# Which business continuity management systems maintain data integrity during automated failover scenarios?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">One important distinction before comparing BCM software: the continuity platform does not preserve transactional data during failover. That responsibility lies with database replication, application architecture, consistency controls, RPO design, and the infrastructure that executes the failover. BCM software should tell you whether those technical controls actually satisfy the business requirement. So I would evaluate whether the system tracks:</p><ul>
<li>RPO and RTO by critical service</li>
<li>primary and secondary regions</li>
<li>application and database dependencies</li>
<li>failover test evidence</li>
<li>data-integrity validation steps</li>
<li>owners for failed recovery tests</li>
<li>remediation before the next exercise</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">G2's BCM category is large enough to compare mature platforms, but I would be suspicious of any product that positions itself as guaranteeing data integrity simply because it manages the recovery plan. Here's what reviewers in the <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/business-continuity-management-software">Business Continuity Management category</a> say about that specific risk:</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/everbridge-360-critical-event-management/reviews"><strong>Everbridge 360</strong></a>: Reviewers cite reliable automated activation, though data integrity specifics depend more on the underlying infrastructure it's coordinating than the platform itself.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/onspring/reviews"><strong>Onspring</strong></a>: Reviewers cite configurable audit trails that help confirm data consistency after a failover event.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/surecloud/reviews"><strong>SureCloud</strong></a>: Reviewers cite strong documentation features for post-incident review, useful for confirming what actually happened during a failover.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For continuity teams running automated failover, how do you currently prove that the recovered application is not only online but also working with complete, consistent data?</p>

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## Comments
### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;I’d make data validation part of every failover test, not just uptime checks. If the application comes back but records are missing, duplicated, or out of sync, the recovery hasn’t really succeeded.&lt;/p&gt;

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