Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)
DRaaS Providers, Pricing, RPO and RTO, and Ransomware Recovery
Published DRaaS prices start near $20 a server, but storage, failover and testing make up most of the bill. Send us your server count and every provider that fits quotes the real total, at once.
Price My DRaaSDisaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) is a managed service that keeps a continuously updated copy of your servers and data at a provider's data center, ready to run if your own site goes down. When a fire, flood, power failure or ransomware attack takes out your primary environment, you fail over and keep working on the provider's copy, then move back once your site is restored. You pay monthly instead of building and running a second data center. DRaaS is priced per protected server plus storage, and the headline platform fee is the smallest part of the bill, which is why the way to get the right DRaaS provider at the right price is to put the same requirement in front of every provider that fits, at once.
Sources: AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery pricing example as summarized by Consilien and OTAVA; Veeam research cited by OTAVA. Figures as of September 2026.
Every provider quotes the same servers, data and recovery targets, including storage, failover compute and testing, so you compare what you will pay, not the platform fee.
One requirement goes to the managed DRaaS providers that fit, on the same day. Call one directly and it prices you as the only option.
Testing frequency, who declares a disaster, failover compute fees and failback costs, in writing before you sign.
The provider you choose pays us from its channel budget. Your price is not marked up, and you'll hear back within 24 hours.
How Disaster Recovery as a Service Works
Replicate
Software, usually Zerto or Veeam, copies your servers and data to the provider continuously or every few minutes.
Stand by
The copy sits ready at the provider. You pay for storage and a reserved recovery capacity, not for a second data center running full time.
Fail over
When your primary site goes down, the provider brings your systems up from the copy, usually within minutes to hours, and you work from there.
Fail back
Once your site is restored, systems and the data created during the outage move back, and replication starts again.
DRaaS vs Backup vs Disaster Recovery Colocation
There are four ways to recover from a disaster, and they differ mainly in how fast you are back and who does the work.
| Option | What it is | Recovery speed | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backup as a service | Copies of your data stored offsite by a provider; you restore what you need | Hours to days, because systems must be rebuilt before data is restored | Small businesses, and the baseline every organization needs. See backup as a service |
| Managed DRaaS | Replicas of your systems kept ready at a provider, which runs the failover with you | Minutes to hours | Mid-market companies without a second data center or a DR team |
| Self-service cloud DR | AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery or Azure Site Recovery, run by your own team | Minutes to hours, if your team has built and tested it | Teams already skilled in that cloud |
| Disaster recovery colocation | Your own hardware in a second data center, replicating from your primary | Seconds to minutes | Large steady footprints and the tightest recovery targets. See disaster recovery colocation |
Not sure whether you need DRaaS, backup or both? Send what you have and how long you can afford to be down. We tell you which fits and get it quoted by every provider that can deliver it, at no cost to you. Send the requirement and you'll hear back within 24 hours.
DRaaS Pricing: What Disaster Recovery as a Service Costs
DRaaS pricing is built from several lines, and the per-server fee that providers advertise is the smallest of them. In AWS's own published example, protecting 100 servers with 30 TB of disk costs about $6,389 a month, and the per-server platform fee is only about a third of it.
Source: AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery pricing example, as summarized by Consilien. Self-service pricing, before any managed service. Free to cite with a link to this page.
| DRaaS cost line | How it is priced | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| Protected servers | Per server or virtual machine per month | How many systems you protect, and how tight the recovery targets are |
| Replica storage | Per GB or TB per month, tiered by speed | Data size, and how fast the storage must perform during a failover |
| Recovery points | Snapshot or journal storage | How far back you can recover, and how much your data changes each day |
| Recovery compute | Reserved monthly, or hourly during tests and failover | Whether capacity is guaranteed or provisioned on demand |
| Testing | Included tests per year, or billed per test | How often you test, which auditors increasingly expect |
| Network and failback | Bandwidth, and data transfer when you move back | Data volumes and the provider's egress charges |
| Management | Built into managed DRaaS, or your own team's time | Who builds runbooks, monitors replication and runs the failover |
Fully managed DRaaS, where the provider monitors replication, builds runbooks and runs recovery with you, is commonly estimated at about $50 to $200 per server per month, with storage on top. For a mid-market company protecting 25 to 100 servers, that usually means a few thousand to the low tens of thousands of dollars a month.
Sources: industry estimates summarized by The IT Vortex; OTAVA. Quotes vary widely with recovery targets and data change rates.
Send it with your server count and recovery targets. We put the same requirement in front of the other providers that fit and show you the totals side by side, including the lines the first quote left out. There is no cost to you, and you'll hear back within 24 hours.
RPO and RTO: The Two Numbers That Set the Price
Every DRaaS design starts with two targets. The recovery point objective (RPO) is how much data you can afford to lose, measured back from the moment of failure. The recovery time objective (RTO) is how long you can afford to be down. Tighter targets need continuous replication and reserved recovery capacity, which is what makes them cost more.
| Approach | Typical RPO | Typical RTO | Relative cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backup only | Hours to a day, the time since the last backup | Hours to days | Lowest |
| Warm DRaaS | Minutes | One to several hours | Moderate: recovery compute provisioned at failover |
| Hot DRaaS | Seconds | Minutes | Highest: capacity reserved and ready |
Ransomware Recovery: What DRaaS Has to Do
Ransomware has become one of the main reasons companies buy DRaaS, and it changes what recovery has to do. Attackers target backups first, and a replica that copies encrypted files faithfully is no help. Veeam's research found that only 28 percent of ransomware victims recovered all of their data. Ransomware recovery depends on three things: immutable backups that cannot be altered or deleted for a set period, even by an administrator; recovery points far enough back to predate the infection; and an isolated environment to restore into and check before going live.
Immutable copies
Copies locked against change or deletion for a retention period, so an attacker with your credentials still cannot destroy them. See immutable backup.
Clean recovery points
Enough history to roll back past the point of infection, which can be weeks before the attack is discovered.
Isolated recovery
A separate environment to restore and scan systems before reconnecting them, so you do not restore the attacker along with your data.
Worried about ransomware? We check which providers offer immutable copies, clean recovery points and isolated recovery for your environment, and quote them side by side. Send the requirement and you'll hear back within 24 hours.
DRaaS Providers: The Main Types
Disaster recovery as a service providers fall into three groups, and many solutions combine them: a managed provider running Zerto or Veeam into its own data centers, for example, or into a public cloud.
| Provider type | Examples | How it works | Fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-service cloud DR | AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, Azure Site Recovery | Low per-server fees with storage and recovery compute metered on top; your team builds, tests and runs it | Teams already strong in that cloud |
| Replication software | Zerto (part of HPE), Veeam, including Veeam Cloud Connect | The engines most managed DRaaS runs on; Veeam Cloud Connect is how service providers deliver Veeam backup and replication as a service | Bought directly by large IT teams, or delivered through a provider |
| Managed DRaaS providers | Managed hosting and cloud providers, and colocation operators with DR services | The provider designs, monitors and tests your recovery and runs failover with you, in its own facilities or a public cloud | Mid-market companies without a dedicated DR team |
Product names are trademarks of their owners. We place managed DRaaS through formal channel partnerships with providers that fit your requirement.
What to Ask a DRaaS Provider
The full price
Is pricing per server, per VM or per protected terabyte, and what do storage, recovery points, test compute, failover compute and failback cost on top?
Testing, in writing
How many tests a year are included, what a test covers, and whether you get a report you can show an auditor.
Who declares a disaster
Who decides to fail over, how fast the provider responds once you do, and what happens if several customers fail over at once.
Recovery targets with teeth
Whether the RPO and RTO are guaranteed in the contract, and what the provider owes you if it misses them.
Ransomware readiness
Immutable copies, how far back recovery points go, and whether there is an isolated environment to restore into.
Compliance
Attestations such as SOC 2 Type II, and whether the provider signs a HIPAA business associate agreement if you need one.
Want these answered before you sign? We ask every provider we bring you to answer all six in writing with its quote, so you compare recovery terms as well as price. Send the requirement and you'll hear back within 24 hours.
DRaaS for Healthcare
For healthcare organizations, disaster recovery is not optional: the HIPAA Security Rule requires a data backup plan, a disaster recovery plan and an emergency mode operation plan. Disaster recovery that meets HIPAA means a DRaaS provider that signs a business associate agreement, encrypts replicas, and can show tested restores. The proposed Security Rule update would add a 72-hour restoration target for critical systems. See HIPAA compliant disaster recovery, backup and hosting.
DRaaS for Colocation Customers
A colocation deployment protects you from a server failure, not from losing the building or the region. Companies taking a primary colocation site usually need recovery somewhere else, and DRaaS is often cheaper than a second colocation footprint for everything except the most critical systems. A common design is a colocation primary with DRaaS for most systems and a small disaster recovery colocation footprint for the few that need near-zero recovery.
Send the primary and recovery requirements together. We quote colocation and DRaaS side by side, so you see the full cost of being protected before you sign either. The providers you choose pay us, and you'll hear back within 24 hours.
How We Find the Right DRaaS Provider
You send the requirement
How many servers or VMs, total data, your environment (VMware, Hyper-V, physical or cloud), the RPO and RTO you need, and any compliance requirements.
Every provider that fits quotes at once
The same requirement, the same day, so the quotes are comparable line by line.
We compare real totals
Servers, storage, recovery points, test and failover compute, failback and management, over the full term.
We negotiate before you sign
Testing commitments, recovery guarantees and failback costs, while they are still negotiable. The provider you choose pays us.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is DRaaS?
Disaster recovery as a service: a provider keeps a continuously updated copy of your servers and data in its data center, ready to run if your site goes down. You fail over, keep working on the provider's copy, and move back once your site is restored, paying monthly instead of running a second data center.
How much does DRaaS cost?
Self-service cloud DR starts around $20 per server per month before storage and failover, and AWS's own 100-server example totals about $6,389 a month. Fully managed DRaaS is commonly estimated at $50 to $200 per server per month plus storage, so a mid-market company typically spends a few thousand to the low tens of thousands a month.
What is the difference between RPO and RTO?
RPO, the recovery point objective, is how much data you can afford to lose, measured back from the failure. RTO, the recovery time objective, is how long you can afford to be down. Tighter targets need continuous replication and reserved capacity, which cost more.
What is the difference between DRaaS and backup?
Backup stores copies of your data, which you restore after rebuilding systems, so recovery takes hours to days. DRaaS keeps whole systems replicated and ready to run, so recovery takes minutes to hours. Most companies need both: backup for long retention and file recovery, DRaaS for staying in business during an outage.
Who are the main DRaaS providers?
Three groups: self-service cloud DR from AWS and Microsoft Azure, replication software from Zerto and Veeam that most managed services run on, and managed DRaaS providers, including managed hosting and colocation operators, that run recovery for you.
Is Azure Site Recovery or AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery a DRaaS?
They are self-service DR tools: low per-server fees with storage and compute metered on top, and your own team builds, tests and runs the recovery. A managed DRaaS provider can run on top of them, or on its own infrastructure, and takes that work on.
What is Zerto DRaaS?
DRaaS built on Zerto, the continuous replication software now owned by HPE. Many managed providers use it for low RPO and fast, orchestrated failover of virtual machines.
What is Veeam Cloud Connect?
Veeam's technology for service providers to deliver Veeam backup and replication as a service, so a company running Veeam can send backups or replicas to a provider's environment without building its own offsite site.
How does DRaaS help with ransomware recovery?
By keeping immutable copies an attacker cannot delete, recovery points far enough back to predate the infection, and an isolated environment to restore and scan systems before going live. Without those, a replica can faithfully copy encrypted files.
How often should DRaaS be tested?
At least once or twice a year for a full failover test, with smaller tests more often, and a written report each time. Put the testing cadence in the contract, because untested recovery is the most common reason DR fails when it is needed.
Is DRaaS HIPAA compliant?
It can be. HIPAA requires backup and disaster recovery plans, and a DRaaS provider that signs a business associate agreement, encrypts replicas and documents tested restores can meet that requirement.
Who is DRaaS right for?
Companies with roughly 10 or more servers, no second data center and no dedicated DR team, especially in regulated industries. Very small businesses usually start with backup as a service, and the largest footprints often use disaster recovery colocation.
Do you place DRaaS?
Yes. We place managed DRaaS and backup as a service through formal channel partnerships with providers that fit your requirement. Send your server count, data and recovery targets, and you'll hear back within 24 hours. The provider you choose pays us, so it costs you nothing.
Price Your Disaster Recovery
Send what you need to protect: servers or VMs, total data, your environment, the RPO and RTO you need and any compliance requirements. You'll hear back within 24 hours with the providers that fit, quoted at once on the full total, and the contract negotiated before you sign. Rough numbers are fine: if you do not know your exact server count or data size, send what you have and we will work out the rest with you.
That is what keeps every DRaaS provider competing for your business. The provider you choose pays us, so it costs you nothing.
Recovery and backup: backup as a service, disaster recovery colocation and HIPAA compliant hosting.
Infrastructure: hybrid cloud, cloud repatriation, bare metal, wholesale colocation and the provider comparison.
Recovery site markets: Phoenix, Denver, Dallas, Chicago and Northern Virginia.
