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Zerto
Continuous data protection with near-zero RPO
As of 30 August 2026, Zerto starts at $5/month. Zerto provides continuous data protection, disaster recovery, and workload mobility for virtualized infrastructures and cloud environments. Softwr lists it under File Storage. Zerto is made by Zerto (HPE), launched in 2009, available on Windows, Linux, Web.
Overview
What Zerto does
Zerto provides continuous data protection, disaster recovery, and workload mobility for virtualized infrastructures and cloud environments. It offers journal-based recovery with near-zero RPO, automated failover orchestration, and multi-cloud mobility.
What people use it for
- Data protection
- Disaster recovery
- Business continuity
- Ransomware protection
- Compliance
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The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Zerto.
- Zerto with Azure is listed on UK G-Cloud as a reseller-managed disaster recovery service, not Zerto's own licence pricing, with OS management from £75 per host per month for the public sector
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of Zerto
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
- ZertovsBarracuda Backup
Barracuda Backup: Complete backup solution with built-in ransomware protection
- ZertovsCarbonite
Carbonite: Simple and reliable cloud backup for businesses
- ZertovsBackblaze
Backblaze: Unlimited cloud backup at an affordable price
Pricing
What Zerto costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Zerto Enterprise Cloud
$5 /mo
- Continuous protection
- Journal-based recovery
- Multi-cloud mobility
Capabilities
Features
Continuous data protection
Journal-based recovery
Automated failover
Non-disruptive testing
Multi-cloud mobility
Long-term retention
VMware
Integration with VMware
Hyper-V
Integration with Hyper-V
AWS
Integration with AWS
Azure
Integration with Azure
Google Cloud
Integration with Google Cloud
IBM Cloud
Integration with IBM Cloud
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Can I try Zerto before buying?
Yes, Zerto offers a 14-day free trial or on-demand lab access to test the platform.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Zerto
- Company
- Zerto (HPE)
- Based in
- Boston, Massachusetts
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- Barracuda Backup
- Backblaze
- Veritas NetBackup
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- CrashPlan
- TrueNAS
- IDrive
- Tigris
- Tresorit
- LucidLink
- Panzura
- pCloud
- Scality RING
- Storj
- IDrive e2
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