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Acronis Disaster Recovery vs Zerto comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 15, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Acronis Disaster Recovery
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
12th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zerto
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
2nd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
279
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (2nd), Cloud Migration (4th), Cloud Backup (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Acronis Disaster Recovery is 0.6%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zerto is 15.3%, down from 20.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
 

Featured Reviews

Darwin Cabiluna - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers good DR and failover features
I can't tell what needs to be improved in the tool because the product is considered to be an all-in-one solution. The tool has security, and one can enable endpoint security. The tool also has backup and DR. From an improvement perspective, the tool should allow users to add more data centers in the cloud. At the moment, there is data in Singapore, and then my company doesn't have one near us, like here in the Philippines.
Shri Sharan - PeerSpot reviewer
Is user-friendly, saves us time, and costs
We encountered some issues during Active Directory recovery. When we implemented Active Directory, we provided feedback to Zerto regarding the challenges of recovering AD from the on-premises environment to the disaster recovery site. Unlike other virtual machines, AD recovery presents unique difficulties due to its active-active nature. It's unclear whether these challenges stem from Zerto itself or limitations within Microsoft Active Directory. However, in our experience using Zerto for AD recovery compared to other technologies, we faced data discrepancies that necessitated workarounds to bring AD online at the DR site. Certain applications we migrated from production relied on Active Directory authentication. To ensure successful application functionality at the DR site, a functional AD environment was a prerequisite to application migration. Therefore, our initial step involved copying and guaranteeing a running AD instance on the DR side before application recovery. However, upon attempting application authentication on the DR side, data inconsistencies prevented successful authentication. To address this, we created an isolated clone of the AD environment and conducted tests. Through trial and error, we were able to develop workarounds to resolve the issue. Notably, these challenges were specific to Active Directory; other VMs didn't exhibit similar problems.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Acronis Disaster Recovery has good scalability."
"Patch management, backup, and disaster recovery have been the solution's most valuable features for our data protection strategy."
"The most valuable features of the product for me are its backup and recovery functionalities."
"The recovery feature is user-friendly and offers effective protection for our backups."
"One key feature is it encrypts your data at rest which is really good."
"The solution can be improved by including a load balancer."
"Our customers use Acronis Disaster Recovery for data backup."
"Performance-wise, it works efficiently for backup and recovery compared to other tools."
"Zerto's most valuable features include its user-friendly interface, multi-tenancy capabilities, and near-zero downtime recovery."
"The live test failover is the most valuable feature because it allows me to validate that my data is protected in the event of a failure."
"The live failover tests and point-in-time recovery options have been exceptionally valuable features of Zerto for our organization."
"I like the automation of transferring data in the case of any disaster to our VMs. It is also easy to use and fast."
"The test features have been really good for us. Our DR testing goes very quickly and easily now for all our stuff with Zerto. We have our priority recovery process, where we cover our databases for our app servers and web servers. All our teams pretty much get their VMs very quickly. The RPOs are very low."
"Zerto offered a very good front-end GUI for orchestration. The graphic interface was very good."
"It is pretty easy to use. The interface is intuitive and easy to use. Once you set it up, it just works. So, it is great."
"There are two things that are keeping us with the solution: 1. It does a very good job of keeping the data in sync at all times. 2. In the event of a failover or in the event of a contingency, we are able to retrieve the data very quickly without any issues."
 

Cons

"Acronis Disaster Recovery should provide software information wherein I can change my setup to collect more information."
"We need the server configuration capacity to be enlarged with the solution's help, as it does not currently include capabilities for storage expansion during recovery."
"The product should improve compute points."
"The cost is acceptable."
"The documentation can be improved, this would have helped."
"They could provide pricing models considering the requirements of various countries and organizations."
"In the future, I would like to see cross-platform support."
"I wish the Disaster Recovery system could do more, like integrating irregularity features and combining VLP functionalities."
"They are doing a lot of great things, but I have heard that Zerto is expensive."
"The backup end of this solution could be improved. We tried using it as a full backup solution and it took way too long to complete at least one backup."
"We did look at the long-term retention backup feature of Zerto a few years ago, and at that time, it was limited. I can't say what it is right now, but at the time, its functionality was limited in terms of basically where we could save it and how we could save it. Offsite air gapping our backups is important to us to help protect against ransomware, and at the time, it couldn't do that. That would be one area that would be important before we consider using the long-term retention again. I haven't looked at it recently, and they may have addressed this in the meantime, but if not, this would be an area of improvement."
"In future releases, doing backups of the environment we need to be able to do hot backups of the database."
"The product could benefit from improvements in automation, specifically in the area of failovers."
"I had a couple of questions after deployment, but nothing major, about a couple of ways I could tweak it."
"If we have multiple VMs in a VPG (Virtual Protected Group) and one VM is hung for DR, it holds things up. The only alternative is to create multiple VPGs. It would be nice to have one VPG where, if one VM is failing, it does not impact the overall process."
"I wouldn't mind seeing Zerto sold at a cheaper price point, although the cost is comparable to VMware SRM."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution’s pricing is average."
"The price of the solution is inexpensive."
"Acronis Disaster Recovery is a cheap solution."
"The tool is a little bit expensive. When it comes to pricing, there is a range for the VMs and endpoints. It depends. A set of backups on a DR probably costs around 10 to 20 USD per endpoint."
"This pricing is quite reasonable."
"The product has an affordable price."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing two or three out of ten."
"The tool's pricing is reasonable."
"Zerto is a little bit expensive [for our budget] but as far as the value that it provides, it is completely justified by all of the savings."
"The solution is very cost-effective and very easy to set-up but does not compromise on features."
"Zerto is pretty reasonable. I haven't checked to see how much Rubrik is going to quote us for their solution. At least for us, the price doesn't play a big factor in the decision-making because it is a pretty small deployment for our use case."
"It's very reasonably priced. It's a little more than $3,000 annually. That works out to about $20 per server per month."
"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."
"Obviously, I wish it were cheaper and more affordable. But I get what I pay for, so I can't complain."
"It is very expensive. It is overpriced. No doubt. What held us up for many years from committing to buying it was always the cost. That's also why we only have 10 licenses."
"Zerto is priced high."
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Comparison Review

it_user159711 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 9, 2014
VMware SRM vs. Veeam vs. Zerto
Disaster recovery planning is something that seems challenging for all businesses. Virtualization in addition to its operational flexibility, and cost reduction benefits, has helped companies improve their DR posture. Virtualization has made it easier to move machines from production to…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Computer Software Company
22%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Acronis Disaster Recovery?
The tool is a little bit expensive. When it comes to pricing, there is a range for the VMs and endpoints. It depends. A set of backups on a DR probably costs around 10 to 20 USD per endpoint.
What needs improvement with Acronis Disaster Recovery?
We need the server configuration capacity to be enlarged with the solution's help, as it does not currently include capabilities for storage expansion during recovery.
What is your primary use case for Acronis Disaster Recovery?
We use Acronis Disaster Recovery because it is a good solution for data recovery. It includes features like patch management and integrated malware and ransomware scanning. We felt the backups are ...
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...
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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zerto?
I would rate the pricing, setup cost, and licensing around a seven on a scale of one to ten. The pricing model could be more flexible to accommodate startup companies with lower budgets.
 

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Also Known As

Acronis DRaaS
Zerto Virtual Replication
 

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Sample Customers

Bristows LLP, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
United Airlines, HCA, XPO Logistics, TaxSlayer, McKesson, Insight Global, American Airlines, Tencate, Aaron’s, Grey’s County, Kingston Technologies
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