StackGuardian alternatives (2026)
The highest-scoring alternatives to StackGuardian on this site's weights are Firefly (73.5), Arpio (71.1) and Commvault Cloud Rewind (70.7). StackGuardian scores 39.8 and ranks 8 of 8. All seven score higher overall.
Ranking current as of September 2026 · By the Cloud Resilience Vendors research desk
Why do teams look for StackGuardian alternatives?
These points come from StackGuardian's own public pages and our score reasons, not from user reviews.
- No backup or cloud disaster recovery product is described on its home page.
- It has no data protection.
- Rebuilding into another region or account is not published as a capability.
Source: StackGuardian pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026
Which StackGuardian alternatives score highest?
01 Firefly 73.5 Infrastructure recovery platform
Scores higher than StackGuardian on: infrastructure coverage (86 vs 30), recovery automation (84 vs 35), cross-region and cross-account rebuild (82 vs 30), drift and change history (92 vs 80), restore as code (94 vs 85), data protection (30 vs 5) and pricing transparency (55 vs 50)
StackGuardian scores higher on: no criterion
02 Arpio 71.1 Cloud DR orchestration
Scores higher than StackGuardian on: infrastructure coverage (72 vs 30), recovery automation (90 vs 35), cross-region and cross-account rebuild (90 vs 30), data protection (78 vs 5) and pricing transparency (90 vs 50)
StackGuardian scores higher on: drift and change history (80 vs 35) and restore as code (85 vs 25)
03 Commvault Cloud Rewind 70.7 Cloud application recovery
Scores higher than StackGuardian on: infrastructure coverage (84 vs 30), recovery automation (88 vs 35), cross-region and cross-account rebuild (78 vs 30) and data protection (80 vs 5)
StackGuardian scores higher on: drift and change history (80 vs 50), restore as code (85 vs 60) and pricing transparency (50 vs 25)
04 ControlMonkey 66.3 Configuration backup and recovery
Scores higher than StackGuardian 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)
StackGuardian scores higher on: pricing transparency (50 vs 45)
Tied on: restore as code
05 Cohesity 59.0 Data security and backup platform
Scores higher than StackGuardian on: infrastructure coverage (55 vs 30), recovery automation (70 vs 35), cross-region and cross-account rebuild (65 vs 30) and data protection (92 vs 5)
StackGuardian scores higher on: drift and change history (80 vs 30), restore as code (85 vs 55) and pricing transparency (50 vs 20)
06 Veeam 52.0 Cloud data backup
Scores higher than StackGuardian on: infrastructure coverage (35 vs 30), recovery automation (62 vs 35), cross-region and cross-account rebuild (60 vs 30), data protection (94 vs 5) and pricing transparency (70 vs 50)
StackGuardian scores higher on: drift and change history (80 vs 15) and restore as code (85 vs 10)
07 HCP Terraform 41.7 IaC baseline
Scores higher than StackGuardian on: infrastructure coverage (40 vs 30), recovery automation (45 vs 35), cross-region and cross-account rebuild (50 vs 30) and pricing transparency (60 vs 50)
StackGuardian scores higher on: restore as code (85 vs 30)
Tied on: drift and change history and data protection
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StackGuardian (this page) | 30 | 35 | 30 | 80 | 85 | 5 | 50 | 39.8 |
| Firefly | 86 Higher than StackGuardian | 84 Higher than StackGuardian | 82 Higher than StackGuardian | 92 Higher than StackGuardian | 94 Higher than StackGuardian | 30 Higher than StackGuardian | 55 Higher than StackGuardian | 73.5 |
| Arpio | 72 Higher than StackGuardian | 90 Higher than StackGuardian | 90 Higher than StackGuardian | 35 | 25 | 78 Higher than StackGuardian | 90 Higher than StackGuardian | 71.1 |
| Commvault Cloud Rewind | 84 Higher than StackGuardian | 88 Higher than StackGuardian | 78 Higher than StackGuardian | 50 | 60 | 80 Higher than StackGuardian | 25 | 70.7 |
| ControlMonkey | 86 Higher than StackGuardian | 76 Higher than StackGuardian | 70 Higher than StackGuardian | 88 Higher than StackGuardian | 85 | 20 Higher than StackGuardian | 45 | 66.3 |
| Cohesity | 55 Higher than StackGuardian | 70 Higher than StackGuardian | 65 Higher than StackGuardian | 30 | 55 | 92 Higher than StackGuardian | 20 | 59.0 |
| Veeam | 35 Higher than StackGuardian | 62 Higher than StackGuardian | 60 Higher than StackGuardian | 15 | 10 | 94 Higher than StackGuardian | 70 Higher than StackGuardian | 52.0 |
| HCP Terraform | 40 Higher than StackGuardian | 45 Higher than StackGuardian | 50 Higher than StackGuardian | 80 | 30 | 5 | 60 Higher than StackGuardian | 41.7 |
When should you stay with StackGuardian?
Stay with StackGuardian if your first problem is getting unmanaged resources into Terraform or OpenTofu, with drift detection and OPA/Rego policy guardrails. It is a codification tool, so plan recovery workflows and data protection with other products.
Frequently asked questions about StackGuardian alternatives
What is the best alternative to StackGuardian?
On this site's weights, Firefly (73.5). The better fit depends on the gap you need to fill: StackGuardian's lowest score is data protection (5), and the highest-scoring alternative there is Veeam (94).
Is there a free alternative to StackGuardian?
Firefly offers a 14-day free trial with all capabilities, no credit card. ControlMonkey publishes a free resilience assessment for up to 50,000 cloud assets, with detection-only drift. HCP Terraform offers pay-as-you-go with a $500 credit. None of these is a full recovery product at no cost.
Which StackGuardian 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.