HPE Zerto Software vs Veeam Cloud Connect [EOL] comparison

"One of the valuable features is the ability to re-IP on the fly, because it makes the migration a lot smoother on the system end."

"It's easy to install."

"We have seen ROI. It reduced the time for failover and failback by 90%."

"The quickness and efficiency of creating snapshots, on a real-time basis, is one of the most valuable features. Whenever changes are made on a server, Zerto starts taking snapshots right away and replicating them to the DR site. It's very effective and very quick."

"We can use Zerto to help protect our VMs."

"Zerto has enabled the team to focus on engineering and spend less time developing APIs to work with custom solutions and security applications, positively impacting our IT resiliency strategy."

"The most valuable for us and for my company is that we are replicating most of our production customers to the DR site, and we can do testing whenever we want."

"The dashboard was easy and the UI was simple."

"A really good feature is backing up the emails of the company."

"The solution is already far more advanced than our customers require. It offers advanced scripting and automation pre-testing to support the custom library and custom tasks."

"I like the fact that it gives you the possibility to set the data out of the customer on-premises site and to have an off-site copy in your Cloud Data Center."

"The most valuable feature of Veeam Cloud Connect is the server backups, such as the Microsoft Windows server. Additionally, the updates provide useful enterprise functionality."

"Replication without network changes."

"The best part about this solution is that it just works."

"It hasn't given us any issues so far."

"The most valuable features of Veeam Cloud Connect are its ease of use and the portal is very useful."

"I wouldn't mind seeing Zerto sold at a cheaper price point, although the cost is comparable to VMware SRM."

"The licensing is confusing and complicated."

"Zerto's near-synchronous replication is excellent when it works. I'm trying to be nice to them because I like the product a lot, but we're having a lot of difficulty with it in our environment."

"The performance was generally good, but occasional lag disrupted the flow, leaving room for improvement."

"There is a need to allow the source vCenter Inventory to be imported with a single click."

"Zerto needs to improve its support for VMware Lifecycle Manager."

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

"It is difficult to manage failing over between sites if you are at the site that was impacted."

"Basically, a huge amount of storage capacity can be required in certain cases."

"The dashboard could be more intuitive."

"Doesn't back-up from KVM."

"The bandwidth optimization needs to be improved and have better efficiency so that you send fewer amounts of data from one site to the other."

"We were interested in investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in VMware. VMware right now is one of the biggest solutions in the world, in terms of the IT environment. But for Cloud Connect it's not. I think they need the cloud version to reach more customers, to enable the cloud version to be used by more people."

"If a customer has a low budget, Veeam may be too expensive."

"The solution should allow for interfacing with other public cloud vendors. They could work to build something around that concept."

"The flexibility results in more administrative GUI. The GUI needs improvement."

"Zerto is fairly expensive, but worth it."

"It is expensive."

"Zerto does a per-workload licensing model, per-server. It is simple and straightforward, but it is not super flexible. It is kind of a one size fits all. They charge the same price for those workloads. I feel like they could have some flexible licensing option possibly based on criticality, just so we could protect less important work. I would love to protect every workload in my environment with Zerto, whether I really need it or not, but the cost is such that I really have to justify that protection. So, if we had some more flexibility, e.g., you could protect servers with a two-, three-, or four-hour RPO at a certain price point versus mission-critical every five minutes, then I would be interested in that."

"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."

"It is economical as compared to other brands."

"My understanding is that it's expensive but worth the price."

"I ballpark Zerto's pricing at about $1,000 per VM, which I find fair for what it does, but the cost of entry was tough initially due to the minimum number needed to start. I really needed to prove to the business that it was worth the investment."

"The pricing is very reasonable."

"We are looking into how we can extend the license of this product."

"The licensing is MSP-based. It is connected to the portal, and you can deploy it to your end users as well."

"I think that this is one of the most cost-effective solutions."

"The licensing fee is on a monthly basis."

"The price of the solution is reasonable because of our good standing with the vendor."

"The pricing of Veeam Cloud Connect is good."

"The price of the solution could be cheaper. There are monthly or yearly subscription options available. The annual subscription tends to be cheaper."

"It's not the cheapest solution on the market but it's reliable, so we find it cost-effective."