We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Zerto based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We use it for complete backup and recovery. We have multiple clients and have created multiple large virtual capabilities and zoning backlogs."
"Instead of four or five tools, consisting of backup software, storage where the backup resides, and a separate system for reporting and central monitoring, they all now come in the virtual edition for IDP."
"The product is easy to troubleshoot and store data."
"It backs up our Windows systems and our Linux systems and everything."
"Dell PowerProtect is stable and scalable."
"The solution is strong."
"We don't need to manage different devices."
"The product is integrated with Huawei software and its backup and recovery time is very fast."
"The feature I've found most valuable so far has been the ability to migrate the VMs from Hyper-V and Citrix Hypervisor. It's made our migration seamless. In the beginning, we were looking at freeware tools, and it was just a massive headache. Zerto solved a lot of the roadblocks that we'd run into in the past."
"I found VM level replication and being able to group the VM levels to be valuable. I like not having to worry about whether a particular VM is in the right storage group; some of those sorts of things would trip us up previously."
"The most valuable feature is real-time replication, where we have the ability to recover things in near real-time."
"It's very stable. It doesn't require a lot of intervention."
"Zerto is easy to use and the interface is very intuitive."
"Our RPOs and RTOs are now more in line with our other critical systems."
"We work a lot with customers that need disaster recovery and the best possible migration approaches, and Zerto helps them minimize the amount of effort it takes to finish their upgrades or migrations."
"Zerto is low maintenance, so I can set it and forget it. It has a great process and an excellent solution."
"We would like to see the pricing drop a bit."
"Managing the product is a little bit complicated."
"The solution should be easier to use."
"There is room for improvement in terms of network connectivity."
"The product's index master feature needs improvement."
"The price could be lowered slightly, to make it more competitive."
"I would like to see integration with Dell EMC's Cloud Tier."
"The only thing that could be improved would be the complexity of the initial setup."
"Zerto needs to improve its support for VMware Lifecycle Manager."
"If something happens, and we are out and about, I would like to be able to interface with it on our mobile phones. That would be great."
"Zerto's effect on our RPO can be improved."
"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."
"Their offsite backup is a bit clunky, but it will probably improve."
"One improvement that could make it easier would be to have an easier way to track journal usage and a little bit more training around journal sizing. I've done all the training and the journal is still a gray area. There is confusion surrounding how it's billed and how we should bill clients. It would be easier if it had billing suggestions or billing best practices for our clients to make sure that we're not leaving money on the table."
"There are a couple of areas in the interface that are not very intuitive. Most of them are pretty easy, but there are a few areas in the journal and replication that, unless you've done it before, you really have no idea what to do."
"We're not fully satisfied with the support team."
Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is ranked 22nd in Backup and Recovery with 12 reviews while Zerto is ranked 2nd in Backup and Recovery with 234 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is rated 8.2, while Zerto is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) writes "The product comes bundled with a host of useful solutions that help one centralize their work". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zerto writes "Gives us business continuity capabilities during hurricane season and in case of ransomware". Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Rubrik and Dell NetWorker, whereas Zerto is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, VMware SRM, Rubrik, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines and Commvault Cloud. See our Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) vs. Zerto report.
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