HPE Zerto Software vs Nutanix Disaster Recovery comparison

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Nutanix are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #1 with an average rating of 9.1, while Nutanix is ranked #18 with an average rating of 8.3. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 5.6% mindshare in DRS, compared to Nutanix’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Nutanix users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 22, 2026

HPE Zerto Software and Nutanix Disaster Recovery are competitive solutions in the disaster recovery category. Based on available data, Nutanix Disaster Recovery might have the upper hand in features while HPE Zerto Software offers more favorable pricing and support.

Features: HPE Zerto Software offers continuous data protection, real-time ransomware detection, and near-zero RTO, enhancing data resilience. Nutanix Disaster Recovery excels in seamless integration with hyper-converged infrastructure, advanced automation capabilities, and offers local storage solutions that optimize performance.

Room for Improvement: HPE Zerto Software could enhance its integration capabilities with certain platforms and improve service features for Hyper-V environments. Users indicate the need for better cloud-based control. Nutanix Disaster Recovery might need further improvements in simplifying its setup process and potentially reducing initial setup costs. Users may benefit from more flexible pricing options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nutanix Disaster Recovery boasts a streamlined deployment process with high integration ease, especially for Nutanix hardware users. It is praised for its intuitive setup and strong customer service. HPE Zerto Software is noted for its straightforward deployment process but may lag behind in integration ease with diverse platforms. Both companies provide robust customer support, but Nutanix might have an edge with its emphasis on service.

Pricing and ROI: HPE Zerto Software is generally viewed as more affordable, appealing to businesses focused on reducing operational costs and maximizing ROI. Nutanix Disaster Recovery involves higher setup costs, but customers often find the comprehensive feature set and operational efficiency justify the additional investment, leading to substantial long-term ROI benefits.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Zerto Software

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

1st

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

365

Ranking in other categories

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

Nutanix Disaster Recovery

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

18th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of HPE Zerto Software is 5.6%, down from 9.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Disaster Recovery is 1.5%, up from 0.9% 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	5.6%
Nutanix Disaster Recovery	1.5%
Other	92.9%

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Featured Reviews

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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Vijay-Patel

Technical asst. at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees

Integrated backups and orchestration have protected critical workloads with zero downtime

Pricing is always a consideration because nowadays the price has increased a lot. We bought our system five years ago and we paid in advance, so we are not yet affected by the price increase. However, we are planning to buy another solution in the very near future because the old one is now phasing out. We are planning to buy a replacement of the existing infrastructure and we are facing a lot of cost issues because they increased the price. Previously it was per socket. Now they moved to per core with many other restrictions. Our experience over the last five years has been very positive, but nowadays we find that Nutanix support is degraded. They started reducing their support. Their new functionality is not as stable. Nutanix has added Kubernetes cluster creation, segmentation, and micro-segmentation. Even their support people are not fully knowledgeable. Their support people are trained for VM-based systems, but now their own internal services are running using Kubernetes and containerization. Their support staff does not have enough knowledge to provide proper support. This may be a transition period where a lot of new functionality has been added and the support staff is not yet well acquainted with it.

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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

"Zerto is not cheap but is an invaluable asset."

"The replication and recovery features are the most valuable... On two occasions, other departments in our organization reported issues with specific virtual machines. We used the checkpoint feature of the Zerto to enable the recovery of those machines to a point that was a few minutes prior to the problem."

"The testing features are the most valuable features of this solution. We use the failover test feature not just for testing failovers and disaster recovery, we've also had clients use it for development purposes as well as patching purposes to test patches. We can failover the VM and then we can make any changes we want without affecting production. It's a nice sandbox for that usage."

"Bottom line, its a great product that brings standardization and simplicity to DR/BC."

"It's a great platform, if you use it as a recovery system and as a migration tool."

"In terms of the most valuable features, having the failover tests where you can see where your actual RTO and RPO would be is really nice, especially for the management level. I really liked the ease of when I need to do a file or folder restore off the cuff. Usually, it takes me less than five minutes to do it, including the mounting of the actual image. That was one thing with Unitrends, it was a similar process but if that backup had aged off of the system, then you had to go to the archive and you find the right disks, load them in, and then actually mount the image."

"I love the product and their support."

"The ability to test which virtual machines can be failed over to our DR site without interruption of our production environment."

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"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Disaster Recovery is the reliability and scalability of being able to swing our workloads across the country."

"The initial setup of Nutanix Disaster Recovery is straightforward and easy."

"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Disaster Recovery is the local storage solution, which significantly boosts performance, especially when transitioning from traditional architecture."

"The main benefits I've seen from using Nutanix Disaster Recovery include its single platform, which is significantly better than VMware, offering improved security, scalability, and multiple communication options."

"Nutanix Disaster Recovery can be used for snapshots, backup, and disaster recovery."

"For the last five years, we have had zero downtime."

"The product is very simple and very easy to use."

"Nutanix Disaster Recovery needs to have a feature that can automate manual tasks."

Cons

"There are some key improvement areas for HPE Zerto Software that need to be taken care of."

"Maybe the reporting for the failover test could be a little better."

"Some of the ability to automate selections and automate VPG creations could be better."

"Compared to other products, I would praise the intuitiveness of the product. But I think that can always be improved. The intuitiveness of the graphical user interface, while it is very solid and I don't have issues navigating it. I would say that it can always be improved."

"We would like the LTR function to be able to retain the past 12 months."

"The product could benefit from improvements in automation, specifically in the area of failovers."

"Better alerting is something that I feel is critical."

"I have experienced issues with downtime, crashes, and performance with HPE Zerto Software. When we first deployed it, we were replicating to AVS, and we've done DR tests where we've left that test environment running for a significant period and had issues with the amount of storage space it was using."

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"On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the Nutanix support team a five due to some responsiveness issues."

"Nowadays we find that Nutanix support is degraded. They started reducing their support."

"The dashboard could be a bit refreshed, and some configuration parts could be less confusing."

"The product must allow users to create a production domain on the main site in one hypervisor and a backup site on another."

"The solution should include a standard license for the object level and file level."

"The major issue with Nutanix is its appliance-based model, which can lead to vendor lock-in."

"The solution's bandwidth utilization can be improved further."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"While conducting our proof of concept, I compared prices with just one other vendor. At the time, the price for Zerto was more favorable."

"I would like to see different service levels. They're good, but it still takes a lot of our budget in ops."

"My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing was straightforward."

"Zerto's pricing is competitive, given the benefits and ease of setting it up. It may seem more expensive upfront, but you're going to save that over the long term by spending less engineering time configuring, reconfiguring, etc."

"The pricing seems really good. We're an enterprise customer, so we get all the bells and whistles."

"Zerto's pricing structure could be more competitive to better suit the needs of a wider range of businesses."

"It's expensive, for sure, but for us, it comes down to the fact that we do not replicate our entire environment using Zerto. We replicate the mission-critical servers and services, so the yearly cost of Zerto is heavily outweighed by the potential cost of an outage."

"At the time I had purchased the product, the pricing was fair and reasonable. Over the years, costs have certainly gone up, which makes it hard for healthcare companies to use the solution."

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"The solution’s pricing is good."

"Nutanix Disaster Recovery is a cheap solution."

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Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Nov 9, 2014

VMware SRM vs. Veeam vs. Zerto

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Comms Service Provider

15%

Financial Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	97
Midsize Enterprise	94
Large Enterprise	210

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	5

Questions from the Community

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zerto?

I find HPE Zerto Software affordable.

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What needs improvement with Zerto?

I would like HPE Zerto Software to support more hypervisor platforms than currently available. Support for additional hypervisors could be added in the future. Since we have multiple platforms, we ...

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Disaster Recovery?

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What is your primary use case for Nutanix Disaster Recovery?

We are already working with Veeam but we don't have the product under subscription. We have a perpetual license. We are using it for virtual machine backup. We have an on-premise HCI setup and we a...

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What advice do you have for others considering Nutanix Disaster Recovery?

Both solutions have their merits. If we have to take a replication backup on the DR cluster, then Nutanix Disaster Recovery product is better. However, when we are planning outside of the cluster b...

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Also Known As

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Overview

HPE Zerto Software offers near real-time replication and fast recovery, focusing on business continuity. It's designed for data protection, disaster recovery, and cloud migrations with features tailored for minimizing downtime and data loss.

HPE Zerto Software is geared towards critical workload management, providing continuous data protection, automated failover, and seamless workload transitions between environments. The software's journaling capability enables data restoration at specific points, vital for reducing data loss. While it enhances operational efficiency and disaster resilience, it struggles with Hyper-V and VMware compatibility, complex licensing, and limited API support. Users express the need for improved automation, GUI, and clearer documentation. Integration, long-term storage, and better alert management remain challenges, alongside desires for more flexible pricing and enhanced cloud vendor support.

What are the key features of HPE Zerto Software?

Continuous Data Protection: Enables constant data monitoring and recovery capabilities.
Automated Failover: Simplifies disaster recovery processes by automating transition steps.
Fast Recovery: Reduces downtime to keep operations running smoothly.
Journaling: Allows data restoration at specific points to minimize loss.
Workload Mobility: Facilitates seamless transitions across different IT environments.

What benefits and ROI should users consider?

Operational Efficiency: Improves processes by reducing manual interventions.
Disaster Resilience: Ensures quick recovery and reduced impact from incidents.
Improved RTO and RPO: Achieves lower recovery time and point objectives for critical applications.
Business Continuity: Maintains business operations in the face of disruptions.

HPE Zerto Software is widely used across industries for disaster recovery and data protection. Companies leverage its capabilities for virtual machine replication between on-premises and cloud setups to ensure continuous operations and rapid disaster recovery, making it ideal for environments facing threats like ransomware.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Nutanix Disaster Recovery offers reliable, scalable solutions that simplify management and enhance security. With seamless failover and efficient storage, it outperforms competitors like VMware. Its unified interface reduces downtime and facilitates effective multi-cluster management.

Nutanix Disaster Recovery stands out for its robust features, including automated network switching, local storage efficiency, and enhanced security. The platform excels with Prism Central's orchestration capabilities that support multi-cluster management. Deduplication and redundancy safeguard data, while integration with physical and virtual environments ensures efficient replication and backup operations. Areas for improvement include better bandwidth utilization, advanced automation, and clearer configurations. Cost concerns and declining support quality also warrant attention, especially with newer functionality changes affecting stability.

What are the key features of Nutanix Disaster Recovery?

Reliability and Scalability: Ensures system resilience and adapts to growing needs.
Seamless Failover: Provides uninterrupted operations during outages.
Automated Network Switching: Streamlines network adjustments for efficiency.
Local Storage Efficiency: Optimizes space with deduplication techniques.
Prism Central Orchestration: Facilitates easy management of multiple clusters.

What benefits should be considered in reviews for Nutanix Disaster Recovery?

Enhanced Performance: Minimizes downtime and boosts productivity during disruptions.
Data Security: Provides robust protection with redundancy and recovery protocols.
Efficient Management: Simplifies site management with a unified interface.
Cost Efficiency: Reduces storage costs through deduplication and optimized resources.

In industries with critical infrastructure, Nutanix Disaster Recovery supports replication and backup needs. Organizations use it for hot and cold data centers, ensuring data compliance and infrastructure resilience. Applications include physical to virtual integration and orchestrated backup through scheduled asynchronous replication, enhancing overall reliability in sectors like healthcare and finance.

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Sample Customers

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

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