Druva Security Cloud vs. Zerto

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
Workforce mobility and the rise of cloud services is an essential part of any business, but it creates a number of challenges for IT. Data spread across devices and cloud services, unpredictable schedules, and varied network connections all complicate efforts to protect and govern enterprise information. The Druva Cloud Platform (formerly Druva inSync & Druva Phoenix) provides unified data protection, management, and…N/A
Zerto
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, aims to enable customers to run an always-on business by simplifying the protection, recovery, and mobility of on-premises and cloud applications. Zerto’s cloud data management and protection platform is designed to eliminate the risks and complexity of modernization and cloud adoption across private, public, and hybrid deployments. The software-only platform uses continuous data protection at scale to converge disaster recovery, backup, and data…N/A
Pricing
Druva Security CloudZerto
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Druva Security CloudZerto
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Druva Security CloudZerto
Considered Both Products
Druva Security Cloud
Chose Druva Security Cloud
CommVault and Zerto are far more complex yet powerful tools which are better suited to more complex shops with more granular protection, retention and disaster recovery requirements. If you're requirements are relatively straightforward and you have mostly Windows endpoints, I …
Chose Druva Security Cloud
Druva Data Resiliency Cloud is more cost efficient and offers the same product applications.
Chose Druva Security Cloud
We were happy Mozy Enterprise customers, but when they were purchased by Carbonite we evaluated many solutions. Druva offered better Windows integration than Carbonite and better licensing, pricing, and simplicity compared to the other solutions. Around the same time, we were …
Chose Druva Security Cloud
We did not really take the time to investigate and compare various products. We are on a deadline to evaluate a solution as we made the move to M365. One of the main reasons that we selected Druva was the fact that they are partnered with our current on-premise backup solution …
Zerto

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Druva Security CloudZerto
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Druva Security Cloud
9.6
133 Ratings
15% above category average
Zerto
8.3
3 Ratings
2% above category average
Universal recovery9.798 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Instant recovery9.699 Ratings8.33 Ratings
Recovery verification9.597 Ratings9.33 Ratings
Business application protection9.679 Ratings8.73 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations9.693 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.8120 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.8132 Ratings7.33 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.8125 Ratings7.73 Ratings
Snapshots9.799 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.7100 Ratings8.73 Ratings
Management dashboard9.5124 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Platform support9.6104 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Retention options9.5125 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Encryption9.7111 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Druva Security Cloud
9.6
108 Ratings
16% above category average
Zerto
8.3
2 Ratings
1% below category average
Continuous data protection9.6103 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Replication9.789 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics9.4105 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Malware protection9.586 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities9.696 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery9.659 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Disaster Recovery
Comparison of Disaster Recovery features of Product A and Product B
Druva Security Cloud
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Ratings
Zerto
8.3
3 Ratings
4% above category average
Disaster Recovery Planning00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
Hot Sites00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Disaster Recovery Testing00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
Automated Disaster Recovery00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
Druva Security CloudZerto
Likelihood to Recommend
9.8
(338 ratings)
8.3
(54 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(26 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(74 ratings)
8.0
(29 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.8
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(74 ratings)
4.0
(34 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.4
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.3
(163 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
6.7
(16 ratings)
Ease of integration
1.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.6
(113 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Druva Security CloudZerto
Likelihood to Recommend
Druva
We are a cloud-only shop, so Druva Data Resiliency Cloud is a natural fit. We do not have a large Azure VM presence, so I do not know how well they play in that space. If you are not cloud-focused, I am not sure that Druva Data Resiliency Cloud's strengths will be easily seen. However, in the cloud they are tough to beat.
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Zerto
Zerto is well suited for disaster recovery and virtual machine replication between multiple data centers. DR testing for audit or regulations is much easier with Zerto, great reporting, dashboard etc. It is not well suited for physical server replication for disaster recovery or as a primary backup solution.
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Pros
Druva
  • We like the option of downloading backed up files both individually and as a group.
  • The ransomware protection is a security feature that puts our minds at ease when it comes to the safety of our data.
  • The Customer Success team does frequent reach outs and technical health checks.
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Zerto
  • Anyone with a large disk (VMDK) knows the issues of VMware snapshots. Most backup software is a "point in time backup" that uses snapshots. While the backup can be run multiple times per day the stress of the snapshot on the host and storage is eliminated by the continuous protection of Zerto log replication.
  • A client had a the disks on a VM go missing for some reason. We had them "flip the switch" for a real fail over and press the fail over button. The VM on our DR site started to come alive as the VM at the customer site was brought down. When the DR VM was fully up, automatic reverse replication started. The DR machine was available in a few minutes (to take into account different host hardware) for access. One the vm at both sites were in sync, we had the customer again repeat the fail over process and the DR site VM was turned off and the Production site VM was brought back on line. This was a 200 GB VM and the whole process was finished in about 3 hours.
  • Zerto also allows for "Test" fail overs that can be configured on many different functions, such as host, datastore, network and IP usage. Configuring the IPs is crucial to avoid inadvertent site cross contamination of the same VM.
  • Zerto can also retrieve files from any VM disk on the DR site without starting a VM. Very handy for retrieving files or directories.
  • Since Zerto is running continuous log replication, changes on the production VM are nearly instantaneously copied to the DR site. As with any data process, having sufficient bandwidth for "churn" peaks minimizes the delay in updating the DR site.
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Cons
Druva
  • They have more ways to improve in Analytics section and UX.
  • I recommend to have to integrate with the cloud storages cheaper option to store backups which would be tremendous for customers to save snapshots costs.
  • Love to see Druva Data Resiliency Cloud have a better rbac policy on who can trigger the DR engine.
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Zerto
  • Moving a VM from one protection group to another could be simplified.
  • I would like to see an executive-style report of recovery and testing for upper management.
  • The ability to deploy Zerto as a virtual appliance, without the need for a windows server.
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Likelihood to Renew
Druva
This is the second company I've brought to Druva. Just today, I was tasked with recovering a file from a user that last saw it 6 months ago. I was able to restore it in under 5 minutes of getting the request. It's really that easy.
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Zerto
We really like the easy setup of this replication solution, as well as the ease of management. Not to mention, our internal IT Economist determined that the Zerto solution would provide the best ROI out of the competing solutions we analyzed. So far, his calculations have been spot on, and we have saved substantially
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Usability
Druva
The product is easy to navigate and manage. Setup and configuration is also easy. We did not need to pay for any additional professional services. Our account team worked with use on the integration. It was not complex or difficult to learn how to setup and use. End users also have the ability to log in and manage their own files and emails
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Zerto
Zerto is very easy to implement and support. Uses are broad, only issues are once something doesn't sync it is difficult to get assistance until your reach tier 2 or tier 3 support. Basic file and folder recovery is great. Live and test fail overs are also easy to implement without issue.
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Reliability and Availability
Druva
Like any service, there are scheduled maintenance periods and unscheduled outages, however outages have been very limited and fortunately have not had any impact on our environment.
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Zerto
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Performance
Druva
Page response in the admin center is acceptable- rarely are we waiting for data to load. Backup speeds seem fine, and restore speeds are OK considering it's likely pulling data from cold storage. It often takes 30-60 seconds for the restore to begin transferring files, but speeds are acceptable thereafter
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Zerto
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Support Rating
Druva
We had an issue in my first year that took a long time to fix. The support guy was awesome, took screen shots, filled me in, was professional, but it just took so long. I do think that was an anomaly, but it certainly sticks out nonetheless. Beyond that, we've had pretty good support "relationships" with the reps. They're usually pretty prompt at getting back and quite knowledgeable. Just make sure you have your proxies updated, because that's always step 1!
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Zerto
Overall support is very good. We sometimes get pushback when asking Level 1 support to escalate to Level 2. This causes undue frustrations when you need a more knowledgeable support person to get involved. We've had to escalate to account reps a few times for this scenario. Zerto is very responsive and normally handles our requests very quickly.
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In-Person Training
Druva
They are very well knowledgeable. They conducted a two day training session and they explained each and everything.
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Zerto
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Online Training
Druva
As an administrator, if I had a user who needed additional training, it was available. As an Administrator, the product was so easy I didn't need it
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Zerto
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Implementation Rating
Druva
Implementation from cloud ranger to Druva Data Resiliency Cloud platform was a seamless integration experience to upgrade the policies and license for continual backup/recovery support. This may be one of the best "set it and forget it" apps for backup solutions, that also allow notifications for failures etc...
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Zerto
Make sure the end goal is in mind before implementing. That way results meet expectations.
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Alternatives Considered
Druva
When evaluating Druva Data Resiliency Cloud, we compared it against several market leaders. After extensive testing, we confirmed that Druva Data Resiliency Cloud stacks up well against these products due to the following features: Ease of use Simple to setup & configure Eliminates up front cost, commitment and capacity planning Immutable by default Flexible configuration options Single management interface
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Zerto
We started out using Backup Exec which was in service until we virtualized our environment where it didn't perform as well at the time. Then we switched to Veeam which worked well, but then as we started needing to do migrations and off-site DR, we found ourselves relying on Zerto more often.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Druva
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Zerto
For my organization, the pricing model was an upfront investment for the Zerto licenses. My organization prefers to pay upfront and not deal with month-to-month or year-to-year pricing models that most companies are moving to. But for some, the investment may be more than they can afford, and would prefer the year-to-year pricing model.
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Scalability
Druva
We started very small with this product, only backing up key officers' laptops. After our initial experience, we found it very easy to scale up the product to all company laptops and expand into file servers, VMWare servers, and other production-level data, like Office 365 and Teams. We found the product very easy to scale while remaining intuitive and efficient to use.
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Zerto
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Professional Services
Druva
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Zerto
I mean, it was 6 years ago, but we were up and going with all applications synchronizing in short order. The longest tasks was getting the 30 TB of application data synchronized between the datacenters.
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Return on Investment
Druva
  • Using Druva has simplified greatly the backup process. Once fully configured to your business needs, Druva provides a fast amount of backups.
  • Druva has saved a lot of time for the IT team. Usually time is wasted by staff members searching for a missing email. Now, they reach out to us or use their own Druva account to locate a missing email quickly and easily.
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Zerto
  • Zerto is like having the best possible insurance ... it just works, and often provides the backups taken overnight that are key in recovering data/work between overnight backups.
  • Zerto easily enabled the move of primary datacenters by allowing easy failover to a secondary site, and failback to the primary site.
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ScreenShots

Druva Security Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of Druva™ delivers unified data protection, management, and information governance for cloud applications. Delivered as-a-service, Druva inSync for SaaS applications simplifies backup, archival, and compliance to reduce the cost and complexity of protecting online data, ensure regulatory compliance, and improve data visibility.Screenshot of Druva inSync delivers automated multi-cloud backup, recovery, and compliance for SaaS applications such as Microsoft, Google Workspace, and Salesforce to protect against SaaS outages and attacks in a secure, centralized cloud platform.Screenshot of A Cloud-native Design for User Data Protection and Management
Scalability is provided by the dynamic scaling of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). Druva's global source level deduplication works with Amazon DynamoDB to store its hash table completing over a million looks-up every second.Screenshot of Druva offers an end-user data protection and governance platform that protects end-user workloadsa and offers value-add capabilities above and beyond core backup and recovery.

Zerto Screenshots

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