Firefly vs Veeam: cloud disaster recovery compared
Firefly scores 73.5 and Veeam scores 52.0 on this site's weights, so Firefly ranks higher overall. Firefly wins on infrastructure coverage, recovery automation, cross-region and cross-account rebuild, drift and change history and restore as code; Veeam wins on data protection and pricing transparency.
Ranking current as of September 2026 · By the Cloud Resilience Vendors research desk
Verdict by criterion
| Criterion | Firefly | Veeam | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure coverage beyond data COV 20% | 86 | 35 | Firefly |
| Recovery automation AUTO 16% | 84 | 62 | Firefly |
| Cross-region and cross-account rebuild XREG 14% | 82 | 60 | Firefly |
| Drift and change history DRIFT 12% | 92 | 15 | Firefly |
| Restore as code (IaC generation) IAC 10% | 94 | 10 | Firefly |
| Data protection depth and cloud DR track record DATA 18% | 30 | 94 | Veeam |
| Pricing transparency PRICE 10% | 55 | 70 | Veeam |
| Weighted total | 73.5 | 52.0 | Firefly |
Firefly wins 5, Veeam wins 2, 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 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 Firefly and Veeam differ in approach?
Firefly is ranked as an infrastructure recovery platform, with the ranking note "Top ranked: rebuilds cloud infrastructure as code". Veeam is ranked in the cloud data backup category, with the ranking note "Best data backup depth across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud".
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
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?
Firefly
- Infrastructure coverage beyond data: 86 vs 35. 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.
- Recovery automation: 84 vs 62. Backup policies run on demand, daily, weekly or monthly and capture dependencies automatically; restore is a guided Terraform flow rather than a single failover button.
- Cross-region and cross-account rebuild: 82 vs 60. Firefly documents cross-region and cross-account rebuild, including into a clean, isolated region or account after ransomware.
- Drift and change history: 92 vs 15. Drift detection, mutation logs and a configuration history are core product features, not add-ons.
- Restore as code (IaC generation): 94 vs 10. Restores are generated as Terraform code, and codification covers Terraform, Pulumi and CloudFormation, so the recovered state is code the team keeps.
Veeam
- Data protection depth and cloud DR track record: 94 vs 30. 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.
- Pricing transparency: 70 vs 55. The SaaS offering is published at $42 per TB per month; software pricing varies.
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 |
| 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 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 Veeam if protecting the data inside the environment, such as volumes, databases and object storage, is your main gap, or you need to model the cost from public pricing before a sales call. Veeam scores 94 on data protection and 70 on pricing transparency.
Frequently asked questions
Is Firefly or Veeam better for cloud disaster recovery?
On this site's weights Firefly scores higher (73.5 vs 52.0). Veeam is ahead on 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 Veeam 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. Veeam: SaaS: $42 per TB per month. Software: price varies.
Do Firefly and Veeam back up data?
Firefly: Not covered or not published, does not document backing up data contents. Veeam: Restored, widest listed workload data coverage in this ranking. Most teams pair an infrastructure recovery tool with a data backup product.