Overview
Expedient is a privately held US data centre, multi-cloud, and managed services provider founded in 2001 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company is private and revenue not disclosed; third-party sources estimate around 450 employees as of late 2025. Expedient operates owned data centres across the US East Coast and Midwest, including Pittsburgh, Boston, Cleveland, Columbus, Memphis, and Indianapolis, and is owned by AMP Capital infrastructure funds.
Within disaster recovery Expedient offers a productised DRaaS portfolio aligned to VMware, Nutanix, Zerto, and Cohesity. The differentiating capability is push-button automated failover with no IP or DNS changes, achieved through software-defined networking across Expedient data centres. Recovery tiers cover RPOs from seconds to minutes and RTOs from minutes to hours. Expedient has been included in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for DRaaS over multiple cycles.
Expedient fits US-headquartered mid-market and upper mid-market buyers wanting a productised DRaaS with predictable pricing, strong VMware alignment, and high-touch account management. It is less suited to global multinational buyers, organisations with mainframe footprints, or buyers wanting cloud-native DR delivered exclusively on hyperscaler infrastructure.
Services Offered
- DRaaS for VMware with automated failover
- DRaaS for Nutanix workloads
- Zerto-based continuous data protection
- Cohesity-backed backup and recovery
- Ransomware recovery and immutable storage
- Managed colocation and infrastructure as a service
- Multi-cloud workload migration and hybrid bursting
- Managed security and SOC integration
- Audit support (HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI-DSS)
Typical Engagement
| Engagement Type | Model | Typical Range |
|---|---|---|
| Resiliency assessment | Fixed-fee project | $20K–$100K (3–8 weeks) |
| DR design & implementation | Fixed-fee + T&M | $150K–$1M (3–8 months) |
| DRaaS multi-year subscription | Annual contract | $500K–$5M (3–5 years) |
| DRaaS subscription | Monthly recurring | $5K–$100K+ per month |
| Staff augmentation (recovery engineer) | Hourly bill rate | $110–$200/hour blended |
Pricing verified May 2026 from public procurement data and reference checks; ranges vary by region and engagement structure.
Strengths
- Push-button DRaaS with no IP or DNS changes — automated failover that buyers consistently rate highly
- Software-defined networking across data centres delivers low-friction recovery testing
- Productised DRaaS tiers aligned to VMware, Nutanix, Zerto, and Cohesity reduce platform fragmentation
- Consistent placement on Gartner Magic Quadrant for DRaaS over multiple years
- High-touch mid-market account model with named technical resources
- Audit support for HIPAA, SOC 2, and PCI-DSS readily available
Limitations
- Geographic concentration in US East Coast and Midwest — limited West Coast and international footprint
- Smaller engineering R&D budget than national peers, slower adoption of certain emerging technologies
- Mainframe and IBM Power workloads outside platform coverage
- Private ownership reduces public financial transparency for procurement risk reviews
- Brand recognition lower than national colocation peers, requiring buyer education with executive sponsors