HPE Zerto Software vs StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL] comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 11, 2025

HPE Zerto Software and StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL] compete in the data protection and disaster recovery market. HPE Zerto Software tends to have the upper hand in features, while StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL] may be more appealing in pricing and support.

Features: HPE Zerto Software offers continuous data protection, orchestration, and automation. It has robust recovery capabilities and integrates with multiple cloud platforms. StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL] provides strong backup and recovery features focusing on ease of management. The difference is Zerto's strength in data mobility and orchestration versus ShadowXafe's user-friendly backup solutions.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL] offers straightforward deployment and comprehensive support. HPE Zerto Software's deployment can be more complex but is supported by a knowledgeable team. ShadowXafe's model appeals to businesses seeking rapid implementation, while Zerto's support ensures complex deployments are manageable.

Pricing and ROI: StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL] generally offers lower setup costs, appealing to businesses concerned with initial investment. HPE Zerto Software, with potentially higher initial expenditure, provides robust ROI through advanced features and extensive support. The cost-benefit assessment depends on whether a business values upfront savings or long-term feature and support investment.

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Zerto Software

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

360

Ranking in other categories

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

StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL]

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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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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reviewer1281621

Founder/CEO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

An expensive next-generation data recovery and backup software solution with poor data restoration

Their restoration protocols could be better. I pulled all my clients out of their cloud mostly because I wasn't confident that they could restore out of the cloud. This was backed up by friends who had been burned by stuff like that. We moved away because of the lack of resources to restore from a potential catastrophic failure. It's challenging, and in some cases, they couldn't do it because they didn't have enough resources. For example, if there was a major disaster, and everybody needed their images out of the cloud, they couldn't give them to everybody.

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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

"The solution's most valuable features are its user interface, ease of implementation, and ease of execution."

"Zerto is tremendously valuable; it is the backbone of our DR solution for critical databases that hold the data we can't afford to lose and has provided new opportunities to change how we approach disaster recovery."

"Zerto's user-friendliness is valuable."

"We use the solution to move servers and VMs between data centers."

"Zerto proved to have better replication efficiency over WAN bandwidth."

"The most valuable feature is real-time replication, where we have the ability to recover things in near real-time."

"Zerto's ability to test failovers with a record of how long it takes to fail the motor is beneficial, as it allows us to know the timing in the event we have to do it live."

"The most valuable feature for us is accelerating cloud adoption, as it helps provide greater speed for disaster recovery. Ultimately, this saves us time, as well as resources."

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"The most valuable feature is the backups."

"The technical support has been very good."

"I like that they have some new devices that are simpler to use because they kind of tie right into the cloud."

Cons

"I want Zerto to add support for Proxmox."

"The alerting has room for improvement as it is the biggest pain point with the software. It is so bad. It is just general alerting on or off. There are so many emails all the time. You have no control over it, which is terrible. It is the worst part of the entire application. I have voiced this to Zerto hundreds of times for things like feature changes. Apparently, it's coming, but there is nothing concrete as to when you can do it."

"It would be good if we could store a snapshot of the images coming through so that we can always go back and have a vision history."

"We would like some of the real fine or granular things. We've submitted a few minor things for enhancements such as being able to control bandwidth utilization for each facility you replicate to versus overall. We just need a little bit more granularity on some of the things, but there is not a whole bunch that is in need of tweaking."

"I don't feel like we're a big enough customer to warrant being called every week or every month but it would be good to get a little bit more contact with a salesperson or engineer group."

"It is frustrating when the protection of VMs doesn't get relocated to another host before the replication appliance powers down. In such a case, you are breaking replication for the duration of that maintenance, and that can cause some support issues when you bring it back online, where you have to go in and manually recover it."

"I would like to be able to replicate one to multiple without having to recreate every VPG. That would save us a lot of time. When we add a site or move our DR to a different site, I have to recreate everything from scratch. So, it'd be cool to be able to just repoint an existing VPG to a new site without having to recreate everything."

"The email alerts can be excessive, so better control over frequency or resolution may be a worthwhile improvement."

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"Their restoration protocols could be better. I pulled all my clients out of their cloud mostly because I wasn't confident that they could restore out of the cloud. This was backed up by friends who had been burned by stuff like that. We moved away because of the lack of resources to restore from a potential catastrophic failure. It's challenging, and in some cases, they couldn't do it because they didn't have enough resources. For example, if there was a major disaster, and everybody needed their images out of the cloud, they couldn't give them to everybody."

"I wouldn't use it. It failed me every time I tried to use it in a real-life scenario."

"StorageCraft ShadowXafe should improve the on-premises console management controls and protection and recovery."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is very reasonable."

"From a customer perspective, the price is okay. From an investor's perspective, however, it is a little bit high."

"At close to $1,000 a license, it makes it very hard to protect all of your environment, especially for a smaller shop."

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

"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."

"The pricing for this solution is reasonable."

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

"The last time I looked at pricing, it was very good. It's much cheaper by far than VMware."

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"They are more expensive than some of the others out there. We have gone away from their cloud due to pricing."

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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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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 the price, implementation costs, and licensing of HPE Zerto Software is that, as I mentioned before, the licensing is somewhat complicated and the prices are a bit high.

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What needs improvement with Zerto?

I believe HPE Zerto Software could improve in certain aspects that emerged after HPE acquired this software. Following the acquisition of this product by HPE, I think there are certain aspects that...

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Also Known As

Zerto Virtual Replication

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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.

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StorageCraft Technology Corporation is a premier backup and disaster recovery software company. StorageCraft focuses on providing best-in-class backup, disaster recovery, system migration and data protection solutions for virtual and physical environments. StorageCraft delivers software products that reduce downtime, improve security and stability for systems and data and lower the total cost of ownership for servers, desktops and laptops.

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