Head to head
Commvault Cloud Rewind vs Firefly: which gets cloud infrastructure back faster?
Short answer
On our published weights Firefly scores 7.3 against 7.2 for Commvault Cloud Rewind. Commvault Cloud Rewind scores higher on recovery orchestration, recovery testing, data inside the rebuild and pricing transparency; Firefly scores higher on rebuild scope, bad-change rollback and published recovery targets. They tie on region and account loss. Commvault Cloud Rewind documents 2 of 3 incidents and Firefly documents 3 of 3.
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 | Commvault Cloud Rewind | Firefly | Higher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebuild scope 20% | 8.4 | 8.6 | Firefly |
| Recovery orchestration 15% | 8.8 | 8.4 | Commvault Cloud Rewind |
| Region and account loss 15% | 8.2 | 8.2 | Tie |
| Bad-change rollback 15% | 6.0 | 9.2 | Firefly |
| Published recovery targets 10% | 2.0 | 7.0 | Firefly |
| Recovery testing 10% | 7.0 | 4.0 | Commvault Cloud Rewind |
| Data inside the rebuild 10% | 8.0 | 3.0 | Commvault Cloud Rewind |
| Pricing transparency 5% | 6.5 | 5.5 | Commvault Cloud Rewind |
| Total | 7.2 | 7.3 | Firefly |
Which incidents does each document?
| Incident | Commvault Cloud Rewind | Firefly |
|---|---|---|
| Outage | Documented. Complete application recovery across compute, storage, networking, databases and security. Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · 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 | Partial. Point-in-time copies give a restore point; drift detection is not published. Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · 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. Recovery to a different region, zone or account; cross-account currently AWS only. Source: Commvault docs: Cloud Rewind overview · Read 11 Oct 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?
Commvault Cloud Rewind
RTO
Not published
RPO
Not published
No RTO or RPO figure is published. Commvault states a 276X decrease in recovery time and a 99.9% cloud app resilience SLA as headline claims.
Firefly
RTO
RPO
Not published
Firefly states an RTO under 1 hour. It does not publish an RPO figure on the pages reviewed.
Which clouds does each cover?
Commvault Cloud Rewind
- AWS: Documented
- Azure: Documented
- Google Cloud: Documented
Commvault names AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, and its docs list all three. Cross-account recovery is currently AWS only.
Source: Commvault docs: Cloud Rewind overview · 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?
Commvault Cloud Rewind
- Pricing
- AWS Marketplace: $0.035 per instance per hour on demand (falling to $0.021 above 100,000 instances), or $291 per instance for a 12-month contract with $0.035 per unit overage; 24- and 36-month contracts are listed. Commvault's own page says pricing is based on actual usage and shows no figures.
Source: AWS Marketplace: Commvault Cloud Rewind (annual contract) · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Delivery
- SaaS, direct or through the AWS, Azure and Google Cloud marketplaces
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 Commvault Cloud Rewind if
You want recovery to run with as little manual work as possible and you need the most complete rebuild of the environment, not only the data.
Best for: Teams already buying from Commvault that want whole application stacks captured and rebuilt on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
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, Commvault Cloud Rewind or Firefly?
Firefly scores 7.3 against 7.2 on our default weights. The recovery time estimator lets you change the weights.
Do Commvault Cloud Rewind and Firefly publish recovery targets?
Commvault Cloud Rewind publishes no RTO or RPO. Firefly publishes no RPO. Its published RTO is under 1 hour. Published figures are vendor claims.
Which is easier to price?
Commvault Cloud Rewind: AWS Marketplace: $0.035 per instance per hour on demand (falling to $0.021 above 100,000 instances), or $291 per instance for a 12-month contract with $0.035 per unit overage; 24- and 36-month contracts are listed. Commvault's own page says pricing is based on actual usage and shows no figures. 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.