Actifio vs HPE Zerto Software comparison

Google and Zerto are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Google is ranked #49 with an average rating of 8.0, while Zerto is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8. Google holds a 0.3% mindshare in BRS, compared to Zerto’s 3.1% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Zerto users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 11, 2025

Zerto and Actifio are leading data protection and disaster recovery solutions. Zerto has the upper hand in ease of deployment and competitive pricing, while Actifio is noted for its comprehensive feature set and ROI.

Features:Zerto offers powerful replication capabilities, near-real-time recovery point objectives, and seamless integration with various platforms. Actifio provides instant data access, support for multiple workloads, and a broad feature set that covers diverse needs.

Room for Improvement:Users suggest Zerto could enhance reporting, analytics capabilities, and management tools. Actifio users seek more intuitive management tools, better documentation, and improved user interfaces.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:Zerto is favored for its straightforward deployment process and strong customer support. Actifio, while more complex to deploy, is recognized for its responsive and helpful customer service.

Pricing and ROI:Zerto is noted for its competitive pricing and favorable ROI. Actifio, although seen as more expensive, is considered worth the investment for its extensive capabilities and long-term ROI potential.

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Categories and Ranking

Actifio

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

49th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Test Data Management (7th)

HPE Zerto Software

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

2nd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

309

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (2nd), Cloud Backup (3rd), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Actifio is 0.3%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Zerto Software is 3.1%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Hitesh Kumar Jamb

Devsecops & Test Automation Practice Lead at APA Group

Helps reduce costs and enables the creation of new non-production databases

We use the solution on our non-production database. We use it to spin up non-production environments using Oracle The product helps to create new non-production databases. The solution helps reduce costs. The product must provide AI features. Google has stopped supporting the on-premise version…

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Sachin Vinay

Assistant Manager-Networks at Amrita

Leverage disaster recovery with reliable support and cost-effective future-proof features

Zerto is straightforward to implement because it only requires the installation of an agent on the VMs designated for migration. A service, typically a VM, must also be deployed at the disaster recovery location. This entire process is simple and can be completed within three days. Zerto's near-synchronous replication occurs every minute, allowing for highly granular recovery points. This means that even if interruptions or malware disruptions occur within that minute, Zerto can restore to the last known good state, effectively recovering the entire setup to the latest backup. This capability ensures high data security and minimizes potential data loss. One of the main benefits of implementing Zerto is its data compression, which significantly reduces the load on our IPsec VPN. Zerto compresses data by 80 percent before transmitting it across the VPN, minimizing the data transferred between geographically dispersed locations. This compression and subsequent decompression at the destination alleviate the strain on the VPN, preventing overload and ensuring efficient data synchronization. Zerto simplifies malware protection by integrating it into its disaster recovery and synchronization features. This comprehensive approach eliminates the need for separate antivirus setups in virtual machines and applications. It streamlines our security measures and removes the need for additional software or solutions, resulting in an excellent return on investment. Zerto's single-click recovery solution offers exceptional recovery speed. Through the user interface, a single click allows for a complete restoration from the most recent backup within two to three minutes, enabling rapid recovery and minimal downtime. Zerto's Recovery Time Objective is excellent. In the past, if a virtual machine crashed, we would recover it from a snapshot, which could take one to two hours. With Zerto, the recovery process takes only five minutes, and users are typically unaware of any disruption. This allows us to restore everything quickly and efficiently. Zerto has significantly reduced our downtime. When malware affects our data, Zerto immediately notifies us and helps us protect other applications, even those not yet implemented with Zerto. By monitoring these applications, we can quickly identify and address any potential malware spread, minimizing downtime across our systems. Zerto significantly reduces downtime and associated costs during disruptions. Our services are unified, so in the event of a disruption without Zerto, even a half-day disruption would necessitate offline procedures. This would lead to increased manpower, service delays, and substantial financial losses due to interrupted admissions and other critical processes. By unifying service processes, Zerto minimizes the impact of outages. Zerto streamlines our disaster recovery testing across multiple locations by enabling efficient failover testing without disrupting live services. Traditionally, DR testing required downtime of critical systems, but Zerto's replication and failover capabilities allow us to test in parallel with live operations. This non-disruptive approach ensures continuous service availability while validating our DR plan, even in scenarios like malware attacks, by creating a separate testing environment that mirrors the live setup. This comprehensive testing provides confidence in our ability to handle real-world incidents effectively. This saves us over 60 percent of the time. Zerto streamlines system administration tasks by automating many processes, thereby reducing the workload for multiple administrators. This allows them to focus on other university services that require attention and effectively reallocate support resources from automated tasks to those requiring more dedicated management. Zerto is used exclusively for our critical services, providing up to a 70 percent improvement in our IT resilience.

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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

"Actifio was very stable. Whenever they identified bugs, they would promptly provide us with patches."

"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."

"They will assist me in achieving whatever budget issue the client may be having."

"The solution helps reduce costs."

"This product has unique capabilities that lead the product category in test data management, cloning and recovery."

"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."

"The recovery was pretty seamless. It took about a minute for it to kick over when we did our testing. So, it wasn't a long downtime."

"Zerto is extremely easy to use. You set it and forget it."

"The testing features are the most valuable features of this solution. We use the failover test feature not just for testing failovers and disaster recovery, we've also had clients use it for development purposes as well as patching purposes to test patches. We can failover the VM and then we can make any changes we want without affecting production. It's a nice sandbox for that usage."

"The granularity enables us to failover specific workloads instead of an all-or-nothing type of scenario, where you have to move your entire IP block and your data center, or you have to move large chunks of VMs. Those situations also make it prohibitive to test effectively."

"The time it takes to fail a server over to DR has been great."

"The recovery speed is much faster and less complicated."

"It has enabled DR protection for virtual appliances with minimal administrator time."

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

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Cons

"Areas that need improvement would be the support for recovery in the physical environment."

"Lacks the option to price backup costs within the solution itself."

"The initial setup is complex."

"The solution doesn't support AIX software or in-cloud, and we have a lot of servers running on AIX and Oracle."

"While the product does support various databases, the company needs to make more of an effort to support N-minus-one compatibility."

"Google has stopped supporting the on-premise version of the tool."

"I would like them to add a VM host replication option. Being able to replicate host configuration between sites would be a huge benefit."

"The onset of configuring an environment in the cloud is difficult and could be easier to do."

"One improvement could be addressing the market segment related to physical servers. I understand this is a limitation of Zerto's technology. Still, from a customer's perspective, I would ask the vendor to find a solution to use Zerto for virtualized physical systems, such as physical servers."

"I would like to have more granular notifications for jobs and workloads within the applying case application."

"I would like Zerto to add support for VMware's lifecycle manager."

"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."

"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."

"They should not make it so expensive so that I can buy more of it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Actifio is cheaper than other tools."

"Support is very good. They send out a VM link and help you fix any issues."

"Pricing is on a case by case basis."

"I would like to see different service levels. They're good, but it still takes a lot of our budget in ops."

"One of Zerto's main disadvantages is its pricing structure, which involves significant upfront costs and limited options for startups with minimal initial funding."

"There is a one-time cost for maintenance and support. We have a three-year contract that we will have to renew when those three years come up. There is also licensing on top of that for whatever product you are using it for."

"Obviously, I wish it were cheaper and more affordable. But I get what I pay for, so I can't complain."

"At the time I had purchased the product, the pricing was fair and reasonable. Over the years, costs have certainly gone up, which makes it hard for healthcare companies to use the solution."

"Zerto is definitely more costly compared to its competitors, such as VMware Site Recovery Manager. It may not be suitable for small and medium-sized industries."

"The pricing is very reasonable."

"Pricing is adequate at the standard of the product, but there could be "always" some improvement. We would like to see a consumption model that would charge in a DR scenario, where you're failing over and consuming those resources, instead of a per-protected-node model."

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Nov 9, 2014

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

17%

Retailer

11%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Computer Software Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Actifio?

The solution helps reduce costs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Actifio?

Actifio is cheaper than other tools. I rate the pricing an eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Actifio?

The product must provide AI features. Google has stopped supporting the on-premise version of the tool.

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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 ballpark Zerto's pricing at about $1,000 per VM, which I find fair for what it does, but the cost of entry was tough initially due to the minimum number needed to start. I really needed to prove ...

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Overview

Actifio is the world’s leading Enterprise Data-as-a-Service (EDaaS) platform. It enables thousands of users around the world to deliver their data just as they deliver their applications and infrastructure… as a service available instantly, anywhere. An enterprise-class software platform powered by patented Virtual Data Pipeline™ technology, Actifio frees data from traditional infrastructure to accelerate adoption of hybrid cloud, build higher quality applications faster, and improve business resiliency and availability. For more, visit Actifio.com or follow us on Twitter @Actifio.

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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.

Zerto

Sample Customers

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