HPE Zerto Software vs QoreStor comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Quest Software are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #2 with an average rating of 9.0, while Quest Software is ranked #53 with an average rating of 7.0. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 1.9% mindshare in BRS, compared to Quest Software’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

HPE Zerto Software

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

HPE Zerto Software and QoreStor compete in the data protection and recovery market. Although HPE Zerto Software is considered cost-effective with strong support, QoreStor's extensive feature set may give it an advantage.

Features: HPE Zerto Software offers replication and disaster recovery with efficient point-in-time recovery. Other features include real-time encryption, anomaly detection, and continuous monitoring. QoreStor excels in advanced deduplication, backup optimization, and seamless hybrid cloud integration. It also has features like encryption, cloud tiering, and data compression.

Room for Improvement: HPE Zerto Software could improve by enhancing its cloud-based solutions and addressing the dependency on specific infrastructures. QoreStor might benefit from more straightforward data integration processes and enhancing ease of use in complex deployments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE Zerto Software provides a straightforward deployment process and excellent support. QoreStor is also notable for its flexible deployment options, adapting well to different environments with robust support.

Pricing and ROI: HPE Zerto Software is valued for its competitive pricing and substantial ROI due to rapid deployment capabilities. Although QoreStor may have higher initial costs because of its comprehensive features, it offers significant ROI through efficient data reduction and storage.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Zerto Software

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

2nd

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

1st

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

357

Ranking in other categories

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

QoreStor

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

53rd

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

28th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Replication (8th), Disk Based Backup Systems (8th), Storage Software (4th), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (19th), Copy Data Management (6th), File and Object Storage (23rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of HPE Zerto Software is 1.9%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QoreStor is 0.8%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HPE Zerto Software	1.9%
QoreStor	0.8%
Other	97.3%

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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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Marcus W

Works at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

Backup storage has shrunk dramatically with deduplication but still needs stronger security options

The air gap feature is something I'd really like to see in QoreStor. There's no native air gap capability right now, and for security-conscious environments, that's a gap. The configuration export is also limited in QoreStor. If you want to document your setup or migrate configuration to a new instance, it requires more manual work than it should.

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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

"A lot of that saved time has been allocated to value-add tasks; it's been great. We've been able to do other things."

"Zerto, in my opinion, is one of the best DR products on the market currently, and if you are looking to streamline your DR capability and remove risk then speak to Zerto and get them to run you through a demo, what they say the product can do is not sales talk, it really can do it."

"The migration capabilities are very good."

"Zerto provides disaster recovery solutions, data protection, and ensures minimal disruption during migration."

"We have kept renewing Zerto because it seems to get better."

"We implemented Zerto because it is crucial for our organization, especially as we move into the cloud. We needed to ensure that we could retrieve data properly and migrate easily. The solution allows us to keep our users collaborating throughout the migration process, making it much quicker than our previous solution."

"VMware VM replication over narrow WAN bandwidth."

"I like the granularity of the checkpoints."

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"The features we use for the data deduplication are nice because we're able to back up a much larger amount of data, yet it doesn't necessarily take up that much data on the devices."

"QoreStor has helped us to reduce our backup storage requirements on-premises. We've been using the same devices for quite a while, and so it lets us keep using them as opposed to having to rip out all that hardware and create a new on-prem solution. The advantage here is even if we had to retire the hardware tomorrow, the QoreStor part doesn't change. We just have to have additional hardware and put the solution back on whatever hardware we pick and it'll do the same thing."

"Quest QoreStor definitely saved us money."

"Deduplication is the most valuable feature. It saves us a lot of space. When we back up 100 terabytes of data, after dedupe, it only uses maybe five to six terabytes for the disk space in QoreStor."

"Data deduplication and replication would be the top two features. The encryption and cloud tiering are also attractive for the future."

"Overall, it simplifies the management of backup and gives me a more secure feeling that my data is going to be available if I need to retrieve it."

"Quest QoreStor is very stable compared to our previous solution."

"If storage costs are a problem, whether on-premises or cloud, QoreStor is worth a serious look."

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Cons

"The licensing is confusing and complicated."

"We had some issues with replication, especially on Linux, but we have already resolved them."

"Zerto could add text alerts if there are critical problems and alerts if changes affect our replication."

"There are quite a few elements in the long-term retention areas that I wish were better. The bio-level recovery indexing of backups is the area I struggle with the most. That's probably because I desire to do tasks that ordinary users wouldn't do with the solution. The standard medium to large customer would probably never ask for anything like I ask for, so I think it's pretty good the way it is. I'm excited to see some of the new improvements coming in the 9.5 version. Some of the streamlines and how the product presents itself for some of the recovery features could be better."

"It took some time to get to know the solution in general, and exactly what functions each of the features is used for."

"Certain areas were designed and work fine for VMware but are under development for Hyper-V. Eventually, all features will work for both platforms."

"I have not seen any return on investment from HPE Zerto Software yet."

"Customer support has always responded well when we have a problem, although that has gotten a little bit less since HPE purchased it."

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"The importance of support is significant to me. I was working for a service provider, and all of our customers had a Quest or warning. Sometimes the support really underperforms."

"The air gap feature is something I'd really like to see in QoreStor."

"They need to increase their maximum capacity. Other than that, they're doing a pretty good job."

"The setup of the software is definitely not the easiest thing in the world."

"The installation could use improvement. The initial installation was a little touchy and it's not really user-installable. You have to have a connection to support to install."

"Overall, I am happy with this solution, but a way to export configuration settings would be beneficial."

"The setup of the software is definitely not the easiest thing. I worked a lot with Quest engineers, especially in the early days when we were first testing it and trying it out. I actually had some of the developers working with us at one point because they were going through these point releases, and I was having trouble getting it to work in this S3-compatible situation. We got it all working eventually, but setup is definitely not the easiest thing in the world."

"The management interface is in need of improvement. The graphical user interface (GUI) for the web management tools appears clunky, and not super intuitive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to other options like SRM, Zerto is a more expensive solution, making it primarily suitable for larger organizations."

"It is economical as compared to other brands."

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

"The licensing cost is fair."

"Zerto is a little expensive."

"When we purchased Zerto, we felt it was worth the cost as it would protect us from any potential problems and give us peace of mind knowing that any critical items could be recovered quickly."

"It works very well as a backup and recovery solution, with frequent recovery points. It's very good. But it's too pricey for us to use it as a backup solution for all of our clients. Not every customer needs recovery points every five seconds."

"It is cost-effective."

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"The pricing is good. It is competitive for a managed services provider. I like the ability to pay by the terabyte, allowing for an incremental cost that we and our customers can afford, so the solution grows with the customer."

"The cost is per terabyte, and overall, the cost was reasonable when compared to some competitors."

"Its pricing model is very attractive. You have one price, and you get everything from QoreStor."

"Quest QoreStor's pricing is affordable. We evaluated Veeam, a well-known company for backup solutions, but found their pricing to be quite high. Veeam's price was almost double. For us, Quest QoreStor is very affordable."

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Comparison Review

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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

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Construction Company

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Construction Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	93
Midsize Enterprise	93
Large Enterprise	204

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	2

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?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is good.

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What needs improvement with Zerto?

I believe HPE Zerto Software can be improved by providing more clarity on roadmap features coming.

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What else besides data replication does QoreStor offer?

Quest QoreStor can be used for multiple things besides data replication. For example, it can be trusted to make a backup of your data. You know that replication and backups are different, right? Re...

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How does Quest QoreStore protect your data?

One of our favorite features of Quest QoreStore for data protection isn't the backup, actually, though we're using it actively (maybe just as much as data replication, to be honest). We absolutely ...

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How does Quest QoreStore solve repetitive data replicas?

When I first found out about data replication and the many benefits it had, I couldn't help but wonder - what about the copies you don't need? Like it's unavoidable for some of the copies to get da...

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Also Known As

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Overview

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

QoreStor optimizes storage costs through advanced deduplication and compression, seamlessly integrating with backup infrastructures and supporting diverse hardware. It enhances data security with replication and offers flexible deployment with minimal maintenance.

QoreStor offers significant benefits in deduplication, which leads to space savings and reduced storage expenses. This system integrates effortlessly with backup platforms like NetVault and Veeam, functioning as a reliable backup target for both on-premises and cloud environments. The ease of integration is complemented by its replication capabilities, which add a layer of data security by enabling geographically dispersed backups. Its cloud tiering functionality extends storage capabilities, ensuring cost-effectiveness compared to other solutions. While enhancements are needed in areas like Cloud Tier support, Air Gap features, and GUI intuitiveness, the continued developments aim to further optimize storage and backup solutions.

What are QoreStor's key features?

Deduplication and Compression: Achieves high deduplication rates and space savings.
Seamless Integration: Works well with diverse backup infrastructures.
Replication: Facilitates data security through multi-location backups.
Cloud Tiering: Extends storage capabilities efficiently.
Minimal Maintenance: Requires low maintenance efforts.

What benefits should be considered in user reviews?

Cost-Effectiveness: Offers competitive pricing and optimized storage.
Storage Optimization: Reduces storage needs with advanced data handling.
Flexibility: Supports diverse hardware and deployment options.
Data Security: Enhances protection with robust replication features.

QoreStor is widely implemented in industries for backup and restore operations, providing data deduplication and compression as key functionalities. Its integration as a backup target across platforms like NetVault and Veeam makes it ideal for enterprises that require efficient data management and storage cost control. Many organizations utilize its features to optimize cloud storage seamlessly while focusing on internal data handling or acting as service resellers.

Quest Software

Sample Customers

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

American Airlines, at&t, Bank of America. Barclays, ebay, Ford

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