Cloud disaster recovery software: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank cloud disaster recovery software by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Cloud disaster recovery platforms used to back up workloads, orchestrate failover, reduce downtime, and restore infrastructure after outages or attacks. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Acronis, Druva, and Azure Site Recovery share the top three ranks with identical visibility scores of 12.5% and composite scores of 8.8, while every other brand in the top 10 sits at exactly 0.0% visibility. The category average visibility is just 1.9%, meaning even the joint leaders are well above the norm, but the hard floor at rank 4 signals an extremely concentrated landscape. Only three of twenty tracked brands are generating any measurable AI presence at all.
Every brand in this audit carries a citation rate of 0.0%, including the three visible leaders. This means Acronis, Druva, and Azure Site Recovery are being named by Google AI Mode but not cited as sources, a split that matters for buyers trying to assess which brands AI treats as authoritative versus merely recognisable. No brand in this category has converted visibility into citation trust, making named presence and cited presence two entirely separate problems here.
Google AI Mode is the top engine recorded for all twenty brands, meaning the audit data is anchored entirely on that single engine. The cited sources list is dominated by third-party sites including controlmonkey.io, gartner.com, solutionsreview.com, and reddit.com, none of which are brand-owned domains. This pattern suggests Google AI Mode is pulling category context from analyst aggregators and community platforms rather than from vendor sites directly.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility fallers
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Acronis 38% → 12% · rank #1 → #1-25pp
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Druva 25% → 12% · rank #2 → #2-12pp
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Veeam 12% → 0% · rank #3 → #5-12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
acronis.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Acronis leads at 12.5% visibility but has fallen sharply from 37.5% previously, the steepest drop among all tracked brands, with citation still at 0.0%. |
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| 2 |
druva.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Druva matches Acronis with a 12.5% visibility score and 8.8 composite, but has also declined from 25.0%, showing a 12.5 point fall with no citation gain. |
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| 3 |
azure.microsoft.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Azure Site Recovery holds 12.5% visibility and an 8.8 composite score, matching the two leaders, with no recorded visibility decline in the current period. |
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| 4 |
zerto.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Zerto ranks fourth but records 0.0% visibility and a 0.0 composite score, placing it among thirteen brands with no measurable AI presence in this audit. |
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| 5 |
veeam.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Veeam dropped two rank positions and lost all 12.5% of its previous visibility, falling to 0.0%, making it the third-largest visibility faller in the category. |
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| 6 |
rubrik.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
cohesity.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
commvault.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
aws.amazon.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
cloud.google.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
carbonite.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
unitrends.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
arcserve.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
hycu.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
veritas.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
datto.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
nutanix.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
storagecraft.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
opentext.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
falconstor.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on cloud disaster recovery software, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about cloud disaster recovery software AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in cloud disaster recovery software?
Acronis, Druva, and Azure Site Recovery share the top three positions with identical visibility scores of 12.5% and composite scores of 8.8. Every other tracked brand in the category records 0.0% visibility.
What sources does Google AI Mode cite most for cloud disaster recovery research?
The top cited sources include controlmonkey.io, gartner.com, solutionsreview.com, reddit.com, and youtube.com. None of the cited sources are brand-owned vendor domains.
Which brands have seen the biggest visibility drops in this category?
Acronis fell 25 percentage points from 37.5% to 12.5%, Druva dropped 12.5 points from 25.0% to 12.5%, and Veeam lost all 12.5% of its previous visibility. No brand recorded a visibility increase in this period.
Do any cloud disaster recovery brands receive citation credit from Google AI Mode?
No. Every brand in the audit carries a citation rate of 0.0%, including the three brands with positive visibility scores. Named presence and cited presence are entirely disconnected in this category.
How concentrated is AI visibility in the cloud disaster recovery category?
Only three of twenty tracked brands have any visibility at all, and the category average sits at just 1.9%. The visibility distribution drops to a hard zero at rank 4, indicating extreme concentration at the top.
Which engine dominates AI visibility data for cloud disaster recovery software?
Google AI Mode is the recorded top engine for all twenty brands in this audit. The dataset contains no visibility or citation data from other AI engines.