HPE Zerto Software vs Nutanix Disaster Recovery comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Nutanix are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #1 with an average rating of 9.0, while Nutanix is ranked #20 with an average rating of 8.3. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 7.3% mindshare in DRS, compared to Nutanix’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Nutanix users who would recommend it.

HPE Zerto Software

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 21, 2025

HPE Zerto Software and Nutanix Disaster Recovery are both solutions in the disaster recovery market. Nutanix Disaster Recovery holds an edge with a comprehensive feature set, though HPE Zerto Software remains strong on pricing and support.

Features: HPE Zerto Software offers continuous data protection, ease of use for rapid recovery, and integration with vCenter Server. Nutanix Disaster Recovery excels with its hyper-converged infrastructure integration, robust scalability, and seamless failover capabilities.

Room for Improvement: HPE Zerto Software could improve its deployment process and integration capabilities with different ecosystems. Nutanix Disaster Recovery might focus on lowering its cost and enhancing direct support for various virtual environments. Both products should continuously enhance their existing features to keep up with the evolving market demands.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nutanix Disaster Recovery is praised for streamlined deployment and seamless integration within its ecosystem, with strong support enhancing its usability. HPE Zerto Software, while effective in rapid recovery, may encounter more challenges in deployment and could benefit from a more streamlined process.

Pricing and ROI: HPE Zerto Software provides a lower setup cost, making it appealing to budget-conscious buyers who value its support services. Conversely, Nutanix Disaster Recovery, though higher in cost due to advanced features, offers strong ROI by enhancing overall system efficiency, potentially justifying the additional investment.

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Review summaries and opinions

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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)

Nutanix Disaster Recovery

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

20th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

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 Nutanix Disaster Recovery is 1.5%, up from 0.4% 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%
Nutanix Disaster Recovery	1.5%
Other	91.2%

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

Featured Reviews

StaffordHall

Cloud Data Center Architect at Cable Bahamas

Cloud disaster recovery has protected critical workloads and reduces downtime after ransomware

One of HPE Zerto Software’s best features for us is its built-in ransomware resilience. Zerto continuously journals data changes and uses anomaly detection to identify unusual write behavior that may indicate a ransomware or cyberattack. This gives us early visibility into potential threats and allows us to respond quickly. A key strength of the platform is its immutable journaling and recovery checkpoints. Zerto maintains frequent, immutable restore points that cannot be altered or encrypted by ransomware. This allows customers to roll environments back to a point just before an incident occurred, with confidence that the data has not been compromised. From a customer perspective, this provides a high level of assurance that their data remains protected and recoverable even in the event of a successful attack

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Vijay-Patel

Technical asst. at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees

Integrated backups and orchestration have protected critical workloads with zero downtime

Pricing is always a consideration because nowadays the price has increased a lot. We bought our system five years ago and we paid in advance, so we are not yet affected by the price increase. However, we are planning to buy another solution in the very near future because the old one is now phasing out. We are planning to buy a replacement of the existing infrastructure and we are facing a lot of cost issues because they increased the price. Previously it was per socket. Now they moved to per core with many other restrictions. Our experience over the last five years has been very positive, but nowadays we find that Nutanix support is degraded. They started reducing their support. Their new functionality is not as stable. Nutanix has added Kubernetes cluster creation, segmentation, and micro-segmentation. Even their support people are not fully knowledgeable. Their support people are trained for VM-based systems, but now their own internal services are running using Kubernetes and containerization. Their support staff does not have enough knowledge to provide proper support. This may be a transition period where a lot of new functionality has been added and the support staff is not yet well acquainted with it.

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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 simplicity of use is valuable. It is easy. We just click Failover and do it. It is pretty straightforward. If someone wants to do a test failover, they log in to the console and do a test failover"

"The most valuable features are the single pane of glass and the reduction in time it takes for our systems engineering team to manage the platform."

"For most use cases, the failover time is a handful of minutes, if that. A single user can run the system."

"The most valuable feature of HPE Zerto Software was its failover capabilities."

"I love the product and their support."

"What I appreciate most about Zerto is that we can implement it via cloud now and on-premise."

"What I like most about Zerto is that it makes my job much easier."

"The second feature that sold us was the sub-second RPO. One of the things that made Zerto's product stand out from some of the more traditional solutions four years ago was its ability to maintain sub-second RPO over a group of machines, and that group of machines could be spread over multiple storage hardware."

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"Nutanix Disaster Recovery can be used for snapshots, backup, and disaster recovery."

"For the last five years, we have had zero downtime."

"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Disaster Recovery is the local storage solution, which significantly boosts performance, especially when transitioning from traditional architecture."

"The main benefits I've seen from using Nutanix Disaster Recovery include its single platform, which is significantly better than VMware, offering improved security, scalability, and multiple communication options."

"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Disaster Recovery is the reliability and scalability of being able to swing our workloads across the country."

"The product is very simple and very easy to use."

"The initial setup of Nutanix Disaster Recovery is straightforward and easy."

"Nutanix Disaster Recovery needs to have a feature that can automate manual tasks."

Cons

"Customer service is five out of ten. There is room for improvement. We need more local support."

"There are quite a few elements in the long-term retention areas that I wish were better. The bio-level recovery indexing of backups is the area I struggle with the most. That's probably because I desire to do tasks that ordinary users wouldn't do with the solution. The standard medium to large customer would probably never ask for anything like I ask for, so I think it's pretty good the way it is. I'm excited to see some of the new improvements coming in the 9.5 version. Some of the streamlines and how the product presents itself for some of the recovery features could be better."

"We encountered some issues during Active Directory recovery."

"The biggest area for improvement is the technical support side. Although it has improved somewhat, after the HPE acquisition, it became apparent that level-one technical support was moved to groups unfamiliar with the Zerto product."

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

"The setup of the system, although simple to get working, is a little more tricky to get right. This aspect could have benefitted from a bit more explanation."

"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."

"It would also be nice if you could update without having to download a new installation file for Zerto Virtual Manager. Within the app, it could prompt you to install and perform the installation from within the application. Generally, it's relatively easy to use, but it gets a little complex when customers have special network requirements and need to customize how long they want the save points to be retained. We need to work with the storage team on the backend to see what makes the most sense for the client."

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"The solution should include a standard license for the object level and file level."

"Nutanix Disaster Recovery needs to have a feature that can automate manual tasks."

"The product must allow users to create a production domain on the main site in one hypervisor and a backup site on another."

"The dashboard could be a bit refreshed, and some configuration parts could be less confusing."

"The major issue with Nutanix is its appliance-based model, which can lead to vendor lock-in."

"The solution's bandwidth utilization can be improved further."

"Nowadays we find that Nutanix support is degraded. They started reducing their support."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is reasonable."

"As far as I know, the pricing is around $1,000 per VM, but Zerto is changing the pricing model to more of an enterprise-class license. I don't know if there are any additional costs or fees."

"Zerto is more cost-effective than Azure."

"I've been told that when they originally got the quote, it was a little bit of a sticker shock. However, now that we've actually been using it for six months, I've been told that the investment was well worth it."

"We have always been able to get the pricing worked out. At this new company I am right now, we are doing well. We sometimes go through a third party to help us with pricing, but Zerto is fairly decently priced, especially when you consider some of the other solutions that are out there which could be very expensive."

"You need to figure out how many critical servers and applications you have in your environment so you will know how many Zerto licenses to buy."

"It is not the cheapest option on the market, but it offers a number of features that make it a good value for businesses that need a comprehensive disaster recovery plan."

"My impression is that Zerto is more expensive than other solutions, although I don't have exact numbers."

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"The solution’s pricing is good."

"Nutanix Disaster Recovery is a cheap solution."

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Comparison Review

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Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

16%

Mining And Metals Company

Energy/Utilities Company

University

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	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	5

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 needs improvement with Nutanix Disaster Recovery?

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What is your primary use case for Nutanix Disaster Recovery?

We are already working with Veeam but we don't have the product under subscription. We have a perpetual license. We are using it for virtual machine backup. We have an on-premise HCI setup and we a...

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What advice do you have for others considering Nutanix Disaster Recovery?

Both solutions have their merits. If we have to take a replication backup on the DR cluster, then Nutanix Disaster Recovery product is better. However, when we are planning outside of the cluster b...

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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.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Nutanix Disaster Recovery is a natively integrated DR solution that helps organizations stay prepared in the face of a disaster while minimizing data loss and downtime.

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