Recovery tool profile
ControlMonkey review: configuration backup and one-click recovery
Configuration backup and recovery
Short answer
ControlMonkey takes daily snapshots of cloud and SaaS configuration, with dependencies, across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and more than 30 SaaS providers, and restores a known-good state in one click. It scores 6.2 and ranks 4 of 5: strong on rebuild scope and bad-change rollback, held back by no data backup, no published RTO or RPO, no described recovery test workflow and paid tiers by quote.
Vendor facts read September and October 2026, updated 2026-10-13. Editorial assessment; we did not run the products.
Which incidents does ControlMonkey document recovering from?
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. 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: Documented. Time-machine restore to a known-good state, with drift detection and remediation.
Source: ControlMonkey home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Region loss: 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 does ControlMonkey bring back?
- Positioning
- Describes itself as an AI-powered cyber resilience platform that continuously captures cloud and SaaS configuration.
Source: ControlMonkey home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Snapshots
- Daily environment snapshots including resource dependencies, with configuration anomaly detection.
Source: ControlMonkey: cloud disaster recovery solution · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Restore
- One-click cloud recovery to any previous known-good state, which the home page calls a time machine.
Source: ControlMonkey: cloud disaster recovery solution · Read 11 Oct 2026
- What it protects
- Configuration such as IAM roles, DNS, routing, security groups, firewall rules and dashboards, not data or workloads.
Source: ControlMonkey pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Clouds and SaaS
- AWS, Azure and Google Cloud plus more than 30 third-party and SaaS providers, including Cloudflare and Okta.
Source: ControlMonkey: cloud disaster recovery solution · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Drift and code
- Drift detection and remediation, a ClickOps scanner, and Terraform generation for resources not in code.
Source: ControlMonkey pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Pricing table
- Lists configuration discovery, a resilience score, snapshot changes over time, replication to a secondary region or account, recovery gaps, RBAC and a self-hosted agent; the table does not show which paid tier includes which.
Source: ControlMonkey pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Testing
- A recovery test or drill workflow is not described on the disaster recovery page; it offers a free disaster recovery assessment.
Source: ControlMonkey: cloud disaster recovery solution · Read 11 Oct 2026
What recovery targets does ControlMonkey publish?
Not published
ControlMonkey claims predictable RTO and RPO outcomes across accounts, regions and clouds but publishes no figure.
Which clouds does ControlMonkey document?
- 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
Does recovery produce infrastructure as code?
Generates Terraform for resources that are not yet in code.
Restore as code is not scored on this site; see How scores work.
What does ControlMonkey cost?
- 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
How does ControlMonkey score on each criterion?
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebuild scope | 20% | 8.6 Tied top | Daily snapshots of cloud and SaaS configuration, including dependencies, across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and more than 30 SaaS providers such as Okta, Entra ID and Cloudflare; it protects IAM roles, DNS, routing, security groups and firewall rules. Source: ControlMonkey: cloud disaster recovery solution · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| Recovery orchestration | 15% | 7.6 | One-click recovery to any previous known-good state from daily snapshots that include dependencies; failover and failback are not described. Source: ControlMonkey: cloud disaster recovery solution · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| Region and account loss | 15% | 7.0 | Replication to a secondary region or account is listed in the pricing table, and the disaster recovery page claims predictable recovery across accounts, regions and clouds; a cross-region rebuild procedure is not published. Source: ControlMonkey pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| Bad-change rollback | 15% | 8.8 | A time-machine restore to a known-good state, drift detection and remediation, snapshot change history and a ClickOps scanner. Source: ControlMonkey pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| Published recovery targets | 10% | 2.0 | Claims predictable RTO and RPO outcomes but publishes no figure. Source: ControlMonkey: cloud disaster recovery solution · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| Recovery testing | 10% | 3.0 Tied lowest | A resilience score and recovery-gap findings are listed; a recovery test or drill workflow is not described on its disaster recovery page, which offers a free assessment instead. Source: ControlMonkey: cloud disaster recovery solution · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| Data inside the rebuild | 10% | 2.0 Lowest in set | Protects configuration, not data or workloads, by its own pricing FAQ. Source: ControlMonkey pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| Pricing transparency | 5% | 4.5 | A free resilience assessment for up to 50,000 cloud assets is published; Pro and Enterprise are by quote, priced on the scope of cloud and SaaS configuration. Source: ControlMonkey pricing · 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 ControlMonkey score well, and where does it fall short?
Scores well
Top or tied top in this set on rebuild scope.
- Broad configuration capture across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and SaaS such as Okta and Cloudflare, tied for the widest rebuild scope in this set.
- Strong bad-change recovery: a time-machine restore to a known-good state with drift detection and remediation.
Falls short
Lowest or tied lowest in this set on recovery testing and data inside the rebuild.
- Does not back up data, and publishes no RTO or RPO figure.
- No recovery test workflow is described, and paid tiers are by quote.
How does ControlMonkey compare head to head?
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Frequently asked questions
What does ControlMonkey cost?
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.
Does ControlMonkey publish an RTO or RPO?
ControlMonkey claims predictable RTO and RPO outcomes across accounts, regions and clouds but publishes no figure.
Which clouds does ControlMonkey cover for recovery?
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.