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ControlMonkey alternatives for cloud disaster recovery (2026)

Short answer

The highest-scoring alternatives to ControlMonkey on our weights are Arpio, Firefly and Commvault Cloud Rewind. ControlMonkey scores 6.2 and ranks 4 of 5. Which one fits depends on the incident you worry about most: see which incidents each documents below.

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.

Why do teams look for ControlMonkey alternatives?

  • ControlMonkey protects configuration, not data or workloads, so a data backup product is still needed.
  • No RTO or RPO figure is published.
  • A recovery test or drill workflow is not described, and Pro and Enterprise are by quote.

Which alternatives score highest?

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  1. 1. Arpio Cloud DR orchestration

    7.5 / 10
    Arpio recovery bricks: documents 2 of 3 scenarios: outage and region loss.Outage: Documented. Bad change: Not documented. Region loss: Documented.
    • AWS: Documented
    • Azure: Documented
    • Google Cloud: Not documented

    Scores higher than ControlMonkey 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.

    Head to head

  2. 2. Firefly Infrastructure recovery as code

    7.3 / 10
    Firefly recovery bricks: documents 3 of 3 scenarios: outage, bad change and region loss.Outage: Documented. Bad change: Documented. Region loss: Documented.
    • AWS: Documented
    • Azure: Documented
    • Google Cloud: Partly documented

    Scores higher than ControlMonkey on: recovery orchestration, region and account loss, bad-change rollback, published recovery targets, recovery testing, data inside the rebuild and pricing transparency.

    Head to head

  3. 3. Commvault Cloud Rewind Cloud application recovery

    7.2 / 10
    Cloud Rewind recovery bricks: documents 2 of 3 scenarios: outage and region loss.Outage: Documented. Bad change: Partial. Region loss: Documented.
    • AWS: Documented
    • Azure: Documented
    • Google Cloud: Documented

    Scores higher than ControlMonkey on: recovery orchestration, region and account loss, recovery testing, data inside the rebuild and pricing transparency.

    ControlMonkey scores higher on: rebuild scope and bad-change rollback.

    Head to head

  4. 4. Gambit Security Recovery posture validation

    2.2 / 10
    Gambit recovery bricks: documents 0 of 3 scenarios.Outage: Not documented. Bad change: Partial. Region loss: Not documented.
    • AWS: Not documented
    • Azure: Not documented
    • Google Cloud: Not documented

    Scores higher than ControlMonkey on: data inside the rebuild.

    ControlMonkey scores higher on: rebuild scope, recovery orchestration, region and account loss, bad-change rollback, published recovery targets and pricing transparency.

    Head to head

When should you stay with ControlMonkey?

Stay with ControlMonkey if your biggest risk is a bad change to cloud or SaaS configuration, such as IAM roles, DNS or firewall rules, and you want daily snapshots with a one-click return to a known-good state. Pair it with a data backup product.

Frequently asked questions

What is the top-scoring alternative to ControlMonkey?

Arpio at 7.5 on our default weights. It scores higher than ControlMonkey on recovery orchestration, region and account loss, published recovery targets, recovery testing, data inside the rebuild and pricing transparency.

Which ControlMonkey alternatives document recovery after a bad change?

Firefly. Partly: Commvault Cloud Rewind and Gambit Security.

Which ControlMonkey alternatives publish a price?

Arpio: Billed annually. Firefly: 14-day free trial with all features, no credit card. 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. Gambit Security: AWS Marketplace: 12-month contract, $1,000,000 per unit for the Gambit Platform, with 24- and 36-month options; the unit is not defined.