Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) vs HPE Zerto Software comparison

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) vs. HPE Zerto Software

April 2026

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

2.7

Dell PowerProtect DP offers cost efficiency, malware protection, and reliable features, providing users a beneficial return on investment.

Sentiment score

6.9

HPE Zerto Software boosts ROI by enhancing cost efficiency, disaster recovery, operational efficiency, and minimizing downtime and financial losses.

I see it as both time-saving and money-saving.

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Senior System Engineer at Tenece Professional services

Before, it was a huge cost. It was several thousand dollars to do a DR test, whereas now, I click a button.

Thomas Sipf

CTO at Erisa Administrative Services, Inc.

It saves us a lot of time and gives us the ability to perform other DR plans for other systems.

reviewer2728620

System Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's not only in the cloud; it's DR as a service, which means that the recovery operations are performed by a dedicated team specializing in this area.

Itsik Ohana

Founder & CEO at Itix Cyber Ltd

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

8.4

Dell PowerProtect DP support is highly rated, with improved logistics, though some communication and scheduling challenges remain.

Sentiment score

7.5

HPE Zerto Software is lauded for responsive support, though some note slower response times post-acquisition. Generally effective service.

If I were to rate customer service from zero to ten points, I would give it ten out of ten.

Senior System Engineer at Tenece Professional services

Challenges exist in certain Linux-based cases.

Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.

On the one or two occasions where we needed to engage with Dell support, they've been most helpful.

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Senior Systems Engineer at NTT DATA

I have never had an issue that was not resolved, and I have never been in a situation where they did not respond.

reviewer762012

Sr. Systems Engineer at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would give them a rating of ten because it represents the highest level of support based on the technical knowledge of the support team, response time, and effectiveness of the provided resolutions.

reviewer1599558

Disaster Recovery Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

When I open a ticket, I usually get a call within an hour or two.

David Comer

Systems Engineering Manager at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

5.5

Dell PowerProtect DP is highly scalable, easily upgraded, supports large datasets but may require hardware updates at capacity.

Sentiment score

7.4

HPE Zerto Software scales efficiently across diverse environments, accommodating small to large setups and complex configurations seamlessly.

Scalability is great here, and it achieves this without downtime.

Senior System Engineer at Tenece Professional services

The product offers flexibility for scalability, making it user-friendly and adaptable to different performance requirements.

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Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.

I find the scalability of the product to be good and scalable as a family with the need for proper engagement in the sizing stage based on customer requirements.

Amjed Antari

Pre Sales Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I would rate it a ten out of ten for scalability.

Alan Barrett

Head of IT at TWM SOLICITORS LLP

Customers need to follow good engineering practices for optimal product use.

Proby Patel

Tech Lead, Storage and Data Protection at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

By adding more hosts and installing VRAs on each, tasks can be efficiently managed.

reviewer2641974

Senior Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.3

Dell PowerProtect DP is stable, reliable, with seamless scalability, minor network issues, and strong support, rated highly by users.

Sentiment score

8.0

HPE Zerto Software is praised for its stability, reliability, and excellent support, handling complex environments efficiently.

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is a stable solution because it's a mature product.

Senior Systems Engineer at NTT DATA

None of the customers has experienced any downtime.

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Senior System Engineer at Tenece Professional services

I promptly delete the malfunctioning elements and set them up again to resume replication, ensuring stability.

Jagadeesh Ethiraj

Technical Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The ease of use was so good with Zerto that they were able to migrate things much quicker.

reviewer2691450

Inside Sales Representative at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is very reliable.

David Comer

Systems Engineering Manager at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Room For Improvement

Dell PowerProtect DP is costly with setup challenges, needing better security features, AI tools, and improved integration options.

HPE Zerto Software requires enhancements in automation, integration, cost flexibility, reporting, user interface, and hypervisor support.

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) requires more updates and innovations in AI-powered cyber resilience.

Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.

You cannot integrate with any other third-party solution or your Data Domain since it is very tightly coupled and has limited licenses with respect to capacity that are integrated directly with Avamar.

Pranav Telang

Lead Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The solution is quite expensive, but when it comes to manageability or interaction with the solution, it is great.

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Senior System Engineer at Tenece Professional services

If I have 350 objects that I am protecting, I would like Zerto to be able to fire them up in one order, rather than having to manually bring them up in a sequence.

David Riberdy

Enterprise data management supervisor at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

If the host has a lot of VMs on it, there may not always be enough time to relocate all of the VMs from a protection group standpoint to other hosts before the replication appliance that Zerto uses to manage that powers itself down.

David Comer

Systems Engineering Manager at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

If HPE Zerto Software has it built-in where we're going to vCenter and you click on it, it will build the VPG and indicate configuration requirements, that would be amazing.

reviewer2729427

Senior Converged Infrastructure Engineer at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Setup Cost

Dell PowerProtect DP provides flexible, capacity-based licensing with competitive pricing, offering discounts for partners and simplifying purchases with monthly billing.

HPE Zerto is cost-effective but pricey, praised for features and ROI; assess needs, as licensing can be inflexible.

Pricing is competitive with other software vendors.

Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.

The only disadvantage I can see with Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is the cost.

Senior System Engineer at Tenece Professional services

The pricing of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is competitive compared to its peers in the market.

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Senior Systems Engineer at NTT DATA

If you want a good-quality tool that is robust and does a good job for you, you have to pay a higher price to get that, and Zerto is no different.

JeffSmith12

IT Manager at American Pioneer Federal Credit Union

However, it can become quite expensive when you start looking at the number of workloads you have in the environment and what you would like to do.

reviewer2645856

Cloud and Infrastructure Services Manager at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Zerto is easier to set up and use, and it's less expensive.

Bill Dudgeon

Professional Services Engineer at US Signal

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Valuable Features

Dell PowerProtect DP offers easy management, high deduplication, scalability, hybrid cloud, and fast recovery in a comprehensive platform.

Zerto Software provides continuous data protection with features like rapid failover, automatic orchestration, and user-friendly virtual machine management.

AI integration enhances backup operations by analyzing data and ensuring malware protection.

Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) has a scalable architecture, offering flexibility, so you can always scale the capacity to meet any increased demands.

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Senior Systems Engineer at NTT DATA

The concept of pre-integrated solutions was very nice, allowing a customer to have a single dashboard to manage everything, which includes backups for desktops, laptops, enterprise applications, virtual and physical servers, along with comprehensive cloud-based backup capabilities.

Amjed Antari

Pre Sales Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Zerto offers excellent technical support with responsive and helpful experts.

Sachin Vinay

Assistant Manager-Networks at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

If we were attacked, I could revert to a backup from five seconds before the attack, and no one would know we were attacked.

reviewer2641974

Senior Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

The replication time and the minor amount of time it takes to sync a new server outside of any of my huge 40-terabyte boxes is ridiculously quick.

reviewer762012

Sr. Systems Engineer at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

36th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

HPE Zerto Software

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

2nd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

355

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (1st), Cloud Backup (2nd), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (1st), Autonomous Operational Resilience (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Zerto Software is 1.9%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HPE Zerto Software	1.9%
Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)	0.7%
Other	97.4%

Backup and Recovery

Featured Reviews

Centralized backups have simplified daily management and improved recovery for our customers

Senior System Engineer at Tenece Professional services

The only disadvantage I can see with Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is the cost. In terms of the usage and also the management aspect of it, it has been great and fantastic. The solution is quite expensive in this regard. That is what most of the customers say. The solution is quite expensive, but when it comes to manageability or interaction with the solution, it is great. If tomorrow brings the next release of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA), I would like to see some additional features included and some new functionalities. At the moment, the solution is great, so I do not know if there will be any additional functionality for the solution, but I would not mind. For now, it is acceptable. Apart from price, I would say there are no other issues or areas for improvement other than cost. Only price could be slightly less.

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reviewer2802231

Dev Ops Engineer at a media company with 201-500 employees

Near-zero downtime has protected critical workloads and now simplifies hybrid cloud recovery

The best features of HPE Zerto Software are mainly very sophisticated and relevant to the current market. The data protection CDP part has real-time replication, unlike other solutions that have snapshot backups. We can set it up hourly, making it ideal for use with workloads. Another attraction is the near-zero RTO, with automated failover within minutes and one-click failover and failback. Currently, we are using a hybrid cloud solution, and HPE Zerto Software supports multi-cloud environments, making it easy to migrate between on-premises and cloud. Regarding the impact of HPE Zerto Software on our RTOs, we have near-zero RTO, meaning the system must be back online within thirty minutes if we measure the time. It is very quick to recover services. With HPE Zerto Software's near-synchronous replication, we have some CDP protection, so we typically write interceptions along with some asynchronous replication. There is almost real-time replication available.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

11%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	6

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	92
Midsize Enterprise	94
Large Enterprise	202

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)?

The pricing of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is competitive compared to its peers in the market, and while it can always come down, I still think it's a fair price.

What needs improvement with Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)?

What is your primary use case for Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)?

We implemented Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) for one of our biggest enterprise customers across their 30 sites. The customer had hyperconverged infrastructure and was looking for a completely isolate...

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zerto?

In terms of pricing, I'll not say HPE Zerto Software is very cheap, and I'll not say that whatever features it provides, it's very highly priced. However, there could be room for negotiation on the...

What needs improvement with Zerto?

The documentation is very good. The GUI is kind of an old one. More development on the GUI can be useful for the users.The areas that have room for improvement include the GUI. The other thing is t...

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Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)

May 2026

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HPE Zerto Software

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Also Known As

Dell EMC IDPA, Dell IDPA, EMC IDPA

Zerto Virtual Replication

Overview

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) offers seamless integration and centralized management, making it a user-friendly choice for enterprise data protection. It enhances performance with high deduplication rates and scalable options for secure data management.

Designed for high-end customers and enterprises, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) excels at backup and recovery, offering robust AI-enhanced security and hybrid-cloud capabilities. Its Turbo Boost Technology and single-pane management streamline data protection strategies. Although it has a user-friendly interface, IDPA's complexity during initial setup poses challenges. Notably, pre-integration reduces deployment time, offering comprehensive data security and recovery rates. However, high costs, lack of integrated SSO, and absence of two-factor authentication are areas for improvement. Users also seek better network connectivity, third-party software integration, and VMware interaction improvements, particularly for Linux-based cases.

What are the standout features of Dell PowerProtect DP?

Centralized Management: Streamlines control across environments.
Turbo Boost Technology: Enhances performance significantly.
AI-Enhanced Security: Provides advanced protection mechanisms.
Hybrid-Cloud Options: Ensures flexibility and scalability.
Single-Pane Management: Simplifies operations across systems.

What benefits can users expect to find when evaluating reviews?

Enhanced Scalability: Adapts to varied data growth needs.
Efficient Deployment: Pre-integration cuts down implementation time.
High Deduplication Rates: Optimizes storage efficiency.
Improved Recovery Rates: Bolsters data restoration capabilities.

Government and manufacturing sectors employ Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) for comprehensive data protection and restoration. Its integration with technologies like Avamar and Data Domain supports on-premise deployment, with cloud expansion as an added advantage for secure data management.

Dell Technologies

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

Sample Customers

Under Armour, Christian Brothers University, Presidio

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