Veeam Backup Replication vs. Zerto Report From PeerSpot 2023-09-02 1qs9

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Contents
Advice From Real Users 4-9
Top Review by Topic of Zerto and Veeam Backup & Replication 10-11
Overview 12
Answers From the Community 13
Reviews From Real Users 14-23
Reviews By Users Who Have Researched Both Solutions 24-36
Vendor Directory 37-38
Vendor Directory 42-43
Vendor Directory 45
Top Backup and Recovery Vendors 47-48
Top Cloud Backup Vendors 50-51
Top Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Vendors 53-54
Top Backup and Recovery 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor 55
Top Cloud Backup 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor 56
Top Disaster Recovery (DR) Software 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor 57
About This Report and PeerSpot 58
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Advice From Real Users
Zerto
PROS
"The journaling is the most valuable aspect of the solution." [Full Review]
Shawn
Woods
"I like the granularity of the checkpoints." [Full Review]
Brent
Bishop
"Our RPOs and RTOs are now more in line with our other critical systems." [Full Review]
Joseph
Lamb
"We can recover both systems on-premises and in the public cloud." [Full Review]
Karl Miatke
"Zerto's two main features are ease of management and that the product just works." "It does what they say it'll do." [Full
Review]
Kristian
Pierce
"Using Zerto for the migration was incredibly valuable, enabling us to save tremendous amounts of time." [Full Review]
Andrew
Watts
"I like the fact that Zerto is target agnostic." "It doesn't care what type of storage it writes to." "The journaling is also excellent."
"You can easily and quickly restore to seconds before an event." "The immutable data copies feature is one reason we
adopted Zerto." "That's one of its selling points." [Full Review]
Louis Ames
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Zerto
CONS
"Their data backup and restore have some ways to go." [Full Review]
Shawn
Woods
"When we do failover and failback, it doesn't maintain some of the settings that it should and I don't really understand why that
happens." [Full Review]
Brent
Bishop
"The pricing could be a little bit lower." [Full Review]
Joseph
Lamb
"I would like Zerto to enhance the continuous backup aspect." [Full Review]
Karl Miatke
"I don't feel like we're a big enough customer to warrant being called every week or every month but it would be good to get a
little bit more contact with a salesperson or engineer group." [Full Review]
Kristian
Pierce
"Not all of the knowledge required for implementing Zerto is available in their online documentation for non-partners." [Full
Review]
Andrew
Watts
"Zerto's near-synchronous replication is excellent when it works." "I'm trying to be nice to them because I like the product a lot,
but we're having a lot of difficulty with it in our environment." [Full Review]
Louis Ames
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Zerto
PRICING AND LICENSING ADVICE
"Zerto is slightly expensive, but we do see the value in it." [Full Review]
Karl Miatke
"Zerto previously had a perplexing licensing structure, but they have since resolved it by implementing a unified license." [Full
Review]
Andrew
Watts
"Zerto's price seems fair." "It's competitive." [Full Review]
Louis Ames
"The pricing is straightforward." [Full Review]
Rodney
Barnhardt
"It is economical as compared to other brands." [Full Review]
George
Konikkara
"The pricing is very reasonable." [Full Review]
Craig
Schoeberle
"Pricing is one area where there could be some improvement." "We would like to see a consumption model that would charge
in a DR scenario, where you're failing over and consuming those resources, instead of a per-protected-node model." "Or it
could be a model based on the amount of storage space you're protecting." [Full Review]
Paul
Mickenbeck
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PROS
"The product’s configuration and settings are very easy." [Full Review]
Pradeep
Kabbur
"Instant Backup is an useful feature." [Full Review]
Djibrine
Agadji
"Instant recovery, ease of use, and integrations are some of the valuable features." [Full Review]
Koen
Teugels
"It integrates easily with third-party solutions compared to other vendors." [Full Review]
Arsalan
Orayedh
"Recovery of backup data is the most valuable feature." [Full Review]
John Ilozor
"The fast backup and restore feature is the most valuable." [Full Review]
Mostafa
Atrash
"The encryption password is used to protect the backup files." "Even if someone gains access to the backup job or files, they
won't be able to utilize them without the password." [Full Review]
Fatai
Akinwande
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CONS
"The endpoint protection console is not centralized." [Full Review]
Pradeep
Kabbur
"It is efficient but can improve security-wise." [Full Review]
Djibrine
Agadji
"It would be preferable if they could introduce a complete Linux version instead of relying solely on Microsoft for
management.There should be a unified integration of all their products." "Currently, there are various products like cloud
backup and others that exist separately." "It would be better if they could create a single comprehensive platform or product,
Koen as opposed to having disparate products that lack proper communication between them." [Full Review]
Teugels
"Its import and export processes for information and policies could be better." [Full Review]
Arsalan
Orayedh
"The pricing model could be improved." "It can be made cheaper." [Full Review]
John Ilozor
"The interface and cluster environments could be improved in the future as presently they are using agent interface instead of
user interface." "Also, the backup for the Oracle WAC environment can be improved." [Full Review]
Mostafa
Atrash
"There's a situation where VMs run on different locks." "It's running on the VM while having a relationship with nearby solutions
running on the same server and storage." "This creates a bottleneck that needs to be eliminated." [Full Review]
Fatai
Akinwande
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PRICING AND LICENSING ADVICE
"The product is expensive for small businesses." [Full Review]
Pradeep
Kabbur
"It is not expensive and I would rate it five out of ten." [Full Review]
Djibrine
Agadji
"The changes in pricing have been an interesting aspect." "It seems to have become pricier, resulting in a reduction in
affordability." "There are extra expenses involved, including hardware requirements and the procurement of operating system
licenses, which must also be taken into account.I would rate the price seven out of ten." [Full Review]
Koen
Teugels
"The pricing depends on the number of clients." "We pay 10,00 USD per year." "On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap,
and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing an eight out of ten." [Full Review]
John Ilozor
"Compared to other enterprise solutions, Veeam Backup & Replication generally offers a competitive price point." "However,
there has been a noticeable and concerning increase in pricing, particularly in the year 2023." "The rate of price hikes has
been significant, with prices escalating three times during the first quarter of the year." "This trend indicates a substantial shift
Mohamed in the pricing structure, which may have implications for customers and their budgeting considerations." [Full Review]
Amin
"The price of Veeam Backup & Replication is high and that is why I am choosing an alternative." [Full Review]
Aregahegn
Negatu
"It is more cost-effective than some of the other solutions, but a lot of that comes down to the fact that we're a reseller." "So,
depending upon the deal, we do negotiate different price points for different customers." "The price varies depending upon
the size of the customer, the size of the deal, and the discounts we can negotiate." [Full Review]
Sandy
Tootleman
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Top Reviews by Topic

Zerto Veeam Backup & Replication
VALUABLE
FEATURES Justin Carroll Sean Douglas
Our two primary use cases are Zerto's biggest Veeam Backup & Replication works. It integrates
features for us. That's what we use it for. There very well with VMware, but not so well with
may be other situations where it can come in Nutanix, but that's common, I understand. I have
handy, but those are our two primary scenarios. In both VMware and Nutanix virtual environments
terms of providing continuous data protection, and I'm backing up through the same Veeam
Zerto has been great so far. Thankfully, we haven't services. I have proxies running on both
had an event where we have really needed to rely environments. Like I said, integration with VMware
on it, but we have done a couple of tests prior to is excellent with very granular recovery while with
hurricane season where we disconnect our the Nutanix environment it is not as intuitive, not
primary facility. We then go over to our secondary as readily available. [Full Review]
facility where th... [Full Review]
Jaimie McMahon
Tim Koehler
I like that it's agent-less. That's very important to

Its main feature is continuous replication. We are customers. The biggest positive aspect is the fact
able to have continuous replication, and we are that Veeam is relatively hardware-agnostic in
able to have the information available as per regards to what you target Veeam on. This makes
recovery point objectives (RPOs) and how much it, in the public sector space, very affordable for
data to retain. The real selling point was to be able customers to get into and to have a really good
to have those statistics and be able to test and backup and recovery solution. They can choose
show that the replication is occurring properly and what type of target they're going to couple the
then to be able to do live passive testing. We can Veeam software with and they can ensure it will
spin up our environment in DR without affecting be within their budget. The initial setup is simple. I
production, which is probably the biggest feature find... [Full Review]
for u... [Full Review]
Ahmad Hassan
Paul Mickenbecker
There are many valuable features, for example

The auto-connect feature is valuable because we how Copy Job is controlling the band with
can set the amount of time that we delay before accelerators. The Enterprise Manager has
committing a move from one location to another, valuable add on feature. it has very useful features
giving application teams time to validate that the for centralize management ,Monitoring and
move went well and everything is working before controlling. We can push in the market, because
we commit those changes. That gives us the we have an advantage over the other solutions. I
ability to roll back to the same point we were at was previously working with HP Data Protector for
before we shut things down, if needed. Another a long time, and it was very limited in features and
nice aspect of the product is the non-intrusive it was no so user friendly. [Full Review]
failover of the application, similar to an actual
disaster recovery t... [Full Review]
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Top Reviews by Topic

Zerto Veeam Backup & Replication
ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT Tim Koehler Sean Douglas
In general, the solution is pretty good, but In terms of what could be improved, when
because it is geared toward simplicity, sometimes, creating a backup job with Veeam, you can create
when things go wrong, the answer is not very a daily backup, but it doesn't do it within that job. It
detailed so that things can be solved quickly. If does not give you the ability to also set the terms
things do go wrong, it does require a little bit for monthly and/or weekly backups. It has to be a
deeper troubleshooting to resolve the issues. separate job. It gets clunky to manage the
That's the only area where improvement could timeframes where you don't want a daily to run on
occur. There should be a little bit more details this day and creating weeklies. And you don't
about if things go wrong, how to remedy them. want a daily to run on this day doing monthlies.
Everything is meant to be simple. When something That is hard to deal with. It would be really nice if
doesn't work, even though... [Full Review] you could... [Full Review]
Paul Mickenbecker Jaimie McMahon
You can use Zerto as a backup product, but in the The licensing models, from a reseller's
discussions that I have had with them about the perspective, could be better. Veeam has changed
product, they don't really sell or talk about that its licensing models. It'd be nice to have some sort
feature as much. So I would be interested in of cheat sheet as we are getting tripped up on the
improvements related to using it as a backup. If I new licensing models. Although to Veeam, it
could consolidate and use Zerto for disaster probably seems easy for them to understand the
recovery as well as everyday backup and restore licensing models, as a reseller of many different
for situations where I need to recover something, products, we're finding ourselves getting tripped
that would be helpful. It has some of that up on just the licensing models. Any type of cheat
functionality, but it's not something they promote a sheet to help partners understand the licensing a
lot. They should... [Full Review] little bit bette... [Full Review]
Brad Wallick Ahmad Hassan
We did look at the long-term retention backup In terms of what can be improved, we have
feature of Zerto a few years ago, and at that time, already integrated with some Unix environments,
it was limited. I can't say what it is right now, but at which were not supported before. They have
the time, its functionality was limited in terms of some limitations on integration with the advanced
basically where we could save it and how we features as snapshotting and for some types of
could save it. Offsite air gapping our backups is storage. We are almost compatible with around
important to us to help protect against four vendors now - HPE , EMC, IBM and Dell. We
ransomware, and at the time, it couldn't do that. could go further for this one. They could increase
That would be one area that would be important the compatibility for the advanced integrations.
before we consider using the long-term retention CDP also requires a lot of development, because
again. I have... [Full Review] there are a lot of restrictio... [Full Review]
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Overview
SOLUTION Zerto Veeam Backup & Replication
OVERVIEW Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, Veeam’s® premier product, Veeam Backup &
specializes in data protection and empowers Replication™, delivers availability for cloud, virtual,
customers to run a business by simplifying the Kubernetes and physical workloads. Through a
protection, disaster recovery, and mobility of on- simple-by-design management console, users are
premises and cloud applications. Zerto uses offered what is presented as a fast, flexible,
advanced hybrid cloud IT technologies to recover reliable Backup, archival, recovery and replication.
and protect business-critical applications in on-
premises and cloud environments, enabling them Backup capabilities
to deliver continuous service without
compromising security. Zerto’s foundation is Continuous Data Protection
based on continual data protection...
Fast, reliable application-aware, image-based
backups
Unlimited capacity and cost savings for long-term

data retention on object storage with new
Veeam...
SAMPLE United Airlines, HCA, XPO Logistics, TaxSlayer, Vodafone, American Standard
CUSTOMERS
McKesson, Insight Global, Spirit Airlines, Tencate, Brands, Welch’s, University of Florida, Tata Global
Aaron’s, Grey’s County, Epiq. JLL, KIND Snacks, Beverages Limited, National Bank of Abu
Kingston Technologies Dhabi, Hirslanden Private Hospital
Group, MacLean-Fogg Company
TOP Veeam Backup & Replication vs. Zerto Rubrik vs. Veeam Backup & Replication
COMPARISONS Compared 25% of the time Compared 8% of the time
VMware SRM vs. Zerto Veritas Backup Exec vs. Veeam Backup &
Compared 14% of the time Replication
Compared 7% of the time
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines vs. Zerto
Compared 9% of the time Commvault Complete Data Protection vs. Veeam
Backup & Replication
Compared 6% of the time
TOP INDUSTRIES, Government ... 8% Manufacturing Company ... 5%

BASED ON Healthcare Company ... 10% Government ... 8%
REVIEWERS*
Insurance Company ... 13% Computer Software Company ... 12%
Financial Services Firm ... 17% Financial Services Firm ... 14%
TOP INDUSTRIES, Manufacturing Company ... 7% Manufacturing Company ... 7%
BASED ON Healthcare Company ... 8% Comms Service Provider ... 8%
COMPANIES
READING REVIEWS* Financial Services Firm ... 9% Government ... 9%
Computer Software Company ... 16% Computer Software Company ... 18%
COMPANY SIZE, 1-200 Employees ... 20% 201-1000 Employees ... 25%
BASED ON 201-1000 Employees ... 24% 1001+ Employees ... 30%
REVIEWERS*
1001+ Employees ... 56% 1-200 Employees ... 45%
COMPANY SIZE, 1-200 Employees ... 26% 1-200 Employees ... 29%
BASED ON 201-1000 Employees ... 14% 201-1000 Employees ... 18%
COMPANIES
READING REVIEWS* 1001+ Employees ... 60% 1001+ Employees ... 53%
* Data is based on the aggregate profiles of PeerSpot Users researching this solution.
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Answers from the Community
What are the differences between Zerto, VMware SRM and Veeam Backup & Replication?
Hello peers,
I am a Cloud Solution Architect at a system integrator company. I am currently researching disaster recovery
solutions.
What are the differences between Zerto, SRM, and Veeam? What is their unique selling point? I am preparing a
comparison sheet of the features of all solutions. Which solution do you prefer?
Thank you for your help.
Hi Abhishek, That's a great question. In Europe/Austria most of the companies run Veeam - so do we. There a lot of advantages if you
use Veeam as it's designed. Also, Zerto (more for Data migration) we use - but not for Backup. VM SRM is good for 1:n replication if you
already use VMWare. There is a good comparison: https://community.veeam.com/vu... It's on the website from Veeam but still good.
Msc Cheers, Martin
Schober
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Zerto review by a real user
We have centralized and simplified our DR processes, and DR in

Azure has enabled us to consolidate DCs
Senior Analyst, IS Infrastructure at a

energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000
employees
Paul Mickenbecker
WHAT IS OUR PRIMARY USE CASE?
In my previous company, I used it for disaster recovery. We protected our critical workloads in another data center where we
would replicate our primary workloads.
In my current company, we're in the middle of a data center consolidation project and we're using Zerto in two ways. First,
we're migrating the workloads we had in one data center to another, about 250 servers. It took us about three months to
complete the migration. We had to schedule all of our moves and work with the business to validate that the services were
fine and accessible, once they were moved to the other data center. We've completed the migration and a data center has
been shut down, and we're working on building disaster recovery for our primary workloads in Azure.
HOW HAS IT HELPED MY ORGANIZATION?
The main benefit is that we are centralizing our disaster recovery solution. Before, we were doing replication for some
services and RecoverPoint for other services. We had a mix of tools for disaster recovery and we're trying to simplify that
process with a product we can use for both. We're even contemplating using Zerto for backups as well, because we use other
tools for that. But the main focus is having a specific tool, Zerto, that we can use to achieve our disaster recovery goals for on-
prem services.
We also have a big push to move our DR solutions into Azure as a result of a decision from our upper levels to use Azure as
our primary solution for building applications. That has allowed us to reduce costs and consolidate from three data centers to
one, with our disaster recovery solution in Azure. Our focus on one tool has made it simple. We're still working through that
process. Whereas the failover solutions in Azure are somewhat the same as any other data center, building out the rules and
requirements for firewalls is a little more complex. We have some third-party vendors that are helping us design and build out
our security into Azure.
Near-synchronous replication is one of the benefits of Zerto that drove us to choose it over some others. With typical backup
and recovery, your recovery point can be 24 hours. With the near-synchronous replication, our recovery point objectives are in
the seconds. That's one of the major benefits of Zerto. We don't have to run incremental backups every half hour or 15
minutes. And the recovery time is fairly quick as well. It's essentially just a shutdown and reboot of a VM.
Near-synchronous replication is incredibly important for us because we have transactional applications that work on financial
and transactional databases. The fewer the number of transactions that are potentially lost, the better it is for our organization.
It means we don't have to go through rebuilding those transactions. It limits the amount of data that we could possibly lose in
a disaster recovery situation, amounting to just a few seconds' worth.
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The near-synchronous replication with Zerto has enabled us to reduce our RPOs to two seconds instead of hours and,
sometimes, days.
And Zerto really improves RTOs for moving applications. You're not waiting for restores to happen. In some cases, if you have
large amounts of data on the order of hundreds of terabytes, it could literally take you a week to recover certain applications,
especially if you're pulling the data down from Azure or offsite storage. Zerto greatly improves the amount of time that it takes
to recover. And you don't have to do one at a time. You can move over a large chunk of servers at once and get those
recoveries running and mounting in your disaster recovery environment. It's a lot quicker than running a restore from a restore
product.
In addition, the solution reduces the amount of downtime we have in applications during migration. We had a large number of
servers, including some critical production applications. But we didn't have to find windows where we could have those
systems interrupted for a short period of time. A few minutes of downtime, compared to having the application down for hours,
helped move our migration project along. We moved about 250 servers in a three-month period, and we didn't have any
issues with any of the applications related to data or the like. We had two instances where there was an issue related to
licensing but they were our only issues when moving these applications.
WHAT IS MOST VALUABLE?
The auto-connect feature is valuable because we can set the amount of time that we delay before committing a move from
one location to another, giving application teams time to validate that the move went well and everything is working before we
commit those changes. That gives us the ability to roll back to the same point we were at before we shut things down, if
needed.
Another nice aspect of the product is the non-intrusive failover of the application, similar to an actual disaster recovery test
without impacting the services that are currently online. We can failover to an isolated environment and validate the
application without impacting the production environment. We can do more testing in a non-impactful way using isolated
testing. And once or twice a year, we'll do a live test that is more like what would happen if we lost a data center.
Zerto is also a very easy product to use. Although I've used it before in other environments, we introduced it to some
engineers on our team and, after a couple of hours of training to go through the product, it's fairly intuitive. It's not something
that takes a five-day training course to understand. You just drive through the checkboxes to build a protection group and
that's pretty easy to do. You don't really have to understand coding or the like. It's GUI-driven, so it's fairly easy for an engineer
to create protection groups.
WHAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT?
You can use Zerto as a backup product, but in the discussions that I have had with them about the product, they don't really
sell or talk about that feature as much. So I would be interested in improvements related to using it as a backup. If I could
consolidate and use Zerto for disaster recovery as well as everyday backup and restore for situations where I need to recover
something, that would be helpful. It has some of that functionality, but it's not something they promote a lot. They should point
out the benefits of using Zerto as a backup and recovery product instead of just a DR product.
With Cohesity, we keep a limited amount of backups, about 14 days. That way, we can recover an individual server within the
same site or we can restore data or databases that we need, in a non-DR way. We use it for typical day-to-day backup and
restore. If we could use Zerto in a similar fashion for everyday backup and recovery scenarios, that would be another area
where we could consolidate into a single application.
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FOR HOW LONG HAVE I USED THE SOLUTION?
At my old company, I used it for several years, and at the company I'm now at we've been using it for about a year.
WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?
It has been rock-solid. I haven't had any issues with any of the builds or the virtual managers. It just runs.
WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE SCALABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?
It's really scalable. You can create as many protection groups as you need, and a lot more than we have in our environment.
We do have some sites that are very low-bandwidth sites. Zerto is able to set throttling in the solution, but the throttling is set
at a site-wide level. In those instances that have very low bandwidth, I can't reduce the throttling on that site. It would be nice if
there were a way to control the throttling by the protection group for a specific workload.
HOW ARE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT?
Our experience with their tech support has been good. I have never called them with an issue that they couldn't resolve fairly
quickly.
I did call them a few times on some migrations that we were doing off-hours where certain aspects of the migration didn't
work, particularly on the reverse protection. I always got a callback within 30 minutes and most of the time it was quicker. The
support has always been great.
HOW WOULD YOU RATE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT?
Positive
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WHICH SOLUTION DID I USE PREVIOUSLY AND WHY DID I SWITCH?
One of the main issues was handling large data migrations. It wasn't feasible to do a big-bang move where we could move
everything at one time, so we needed to schedule moves. We were able to at least replicate the information and work through
a schedule for the migrations quickly. One of the major things we were trying to adjust was having to schedule the migrations
and working with the team to validate that everything was functional. We were also looking to minimize the amount of time
that that service would be offline during migration.
In addition, we use a combination of tools. We were doing replication with RecoverPoint, and straight backup and restore with
Cohesity. While we still use Cohesity, we did get rid of RecoverPoint and we don't use VMware Site Recovery Manager
because we're not recovering from VMware to VMware anymore. Cohesity does certain things and Zerto does certain things
very well.
HOW WAS THE INITIAL SETUP?
The implementation of the migration was very straightforward. The implementation of disaster recovery into Azure was a little
more complex. In part, that was because of the way our company built our Azure subscription and the rules we have in place
for installation and dividing things and networks within Azure.
But from the standpoint of installing and deploying the product, it's very simple.
WHAT ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM?
We did it in-house, but we did have a Zerto engineer run through the installation into Azure with us because we did run into
some issues related to permissions in Azure and some of the custom roles that are defined. We also worked with an engineer
from Azure to help us, mainly around the identity portion in Azure.
On our side, it was just me and one of our other engineers involved.
WHAT WAS OUR ROI?
We have seen ROI on the migration project which didn't require a whole bunch of people involved. We rotated two people
who were able to facilitate the migrations when we scheduled them in the evenings. Sometimes, we would do up to six or
seven migrations in an evening.
The main thing that held us up a little in that project was the validation process required by the business. If we had been able
to just run through it, we probably would have completed it a lot more quickly.
Still, we didn't require a lot of resources to do it. It was just one engineer to handle a migration and the applications teams to
validate. We didn't have to go outside the company to hire services to help us with the migration. That was helpful from a cost
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perspective.
WHAT'S MY EXPERIENCE WITH PRICING, SETUP COST, AND LICENSING?
Pricing is one area where there could be some improvement. We would like to see a consumption model that would charge in
a DR scenario, where you're failing over and consuming those resources, instead of a per-protected-node model. Or it could
be a model based on the amount of storage space you're protecting.
Others in our organization have raised the issue of how it's licensed, where you need one for every VM you're protecting.
WHICH OTHER SOLUTIONS DID I EVALUATE?
We looked at RecoverPoint and Site Recovery Manager in VMware, but they just didn't fit the type of scenario that we were
looking to set up with replication and recovery into Azure. We couldn't really find too many tools that were doing it in a way
that was not too intrusive. There are ways you can migrate things into Azure and run them, but there's a technical process that
you have to go through to make it happen.
We were looking for a solution where we wouldn't have to flip all the switches for Azure. We wanted something
straightforward that was much simpler to use. Zerto was really the only tool that we could find to do it. Others that we looked
at briefly just didn't do what we wanted to do, so we didn't spend too much time on them.
Recovery with Zerto is a little more straightforward compared to other solutions, and the amount of time it takes is fairly short.
You can recover with Cohesity fairly quickly, but there are a bunch of other things that you need to do, depending on how the
recovery is done. If you're mounting a new virtual machine from a snapshot, which would give you a fairly quick recovery, you
would still have to re-synchronize that data to keep it as a replication, and that takes some time.
Zerto is just a more straightforward solution. You're getting pretty much the same server restored in under a minute, which is
the time it takes to reboot, sync, and bring it back online. Other tasks you have to do, when bringing something up in another
data center, like re-IP the machine, can be automated in the Zerto replication. It makes things easier.
WHAT OTHER ADVICE DO I HAVE?
My advice is to look at what you're trying to accomplish. If you're looking for a migration tool, this is a great migration tool that
will help you move workloads between data centers. It's agnostic as to whether you're using VMware, Microsoft, or Azure.
And you have to look at whether you're moving a large amount of data or a large number of servers. Think about how much
downtime your business can afford for moving those applications. If you're looking for something that can move an application
with minimal downtime, this may be a solution for you. Or if you're moving large amounts of data, but you don't want to be
down for the whole time you're restoring or moving, a synchronous product like this may be a solution for you.
We have built a disaster recovery landing zone in our Azure environment and we built an isolated environment so we could do
non-intrusive failover tests into Azure, and still keep our production environment up and running. We've tested certain
workloads failing over into Azure, including a standard Windows or Linux box, and specific things like SQL Server, Oracle, et
cetera. It has been going well so far and we're at the point where we're defining our protection groups and security in Azure
for all of our critical workloads.
We have not yet used the immutable data copies feature, but I was just at a conference and had some meetings with Zerto,
some of the product professionals and engineers, and that is something that we are strongly looking into. That's because of
the issue of cyberattacks and because even backup systems could become corrupted and then you're still in a bad situation.
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Putting the data into an immutable repository is something that we are definitely looking into. Especially in the industry that we
are in, cybersecurity is a big issue.
We have also not used it for blocking threats and attacks. But the ability, in conjunction with immutable data and putting that
into a vault, to look at the data that is being replicated in real time and scan it, would be a great benefit. We do use some of
the best-in-class tools for that kind of protection, but this would just be another layer to help with that. It's an interesting
feature and another tool that would add a layer to our cyber protection.
Zerto hasn't reduced the number of staff involved in backup and DR management. We have a pretty lean team. We try to
cross-train our employees on the different products that we use. But Zerto did help to simplify the process because we can
get people trained on it. They can assist in covering for other people in the group when they're out. The training only takes a
couple of hours to go through the tutorials.
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Veeam Backup & Replication review by a real user
Offers enhanced security through encryption and high stability
Specialist Datacenter and Server at IHS

Towers
Fatai Akinwande
In terms of use cases, I'm very familiar with the environment and the platform. I've been using it for the past six years. I mainly
rely on it to manage the users on the platform and resolve any issues they may encounter. If there's a problem beyond my
expertise, I open a support case.
In terms of backup installation and business continuity, VM has been invaluable. There was a time when we had an issue with
one of our systems, and Veeam became unavailable. This particular Azure machine is utilized in about six or seven countries.
All I had to do was log into my Veeam account in that location, activate the Continuity and Recovery (CR) feature, and
everyone could resume working. It involved changing the IP address or the capabilities of the application server since the
assessment is based on the application server's availability in another location. The IP addresses would vary.
So, I informed the application department to make the necessary modifications, and they immediately restarted the system for
use.
Security is one of the most valuable aspects. In VM Backup, encryption is enabled as well. Depending on your backup job, you
can increase security by setting up encryption and assigning a password.
The encryption password is used to protect the backup files. Even if someone gains access to the backup job or files, they
won't be able to utilize them without the password.
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In terms of improvement for VM, I believe we should focus on reducing data leakage and addressing a specific issue. There's
a situation where VMs run on different locks. It's running on the VM while having a relationship with nearby solutions running
on the same server and storage. This creates a bottleneck that needs to be eliminated. The efficiency of the solution should
be improved.
I have been using it for six years. We are currently using version 11 in our environment. It's located in a different place.
It's very stable. I would rate it as a nine.
In terms of scalability, it is fantastic. I would give it an eight for scalability. Currently, we have around 500 users utilizing it for
the HQ. We plan to expand the usage in the future.
I've recently tried using version 12. Although I haven't used it for long, I find it nice. I'm currently using it for one of our main
offices at the HQ. It hasn't been fully deployed yet, but we're considering deploying it before the end of the year. The plan is
to scale it within our HQ infrastructure because that's where we have the highest workload and need more information about
different features available in version 12.
The technical support is fantastic. When I encounter an issue, I simply need to contact the engineer who guides me through
the process of uploading the logs. They analyze the logs and most of the time, they are able to provide a solution. The log
analysis is crucial in identifying any problems specific to our environment. Sometimes, there may be delays if the issue
requires further investigation, but the engineers are proactive in communicating and resolving the problem in a timely
manner.
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However, there might be instances where the problem lies with our internet connection, and in those cases, the support team
may not be able to identify the issue solely through log analysis. In such situations, a remote session is highly beneficial as it
allows them to have a deeper understanding of our environment, and combined with my own knowledge, it speeds up the
analysis process and enables a prompt resolution. I appreciate the importance of a remote session in such cases as it
facilitates faster analysis and helps in finding a timely resolution.
Positive
The initial setup is very simple. I would rate my experience with the setup ten out of ten. I've been setting it up myself since
2015 for each of our countries. I handle remote activities and upgrades without needing to involve the team of engineers. It's a
straightforward process, and I haven't encountered any difficulties.
I work with my company's IT team to handle the deployment. It's done in-house. The deployment process takes around an
hour.
Typically, I discuss the deployment process with my manager or attend a meeting to discuss the solution and get approval. It's
not a cumbersome process and is quite straightforward.
I would give it an eight. The only problem we face is when our support expires, and we need to renew. If we're purchasing a
new license, that's when difficulties arise.
There are no additional costs or hidden fees. It's a straightforward pricing structure.
We tried using Micro Focus. Veeam Backup & Replication provides us with more than what we actually need, especially
because of the application solutions it offers. Micro Focus, on the other hand, only focused on backup without additional
application features.
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In terms of stability and efficiency, I highly recommend it. I've already introduced it to two or three different companies where
my colleagues work, although I'm not sure if they have already adopted and purchased it.
WHICH DEPLOYMENT MODEL ARE YOU USING FOR THIS SOLUTION?
On-premises
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Review by a real user:
IT Manager at Nevada Bank and Trust
Joseph Lamb
We are using it to back up and replicate our critical infrastructure to allow us to replicate back when we are in a disaster
recovery situation or a test.
When we were in a disaster recovery (DR) test, we could not pull back the data in a timely manner. Zerto allows us to pull the
data back in a timely manner. We also can create better RTOs and RPOs. We wanted an RTO of fifteen minutes and we've
managed that.
To be able to replicate back to production is the most useful aspect of the product. It allows us to do a disaster recovery test
and recover within eight hours. I couldn't do that before.
I'm also working with near-synchronous replication. It's very important to be able to keep my production and replication in
sync.
I like the idea of Zertos being able to block unknown threats and attacks. In fact, one of my machines had a little encryption on
it, and it detected that encryption, and I had to go look at it. It was nothing, in that instance, however, it was a neat feature. We
could see that it was definitely looking for encryption and malware on our side.
Our disaster recovery testing is a lot easier and is much better with this product. Our RPOs and RTOs are now more in line
with our other critical systems. We're now down to five minutes, well below our original 15-minute RTO goal.
Instead of being up all night, trying to get data back, I would no longer need to stay up all night. I've saved about four hours.
The product is easy to use.
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I haven't noted any areas of improvement just yet.
I'd like to see a way to do a one-stop shutdown of replication so I know I'm not missing data and can do my DR test.
I'd like to get better recovery point objectives and get more data back from our DR site faster.
The pricing could be a little bit lower.
I've been using the solution for about two months now.
The solution is stable. I have never had any issues.
I have not tried to scale the solution.
I have the solution for multiple locations in one department.
I've had two cases resolved via technical support. They helped me resolve issues I had with the installation. It did take me a
few tries to resolve the issues.
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Positive
We have used Veeam in the past. It's pretty good for certain things. However, it was hard to get continuous replication. Zerto
is much easier to get that constant replication that we need. In terms of speed, for Veeam, it's about an hour right now across
our secondary data center. It's not as fast. We moved to Zerto to get more data back from our DR site faster.
I was involved in the initial setup. The initial setup is easy. Veeam had an easier setup, however, once we got Zerto going, it
was easier to scale up and test. It's easier to manage in the long run.
The deployment had a bit of complexity. The problem we had was that the VRAs would not install and we had to turn off some
security features. The ESXi server was not well documented.
We set it up in multiple locations in one department.
It took us about three weeks to deploy the solution.
The maintenance is simple. I handle the maintenance myself.
We handled the initial setup in-house internally. I managed the process completely by myself.
WHAT WAS OUR ROI?
It's just been a few months. We have yet to see a return on investment.
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Zerto is a bit more expensive compared to Acronis or Veeam. That said, for us, the pricing was still reasonable. That said, we
couldn't do all of our machines.
We also evaluated Nutanix and Acronis.
We chose Zerto since it has very good integration with HPE servers. It's also an industry standard. Many people are using it.
I've never used its immutable copies features. I've just discovered the feature and need to look more into it.
I didn't use the cloud while using this solution. I have used the solution to help me protect VMs in my environment.
I haven't had to migrate data just yet. The solution has yet to help us reduce downtime. It also has yet to help us save time in
data recovery situations due to ransomware. We haven't had an incident as of yet. While it's saved time, we haven't been able
to test all of our machines and all of our servers yet.
At this point, the solution has not reduced the staff involved in data recovery.
This product augmented what we have in terms of legacy backup solutions. It did not replace anything.
My advice to others is to use Zerto for critical servers and things that need to be watched carefully for malware and
encryption.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
On-premises
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Manager, Cloud Platforms & Services at a

insurance company with 1,001-5,000
employees
reviewer2080635
We use Zerto to replicate our gold systems. Gold systems refer to those that require recovery in a disaster recovery
environment within 24 hours, with a maximum allowable data loss of one hour. Therefore, the Recovery Time Objective is 24
hours, and the Recovery Point Objective is one hour.
I would rate Zerto's ease of use a nine out of ten. The setup of virtual appliances required for data replication is
straightforward and effortless. Some of the automation and tooling, such as changing IP addresses or running scripts after a
disaster recovery process, is also very user-friendly and simple to configure.
Zerto's near-synchronous replication is commendable. Usually, the data is only a couple of minutes behind. Hence, we are not
employing synchronous replication, but asynchronous replication proves to be sufficient for our needs. It does not appear to
deviate too far out of sync or fall too far behind, thereby effectively maintaining up-to-date data. Near synchronous replication
holds significant importance as these systems are our critical business assets.
Zerto has helped us improve our organization by enabling disaster recovery both on-premises and in the cloud. We are
transitioning towards cloud-based recovery. Our previous solution, before Zerto, only allowed us to replicate data in our on-
premises data center, preventing us from migrating to the cloud. Zerto has unblocked us, allowing us to leverage cloud-based
recovery now. We were able to realize the benefits within three to four months. The implementation was relatively quick and
completed within a couple of months. Everything tested well.
Zerto enables us to perform disaster recovery in the cloud instead of a physical data center, and this is the reason we made
the switch to Zerto.
Having the capability to perform disaster recovery in the cloud is of utmost importance to our organization. We are
implementing disaster recovery in the cloud to facilitate the shutdown of one of our data centers.
We use Zerto to protect VMs in our environment.
The speed of recovery using Zerto is good. The automation really helps make the recovery quick and easy.
Zerto's overall impact on our recovery time objectives is positive. It is fulfilling exactly what we needed it to do, making it a
valuable tool. Additionally, it proves to be fairly cost-effective and easy to set up and use.
Although we have not experienced an actual disaster, Zerto has been instrumental in aiding our disaster recovery testing.
Every year, we conduct a DR test to recover systems, conduct assessments, and validate our processes, and for this purpose,
we have utilized Zerto. The results have been outstanding, as Zerto has saved us approximately 500 hours of time annually.
Zerto has automated the recovery process by utilizing those playbooks and re-IPing. This has significantly contributed to the
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reduction of DR testing efforts.
50 percent of the time that Zerto has saved has been allocated to value-added tasks.
Zerto can replicate data rapidly and cost-effectively. We can recover both systems on-premises and in the public cloud. We
use Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services for cloud infrastructure, and Zerto can recover data from both of these
platforms. Therefore, it is not limited to a specific cloud provider like the Azure Site Recovery Manager.
Zerto has good role-based access controls. For cloud recovery, it allows replication over the Internet instead of private
networking, which is really nice.
I would like Zerto to enhance the continuous backup aspect. If Zerto could replace Veeam from a backup perspective, that
would be highly beneficial. Currently, we use Veeam for backup and Zerto for disaster recovery. It would be ideal if we could
consolidate both functions into a single product rather than using two separate ones.
I have been using Zerto for three years.
I would rate Zerto's stability an eight out of ten. We encountered a problem once, but it was resolved.
I would rate Zerto's scalability a nine out of ten.
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We previously used EMC's Site Recovery Manager and Recover Point. The reason we replaced them is that they utilized sand-
based replication, which couldn't be used to replicate data to public clouds. As there are no sands in the public cloud.
Zerto's ease of use, when compared to EMC's Site Recovery Manager and Recover Point, is slightly better. For instance,
during the setup process, we didn't require expertise in storage area networks, unlike our previous products. Therefore, it
takes fewer skilled resources to set up, configure, and start using Zerto.
The initial setup is straightforward. The deployment took two months. We identified the core machines that we were
previously replicating and gradually migrated applications one set at a time. An application could consist of two servers or
even five servers. We can perform these migrations in waves.
For the deployment, we had two engineers, one support person, and one architect.
The Zerto team assisted with the implementation.
WHAT WAS OUR ROI?
We have seen a return on investment.
Zerto is slightly expensive, but we do see the value in it.
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We evaluated Veeam, Commvault, and Rubrik. Among them, Zerto had the best feature set for near real-time asynchronous
replication.
I rate Zerto a nine out of ten.
The speed of the RPO using Zerto is the same as our previous solution. We haven't lost anything, but we haven't gained much
from an RPO perspective either. We had good technology; it was just limited by the cloud because there hasn't been any
significant change.
We use Veeam as our backup product to perform some of the point-in-time recoveries.
We have only around six end users who log in to the console in total. Zerto is deployed in our primary data center and is also
replicating to a secondary data center where it is deployed.
We have people who monitor whether the synchronization is proceeding well, but there is very little day-to-day overhead in
terms of maintenance.
Zerto is a solid industry-recognized quality product.
Hybrid Cloud
IF PUBLIC CLOUD, PRIVATE CLOUD, OR HYBRID CLOUD, WHICH CLOUD PROVIDER DO YOU USE?
Microsoft Azure
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Head Data Center and Cloud Infrastructure

Unit at a financial services firm with 5,001-
10,000 employees
Vivath Chan
My primary use case is for VM backups. We have more than 500 VMs to backup completely every day, which is quite a big
backup, and we run it incrementally. This solution is deployed on-premises.
The most valuable feature is how reliable Veeam Backup is. It has the normal expected features that allow you to ensure that
everything is backed up completely.
Veeam Backup is not enhanced. There aren't any enhancements yet and they are still using traditional methods for snapshots
and to perform the backup, like many other vendors. I've noticed this has an impact on the performance. We run hundreds or
thousands of VM backups in the same night. Most software don't have a SMAC algorithm to schedule the backup and improve
performance for the production environment. They just randomly create. In order to perform big backups at one time, we have
to invest in storage.
Another improvement would be simplifying and integrating their software. I have one app for VM backups, another for file
backups, and another for implications, so I have to implement three platforms in one organization. This is quite difficult. The
implementation process could be simplified, in regard to VM files and replication.
I have been using this solution for more than four years.
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This is a stable product. It rarely requires maintenance and I rarely deal with backup files that are gone or cannot be restored
because of software bugs.
This solution is easy to scale.
The response time is quite slow and I have complained many times. But their technical skill is quite good. For most customers,
the technical support should depend on the SLA that they have, but support doesn't always respect that. Sometimes they
respond to us within the SLA, but after we reply, we have to wait around one day for another email.
We implemented through an in-house team. There are two administrators for maintenance.
Overall, I'm not happy with the pricing. The price could be improved. Every year, most vendors try to increase the price. It says
it's being upgraded, but there's no improvement. The product stays the same, but the licensing costs are increasing.
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I have also used Zerto for POC. I found that Veeam is good for backups, but it has a limitation. It's good for VM backups, but
can be quite challenging for file backups and replication. Zerto is different, in that it's good for replication and it's simpler to
use. The license is quite expensive though.
If you are looking into implementing this solution, I advise you to make a POC, understand your requirements, and make sure
the solution you choose can provide what you want.
I rate Veeam Backup an eight out of ten.
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System Administrator at a mining and metals

company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Steve McClendon
Our primary use for Veeam Backup & Replication is for enterprise backups and replication.
It's used pretty heavily by us.
The features I find most valuable are probably the VMware snapshot backups and the Veeam replication. Their replication is
very good.
It can easily be used for disaster recovery in a number of situations.
I don't know how it would compare to Zerto, for example, but considering that it can leverage backups for replication
purposes, this makes it superior to either a backup product or a replication product. The fact that you can mix and match, for
example, you can replicate off of a backup or off of a backup copy somewhere else, or off of the source machine directly,
makes it superior for me.
In terms of what could be improved, they need a better solution for backend storage. Other backup products that I've
used, like Commvault, have at least a disc based backup. If you don't have a D duplicating appliance, like Commvault who has
its own duplication engine, it's doing its best to duplicate data going into the repository. Veeam is not very good at that. There
is some level of data reduction, but it's not much. So if your backup targets don't have a good D duplication data reduction, it's
a problem because you just create massive amounts of data on the backend.
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I like that you can use any kind of disc target and you can use any kind of high speed fiber channel as backend.
On a scale of one to 10, I would say that Veeam Backup & Replication is one of the best, so I'd probably give it a nine. There is
not one perfect backup product and I think one of the challenges with Veeam is the lack of clients. Meaning, we have certain
older systems that there is no Veeam client for, and there's no incentive for Veeam to make the client for it. But it does
VMware backups very well.
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Vendor Directory For Backup and Recovery

2BrightSparks Pte Ltd SyncBack Pro Commvault Commvault Complete Data Protection
2BrightSparks Pte Ltd SyncBackSE Commvault Commvault HyperScale X
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Commvault Commvault Backup & Recovery
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office CrashPlan CrashPlan
Amazon CloudEndure Disaster Recovery CyberFortress CyberFortress Managed Backup as a

Service, Powered by Ahsay (BaaS)
AOMEI Software AOMEI Cyber Backup
CyberFortress CyberFortress Managed Backup as a
Aranda Software Aranda Data Safe Service, Powered by Asigra (BaaS)
Arcserve Arcserve UDP CyberFortress CyberFortress Endpoint Backup &

Recovery
Arcserve StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL]
datto Datto File Protection
Arcserve Arcserve Backup
Dell Technologies Dell Avamar
Arcserve Arcserve OneXafe Solo
Dell Technologies Dell BakBone
Arq Backup Arq Backup
Dell Technologies Dell NetWorker
Asigra Asigra
Dell Technologies Dell ProtectPoint [EOL]
Atempo Atempo Time Navigator
Dell Technologies Dell Data Protection Advisor
Atempo Atempo Live Navigator
Dell Technologies Dell PowerProtect Data Manager
Backup4all Backup4all
Dell Technologies Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)
BackupAssist BackupAssist
EaseUS EaseUS Todo
BackupSheep BackupSheep
EnterpriseDB EDB Backup and Recovery Tool
Bacula Systems Bacula Enterprise
ExaGrid ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage
Barracuda Networks Barracuda Backup
FalconStor FalconStor Virtual Tape Library [EOL]
Barracuda Networks Barracuda Virtual Backup
FalconStor FalconStor VTL
Barracuda Networks Barracuda Backup Appliance
FalconStor FalconStor CDP
Bocada Bocada Enterprise
Google Actifio
Carbonite Carbonite Endpoint Backup
GuruSquad GS RichCopy 360 Enterprise
Catalogic Catalogic DPX
GuruSquad GS RichCopy 360 Standard
CleverFiles Disk Drill Data Recovery Software
Handy Backup Handy Backup Standard
Clumio Clumio
Handy Backup Handy Backup Professional
Code42 Code42 Incydr
Handy Backup Handy Backup for Small Business
Cohesity Cohesity DataProtect
Hitachi Vantara Hitachi Data Protection Suite [EOL]
Cohesity Cohesity Imanis Data
Hornetsecurity Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup
Cohesity Cohesity Helios
Hornetsecurity Hornetsecurity 365 Total Backup
HYCU, Inc. Protege
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Vendor Directory
IBM IBM ProtectTIER
IBM IBM Tivoli CDP for Files
IBM IBM Spectrum Protect
IBM IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
IBM IBM Storage Protect
IBM IBM Storage Protect Plus
IDERA IDERA SQL Safe Backup
Igneous Igneous DataProtect
INFINIDAT INFINIDAT InfiniGuard
Infrascale Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery
Iperius Backup Iperius Backup
Iron Mountain Iron Mountain Connect
KernelApps Pvt Ltd. Kernel IMAP Backup
Macrium Software Macrium Reflect Workstation
Microsoft Microsoft DPM
Microsoft Azure Backup
MSP360 MSP360 Backup
N-able N-able Cove Data Protection
N2WS N2WS Backup & Recovery
Nakivo Nakivo
Nanosystems Uranium Backup
NetApp NetApp V-Series [EOL]
NetApp NetApp AltaVault
NetApp NetApp SnapCenter
NetApp NetApp Cloud Backup
NovaStor NovaStor NovaBACKUP
Nutanix Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup
Odaseva DailyExport.io
Odaseva Salesforce Backup and Restore
OpenText OpenText Data Protector
OpenText EVault [EOL]
OpenText Carbonite Server
OpenText VM Explorer
Oracle Oracle Data Guard
OwnBackup OwnBackup
Parablu Inc BluVault Microsoft 365
Parablu Inc BluVault Servers
Parablu Inc BluVault Endpoints
Paragon Software Paragon Hard Disk Manager
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Percona Percona Platform
Quantum Quantum DXi Series
Quest Software Quest Rapid Recovery
Quest Software vRanger
Quest Software Quest NetVault
Quest Software LiteSpeed for SQL Server
Quorum Quorum OnQ
R-Tools Technology R-Drive Image
Reduxio Reduxio [EOL]
Retrospect Inc Retrospect Backup
Rocket Software Rocket Servergraph
Rubrik Rubrik
SEP Software SEP sesam
Sesame Software Relational Junction
Shoviv Software Shoviv Office 365 Backup and Restore

Tool
Siber Systems GoodSync
Skyvia Skyvia Backup
SnapShooter SnapShooter
SQLBackupAndFTP SQLBackupAndFTP
SqlBak SqlBak
StarWind StarWind Backup Appliance
StoneFly Stonefly VSO Backup And Disaster

Recovery Appliance
Storware Storware Backup and Recovery
Synology Synology DSM
Tenorshare 4DDiG Windows Boot Genius
Teradata Teradata Data Stream Architecture
Unitrends Unitrends
UpdraftPlus UpdraftPlus
UrBackup UrBackup
VaultPress VaultPress
Veeam Software Veeam Backup & Replication
Veeam Software Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL]
Veeam Software Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL]
Veeam Software Veeam Data Platform
Vembu Technologies BDRSuite
Veritas Veritas Backup Exec
Veritas Veritas NetBackup
Veritas Veritas NetBackup Appliance
Vinchin Vinchin Backup & Recovery
VMware VMware vDPA [EOL]

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Vendor Directory For Cloud Backup

2BrightSparks Pte Ltd SyncBack Pro Carbonite Carbonite Safe Backup
Ace Data Devices Ace Data Devices Cloud Daddy Cloud Daddy
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Email Migration CloudMigration Email Backup Tool
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud CloudAlly CloudAlly
Acronis Acronis Cyber Cloud Cloudback Cloudback
Ahsay Backup AhsayCBS CloudBacko CloudBacko Backup
Amazon CloudEndure Disaster Recovery CloudCasa CloudCasa
Amazon AWS Backup CloudPockets CloudPockets Cloud Backup
Appranix Inc. Appranix Cloud Application Resilience Clumio Clumio
Archiware Archiware P5 Backup Cohesity Cohesity DataProtect
Arcserve Arcserve Cloud Direct Cohesity Cohesity Helios
Arcserve Arcserve Cloud Services Commvault Metallic
Arcserve Arcserve Cloud Hybrid Secured by Sophos Commvault Commvault Complete Data Protection
AT&T AT&T Synaptic Storage as a Service Data Deposit Box Data Deposit Box
Avast Software Avast Business Cloud Backup DataDirect Networks DDN DataFlow
Avast Software Avast Datomia Datomia
AvePoint AvePoint Cloud Backup datto Datto Cloud Continuity
Axcient Axcient x360Cloud Dell Technologies Dell CloudBoost
Backblaze Backblaze Dobson Technologies Dobson Technologies Cloud Backup [EOL]
Backup Bird Backup Bird Druva Druva inSync
Backup Everything Backup Everything Druva Druva Phoenix
Backup4all Backup4all Druva Druva Data Resiliency Cloud
Backupify Backupify Google Workspace Backup ElephantDrive ElephantDrive
BackupVault BackupVault ESET ESET Xopero
Bacula Systems Bacula Enterprise Gluster Gluster Cloud Backup
Bareos Bareos Handy Backup Handy Backup for Small Business
Barracuda Networks Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup Hornetsecurity Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup
Barracuda Networks Barracuda Backup HubStor HubStor
Barracuda Networks Barracuda Email Gateway Defense HYCU, Inc. Protege

(Barracuda Essentials)
IBM IBM Storage Protect for Cloud
BEEMO TECHNOLOGIE Beemo2Cloud
iland iland Secure Cloud Backup
Canadian Cloud Canadian Cloud Backup
Backup
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Vendor Directory
INAP INAP Cloud Backup Retrospect Inc Retrospect Backup
Infrascale Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery Rubrik Rubrik
Infrascale Infrascale Cloud Backup Siber Systems GoodSync
Iperius Backup Iperius Backup Skyvia Skyvia Backup
Iron Mountain Iron Cloud Data Replication Spanning Cloud Apps Spanning SaaS Backup
KeyInfo KeyCloud Backup and Recovery Storagepipe StoragePipe Cloud-To-Cloud
Livedrive Livedrive SugarSync SugarSync
Memopal Memopal Superna Superna
MSP360 MSP360 Backup Synametrics Syncrify

Technologies
Multcloud Multcloud
Synology C2 C2 Backup
N-able N-able Cove Data Protection
SysCloud SysCloud
Nasuni Nasuni
Veeam Software Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
NetApp NetApp AltaVault
Veeam Software Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL]
NetApp NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Veeam Software Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL]
NetApp NetApp Cloud Backup
Veeam Software Veeam Cloud Connect [EOL]
NetApp NetApp Cloud Volumes Edge Cache
Veeam Software Veeam Backup for Google Cloud
Neverfail Neverfail Cloud Backup
Veeam Software Veeam Data Platform
NovaStor NovaBACKUP Cloud
Vembu Technologies BDRCloud
Odaseva Salesforce Backup and Restore
Veritas Veritas CloudPoint
OpenDrive OpenDrive
Veritas Veritas Alta Data Protection
OpenText Mozy Pro [EOL]
Vinchin Vinchin Backup & Recovery
OpenText Carbonite Server
Western Standard Fluency Backup
OpenText Carbonite Safe [EOL]
Xopero Software Xopero ONE
OpenText Carbonite Backup for Microsoft 365
Zerto Zerto
Parablu Inc BluVault Endpoints
Zetta Zetta Cloud Backup
Quorum Quorum OnQ
Zmanda Zmanda
Redstor Redstor Backup and Archiving
Zoolz Zoolz Intelligent Cloud
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Vendor Directory For Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

Acronis Acronis Disaster Recovery Nutanix Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Amazon CloudEndure Disaster Recovery OpenText Carbonite Recover
Arcserve Arcserve UDP Precisely Precisely Assure MIMIX
Commvault Commvault Complete Data Protection Precisely Syncsort Assure MIMIX DR [EOL]
Continuity Software AvailabilityGuard NXG Precisely Precisely Assure QuickEDD
Continuity Software RecoverGuard Quorum Quorum OnQ
datto Datto Cloud Continuity Rubrik Datos IO [EOL]
Dell Technologies Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Rubrik Rubrik
Dell Technologies Dell Cloud Disaster Recovery SecureCore SecureCore
Druva Druva Phoenix SEP Software SEP Software
Epicor DocStar Rebound StoneFly Stonefly VSO Backup And Disaster

Recovery Appliance
Hitachi Vantara Global-active device
Tintri Tintri ReplicateVM [EOL]
Hitachi Vantara Hitachi Universal Replicator
UltraBac UltraBac
Hornetsecurity Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup
IBM IBM Disaster Recovery Manager
Veeam Software Veeam Cloud Connect [EOL]
IBM Vision Solutions Double-Take
Vembu Technologies BDRSuite
JetStream Software JetStream DR
Veritas Veritas Resiliency Platform
MSP360 MSP360 Backup
Veritas Veritas System Recovery
VMware VMware SRM
Nakivo Nakivo
VMware Datrium ControlShift [EOL]
Nasuni Nasuni
Xopero Software Xopero ONE
NovaStor NovaStor NovaBACKUP
Zerto Zerto
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Top Backup and Recovery Vendors

Over professionals have used PeerSpot research. Here are the top vendors based on product reviews, ratings, and comparisons. All
reviews and ratings are from real users, validated by our triple authentication process.
Chart Key
Views Comparisons Reviews Words/Review Average Rating
Number of views Number of times compared Total number of reviews on Average words per review Average rating based on
to another product PeerSpot on PeerSpot reviews
Bar length
The total ranking of a product in a category, represented by the bar length, is based on a weighted aggregate score. The score is calculated
using the following factors:
ul>
li>Comparisons Views: the product with the highest number of comparisons with other products-in-the-category gets a
maximum of 25 points. Every other product gets assigned points based on its total in proportion to the #1 product
in that ranking factor. For example, if a product has 80% of the number of comparison views compared to the
product with the most reviews then the product's points for reviews would be 25 * 80%./li>
li>Views: We calculate the number of Views based on the percentage of category comparisons out of the total comparisons of the
product./li>
ul>
li>For example, if a product has 100 Comparisons with other products in the category and a total of 1,000 Comparisons,
the product will be assigned 10% of the total number of Views. If the product has a total of 2,000 Views,
it will be assigned 200 Views for this ranking factor./li>
li>The product with the highest number of views gets a maximum of 25 points.
Every other product gets assigned points based on its total in proportion to the #1 product in that ranking factor./li>
/ul>
li>Reviews: the product with the highest number of reviews gets a maximum of 15 points. Every other product gets assigned points
based on its total in proportion to the #1 product in that ranking factor. For example, if a product has 80% of the number of
reviews compared to the product with the most reviews then the product's points for reviews would be 15 * 80%./li>
li>Rating: the maximum score is 25 points awarded linearly between 6-10/li>
ul>
li>e.g. 6 or below=0 points; 7.5=7.5 points; 9.0=18 points; 10=25 points./li>
/ul>
li>Words/Review: the maximum score is 10 points awarded linearly between 0-900 words/li>
ul>
li>e.g. 600 words = 4 points; 750 words = 7 points; 900 or more words = 10 points./li>
li>If a product has fewer than ten reviews, the point contribution for Rating and Words/Review is reduced: 1/3 reduction in points
for products with 5-9 reviews, two-thirds reduction for products with fewer than five reviews./li>
/ul>
/ul>
Reviews that are more than 24 months old, as well as those written by resellers, are completely excluded from the ranking algorithm.
All products with 50+ points are designated as a Leader in their category.
Rankings for June 2023 and earlier used our previous ranking methodology. Learn more here.
1 Veeam Backup & Replication
57,342 views 48,633 comparisons 94 reviews 456 words/review 8.5 average rating
2 Zerto
12,437 views 7,530 comparisons 99 reviews 1,125 words/review 9.1 average rating
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3 Rubrik
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4 Commvault Complete Data Protection
5 Nakivo
6 Cohesity DataProtect
7 Veritas NetBackup
8 Azure Backup
9 Acronis Cyber Protect
10 BDRSuite
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Top Cloud Backup Vendors

Chart Key
Bar length
ul>
product./li>
ul>
/ul>
ul>
/ul>
ul>
/ul>
/ul>
2 Zerto
49
3 Rubrik
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5 Cohesity DataProtect
6 Acronis Cyber Protect
7 Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
8 Nasuni
1,359 views 627 comparisons 29 reviews 1,723 words/review 8.8 average rating
9 Metallic
10 N-able Cove Data Protection
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Top Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Vendors

Chart Key
Bar length
ul>
product./li>
ul>
/ul>
ul>
/ul>
ul>
/ul>
/ul>
2 Zerto
52
3 Rubrik
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5 Nakivo
6 VMware SRM
7 Nasuni
880 views 396 comparisons 29 reviews 1,723 words/review 8.8 average rating
8 BDRSuite
9 Arcserve UDP
10 Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
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Top Backup and Recovery 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor

Views
VIEWS
1 Veeam Backup & Replication 57,342
2 Rubrik 27,441
3 Commvault Complete Data Protection 23,955
4 Cohesity DataProtect 18,920
5 Veritas NetBackup 16,488
Reviews
REVIEWS
1 Zerto 99
2 Veeam Backup & Replication 94
3 Commvault Complete Data Protection 36
4 Nakivo 36
5 Dell Avamar 30
Words / Review
WORDS /
REVIEW
1 Code42 Incydr 1,697
2 Quest Rapid Recovery 1,655
3 N-able Cove Data Protection 1,499
4 Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery 1,327
5 Cohesity Imanis Data 1,224
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Top Cloud Backup 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor

Views
VIEWS
2 Rubrik 19,075
4 Cohesity DataProtect 13,420
5 Acronis Cyber Protect 11,649
Reviews
REVIEWS
1 Zerto 99
4 Acronis Cyber Protect 30
5 Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 30
Words / Review
WORDS /
REVIEW
1 Nasuni 1,723
2 N-able Cove Data Protection 1,499
3 Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery 1,327
4 Zerto 1,125
5 NetApp AltaVault 1,016
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Top Disaster Recovery (DR) Software 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor

Views
VIEWS
2 Rubrik 12,382
3 Zerto 12,016
5 VMware SRM 9,673
Reviews
REVIEWS
1 Zerto 99
3 Nakivo 36
5 Nasuni 29
Words / Review
WORDS /
REVIEW
1 Precisely Assure MIMIX 2,260
2 Nasuni 1,723
3 Zerto 1,125
4 BDRSuite 955
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About this report

This report is comprised of a list of enterprise level Backup and Recovery AND Cloud Backup AND Disaster Recovery (DR) Software vendors.
We have also included several real user reviews posted on peerspot.com. The reviewers of these products have been validated as real users
based on their LinkedIn profiles to ensure that they provide reliable opinions and not those of product vendors.
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think before we buy electronics, book a hotel, visit a doctor or choose a restaurant. But in the world of enterprise technology, most of the
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We created PeerSpot to provide technology professionals like you with a community platform to share information about enterprise software,
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We commit to offering user-contributed information that is valuable, objective and relevant. We protect your privacy by providing an
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ensuring you get access to the right information and connect to the right people, whenever you need it.
PeerSpot helps tech professionals by providing:
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• A sample of real user reviews from tech professionals
• Speciﬁc information to help you choose the best vendor for your needs
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Vendor Directory 37-38

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Top Backup and Recovery Vendors 47-48

Top Cloud Backup Vendors 50-51

Top Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Vendors 53-54

Top Backup and Recovery 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor 55

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Advice From Real Users

"I like the granularity of the checkpoints." [Full Review]

Advice From Real Users

"The pricing could be a little bit lower." [Full Review]

Advice From Real Users

PRICING AND LICENSING ADVICE

"Zerto's price seems fair." "It's competitive." [Full Review]

"The pricing is straightforward." [Full Review]

"It is economical as compared to other brands." [Full Review]

"The pricing is very reasonable." [Full Review]

Advice From Real Users