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Commvault Cloud Rewind review: cloud application rebuild, formerly Appranix

Cloud application recovery

Short answer

Commvault Cloud Rewind captures point-in-time copies of whole application stacks on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and recovers them to another region, zone or account. It scores 7.2 and ranks 3 of 5. No published RTO or RPO, no price on Commvault's own page and drift analysis mentioned only in a third-party quote hold it back.

By The Rebuild Desk · Cloud Resilience Compare · Re-checked October 2026

Vendor facts read September and October 2026, updated 2026-10-13. Editorial assessment; we did not run the products.

Which incidents does Commvault Cloud Rewind document recovering from?

Documented by the vendor Partly documented Not documented on the pages reviewed

A filled brick means the vendor's own pages describe recovering from that scenario. It is not a test result.

2 of 3 scenarios documented

Outage: Documented. Complete application recovery across compute, storage, networking, databases and security.
Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · 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
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

What does Commvault Cloud Rewind bring back?

Positioning: Complete application recovery across compute, storage, networking, databases and security.
Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · Read 27 Sep 2026
Capture: Point-in-time, in-sync copies captured automatically.
Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · Read 27 Sep 2026
IaC stance: Commvault markets Cloud Rewind as a way to skip complex infrastructure as code.
Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · Read 27 Sep 2026
Resources named: The G2 product description lists VMs, containers, Kubernetes clusters, cloud volumes, security groups, load balancers, RDS and network configurations.
Source: G2: Commvault Cloud Rewind product description · Read 27 Sep 2026
Restore targets: The production VPC or isolated recovery environments, per the G2 description.
Source: G2: Commvault Cloud Rewind product description · Read 27 Sep 2026
Origin: Formerly Appranix: appranix.com redirects to the Cloud Rewind page. Commvault announced the acquisition on 16 April 2024.
Source: Wikipedia: Commvault · Read 27 Sep 2026
Parent: Commvault, founded in 1996, trades on NASDAQ as CVLT.
Source: Wikipedia: Commvault · Read 27 Sep 2026
Recovery targets: Recovery to the original or a different VPC, region, zone or account, with predefined recovery profiles; cross-account currently AWS only.
Source: Commvault docs: Cloud Rewind overview · Read 11 Oct 2026
How it works: Agentless SaaS: connect a cloud account, define what to protect with schedules and retention, then recover all or selected resources by tag.
Source: Commvault docs: Cloud Rewind overview · Read 11 Oct 2026
Vendor claims: Commvault states a 99.9% cloud app resilience SLA and a 276X decrease in recovery time, and says the cloud is rebuilt in minutes, not weeks. No RTO or RPO figure in minutes is published.
Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind and recovery · Read 11 Oct 2026
Testing and isolation: The AWS Marketplace listing says recovery can be tested against live production and that data sits in an isolated, air-gapped Commvault tenant.
Source: AWS Marketplace: Commvault Cloud Rewind (annual contract) · Read 11 Oct 2026

What recovery targets does Commvault Cloud Rewind publish?

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.

Which clouds does Commvault Cloud Rewind document?

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

Does recovery produce infrastructure as code?

The AWS Marketplace listing says point-in-time restores use native AWS CloudFormation; Commvault markets the product as a way to skip complex IaC, and a Terraform export is not published.

Restore as code is not scored on this site; see How scores work.

What does Commvault Cloud Rewind cost?

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

How does Commvault Cloud Rewind score on each criterion?

Commvault Cloud Rewind: score per criterion
Criterion	Weight	Score	Why
Rebuild scope	20%	8.4	Captures compute, storage, networking, databases and security on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud; the G2 description adds Kubernetes clusters, security groups and load balancers. Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · Read 27 Sep 2026
Recovery orchestration	15%	8.8	Automated point-in-time capture and recovery of multi-layer application stacks is the core of the product. Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · Read 27 Sep 2026
Region and account loss	15%	8.2	Docs describe recovery to the original or a different VPC, region, zone or account; cross-account recovery is currently AWS only. Source: Commvault docs: Cloud Rewind overview · Read 11 Oct 2026
Bad-change rollback	15%	6.0	Point-in-time copies give a rollback point; drift analysis appears only in a third-party analyst quote on Commvault's page, and drift remediation is not described. Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind and recovery · Read 11 Oct 2026
Published recovery targets	10%	2.0	No RTO or RPO figure on the product page. Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · Read 27 Sep 2026
Recovery testing	10%	7.0	The AWS Marketplace listing says recovery can be tested against live production; a step-by-step test workflow is not published. Source: AWS Marketplace: Commvault Cloud Rewind (annual contract) · Read 11 Oct 2026
Data inside the rebuild	10%	8.0 Top in set	In-sync copies include workload data, from Commvault, which has sold backup since its founding in 1996. Source: Wikipedia: Commvault · Read 27 Sep 2026
Pricing transparency	5%	6.5	AWS Marketplace lists per-instance prices ($0.035 per instance per hour on demand, or $291 per instance for a 12-month contract); Commvault's own page shows no figures. Source: AWS Marketplace: Commvault Cloud Rewind (annual contract) · Read 11 Oct 2026

Editorial assessment, 0 to 10 per criterion, one decimal. Weighted total = sum of (score x weight) / 100, shown to one decimal. It measures fit for getting cloud infrastructure back quickly and completely after an outage, a bad change or a region loss. It is not a measure of overall product quality.

Where does Commvault Cloud Rewind score well, and where does it fall short?

Scores well

Top or tied top in this set on data inside the rebuild.

Broad documented capture of whole application stacks, including networking, security groups and load balancers, on all three major clouds.
Automated capture and recovery with documented cross-region and cross-account targets, and per-instance prices on AWS Marketplace.

Falls short

No RTO or RPO figure is published, and Commvault's own page shows no prices; per-instance prices appear only on AWS Marketplace.
Drift analysis appears only in a third-party quote on Commvault's page, and cross-account recovery is currently AWS only.

How does Commvault Cloud Rewind compare head to head?

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Commvault Cloud Rewind 7.2, Gambit Security 2.2 Commvault Cloud Rewind vs Gambit Security

Frequently asked questions

What does Commvault Cloud Rewind cost?

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.

Does Commvault Cloud Rewind publish an RTO or RPO?

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.

Which clouds does Commvault Cloud Rewind cover for recovery?

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.