource configuration restored as Terraform.
- NETWORK
- Restored VPC, subnets, security groups, NACLs, WAF in coverage table.
- IAM
- Restored IAM roles, policies and users in coverage table.
- DNS
- Restored Route 53 and Azure Private DNS zones in coverage table.
What the vendor's public material says it restores. Not a test result. Hatched = partial or not itemized.
- Data
- Not covered or not published Does not document backing up data contents.
- Configuration
- Restored Resource configuration restored as Terraform.
- Network
- Restored VPC, subnets, security groups, NACLs, WAF in coverage table.
- IAM
- Restored IAM roles, policies and users in coverage table.
- DNS
- Restored Route 53 and Azure Private DNS zones in coverage table.
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.
- 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.
How do Firefly and Arpio differ in approach?
Firefly is ranked as an infrastructure recovery platform, with the ranking note "Top ranked: rebuilds cloud infrastructure as code". Arpio is ranked in the cloud DR orchestration category, with the ranking note "Best for orchestrated failover with published pricing".
Firefly
- Backup policies select applications by tag and run On-Demand, Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
Source: Firefly docs: Applications Backup & DR · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Firefly captures the dependencies an application needs, such as VPC, subnet and IAM instance profile, and restores by generating Terraform code rather than making direct cloud changes.
Source: Firefly docs: Applications Backup & DR · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Documented limitation: restoration depends on Terraform provider support.
Source: Firefly docs: Applications Backup & DR · Reviewed Sep 2026
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
Where does each one score higher?
Firefly
- Infrastructure coverage beyond data: 86 vs 72. Docs list backup coverage for 190 AWS resource types across 48 services and 86 Azure resource types across 14 services, including IAM, Route 53, VPC, security groups, EKS and AKS; GCP is not in the coverage table.
- Drift and change history: 92 vs 35. Drift detection, mutation logs and a configuration history are core product features, not add-ons.
- Restore as code (IaC generation): 94 vs 25. Restores are generated as Terraform code, and codification covers Terraform, Pulumi and CloudFormation, so the recovered state is code the team keeps.
Arpio
- Recovery automation: 90 vs 84. 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 82. Cross-account and cross-region failover on AWS and cross-subscription orchestration on Azure are stated on the home page.
- Data protection depth and cloud DR track record: 78 vs 30. Continuous replication with RPOs as low as 15 minutes in Standard and real-time RPOs in Premium.
- Pricing transparency: 90 vs 55. All three tiers are on the pricing page, with Standard at $12k single-cloud and Premium at $36k single-cloud per year.
What does each one cost?
| Vendor | Published pricing | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Firefly | 14-day free trial with all capabilities, no credit card. Essential: $2,499 per month billed annually, up to 20,000 assets. Enterprise (includes Infrastructure Backup and DR): custom pricing. Essential is published at $2,499 a month billed annually, but Backup and DR sits in the Enterprise tier, which is custom priced. | Source: Firefly pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026 |
| 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 |
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Which should you choose?
Choose Firefly if you want recovery to produce infrastructure as code your team can review and keep, or you need a continuous record of what changed and drift detection against a known-good state. Firefly scores 94 on restore as code and 92 on drift and change history.
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.
Frequently asked questions
Is Firefly or Arpio better for cloud disaster recovery?
On this site's weights Firefly scores higher (73.5 vs 71.1). Arpio is ahead on recovery automation, cross-region and cross-account rebuild, data protection and pricing transparency. Which fits better depends on how much those criteria matter to you; the calculator lets you re-weight them. Open the calculator.
Do Firefly and Arpio publish their prices?
Firefly: 14-day free trial with all capabilities, no credit card. Essential: $2,499 per month billed annually, up to 20,000 assets. Enterprise (includes Infrastructure Backup and DR): custom pricing. 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.
Do Firefly and Arpio back up data?
Firefly: Not covered or not published, does not document backing up data contents. Arpio: Restored, continuous replication; RPO as low as 15 min. Most teams pair an infrastructure recovery tool with a data backup product.