Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] vs HPE Zerto Software comparison

Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Additionally, 50% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

Dell ProtectPoint [EOL]

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50% willing to recommend

HPE Zerto Software

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98% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 11, 2025

HPE Zerto Software and Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] compete in data protection and disaster recovery, each offering distinct capabilities. HPE Zerto Software appears to have the upper hand in pricing and customer satisfaction, while Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] excels with a robust feature set for feature-rich solutions.

Features: HPE Zerto Software provides continuous data protection, seamless disaster recovery, and efficient scalability. It is known for its agility and flexibility. Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] offers strong integration capabilities, innovative storage efficiency, and comprehensive storage management. It integrates deeply with existing infrastructure.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE Zerto Software's deployment process is straightforward, supported by responsive customer service. Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] has a more complex deployment model but is offset by strong support for thorough onboarding.

Pricing and ROI: HPE Zerto Software tends to offer lower setup costs and favorable ROI, appealing to businesses needing swift deployment and cost-efficient solutions. Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] incurs higher initial costs but offers long-term value through advanced functionalities and integration.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell ProtectPoint [EOL]

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

HPE Zerto Software

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

359

Ranking in other categories

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

Featured Reviews

Umar-Qureshi

Deputy Manager at Reliance Industries Ltd

Speedy and easy setup but it needs to mature

One way this solution could be improved is if they could come up with better options to migrate. As for what could be included in the next release, we have shared a couple of points with them. First, the account should be more in balance and coordinated with us. They already communicated to our project management team that they are going to implement some of these features. I would definitely recommend this solution. But as time goes on and new features are getting added the product will be more comprehensive.

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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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The speed and the ease of the initial setup are both good. It is not complex."

"One of the features I find most valuable, is the good technical support."

"Since I started working with Dell a few months ago, I have found that the solution is very strong."

"I would definitely recommend this solution."

"For us, the most valuable features are the quick upload time and how the sync works... We have VMware SRM and Veeam, and they have been pretty slow and sluggish."

"The most valuable aspect of Zerto is synchronized replication, which is very useful."

"I work for a data center solutions company and DR was always the toughest challenge, and when we stumbled upon Zerto 4 years ago it became our standard recommendation in these projects."

"We don't have to spend a whole lot of time worrying about DR and whether or not we are covered. Zerto just works. As it is replicating, we don't need to spend a whole lot of time with it. That is a huge benefit as far as daily management."

"Zerto has enabled the team to focus on engineering and spend less time developing APIs to work with custom solutions and security applications, positively impacting our IT resiliency strategy."

"I love Zerto's near-synchronous replication. I've been using Zerto for three years at my current employer and many years before that. It's been great. Anywhere I've used it, it's made the failover process a lot easier so that pretty much anybody can do it. This feature is our number one priority because we can keep our critical apps running if we have a failure, or even if we have a misconfiguration, it's very easy to recover something quickly."

"Zerto allows us to replicate our critical application servers with a sub 5 minute RPO, and the testing recovery in an isolated environment allows us to test recovery any time we need to."

"Our customers think this tool is awesome."

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Cons

"The interface and documentation need to improve."

"Sometimes I find that the interface is not as good as it should be."

"The product has to be more mature, like to be another six to eight months on the market. A lot of maturity needs to be incorporated."

"There should be an automatic installation in a cluster. When I add a virtual client or ESX source to the cluster, it should automatically install that. There should be automatic installation. Currently, I have to do that manually."

"I had a couple of questions after deployment, but nothing major, about a couple of ways I could tweak it."

"One issue we've been having with Zerto lately is the ability to go into maintenance mode during vSphere upgrades."

"The only thing I really don't like about Zerto is that the ZVM has to be a Windows server. I can spin up any OBA template whenever I want to, but if it has an OS that's tied to it, then I have to involve the OS team from my company. That drives me crazy."

"Zerto could be considered as a backup product but this is not true. So if we could consolidate and use Zerto for disaster recovery as well as everyday backup and restore for situations where we need to recover something, that would be helpful. Anyway, we think that Zerto will win with no competition in the Disaster Recovery process, so we stay focused on this. Now we are testing version 10 which include real-time ransomware detection, a new Cyber Resilience Vault and enhanced cloud capabilities and security: we expect more from these features for superior hybrid cloud security."

"Some of the integrations with our internal tools, in particular, company-specific ones, do not work. In cases like this, we have to ask for additional support."

"The only thing we've noticed that needs improvement is the backend cleanup within VMware."

"We have had issues with licensing, where the license we've been given by Zerto support doesn't include VSS replication, which was a pain at the time."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing seems fair."

"It's a little bit expensive."

"Licensing Zerto was very simple. They had a product that fit our size and scale. It made it really easy to choose."

"It is not a bad pricing model."

"The pricing is fair."

"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."

"We subscribe to their annual license package and we have tier one support with them."

"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."

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it_user159711

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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Overview

Dell EMC ProtectPoint technology provides up to 20x faster, more efficient backup and 10x faster recovery while eliminating the backup impact on application servers. By integrating primary storage and industry leading protection storage, ProtectPoint reduces cost and complexity by eliminating traditional backup applications while still providing the benefits of native backups. Overall, ProtectPoint provides the performance of snapshots with the functionality of backups.

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.

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