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Bacula Enterprise vs HPE Zerto Software comparison

Bacula Systems and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Bacula Systems is ranked #24 with an average rating of 10.0, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #2 with an average rating of 9.0. Bacula Systems holds a 1.1% mindshare in BRS, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 2.0% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Bacula Systems users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.
Bacula Enterprise
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90% willing to recommend
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98% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 22, 2026

HPE Zerto Software and Bacula Enterprise compete in enterprise backup and disaster recovery. HPE Zerto Software tends to offer better pricing and support, whereas Bacula Enterprise is favorable for those needing extensive capabilities through comprehensive features.

Features: HPE Zerto Software provides rapid data recovery, real-time ransomware detection, and seamless disaster recovery management for virtual environments. Its near-synchronous replication supports multi-cloud environments, helping to protect virtual machines effectively. Bacula Enterprise offers advanced data protection and scalability with features such as special plugins for different platforms, ease of use across various environments, and transparent licensing.

Room for Improvement: HPE Zerto Software could benefit from fuller orchestration support without reducing services for Hyper-V, as it is currently focusing on HPE VME. Improved support for on-premises scenarios is needed due to reliance on external analytics. HPE Zerto's real-time monitoring capabilities still need enhancement for better market competitiveness. Bacula Enterprise could improve with additional streamlined documentation, more responsive customer support, and possibly easier initial setup and configuration to facilitate deployment.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE Zerto Software ensures a straightforward deployment with extensive technical support, providing a quick setup process and reliable customer service. Bacula Enterprise has more intricate setup requirements but is complemented by comprehensive documentation and responsive customer service for complex environments.

Pricing and ROI: HPE Zerto Software offers a cost-effective solution for budget-conscious businesses, providing quick ROI through efficient recovery and minimal downtime. While Bacula Enterprise comes with a higher initial setup cost, its versatile and scalable features justify the investment by offering significant returns in the long run.

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Categories and Ranking

Bacula Enterprise
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
24th
Ranking in Cloud Backup
16th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE Zerto Software
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
2nd
Ranking in Cloud Backup
2nd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
346
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Bacula Enterprise is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Zerto Software is 2.0%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE Zerto Software2.0%
Bacula Enterprise1.1%
Other96.9%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Davilson Aguiar - PeerSpot reviewer
Davilson Aguiar
Analista Tecnologia Banco de Dados at Centro de Gestão da Tecnologia da Informação
Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression
It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company. A managerial user who wants more information beyond the operational technician should be able to access it. It could include greater transparency regarding the volume of data trafficked on the network, as well as the expectation of deduplication. A more practical strategy could come with a backup policy model as a suggestion for both large and small companies. A simple suggestion is to visually implement the backup time as far as your physical media.
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reviewer2802231 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer2802231
Dev Ops Engineer at a media company with 201-500 employees
Near-zero downtime has protected critical workloads and now simplifies hybrid cloud recovery
The best features of HPE Zerto Software are mainly very sophisticated and relevant to the current market. The data protection CDP part has real-time replication, unlike other solutions that have snapshot backups. We can set it up hourly, making it ideal for use with workloads. Another attraction is the near-zero RTO, with automated failover within minutes and one-click failover and failback. Currently, we are using a hybrid cloud solution, and HPE Zerto Software supports multi-cloud environments, making it easy to migrate between on-premises and cloud. Regarding the impact of HPE Zerto Software on our RTOs, we have near-zero RTO, meaning the system must be back online within thirty minutes if we measure the time. It is very quick to recover services. With HPE Zerto Software's near-synchronous replication, we have some CDP protection, so we typically write interceptions along with some asynchronous replication. There is almost real-time replication available.
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Bacula is very solid, very stable, and very scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the support for Linux servers."
"The support is outstanding and world-class."
"The most valuable feature is its ease of use; it works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure."
"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."
"We have been using it for several years and we are very satisfied with how easy it is to configure and set up and run backups."
"The solution has had a tremendous impact on our public company, as we are now cost-effective and even better on performance with our restorations."
"It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light."
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"Comparing to a regular backup solution, it reduces downtime by 95%."
"It's a nice tool, and you should go for it; I don't think you'll be disappointed."
"The most valuable feature is how quickly it powers down the original source VMs and the speed at which it powers up the new VMs. The amount of time it takes to put up the operating system is valuable. The speed is what I like the best."
"The ease of failover and test environments has proven invaluable."
"The most valuable tool is the dashboard, which allows us to immediately check the DLP status, replication data, and all other data needed to have cleaner and immediate control of the situation."
"Once you set it up, it just works, providing continuous data protection with an intuitive, easy-to-use interface and low maintenance, set-and-forget operation for our mission-critical databases."
"We use the solution for one-to-one replication from data center one to data center two, from server one to server two, or from the cloud to on-premises."
"I like the automation of transferring data in the case of any disaster to our VMs. It is also easy to use and fast."
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Cons

"We would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI."
"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement."
"The initial setup could be a bit easier."
"The interface needs to be easier for adding new devices to be managed."
"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."
"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."
"Relying solely on a desktop is a bit frustrating as its GUI isn't exactly responsive."
"A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed."
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"Zerto needs to improve significantly on the cost factor."
"The reporting could be improved in terms of the reports that you can show to auditors to prove that you have done the testing. I provide the reports that it generates now but, it would be great if, at the end of a DR test, it would generate a report of everything that Zerto did."
"You have to start with 25 VMs which is too much for SMB clients. It would be better if they had the option to start with 10."
"The only complaint is that if I remove a host from a cluster, it does not like that. If I move and put the host in maintenance mode to fix it, and vRA is down, Zerto does not like it. Zerto should figure out that this host has an issue and it went down. Zerto should then let me upload that vRA information to another vRA."
"I had to have my colleague contact technical support because we had an issue where VMs in VMware were getting blocked, and we weren't able to delete them."
"There's one feature that SRM had that Zerto doesn't have, and it's one that we've been asking for."
"When it comes to failover tests, we would like to be able to take that extra step to shut things down and see what it looks like at the other site versus just doing it in a virtual environment."
"I want to have an OVF or some local deployment where I can deploy the ZVRA rather than having to push it from the console. Some of our smaller remote sites have relatively poor bandwidth, and they can't keep up with the constant deployment stream from our center console, meaning we have to find some creative hours to get around the bandwidth bottlenecks. If I could push out a small install file, install it locally, and then reach back to the console, that would be excellent."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a perpetual license."
"This is an open-source solution."
"Zerto is a little expensive."
"I would like to see different service levels. They're good, but it still takes a lot of our budget in ops."
"We subscribe to their annual license package and we have tier one support with them."
"Staffing may be a little thin at times, but as far as budgeting what we buy, the price for this solution has not been so outrageous that we don't buy it."
"We find the Zerto pricing fits our budget."
"It was pretty appropriate. It was not too cheap, not too expensive. It was just about right."
"While conducting our proof of concept, I compared prices with just one other vendor. At the time, the price for Zerto was more favorable."
"The pricing is very reasonable."
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Comparison Review

it_user159711 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user159711
Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Nov 9, 2014
VMware SRM vs. Veeam vs. Zerto
Disaster recovery planning is something that seems challenging for all businesses. Virtualization in addition to its operational flexibility, and cost reduction benefits, has helped companies improve their DR posture. Virtualization has made it easier to move machines from production to…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
10%
University
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business90
Midsize Enterprise92
Large Enterprise195
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bacula Enterprise?
Bacula is more expensive than various other solutions. It’s almost completely commercial now. Products like Veeam software are much more expensive.
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What needs improvement with Bacula Enterprise?
Many features have been converted to commercial licensing, which restricts their availability.
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What is your primary use case for Bacula Enterprise?
The last scenario in which I used Bacula was for a customer who needed some open-source tool which could support encryption at that time. We managed to convince the customer to use Bacula to deploy...
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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?
Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1...
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What do you like most about Zerto?
Its ability to roll back if the VM or the server that you are recovering does not come up right is also valuable. You have the ability to roll back a few seconds or a few minutes. The rollback feat...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zerto?
From a pricing standpoint, HPE Zerto Software was reasonably priced initially compared to SRM, but now it is almost on par, if not better.
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Zerto Virtual Replication
 

Overview

Bacula Enterprise is a highly scalable, especially robust and secure data backup and recovery software. Its unique low cost subscription model empowers data centers to truly escape data volume price traps. With a high degree of flexibility and customizability, Bacula offers native integration with a wide range of hypervisors, databases, file systems, cloud interfaces and containers. High numbers of enterprise organizations worldwide (incl. NASA, Bank of Austria, Swisscom or Sky PLC) have adopted Bacula Enterprise backup software in mission critical environments because of its advanced features and ability to handle high data volume at very low cost.

Bacula Systems

Zerto is used for disaster recovery, business continuity, data migration, and ransomware recovery, providing continuous data protection and near real-time replication. Valued for ease of use, efficient failover processes, and versatile integration, it enhances organizational efficiency, reduces errors, and boosts productivity.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
 

Sample Customers

NASA, SwissCom, Navisite, Turner Studios, Bank Austria, Caixa Bank, SdV Plurimedia, Leibniz University Hannover, Zeta Global, Tricore, NetLog, Siemens, LocaWeb, wbsGo, itesys, Queens School of Computing, Escrypt.
United Airlines, HCA, XPO Logistics, TaxSlayer, McKesson, Insight Global, American Airlines, Tencate, Aaron’s, Grey’s County, Kingston Technologies
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