Arcserve ShadowProtect vs VMware Live Site Recovery
| Arcserve ShadowProtect | VMware Live Site Recovery | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux, Windows | self-hosted, Web |
| Free plan | No | — |
| Failover orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment model | hybrid | hybrid |
| Supported workloads | Windows and Linux systems; physical and virtual machines; Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, IIS, Hyper-V, Dynamics CRM, VMware vCenter, Oracle Database, custom applications | virtual machines |
| Failback orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Test failover | Yes | Yes |
| Recovery runbooks | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Disaster Recovery Software. On Everything Xiaomi, Arcserve ShadowProtect scores higher on our published basis.