Datto Cloud Continuity vs HPE Zerto Software comparison

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datto and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. datto is ranked #43, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #2 with an average rating of 9.0. datto holds a 1.0% mindshare in CB, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of datto users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 22, 2026

HPE Zerto Software and Datto Cloud Continuity are two prominent solutions in the data protection and disaster recovery sector. HPE Zerto Software often gains an edge due to its higher customer satisfaction and flexibility, while Datto Cloud Continuity stands out with its robust feature set, attracting users despite its pricing.

Features: HPE Zerto Software enables seamless disaster recovery and data migration across virtual environments, including real-time data protection and near-zero RTO. It supports multi-cloud environments and offers automated failover features. Datto Cloud Continuity excels with automated backups, rapid recovery, and robust integration capabilities, offering superior automation that simplifies existing infrastructure integration.

Room for Improvement: HPE Zerto Software could benefit from enhancing its ease of use, particularly for non-technical users. Simplifying the initial setup process and providing more intuitive interfaces would help attract a broader user base. Datto Cloud Continuity could improve by offering more flexible pricing options, expanding customization features, and enhancing reporting and analytics capabilities to meet diverse business needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE Zerto Software offers a straightforward deployment process known for scalability, though it demands more technical knowledge. The customer support is responsive and efficient. Datto Cloud Continuity, in contrast, is celebrated for its quick setup and simplicity, requiring less technical expertise, paired with proactive customer service that significantly highlights its appeal.

Pricing and ROI: HPE Zerto Software involves a higher upfront cost but is often seen as providing strong long-term ROI due to its scalability. Datto Cloud Continuity, conversely, offers competitive upfront pricing focusing on affordability. Its efficient recovery times and robust performance deliver an attractive price-performance ratio, an essential factor for budget-conscious users.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Datto Cloud Continuity

Ranking in Cloud Backup

43rd

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

29th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

HPE Zerto Software

Ranking in Cloud Backup

2nd

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

1st

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

360

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (2nd), Cloud Migration (1st), Autonomous Operational Resilience (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Datto Cloud Continuity is 1.0%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Zerto Software is 2.5%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HPE Zerto Software	2.5%
Datto Cloud Continuity	1.0%
Other	96.5%

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TrevorSmith

Assistant Director, Network Operations at Premier Marine Insurance

Provides enterprise-level protection from ransomware attacks

Speaking about how the product is deployed in my company's business operations, I would say that it is an appliance with a critical infrastructure. In terms of data protection capabilities, the tool's ability to boot a device and have a separate network has saved the day for many of our company's clients who use the solution. If you have a collection of old servers, and if one of the old servers dies, you could be dead in the water if you cannot locally boot a server. Even the new gears in place can have an issue if people are not spending money on robust hardware tools, and replace them. It is necessary to have the local boot options if and when you have a hardware issue. The product brings the most value in the area of virtual boot when it comes to disaster recovery since it can boot up a version of the server from before an incident, which is helpful and allows your company to have a lower RPO or recovery point objective. It makes a big difference if you can have an RPO in hours rather than in days. The image-based backup functionality has revolutionized and impacted our company recovery time objectives since we deal in hours and not in days. The interface of the product is intuitive. I like the product's functionality that provides the ability to see everything at a glance, along with the alerting feature. Maintenance is required since certain drives die at times. In general, maintenance is required to deal with dead RAMs and hard drives. The former clients with small offices and the old Linux servers that used to die in production used to boot such servers with the help of Datto Cloud Continuity. The aforementioned process allows the clients to continue running their business while buying time to get replacement hardware, making a big difference that helps them reduce potential data loss or downtime. The local boot provided by the product saved the day for many of our company's clients. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. Though the tool is not inexpensive, it provides enterprise-level protection from ransomware. I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

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Aslah Faseel K

DevOps 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

"They are laser-focused on bringing forth proven protection technologies and stopping cybercriminals from being able to breach, break, steal, or compromise your data."

"Very friendly, since it visually facilitates the control and administration of the backups."

"For local backup, it works well."

"The solution has the capability to scale well."

"The platform provides a faster backup process."

"The product's initial setup phase is easy."

"Datto has strong competition, but they succeeded in linking their service to the device. It's easy for managed service providers to sell and upsell products using their portal and the remote monitoring and maintenance."

"The data recovery of the solution is very good."

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"We're able to replicate all of our data and be able to bring up an entire data center within a matter of minutes, which has become our go-to for our resiliency within both of our data centers."

"The most valuable feature of Zerto is the quick recovery time."

"I've been fortunate enough not to need to rely on Zerto in an actual disaster, but we do testing every year. Sometimes, it's multiple times annually or at the year's end. It takes the recovery workflow, which would normally take a lot of planning, and reduces that to just a few minutes."

"The RTO and RPO are unparalleled; in the event you do have an issue, you can be back up and running (depending on the size of your infrastructure) within minutes, with your RTO at 15 minutes and data loss at five minutes, which I don't think is matched by anybody else in the field."

"I would rate Zerto a nine out of ten."

"The most valuable feature is the rollback feature that captures every couple of minutes. Whenever we have a server that goes down, we can use that to pull it back a couple of minutes before and it's good to go."

"We have had many instances where VMs were corrupted by an application owner, where they were installing something and did not create a snapshot in VMware for it, and instead of tapping into our backups, with just two clicks, we were able to restore the VM back to its original state, which helps a lot in the day-to-day running of our business."

"Zerto has given us the peace of mind to know that we have full DR protection for our critical applications."

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Cons

"At the time I was using it, I would've focused more on signatures of malicious software in the cloud. I love Datto, and I know they're on the right path, but I probably would've focused more on the operating system update management. When you go from the desk to the cloud or from the server room to the cloud, everything changes. Everything is different. You're not in control of your servers anymore. It is from the Active Directory management perspective and not from the perspective of zero-day attacks or other similar things. At the time, more focus on zero-day attacks and business email compromise (BEC) would've been a better protection factor than just educating about how many of these attacks have occurred."

"The fact that Datto Cloud Continuity is not cheap is one of the aspects that I don't like about the product, making it an area where improvements are required."

"To better integrate compatibility with other operating systems, in addition to Windows Server."

"I don't have any feedback to provide in terms of features that may be lacking."

"Right now the appliances have a functional limit of 50 protected servers each."

"At the time I was using it, I would've focused more on signatures of malicious software in the cloud."

"Datto's only shortcoming is RMM. They have a portal-based connection service like ConnectWise, but it does backups and keeps things running. Datto purchased Backupify and Kaseya bought Datto. If they upped the ante in their RMM, I could see them dominating the MSP space. At the end of the day, MSPs are responsible for networks, software, devices, and backup. Datto covers all these functions so they could offer a turnkey MSP solution."

"They are now providing the device instead of selling it, while wanting their users to sign a three-year contract, and this is something which my clients don't like...I dislike the fact that signing a three-year contract is required."

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"I always get some blowback about the cost."

"If I have to reboot a virtual machine host, I have issues with Zerto catching up afterward."

"When I have a technical question, it sometimes takes a while for tech support to respond."

"I don't like the evacuation process. The host evacuation process could be a little simpler too."

"One thing I would like to see, and I know that this is on their roadmap, is the ability to use long-term storage in the cloud, like in Azure or AWS, making that even more seamless. Whether it's stored in glacier or on-prem, being able to retrieve that data in a quick manner would be helpful. They're just not there yet."

"I would suggest improving automatic updates. Their software requires updating level by level to keep it current. I was unaware that I was several versions behind, so I needed assistance to guide me to the current version."

"If the log was more detailed and more user-friendly, we wouldn't have to make the calls to the support to try and figure out where the problem lies."

"Its initial setup can be better. It looks easy, but if you do not have things in the right place, it is not as easy as it looks. Some of the instructions were not clear. They were a little bit confusing. For example, while setting up SSH initially, it was a little bit unclear if I needed to use a regular credential or some other credential. This was one of the things that was a little fuzzy, and we had to get somebody else involved to help us out."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"As the company grew from business continuity—or what used to be called business BCDR—they brought on services. Certain services, such as SaaS protection, were a value-add, but you would expect to pay for them. They are not going to be free. It is just the life that you live when you're evaluating software vendors, partners, etc. There is going to be some form of a base offering, and then there are going to be different tiers that you need to get up to a better level."

"I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"Get the Enterprise Cloud license because it's the most flexible, and the pricing should come in around $1,000 per VM."

"Its price is reasonable. I have not worked with other tools, but as compared to its competitors such as VMware, its price is lower. So, in my opinion, its price is good."

"The solution is very cost-effective and very easy to set-up but does not compromise on features."

"The pricing is pretty competitive to that of other options out there. When we shopped around, it was in line with the price of other solutions."

"Its pricing is very competitive. As compared to VMware SRM, Zerto has reduced our OPEX cost by at least 30%."

"The pricing is slightly above average, but the immediate and comprehensive support makes the price acceptable."

"In a world where others are catching up, e.g., VMware High Availability, there needs to be a less expensive option as well. When a customer has approximately 100 VMs, if you multiply by 40, we aren't charging a very high margin on it at all since the license is so expensive. We feel their pain. That is the most expensive part of it. The storage, CPU, and RAM are a lot less. It is the licensing that is really expensive. Whereas, with an option like VMware High Availability, it is a couple dollars per month. That is our spend that we are charged by VMware, then our margin is higher on those VMs. Giving us some ability to have higher margins, as an MSP, would be a good thing."

"Zerto does a per-workload licensing model, per-server. It is simple and straightforward, but it is not super flexible. It is kind of a one size fits all. They charge the same price for those workloads. I feel like they could have some flexible licensing option possibly based on criticality, just so we could protect less important work. I would love to protect every workload in my environment with Zerto, whether I really need it or not, but the cost is such that I really have to justify that protection. So, if we had some more flexibility, e.g., you could protect servers with a two-, three-, or four-hour RPO at a certain price point versus mission-critical every five minutes, then I would be interested in that."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

11%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Construction Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Outsourcing Company

10%

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Construction Company

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Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	1

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Small Business	94
Midsize Enterprise	93
Large Enterprise	207

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Also Known As

Datto Cloud Continuity for PCs

Zerto Virtual Replication

Overview

Datto Cloud Continuity offers a reliable, user-friendly platform for data protection and disaster recovery, focusing on quick backup processes and scalable solutions, ensuring managed service providers are well-equipped against ransomware threats.

Datto Cloud Continuity is designed for backup, disaster recovery, and ransomware prevention. It efficiently manages backups and VM operations through an intuitive web interface. Its compelling data recovery capabilities and competitive pricing make it a valuable choice for MSPs. While the platform exhibits scalability and resilience, improvements are needed in Hyper-V integration, agent reliability, and cloud recovery options. Its pricing model and recovery duration could be optimized. Further enhancements in integration with operating systems and cybersecurity practices are suggested for broader appeal, along with stronger RMM features.

What are the key features of Datto Cloud Continuity?

Web Interface: Simplifies management of backups and VM operations.
Data Recovery: Efficient data recovery processes bolster confidence.
Scalability: Designed to handle growing data needs.
Ransomware Protection: Limits maximum data loss to 59 minutes.

What benefits should users expect in Datto Cloud Continuity reviews?

User Confidence: Built from quick backup and efficient recovery.
Competitive Pricing: Offers cost savings against potential threats.
Device Integration: Links services with ease for MSPs.
Support Attention: Ensures reliable customer support and assistance.

In industry environments managed by ConnectWise, Datto Cloud Continuity acts as a critical part of network operations, ensuring consistent backups of end-user devices and leveraging cloud synchronization for secure storage. Evaluated by companies for cost-effectiveness based on asset value and risks, it functions as a security hub, offering protection against vulnerabilities, including hardware failures.

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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.

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United Airlines, HCA, XPO Logistics, TaxSlayer, McKesson, Insight Global, American Airlines, Tencate, Aaron’s, Grey’s County, Kingston Technologies

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