Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines vs HPE Zerto Software vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Dell Technologies is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.3, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #1 with an average rating of 9.0. Dell Technologies holds a 4.9% mindshare in DRS, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 7.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtu...

Read 15 Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines reviews

2,763 Views
2,570 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

HPE Zerto Software

Read 346 HPE Zerto Software reviews

15,919 Views
8,437 Comparison Views

98% willing to recommend

Veeam Data Platform

Read 431 Veeam Data Platform reviews

30,435 Views
9,435 Comparison Views

94% willing to recommend

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtu...

HPE Zerto Software

Veeam Data Platform

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, HPE Zerto Software, and Veeam Data Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out what your peers are saying about Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Veeam Software, Broadcom and others in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software.

To learn more, read our detailed Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Report (Updated: March 2026).

Buyer's Guide

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

March 2026

Download the complete report

Helped 885,444 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

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

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is 4.9%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Zerto Software is 7.3%, down from 10.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Platform is 12.8%, down from 23.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HPE Zerto Software	7.3%
Veeam Data Platform	12.8%
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines	4.9%
Other	75.0%

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

Featured Reviews

ClaudioSalgado

IT Architect Consultant at RTFM

Offers replication flexibility across multiple environments, including local centers and secondary sites

It offers key features like any point-in-time recovery without needing scheduled snapshots. It allows for automated VM protection during processes like failover and testing, and it offers replication flexibility across multiple environments, including local centers and secondary sites. It also provides IP address management when network configurations differ across sites.

Read full review

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.

Read full review

Tamer Hossam

Applications section Head at Raya Integration

Continuous replication and backup simplify customer service across enterprises of any size

Veeam Data Platform provides me with the most useful features such as application restore, single file restore, backup and replication, and continuous replication. We utilize these features for management and the customers we serve. Veeam Data Platform provides features such as immutability and ransomware protection. While we use other applications for ransomware protection, we rely on Veeam Data Platform for encryption.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a very simple tool to use and offers flexibility in using the tool for recovery and transitioning from one state to another."

"One person can do the whole implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of the solution."

"The most valuable features are the data center recovery administration and the time of recovery."

"It is a point-in-time restore, which is quite handy."

"When it comes to disaster recovery, this is one of the best solutions there is for EMC products."

"One of the standout features of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is its real-time data protection capability."

"The technical support from Dell is excellent."

"The speed and the footprint the solution uses regarding storage are great."

More Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines pros

"The ability to test that my backup regime is actually doing and working as I want it to do is valuable."

"It reduced the backup recovery time of our main backup solution by several hours. It's reduced our time because before we have to build a system and restore the data, we install the application and restore the data that took us at least a good 24 hours to do that. And now it's really minutes for us to recover our backup solution."

"Its ease of use is most valuable. The online documentation is very clear and helpful. We are able to solve a lot of problems on our own without having to contact support."

"One of the features I appreciate the most about the HPE Zerto Software is the simplicity of the replication, which allows the RPO to be in seconds rather than hours, which is what we were used to."

"Zerto is literally the best vendor that we deal with overall as an IT Department."

"The ease of use is one of the most valuable features when it comes to making changes and configuring. It's very easy to set up and configure. It's a great product."

"Four years ago when we did a PoC between two other vendors and Zerto, there were two features of Zerto that sold it, hands-down."

"In situations of failback or moving workloads, it saves us hours. If I were to have to move a four or five terabyte machine using something like VMware's virtual copy it has to install on the machine and copy the data over. Then it has to shut the machine down and do a final copy, which means there's a lot of downtime while it's doing the final copy."

More HPE Zerto Software pros

"I am not a direct user of this product, but my technical guys tell me that they like the product, and it is easy to use, and we don't have any issues with it."

"Its most valuable features are seeding and faster backups over small links."

"This solution is very stable and reliable."

"Cloud integration is a good option."

"Veaam ONE is a very good product in virtualized environments."

"This product has significantly reduced our backup windows as backup times have been significantly reduced, as well as the speed at which we can recover systems if needed."

"Strong performance with a high level of compatibility."

"We use it for failover and disaster recovery, and there have been times when our primary systems have failed and we've been able to run virtually until our primary systems are available again, so from a business continuity experience it has worked fairly well."

More Veeam Data Platform pros

Cons

"The solution's technical team has enough skills, but the process can get complicated with the time you get connected with the L3 support."

"Although we can change the IP address, it would be good to have some other sort of orchestration to make life easier to manage when we failover."

"I would like to have the HTML 5 interface working because it is currently not functioning with the VMware environment."

"It would be good to have a critical application on the customer side."

"It should have features for recovering a group of virtual machines and full-scale security. For recovering all the VMs at once, they don't have a GUI option, and we have to use the command line."

"I would like to see integration with EMC NetWorker in the next release."

"It can have better integration. It would be good if, in addition to VMware VM, it can also support other hypervisors. I also want to see support for Oracle databases. As of now, it supports only SQL and Exchange. It would be good to also support other databases."

"Their L1 support is not so good as of now. They have recently outsourced to a company, and they are not doing good."

More Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines cons

"More user support would be best for me because I'm not in the product all the time. So, having strong support is probably the most important decision on any products that we buy."

"The interface is the only thing that we've ever really had an issue with. It's gone through some revisions; the UI is not clunky, but it's not as streamlined as it could be, and some of the workflow things are not as nice as they could be."

"There could be improvements in support. Here, in Malaysia, there is no on-site support."

"If something happens, and we are out and about, I would like to be able to interface with it on our mobile phones."

"We'd like to be able to migrate data without its operating system or any other functionality and without having to go through a virtual machine or server."

"Some of the features need improvement. One would be, as you're creating a Move group or a VPG, as they call it, it should either autosave or have the ability so that you can save it for coming back to later because if the setup times out, you lose all your work."

"The ease of setup can be improved in the next release of HPE Zerto Software. The initial setup of the DNS environments and backup environment took us time to implement, and if the process was wizard-driven, that would have been really beneficial."

"The replication appliances tend to have issues when they recover from being powered off when a host is in maintenance mode. Sometimes you have to do a manual task where you go in and detach hard disks that are no longer in use, to get the replication appliances to power back on. There are some improvements to be made around the way those recover."

More HPE Zerto Software cons

"Compression rates could be improved for moving thousands of machines at a time."

"The initial setup of Veeam Backup Replication is straightforward. The process took approximately two days. The setup could be streamlined to take less time."

"I haven't dived into it to make sure, but I wish the m365 backup would integrate into the current console so that we don't have to use two different consoles."

"It would be ideal if users could know that their data is backed up and have some security functionality where you can actually use the backup to spin up a new cluster and take it from there."

"Even though the speed has improved over the years, I think that there are some instances where it still takes a while."

"Tape support is there, but needs improvement."

"Its reporting feature could be better."

"Sometimes, it's a little difficult for me to use its user interface. Its scope is very big with a lot of tuning, settings, and so on. If it's difficult for me, it must also be difficult for our customers."

More Veeam Data Platform cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It was a part of a backup solution. So, it was free for us."

"This is an expensive product."

"This is not a very cheap solution and compared to others, it is expensive."

"Pricing-wise, it is pretty much fair for any customer who only has a VMware environment. Licensing is based on the number of VMs that you want to protect at any given point in time. Licensing is not based on size."

"There is a license required for this solution and the pricing depends on how many virtual machines you have."

"The tool is expensive. If one means cheaply priced and ten means expensive, I rate the tool's price as a seven."

"I think everything can be cheaper. Pricing limited our ability to use Zerto as much as we'd like, but that's not why we haven't adopted it as our primary backup solution."

"The pricing is straightforward."

"The licensing is a little bit steep, but there is some value that you do get for it as well."

"Its licensing is yearly. You can do multi-year contracts, which is what we did. You pay per VM, and you replicate a license per VM. So, we bought about 20 licenses. We paid somewhere between $5,000 and $10,000. There is an initial upfront cost. Basically, you buy the license, and then you have a maintenance cost on top of that. So, the upfront cost is somewhere between $5,000 to $10,000. The maintenance is $5,000 to $10,000 over a three-year period."

"I'd like to see better tiering for Zerto's pricing. We do multi-tier VMs. I don't think I should be paying a penalty and price for a tier-three VM where I don't need a really tight SLA like I do for a tier-one."

"It is not cheap, but it is reasonable for what it is offering. It gives me the peace of mind that my data is protected. It is worth the cost."

"As far as I know, the pricing is around $1,000 per VM, but Zerto is changing the pricing model to more of an enterprise-class license. I don't know if there are any additional costs or fees."

"Licensing is VM based so you can buy packages or single VM. Price is not low but the power of application is high, so you will get your money back."

More HPE Zerto Software pricing and cost advice

"The price of Veeam Backup Replication is reasonable. It is not inexpensive nor is it expensive, it is in the middle range compared to other solutions. There can be additional costs for addons."

"A nice aspect of Veeam's pricing is that the cost benefit is good. It's very economical."

"The solution provides flexible licensing options."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"It is relatively cheap."

"The price of the solution could be lower."

"The pricing structure for Veeam ONE has changed to what is now called the "VUL" or "Universal License". Previously, people mainly used socket licenses, but this has now changed. The new pricing structure was introduced last year."

"The price of Veeam is much lower than the IBM solution."

More Veeam Data Platform pricing and cost advice

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Disaster Recovery (DR) Software solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

885,444 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Comparison Review

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…

Read full review

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	6

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	90
Midsize Enterprise	92
Large Enterprise	195

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	218
Midsize Enterprise	99
Large Enterprise	139

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?

Most of the time, we buy perpetual license solutions.

See all answers

What needs improvement with Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?

Although we can change the IP address, it would be good to have some other sort of orchestration to make life easier ...

See all answers

What is your primary use case for Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?

I was actually just having a quick look to compare some solutions, but we are going to stick with what we currently h...

See all answers

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 ...

See all answers

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...

See all answers

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zerto?

Regarding the pricing of HPE Zerto Software, I would say it is not high but rather in the mid-range. HPE Zerto Softwa...

See all answers

Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?

Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup ...

See all answers

How do the backup solutions of Veeam and Veritas compare?

Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file syste...

See all answers

How does Nakivo compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?

Nakivo is my favorite backup software. Below are the main benefits of Nakivo compared to Veeam 1. Low cost. 2. Backup...

See all answers

Comparisons

VMware Live Recovery vs Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

Compared 53% of the time

NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

Compared 3% of the time

IBM Disaster Recovery Manager vs Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

Compared 2% of the time

BDRShield vs Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

Compared 2% of the time

Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service vs Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

Compared 2% of the time

More Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Competitors

VMware Live Recovery vs HPE Zerto Software

Compared 5% of the time

Rubrik vs HPE Zerto Software

Compared 5% of the time

Commvault Cloud vs HPE Zerto Software

Compared 4% of the time

BDRShield vs HPE Zerto Software

Compared 4% of the time

Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service vs HPE Zerto Software

Compared 3% of the time

More HPE Zerto Software Competitors

Commvault Cloud vs Veeam Data Platform

Compared 5% of the time

Rubrik vs Veeam Data Platform

Compared 5% of the time

Acronis Cyber Protect vs Veeam Data Platform

Compared 4% of the time

VMware Live Recovery vs Veeam Data Platform

Compared 4% of the time

Cohesity DataProtect vs Veeam Data Platform

Compared 3% of the time

More Veeam Data Platform Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

March 2026

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines report

Download Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines product report

Buyer's Guide

HPE Zerto Software

March 2026

Download HPE Zerto Software product report

Buyer's Guide

Veeam Data Platform

March 2026

Download Veeam Data Platform product report

Also Known As

No data available

Zerto Virtual Replication

Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Veeam Backup & Replication

Overview

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines enables quick recovery of VMware virtual machines and allows you to efficiently test, manage and orchestrate operational backup and disaster recovery operations.

With tight integration with VMware, RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is storage and application agnostic, with built-in automation accessible via VMware vSphere web client plug-in.

When cloud becomes a vital part of your disaster recovery strategy, RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is also web-enabled, providing efficient replication to AWS and VMware Cloud on AWS.

RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite.

Dell Technologies

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

Veeam Data Platform is a global leader in data resilience, offering protection and recovery solutions that keep businesses operational. It integrates secure backups with intelligent data insights, providing robust defense against cyber threats and ensuring data remains recoverable and adaptable.

Engineered to address modern cybersecurity challenges, Veeam Data Platform delivers reliable protection with orchestrated and verifiable recovery processes. Its platform extends beyond traditional backup, providing frictionless operations and ensuring that data is secure and always available. With features like built-in defenses, cleanroom recovery validation, and a streamlined software appliance, organizations maintain business continuity without disruption. As a trusted choice, Veeam empowers firms to effectively manage data across virtual and physical environments, fostering resilience in the face of adversity.

What are the key features of Veeam Data Platform?

Easy Installation: Simplifies deployment and management processes.
VM Integration: Offers seamless integration with virtual machine environments.
Instant Recovery: Provides fast backup and restore capabilities.
Granular Recovery: Enables detailed recovery options.
Robust Replication: Supports powerful data replication features.
Data Deduplication: Enhances backup efficiency.
WAN Acceleration: Optimizes data transfer speeds.
Application-Specific Backup: Tailors backup solutions to specific applications.

What benefits and ROI should users consider when reviewing Veeam?

Reliable Protection: Ensures data security and availability.
Scalability: Adapts easily to growing infrastructure needs.
Cloud Integration: Facilitates seamless cloud and on-premise interactions.
Centralized Management: Offers comprehensive data management solutions.
Minimal Downtime: Ensures continuous business operations.

In many industries, Veeam Data Platform is integral for robust data management strategies. It is widely used for backup, replication, and data protection across both virtual and physical environments. Organizations value its support for VMs, file-level recovery, and efficient disaster recovery scenarios. Additionally, the platform's capability to integrate with cloud and on-premise systems ensures efficient centralized backup management, meeting the diverse demands of large-scale infrastructures.

Veeam Software

Sample Customers

Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative, PCS Publishing, Noble Foods

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

Information Not Available

Buyer's Guide

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

March 2026

Download Free Report

Find out what your peers are saying about Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Veeam Software, Broadcom and others in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software. Updated: March 2026.

DOWNLOAD NOW

885,444 professionals have used our research since 2012.