Disaster recovery as a service: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank disaster recovery as a service 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. Disaster recovery as a service platforms used to replicate workloads, minimize downtime, and recover business systems after outages or cyber incidents. 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 and Azure Site Recovery share the top position in AI visibility for Disaster Recovery as a Service, each scoring 12.5% visibility and a composite score of 8.8 against a category average of just 1.2%. Both are new entrants to this ranking, rising from zero visibility in the previous period. The gap between these two leaders and the rest of the 20-brand field is stark, with 16 brands recording a composite score of zero, meaning the AI landscape here is highly concentrated at the top.
A clear divergence exists between being named and being cited. Acronis and Azure Site Recovery hold all the visibility but carry 0.0% citation rates, while AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery and TierPoint show the opposite pattern, with 12.5% citation each and zero visibility. This means AI responses mention the top two brands frequently in generated text but do not link to them, while AWS and TierPoint earn source links without appearing prominently in narrative answers. Brands like Veeam, Zerto, and Rubrik achieve neither metric.
Google AI Mode is the recorded engine across all 20 brands in this audit, making it the sole surface driving visibility and citation in this category. The cited sources list includes gartner.com, solutionsreview.com, and youtube.com alongside vendor-owned domains like tierpoint.com and infrascale.com. The presence of reddit.com and controlmonkey.io suggests AI Mode is drawing on community and practitioner content, not exclusively analyst or vendor material, when formulating disaster recovery responses.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Acronis 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #1+12pp
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Azure Site Recovery 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #2+12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
acronis.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Acronis leads with 12.5% visibility and a composite score of 8.8, roughly ten times the 1.2% category average, but holds a 0.0% citation rate. |
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| 2 |
azure.microsoft.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Azure Site Recovery matches Acronis exactly at 12.5% visibility and 8.8 composite score, sharing first place with zero citations recorded against its domain. |
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| 3 |
aws.amazon.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery scores 0.0% visibility but 12.5% citation, placing it third overall with a composite of 3.8, purely through source link appearances. |
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| 4 |
tierpoint.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
TierPoint mirrors AWS with 0.0% visibility and 12.5% citation, scoring 3.8 composite, and its domain appears directly in the top cited sources list for the category. |
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| 5 |
zerto.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Zerto ranks fifth despite recording 0.0% on both visibility and citation, giving it a composite score of zero and no measurable AI Mode presence in this audit. |
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| 6 |
veeam.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
druva.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
cohesity.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
rubrik.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
cloud.google.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
commvault.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
sungardas.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
recoverypoint.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
11:11systems.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
1111systems.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
unitrends.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
carbonite.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
arcserve.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
datto.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
vmware.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 disaster recovery as a service, 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 disaster recovery as a service AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in Disaster Recovery as a Service?
Acronis and Azure Site Recovery share the top position, each with 12.5% visibility and a composite score of 8.8, far ahead of the 1.2% category average.
Which brands are cited most by AI in this category even without high visibility?
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery and TierPoint each hold 12.5% citation rates despite zero visibility scores, meaning AI Mode links to their content without naming them prominently in responses.
What sources does AI cite most for Disaster Recovery as a Service research?
The top cited sources include gartner.com, solutionsreview.com, youtube.com, reddit.com, and vendor domains such as tierpoint.com and infrascale.com, reflecting a mix of analyst, community, and vendor content.
How concentrated is AI visibility across the 20 brands audited?
Extremely concentrated: only 4 of the 20 brands register any composite score above zero, and 16 brands record 0.0 on both visibility and citation.
Which engine is driving AI visibility for this category?
Google AI Mode is the sole engine recorded across all 20 brands in this audit, making it the only measurable surface for visibility and citation in this category.
Are any well-known vendors like Veeam or Rubrik visible in AI responses for this category?
No. Veeam, Rubrik, Zerto, Druva, Cohesity, and Google Cloud Disaster Recovery all score 0.0 on both visibility and citation in this audit period.