Arcserve Cloud Direct vs Zerto comparison

Arcserve and Zerto are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. Arcserve is ranked #51, while Zerto is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.8. Arcserve holds a 0.3% mindshare in CB, compared to Zerto’s 4.2% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Zerto users are willing to recommend the solution.

Arcserve Cloud Direct

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Categories and Ranking

Arcserve Cloud Direct

Ranking in Cloud Backup

51st

Average Rating

5.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery as a Service (16th)

Zerto

Ranking in Cloud Backup

3rd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

279

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (2nd), Cloud Migration (4th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Arcserve Cloud Direct is 0.3%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zerto is 4.2%, down from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Junior Service Desk Operator at a cloud solution provider with 11-50 employees

Good backup retention but it is not a reliable platform and it doesn't giving any sort of alerts that things are not working

StorageCraft wasn't getting full backup coverage. It was backing up around 1 to 2% of the points. It was not a reliable platform and it wasn't giving any sort of alerts that things were not working. The majority of stuff wasn't backed up, so we really weren't happy with them. That's when we went on the look for a new solution.

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Derrick Brockel

Senior Manager of Operations at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Good GUI, easy setup, and fast recovery

When we tested it, it had more functions than what we used it for, but it was a very good BCDR product. We liked the reliability and availability. Zerto enables you to do disaster recovery (DR) in the cloud, but we did not use that feature. We used Zerto to help protect VMs in our environment. It was strong in that aspect. I would rate it an eight out of ten there. Zerto's speed of recovery was comparable. There was no synchronous and asynchronous replication. If I had to give it a number, it would be a seven out of ten. It was the same as others. There was not much difference. It was easy to migrate data. There was some initial configuration in syncing, but it was easy. I would rate it an eight out of ten in terms of the ease of migration. Zerto’s ability to keep our users collaborating with one another during a data migration was good. I would rate it a seven out of ten in this aspect as well as in terms of its impact on RTOs. Zerto helps reduce downtime in any situation. We can bring up a database in minutes. It probably takes five minutes for the final sync. The cost of downtime depends on the database. It may be 50,000 if you have call center people sitting around. Normally, most of our small outages like that ranged in the tens of thousands. Zerto did save time in a data recovery situation. We did not have ransomware, but there were times we had database corruption where the users would corrupt the database, and the database would not start. It would do snapshotting. It was not necessarily ransomware, but it was testing upgrades or Oracle upgrades. The data recovery happened within five minutes, if not sooner. A normal restore would probably be four to eight hours if we had to restore from a tape and apply logs. Zerto helps to reduce an organization's DR testing. You can spin off an extra database pretty quickly and have users test against the third or fourth copy. It saves one to three days of testing depending on test cycles. You could do sequential testing. I would probably measure it more in days than hours. All of that time can be used by a DBA to do something else. Zerto reduces the number of staff involved in a data recovery situation. One person could probably orchestrate it now versus one to three people. It did not reduce the number of staff involved in overall backup and DR management because we are pretty thin. We would not have gotten rid of anybody.

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Pros

"The backup retention was pretty good. Being able to archive users who had been backed up, is a good functionality. Even if they've been deactivated it'll keep the backups and keep them protected."

"The continuous data protection is great. We love it because I can see exactly how many seconds behind real-time we are, which is usually under 10 seconds. It keeps things up to date. We love the product."

"Using Zerto for the migration was incredibly valuable, enabling us to save tremendous amounts of time."

"The pricing and licensing are excellent. It's very straightforward."

"The near-synchronous replication is key. That has allowed us to provide the low RPOs that we promise. For key systems, that has been the deciding factor."

"Speed of recovery has been very effective in getting our information back as fast as we're able to get it. The daily backup solution that we use alternatively only allows a single backup versus having continuous backup replication with Zerto, it's a no-brainer."

"The ease of adding additional servers is valuable. We have a portal that we can go into to add those new servers, and then outside of that, the overall time that it took for disaster recovery simulation is also good."

"You can set the number of days a VM can be rolled back in case of corruption or virus infection."

"The most valuable feature is the point in time recovery. This allows us to recover at any point in time, up to a minute or so."

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Cons

"StorageCraft wasn't getting full backup coverage. It was backing up around one to 2% of the points. It was not a reliable platform and it wasn't giving any sort of alerts that things were not working."

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

"I would like to see a couple of details regarding awareness of VM events coming outside of ZVR."

"Zerto should add the capability to replicate the same VM to multiple sites."

"The number-one area in which they need to improve their product is what I would call "automatic self-healing." This is related to running them at scale... We have 1,000 VRAs and if any one of their VRAs has a problem, goes offline, all of the customer protection groups and all of the customers that are tied to that VRA are not replicating at all. That means the RPO is slipping until somebody makes a manual effort to fix the issue. It has become a full-time job at my company for somebody to keep Zerto running all the time, everywhere, and to keep all the customers up and going."

"Zerto's connectivity with automation platforms could be improved. For example, vCenter can use a VMware-developed tool called Site Recovery Manager. That can be integrated with automation platforms such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet, to perform automated, self-sufficient recoveries to essentially avoid any downtime. To my knowledge, Zerto does not have integration with those platforms."

"As one who is implementing it, my biggest gripe is the ticketing system. Zerto has since upgraded that, so right now, I have no complaints about it."

"Long-term retention of files is a function that isn't available yet that I'm looking forward to them providing. The long-term retention is the only other thing that I think needs improvement."

"You can create a VPG and put anywhere from one to 17 servers in that group. We build them one by one. If something changes in VMware, it would be nice to be able to go in and change that VPG, having it update without messing up. When you change them now, it only applies to the copies from the points when you changed it. I wish it would purge that older data from the past. Right now, we have to build a new VPG, which is not a big deal as it is just a few screens."

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"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."

"We found that in an event that was massive enough to cause an entire cluster to go offline we would be happy with our core services up and running."

"The licensing costs are not cheap. It is kind of an expensive product. However, I am a get-what-you-pay-for kind of person. After using this product, I can understand why the licensing costs are high."

"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."

"In a world where others are catching up, e.g., VMware High Availability, there needs to be a less expensive option as well. When a customer has approximately 100 VMs, if you multiply by 40, we aren't charging a very high margin on it at all since the license is so expensive. We feel their pain. That is the most expensive part of it. The storage, CPU, and RAM are a lot less. It is the licensing that is really expensive. Whereas, with an option like VMware High Availability, it is a couple dollars per month. That is our spend that we are charged by VMware, then our margin is higher on those VMs. Giving us some ability to have higher margins, as an MSP, would be a good thing."

"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."

"The pricing is a little more expensive in comparison to other tools."

"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."

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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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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?

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

StorageCraft Cloud Services, StorageCraft Disaster Recovery Services, StorageCraft Cloud Backup, Arcserve Cloud Services, Zetta Cloud Backup

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Overview

Arcserve Cloud Direct is used for safeguarding data through backup and disaster recovery, swiftly restoring critical data and systems to ensure minimal downtime. It integrates cloud-based management and automated data protection with reliable efficiency.

Arcserve Cloud Direct offers a powerful solution for data protection with automated backup and disaster recovery features. Users appreciate its seamless integration with platforms, emphasizing its reliability and efficiency in preventing data loss. The straightforward setup and intuitive dashboard enhance its usability, while robust security measures safeguard data integrity. Despite its high performance and swift recovery times, users suggest improvements in customer support and reliability of technical assistance. Some face challenges with initial setup complexity, pointing out the need for clearer documentation and more robust features.

What are the most important features of Arcserve Cloud Direct?

Reliable data backup: Ensures consistent data protection and secure storage.
Seamless disaster recovery: Facilitates quick recovery of critical systems and data.
Easy scalability: Allows for flexible and straightforward scaling to meet growing data demands.
Intuitive dashboard: Simplifies management and monitoring of backup and recovery processes.
Robust security: Protects sensitive data against cyber threats and unauthorized access.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Efficient performance: Fast recovery times minimize downtime and maintain business continuity.
Comprehensive support: Assistance in resolving issues and optimizing usage.
Reliability in protecting data: Consistently prevents data loss and ensures accessibility.
Ease of setup: Quick and straightforward implementation without significant technical hurdles.
Scalability: Ability to adjust storage needs as data requirements grow.

Arcserve Cloud Direct's integration capabilities make it suitable for industries with extensive data protection needs, including finance, healthcare, and education. These sectors benefit from its efficient disaster recovery solutions and robust security features, ensuring compliance and safeguarding sensitive information. By offering scalable data protection services, Arcserve Cloud Direct supports businesses in maintaining operational continuity and achieving their data management goals.

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

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