HPE Zerto Software vs Veritas System Recovery comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Veritas are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #1 with an average rating of 9.0, while Veritas is ranked #25 with an average rating of 8.0. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 7.3% mindshare in DRS, compared to Veritas’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 70% of Veritas users who would recommend it.

HPE Zerto Software

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98% willing to recommend

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70% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 22, 2026

HPE Zerto Software and Veritas System Recovery are two competitive products in the data protection and recovery category. Although both have strong features, Veritas System Recovery holds the advantage due to its extensive backup capabilities and reliability, even if it entails a higher cost.

Features: HPE Zerto Software offers seamless disaster recovery with real-time replication, efficient data migration, and continuous data protection. It also provides a quick failover process. Veritas System Recovery features comprehensive backup options, granular recovery, and cross-platform capabilities, giving users a full data protection solution with versatile recovery options.

Room for Improvement: HPE Zerto Software could expand its backup capabilities and improve Hyper-V service integration. Security features may also need enhancement. Veritas System Recovery could benefit from streamlining its deployment process, reducing initial costs, and simplifying user management tools for less technical users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE Zerto Software is praised for its straightforward deployment, with a focus on rapid implementation and minimal disruption. Veritas System Recovery, although more involved in deployment, offers extensive support resources and customer assistance. HPE Zerto provides quicker deployment, while Veritas ensures broader support options.

Pricing and ROI: HPE Zerto Software is often seen as cost-effective, with lower setup costs and rapid ROI due to its efficient operations. On the other hand, Veritas System Recovery requires a higher upfront investment, but its extensive features justify the expense, providing substantial long-term ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed HPE Zerto Software vs. Veritas System Recovery Report (Updated: March 2026).

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Zerto Software

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

1st

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

346

Ranking in other categories

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

Veritas System Recovery

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

25th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of HPE Zerto Software is 7.3%, down from 10.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas System Recovery is 1.6%, up from 0.5% 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%
Veritas System Recovery	1.6%
Other	91.1%

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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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Sareesh V

Sr.System Administrator at Suwaidi

The solution can be used for DR testing and allows running an infinite number of full backups

When we consider the backup model of other products like Veeam, their incremental backup just adds to their first full backup. With Veritas System Recovery, we have the option to run an infinite number of full backups according to our requirements. With my cloud version of Veritas System Recovery, I can have a full backup every month, which is not possible with any other vendors. Other vendors will claim that the original copy is strong enough, but the customers have to ensure that bugs won't cause any problems in the future. However, with Veritas System Recovery, you can run a full backup this month and again run a full backup on the first or thirtieth day of the next month.

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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 feature I appreciate the most about HPE Zerto Software is its fantastic replication and advanced problem-solving capabilities."

"It's helped reduce downtime in certain situations."

"I've used backup solutions like Veeam in the past, but Zerto seemed like a better, faster solution. We adopted Zerto because of the speed, and because we wanted to do everything in-house."

"With the deployment of Zerto, this has significantly improved."

"The solution's continuous protection is the best on the market. The ability to do the split-write, without any interruption to the production server, and the ability to roll back to any point in time you desire, are two really key features."

"Zerto's ease of use is outstanding; it's easy to set up and has a clear interface and menus. The reporting, analytics, and online monitoring are also excellent."

"Managing the system is easy and reliable, you can choose any VM you want to replicate to your DR Site in Combination with other VM's."

"The low RPO times of about four to eight seconds are very nice and very valuable to us."

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"The solution captures the system state, so when we restore the system, it will be restored to the state it was in at the time of the backup."

"The best thing about this product is that it's a unified solution and doesn't require the installation of any other solution, whether it's in a virtual environment, or on-prem."

"It has a user-friendly interface and configures and integrates nicely with other products."

"The solution has helped reduce my company's cost by around 50 to 60 percent."

"The installation was straightforward."

"The tool helps automate system recovery. The solution is most useful in scenarios involving restoration to a different environment. For instance, when migrating from a physical server to a virtual one, the tool facilitates conversion."

"It has a user-friendly interface."

"With Veritas System Recovery, we have the option to run an infinite number of full backups according to our requirements."

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Cons

"We wanted to shut down the dev environment to focus on the prod environment. We couldn't find any option in Zerto to do that."

"We have had issues with licensing, where the license we've been given by Zerto support doesn't include VSS replication, which was a pain at the time."

"I would like to see better notifications when the sync is off for an extended length of time."

"It has a file restore feature, which we have tried to use. We have had some issues with that, because the drives are compressed in our main file system. It is a Windows-based file server. So, it compresses the shares and can't restore those by default."

"Another thing that would help would be a recommender, or some type of tool that says, 'Hey, you're not conforming to best practices.' It would do a conformance or compliance check to tell you if your VPGs are set up according to best practices and whether your Zerto clusters are set up optimally. It would see if you have HA enabled and whether your alerting is turned on."

"It has some quirks. We have quirks with appliances. Some things don't really work as expected, but it is minor."

"The problem with the backup product is that it's not very mature and you really need a specific use case to be able to use it effectively. It's hard to explain to our customers, especially our large customers, that the use case is so limited."

"We wanted to shut down the dev environment to focus on the prod environment. We couldn't find any option in Zerto to do that."

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"This solution needs an easier interface that is more comprehensible. Also, sometimes we have issues with restoring images when we initialize the servers."

"We faced issues with recovery and restoration."

"Veritas System Recovery’s pricing and local support need some improvement."

"For most organizations these days, their main concern is to protect their database and I think Veritas could make some improvements in that regard."

"The tool's deployment could be easier. The deployment itself isn't the issue; rather, the problem lies in configuring policies and testing everything before it's ready. We invest a significant amount of time in preparing for various scenarios. However, we often encounter situations where changes have occurred since our initial preparations. This can render the automation less valuable."

"Veritas System Recovery Manager offers some manager solutions, but there is room for improvement."

"The pricing could be cheaper."

"It needs an easier interface."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"All of my customers are happy with how this product works and they like it, but unfortunately, in the market that I represent, Zerto is expensive when compared with the competition."

"There is a lot of confusion with Zerto licensing. They have a migration license and a replication license. They should simplify the licensing process. The migration license costs a lot of money, and it is only on a one-time basis. If you use that license, it ties to that VM. I might re-migrate that VM in the next five to ten years. It is another environment, but my license is stuck there. The replication license is fine, and I have no issue with its pricing model, but they should simplify the migration license."

"The pricing for this solution could be cheaper. They have two licensing tiers. When we purchased it, they didn't have a license for the cloud model. Certain things that I used to get with the basic licensing are no longer available. They are only available in the Cloud. Overall, the licensing model could be simplified."

"Zerto is expensive but offers many features that make it competitive."

"I do not have anything to compare it to. It is expensive, but I am not going to squabble about the price when I bring the system up in a disaster. It is what it is."

"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."

"The product's pricing is the one area where it is less competitive."

"Zerto’s licensing model has changed a bit over the last year and they are in alignment with others. It is pretty simple and more economical."

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"My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There is no need to pay any additional fees apart from the licensing costs attached to the 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

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

15%

Energy/Utilities Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

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

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 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 have the ability to roll back a few seconds or a few minutes. The rollback feat...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zerto?

From a pricing standpoint, HPE Zerto Software was reasonably priced initially compared to SRM, but now it is almost on par, if not better.

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What do you like most about Veritas System Recovery?

The tool helps automate system recovery. The solution is most useful in scenarios involving restoration to a different environment. For instance, when migrating from a physical server to a virtual ...

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What needs improvement with Veritas System Recovery?

The tool's deployment could be easier. The deployment itself isn't the issue; rather, the problem lies in configuring policies and testing everything before it's ready. We invest a significant amou...

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What advice do you have for others considering Veritas System Recovery?

The tool is a last resort. We primarily focus on preventing situations where its use becomes necessary. While we sell and test this tool, our customers don't frequently need to use it because it pr...

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Also Known As

Zerto Virtual Replication

Veritas System Recovery 18, System Recovery 18, System Recovery

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

Veritas System Recovery 18 delivers superior backup and disaster recovery for servers, desktops, and laptops with a single unified solution that enables businesses to recover from downtime or disasters in minutes. With patented Restore Anyware technology, IT administrators can rapidly restore exactly what they need, when and where they need it - including entire physical and virtual machines to bare metal or dissimilar hardware as well as files, folders, and granular application objects. Unlike other technologies, Veritas System Recovery also provides cross-platform Physical to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V), and Virtual to-Physical (V2P) recoveries, making it the perfect complement to physical and virtual environments.

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