Cristie CloneManager
Cristie CloneManager Replication continuously replicates systems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
What Cristie CloneManager is
Cristie CloneManager Replication continuously replicates systems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It supports file-based and block-based replication; block-based replication can lower recovery point objectives compared with file-based replication. The software monitors source systems and can trigger automatic failover after an outage, including DNS changes when needed. Teams can manage multiple systems and automated failover and failback from one interface. Replication targets include virtual disk image files in VHDX, QCOW2, and VMDK formats, as well as AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and S3 blob storage. For recovery planning, users can create sandbox test environments, even on physical systems, without interrupting continuous replication. RPO monitoring and reporting includes email reports when replication falls outside target RPOs. The Cristie Recovery Hub supports ring-fenced environments for departments or divisions, with unique S3 access and secret keys for each client. The product serves enterprise needs across legacy physical, virtual, and cloud systems. Replication costs $500 a year per protected system; the license includes 12 months of free support and maintenance.
Good
- Continuous replication across physical, virtual, and cloud systems
- Supports both file-based and block-based replication
- Automatic failover can make DNS changes when required
- Sandbox testing can run without stopping replication
- One interface manages failover and failback
Watch out
- $500 a year per protected system
- No free plan is listed
- License covers one protected system
Who it suits
CloneManager Replication is aimed at enterprises protecting systems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It may suit teams that need managed failover, recovery testing, and RPO reporting.
Verdict
CloneManager Replication combines continuous replication with failover management, recovery testing, and RPO reporting. Its annual price is per protected system, so teams should account for each system they need to cover.
Plans and prices
From Cristie CloneManager's own pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| CloneManager Migration | $150, paid once | token-based licensing · one token for each full replication or migration · per migration |
| CloneManager Replication | $500 a year | one license per protected system · 12-month support and maintenance included · annual subscription per system |
The facts
Each one read from Cristie CloneManager's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Cristie publishes an HTTP API with deployment, event-monitoring, replication-schedule creation and schedule-query endpoints for CloneManager.checked 21 Oct 2026
- API deployment
- The deployment endpoint accepts source address, credentials, product name, port, contract ID and installation directory, with contract ID 0 documented for trials.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Central management
- Multiple systems and their automated failover and failback can be managed from a single interface.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Cloud targets
- Supported replication destinations include AWS EC2, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Disaster recovery testing
- Users can create a sandbox test environment, including on physical systems, without interrupting continuous replication.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Disk images
- It can replicate directly to virtual disk image files, including VHDX, QCOW2, and VMDK formats.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Official documentation provides Windows, Linux Intel, Linux PPC, AIX and Solaris installation, licensing, quick-start and user guides.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Failover
- It can monitor source systems and automatically fail over when an outage is detected, with automatic DNS changes if required.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Failover and failback
- A single interface can manage automated failover and failback for multiple systems across physical, virtual and cloud targets.checked 21 Oct 2026
- File and block replication
- Block replication is presented as a way to reduce recovery-point objectives compared with file replication.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The support matrix lists VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, AWS EC2, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as virtualization or cloud targets.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Cristie describes CloneManager as serving enterprise replication needs across legacy physical systems, virtual environments, and cloud environments.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Limit: block replication prerequisites
- Online block replication requires Virtual Appliance 4.1 and CloneManager agents 9.2 or newer, and switching an existing job causes a full replication again.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: dynamic disks
- The support matrix marks dynamic disks as unsupported for offline replication on listed Windows Server versions.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: filesystem scope
- The online block-replication article lists NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4 and xfs filesystems.checked 21 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founded year
- LinkedIn states that Cristie Software Ltd was founded in 2008.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- The registered office is New Mill, Chestnut Lane, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3EW, United Kingdom.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company incorporation
- Companies House records incorporation on 10 October 2007.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company legal identity
- The UK Companies House record identifies Cristie Software Limited as active company number 06395450.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company ownership
- Cristie’s team page identifies Ian Cameron as founder and majority shareholder.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Cristie Software Ltd as having 51–200 employees and headquarters in Stroud.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2008checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Independent company profile
- Crunchbase lists Cristie Software Ltd as a private, active, for-profit company headquartered in Stroud, United Kingdom.checked 21 Oct 2026
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