Head to head
Arpio vs Firefly: which gets cloud infrastructure back faster?
Short answer
On our published weights Arpio scores 7.5 against 7.3 for Firefly. Arpio scores higher on recovery orchestration, region and account loss, recovery testing, data inside the rebuild and pricing transparency; Firefly scores higher on rebuild scope and bad-change rollback. They tie on published recovery targets. Arpio documents 2 of 3 incidents and Firefly documents 3 of 3.
These two take different routes: Arpio replicates and fails over; Firefly snapshots configuration and rebuilds it as Terraform. Many teams decide on the route first.
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 | Firefly | Higher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebuild scope 20% | 7.2 | 8.6 | Firefly |
| Recovery orchestration 15% | 9.0 | 8.4 | Arpio |
| Region and account loss 15% | 9.0 | 8.2 | Arpio |
| Bad-change rollback 15% | 3.5 | 9.2 | Firefly |
| Published recovery targets 10% | 7.0 | 7.0 | Tie |
| Recovery testing 10% | 9.0 | 4.0 | Arpio |
| Data inside the rebuild 10% | 7.8 | 3.0 | Arpio |
| Pricing transparency 5% | 9.0 | 5.5 | Arpio |
| Total | 7.5 | 7.3 | Arpio |
Which incidents does each document?
| Incident | Arpio | Firefly |
|---|---|---|
| Outage | Documented. Orchestrated failover for outages, with tests that do not touch production. Source: Arpio home page · Read 27 Sep 2026 | Documented. Automated cross-region failover with an RTO under 1 hour, as Firefly states. Source: Firefly home page · Read 27 Sep 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. Point-in-time rollback from versioned IaC snapshots, with drift detection and change tracking. Source: Firefly: cyber resilience use case · 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 | Documented. Cross-region and cross-account rebuild, including into a clean, isolated target. Source: Firefly: cloud disaster recovery use case · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
What recovery targets does each publish?
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
Firefly
- AWS: Documented
- Azure: Documented
- Google Cloud: Partly documented
Firefly's Backup and DR docs list AWS, Azure, GCP and OCI as data source options, but the service coverage page has AWS and Azure tabs only (190 AWS resource types across 48 services). Its pricing FAQ names AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OCI and Nebius integrations.
Source: Firefly docs: Applications Backup and DR · 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
Firefly
- Pricing
- 14-day free trial with all features, no credit card. Essential: $2,499 a month billed annually, up to 20,000 assets; it does not include Backup and DR. Enterprise, which adds Infrastructure Backup and DR, configuration history, automated backup policies and Instant Recovery with an RTO under 1 hour: custom pricing. Listed on the AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Datadog marketplaces.
Source: Firefly pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Delivery
- SaaS
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 Firefly 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 configuration, networking, identity and DNS rebuilt as Terraform they keep, and a change history to undo bad changes.
Frequently asked questions
Which scores higher overall, Arpio or Firefly?
Arpio scores 7.5 against 7.3 on our default weights. The recovery time estimator lets you change the weights.
Do Arpio and Firefly publish recovery targets?
Arpio publishes no RTO. Its published RPO is as low as 15 minutes (Standard); real-time (Premium). Firefly publishes no RPO. Its published RTO is under 1 hour. 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. Firefly: 14-day free trial with all features, no credit card. Essential: $2,499 a month billed annually, up to 20,000 assets; it does not include Backup and DR. Enterprise, which adds Infrastructure Backup and DR, configuration history, automated backup policies and Instant Recovery with an RTO under 1 hour: custom pricing. Listed on the AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Datadog marketplaces. Neither figure includes the cloud resources a recovery uses.