Head to head
Arpio vs ControlMonkey: which gets cloud infrastructure back faster?
Short answer
On our published weights Arpio scores 7.5 against 6.2 for ControlMonkey. Arpio scores higher on recovery orchestration, region and account loss, published recovery targets, recovery testing, data inside the rebuild and pricing transparency; ControlMonkey scores higher on rebuild scope and bad-change rollback. Arpio documents 2 of 3 incidents and ControlMonkey documents 2 of 3.
ControlMonkey protects cloud and SaaS configuration, not data or workloads, by its own pricing FAQ.
Vendor facts read September and October 2026, updated 2026-10-13. Editorial assessment; we did not run the products.
How do the scores compare?
| Criterion | Arpio | ControlMonkey | Higher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebuild scope 20% | 7.2 | 8.6 | ControlMonkey |
| Recovery orchestration 15% | 9.0 | 7.6 | Arpio |
| Region and account loss 15% | 9.0 | 7.0 | Arpio |
| Bad-change rollback 15% | 3.5 | 8.8 | ControlMonkey |
| Published recovery targets 10% | 7.0 | 2.0 | Arpio |
| Recovery testing 10% | 9.0 | 3.0 | Arpio |
| Data inside the rebuild 10% | 7.8 | 2.0 | Arpio |
| Pricing transparency 5% | 9.0 | 4.5 | Arpio |
| Total | 7.5 | 6.2 | Arpio |
Which incidents does each document?
| Incident | Arpio | ControlMonkey |
|---|---|---|
| Outage | Documented. Orchestrated failover for outages, with tests that do not touch production. Source: Arpio home page · Read 27 Sep 2026 | Documented. One-click recovery to a previous known-good state from daily snapshots with dependencies. Source: ControlMonkey: cloud disaster recovery solution · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| Bad change | Not documented. Rollback of a configuration change and drift detection are not described on the pages reviewed. Source: Arpio home page · Read 27 Sep 2026 | Documented. Time-machine restore to a known-good state, with drift detection and remediation. Source: ControlMonkey home page · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Region loss | Documented. Cross-region and cross-account failover on AWS; cross-subscription on Azure. Source: Arpio home page · Read 27 Sep 2026 | Partial. Replication to a secondary region or account is listed in the pricing table; a rebuild procedure is not published. Source: ControlMonkey pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
What recovery targets does each publish?
Arpio
RTO
Not published
RPO
Arpio publishes RPO targets by tier and describes predictable, validated RTO and RPO, but publishes no RTO figure.
ControlMonkey
RTO
Not published
RPO
Not published
ControlMonkey claims predictable RTO and RPO outcomes across accounts, regions and clouds but publishes no figure.
Which clouds does each cover?
Arpio
- AWS: Documented
- Azure: Documented
- Google Cloud: Not documented
Arpio documents AWS and Azure. Google Cloud is not currently supported; its June 2026 Series A announcement says the funding will expand support to Google Cloud.
Source: Arpio: Series A announcement · Read 11 Oct 2026
ControlMonkey
- AWS: Documented
- Azure: Documented
- Google Cloud: Documented
ControlMonkey's disaster recovery page names AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and more than 30 SaaS and third-party providers such as Cloudflare and Okta.
Source: ControlMonkey: cloud disaster recovery solution · Read 11 Oct 2026
What does each cost?
Arpio
- Pricing
- Billed annually. Standard: $12k single-cloud or $18k multi-cloud, 25 core resources. Premium: $36k single-cloud or $54k multi-cloud, 50 core resources, up to a maximum of 250. Enterprise: custom quote, 100+ core resources. No charge on storage size; cloud provider costs apply.
Source: Arpio pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Delivery
- SaaS
ControlMonkey
- Pricing
- Free Resilience Assessment for up to 50,000 cloud assets, with detection-only drift. Pro and Enterprise: contact sales; the FAQ says pricing is based on the scope of cloud and SaaS configuration and also names Cloud DR Essentials and Cloud DR Enterprise plans.
Source: ControlMonkey pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Delivery
- SaaS, with a self-hosted agent option
Which should you choose?
Choose Arpio if
You want recovery to run with as little manual work as possible and you must be able to come back in another region or account.
Best for: Teams on AWS or Azure that want orchestrated failover, regular failover tests and a price they can see before a sales call.
Choose ControlMonkey if
Misconfigurations and bad changes are your most likely incident and you need the most complete rebuild of the environment, not only the data.
Best for: Teams that want daily snapshots of cloud and SaaS configuration and a one-click return to a known-good state, including identity and network SaaS settings.
Frequently asked questions
Which scores higher overall, Arpio or ControlMonkey?
Arpio scores 7.5 against 6.2 on our default weights. The recovery time estimator lets you change the weights.
Do Arpio and ControlMonkey publish recovery targets?
Arpio publishes no RTO. Its published RPO is as low as 15 minutes (Standard); real-time (Premium). ControlMonkey publishes no RTO or RPO. Published figures are vendor claims.
Which is easier to price?
Arpio: Billed annually. Standard: $12k single-cloud or $18k multi-cloud, 25 core resources. Premium: $36k single-cloud or $54k multi-cloud, 50 core resources, up to a maximum of 250. Enterprise: custom quote, 100+ core resources. No charge on storage size; cloud provider costs apply. ControlMonkey: Free Resilience Assessment for up to 50,000 cloud assets, with detection-only drift. Pro and Enterprise: contact sales; the FAQ says pricing is based on the scope of cloud and SaaS configuration and also names Cloud DR Essentials and Cloud DR Enterprise plans. Neither figure includes the cloud resources a recovery uses.