HPE Zerto Software Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 8.2 out of 10

Score

8.2 out of 10

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for HPE Zerto Software are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Efficient Support Staff: Users have consistently praised the very good support staff for their quick problem resolution without any hassle. Some users find both the management interface and configuration processes to be user-friendly, with ease in deployment and maintenance highlighted as positive aspects.

Real-Time Replication and Recovery: Many reviewers value real-time replication capabilities, fast recovery times, seamless VM migrations with near-zero downtime, comprehensive monitoring features, efficient management interface, easy file-level recovery options, and compatibility with cloud solutions offered by the platform.

Overall Positive Experience: Users appreciate various aspects such as site-to-site replication functionalities, faster RPO & RTOs (Recovery Time Objectives), platform-to-platform conversion of virtual machines, successful recovery testing procedures provided by Zerto's platform.

Reviews

54 Reviews

Zerto for disaster recovery

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

August 5, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Zerto for disaster recovery and it is very easy to use. The fail over process is easy as well as the fail back process. Very busy SQL servers can sometimes will be a difficult to keep in sync, but following Zerto's best practice guide will help with these issues.

Pros

Disaster recovery
Ransomware protection
One to many replication

Cons

Tier 1 support is not great
Expensive
Limitations migrating back from managed disks

Likelihood to Recommend

Zerto well suited as an Azure disaster recovery solution. The off site clone feature is fantastic for point in time backups. Great solution for replicating to the cloud. I would say Zerto is not a great solution for small and medium business as it does take some technical knowledge to manage and is expensive at small scales.

Zak Farris

Computer and Information Systems Manager in Information Technology at Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Zerto for disaster recovery and migration use!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

August 5, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Zerto for disaster recovery, special in cases where a very low RPO is required. This is mostly from VMware to VMware. This what Zerto can do very well. We also use Zerto for migrations from (mostly) Hyper V to VMware. Zerto can manage as one of the few to do this from Hyper V to VMware whitout to much trouble. A very good part is in this case is also the there is a 'provider' part but also a customer part and the customer can do it's own migrations en (test) fail-overs.

Pros

Low RPO
Hyper-V VMWare Migrations
Customer portal
Test fail-over

Cons

No refresh button to import new config from VMWare
Ghost VRA are not always removable
High license costs

Likelihood to Recommend

Zerto is well used in cases where you need a very low RPO and you want you want to be in control just as your customer. The same counts if you want to migrate from platform A to platform B. It's less suited for companies that cannot afford high costs. The license is not cheap, but you can do a lot with Zerto and the support is very good at Zerto.

Miranda de Wilde

Infrastructure Engineer in Engineering at Fundaments B.V. (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

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Zerto at an MSP

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 26, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Zerto as an onboarding tool as well as a DR solution to simplify movement of and failing of various workloads.

Pros

Disaster recover
Vm migration
Ease of use

Cons

Availability of logging
Trouble diagnosis
Documentation

Likelihood to Recommend

Working at an MSP, we find Zerto to be a great tool for onboarding new customers and as a disaster recovery solution.

James McCullough

Senior System Engineer in Information Technology at FNTS (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

8 years of experience

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Zerto delivers the goods

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 9, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Zerto is one of our primary tools for Disaster Recovery. We tier all of our virtual servers via priority, all of which are prioritized accordingly in Zerto for our backup frequency needs in the event we need to invoke our DR site. The fast connections and replication allow for a large amount of replicated data.

Pros

Very good support staff - we never have an issue getting a problem resolved
On the easier side of configuration and maintenance
Very good Management Interface, maybe one of the best

Cons

Can be expensive to scale
Licensing could be better for smaller organizations
Ability to customize more in the dashboard would be nice

Likelihood to Recommend

[Zerto is a] great tool for backups and aligns well with our DR backup site strategy. It is easy to scale by adding servers, has nice integration with Hyper-V, as well as a nice security feature to scan files for possible ransomware indicators. However, it can be cost-prohibitive for smaller organizations.

Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Zerto for the Win!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 4, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

High-value virtual servers are replicated from our primary production data center to our secondary fail-over data center. In effect, this represents the core of our disaster recovery and business continuity plans. Other, legacy backup and restore solutions were too slow to restore, and [the] speed of restore is among the most important features for our environment.

Pros

Speed of recovery
Reduction of RPO
Ease of use

Cons

Dependence on virtual protection groups
Release of updates to align with VMware releases
Product documentation could be improved

Likelihood to Recommend

For direct failover between data centers, this product excels. Of course, connectivity between data centers is at a premium and the product doesn't fare well with excessive latency. For metro area failover, it's ideal, for a longer, continental distance, the latency would probably be too much. Also, the rate of data change is key: a very high rate of data change is challenging, even with this product.

Ian Hillier

Senior Systems Engineer in Information Technology at Room & Board (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Excellent migration tool

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

November 23, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We mainly use Zerto as migration from our customer's on-premises data center (which could be their own or a competitor's data center), but in fewer cases as a DRaaS solution for our customers.

Pros

VM migrations with near-zero downtime
Easy to deploy, use, and maintain
Very fast and robust tool

Cons

Zerto is too pricey compared to other solutions
Zerto should also include P2V solutions in their platform
ZVMs could ship as OVF/OVA appliances instead of installing them on top of Windows Server

Likelihood to Recommend

I've been working with Zerto mainly in new customer migrations from their site to our data centers. For me, this is a much superior tool compared to vSphere Replication/SRM/Carbonite for the purpose it serves because of its low learning curve, fast deployment and configuration, and amazingly-built compression technology. Whenever we're on a tight project schedule, Zerto is our #1 choice. Even though I find it amazing as a DR/backup tool (for instance, having 5-second checkpoints for a virtual machine guarantees any recovery in case of a disaster), it becomes too pricey unless you have a very specific need for such a small RPO.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Senior System Administrator Zerto Guy

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 23, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Its real-time replication and worry-free DR solution is the reason we decided to use and retain this product. This makes our annual/quarterly DR tests a breeze and gives peace of mind for any true DR event. I recommend Zerto to any friends/colleagues that could utilize it at their companies.

Pros

Real-Time Replication
DR Testing
Recovery Reporting

Cons

Automation
File Restore Capability - specifically the ability to restore Windows compressed/encrypted files or folders
Increase storage compression/de-dupe

Likelihood to Recommend

[Zerto is the] best real-time replication and DR product on the market. Personally, I would not use it for backup or LTR in a scenario such as ours, since we use VSAN and that storage is very expensive compared to traditional SAN. If you want to make life easier with annual/quarter DR tests then you should 100% purchase Zerto.

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

5 Star Enterprise Disaster Recovery Product! It just works!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 21, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Zerto for disaster recovery and site replication between our primary and DR datacenters. We are able to recover our virtual servers in near real-time from a failure or disaster event. Zerto helps us meet audit and regulatory needs in the banking industry for backup/recovery of our datacenters.

Pros

Site to Site replication
Near real-time replication and recovery from point in time
Faster RPO & RTOs
Easy to use, can restore a virtual machine with a few mouse clicks
Easy DR testing

Cons

Expensive licensing cost
Language barrier depending on which support tech you receive.

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Zach Koenig

Senior System Administrator in Information Technology at Capitol Federal Savings Bank (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Great software for Data Recovery

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

November 16, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Zerto for disaster recovery across the entire organization. With it, we are able to minimize downtime by making sure that we are able to bring up downed systems in a timely manner. It helps us to manage the virtual machines in a way that maximizes uptime and limits downtime.

Pros

Monitor multiple devices
Manage VM snapshots
Migrate VM in a timely manner

Cons

Ease of use
Documentation

Likelihood to Recommend

Zerto would be very helpful in an environment where you would need to bring up Virtual Machines in a disaster recovery environment in a quick and timely manner.

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Zerto for fast DR recovery

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

November 15, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Zerto for real-time replication of our production Hyper V virtual environment. It is a crucial part of our disaster recovery protection.

Pros

Realtime replication
Fast recovery
Platform to platform conversation of virtual machines
Easy file level recovery

Cons

The GUI could be a little more intuitive.
[I would appreciate] being able to call local scripts on virtual machines.
[I would like] better/more customizable reporting.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you need to keep your RPO and RTO down to seconds/minutes then Zerto is an amazing solution for this. It also allows for long-term retention and file-level recovery as well. It also has an amazing feature where it allows for Hyper V to VMware conversation in a fail-over scenario.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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