HPE Zerto Software vs NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 22, 2026

HPE Zerto Software and NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud compete in data management and recovery solutions. NetApp is favored for its integration with Google Cloud, enhancing cloud operations.

Features: HPE Zerto Software offers comprehensive disaster recovery, robust data protection, and efficient recovery processes. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud provides scalable storage options, seamless integration with Google Cloud, and enhanced collaboration and flexibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE Zerto Software ensures straightforward deployment with effective customer service for quick issue resolution. NetApp benefits from Google Cloud's extensive support and resources, facilitating easier deployment and management.

Pricing and ROI: HPE Zerto Software typically has higher upfront costs but delivers significant ROI with its disaster recovery strength. NetApp has competitive pricing with potential cost savings through its cloud-native design.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Zerto Software

Ranking in Cloud Migration

1st

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

365

Ranking in other categories

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

NetApp Cloud Volumes Servic...

Ranking in Cloud Migration

24th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Storage (19th), Public Cloud Storage Services (17th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Cloud Migration category, the mindshare of HPE Zerto Software is 4.8%, down from 6.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud is 2.7%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Migration Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HPE Zerto Software	4.8%
NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud	2.7%
Other	92.5%

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Featured Reviews

Aslah Faseel K

DevOps 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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Colin Constable

Co-Founder at Atsign

Enables us to fine-tune storage and capacity on the fly as our needs grow or shrink over time

NetApp delivers High Availability. It's critical to our work. That was the main driver for using NetApp. We have a highly resilient service and if you have a highly resilient service, you are only as resilient as the least resilient part of your infrastructure. That's what we were having trouble with our file system before. It was becoming troublesome, so we needed to find something that was much more highly resilient so that's why we moved to NetApp. The complexity of moving large numbers of files to the cloud depends on what you're trying to do. But for us, it was really simple. I imagine for large enterprise customers it is probably pretty tricky. They're probably on all different technologies inside a large corporation and they may or may not have very large pipes going to them. So if you're in a data center to the cloud then it's going to be easy, but if you have hundreds of branches like if you're a bank and have lots of branch banks, they might have very small pipes out to the internet. It might take forever. In our use case everything's brand new files, so it was pretty trivial. We didn't migrate to the cloud, we were already on the cloud, so it was a nonissue for us. NetApp enables us to share data across VMs. It actually reduced the amount of data storage we need. We were having to have storage attached to each VM. And now we can aggregate that storage across multiple VMs, so that actually gave us a net reduction, which was a good thing. We switched from using block storage to file storage to share data between our VMs. It made it easier, frankly but I worry about the scalability in the future. For the moment it made life easier. We were using block and then we moved back to file with NetApp.

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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 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."

"Every single penny we have invested in Zerto has been worth it; it has allowed us to grow our business and acquire more clients."

"Previously, when we did disaster recovery it would take us easily a day or two to restore all of our servers, and we can do the same thing with Zerto in about an hour and a half."

"Especially when it comes to DR testing, it is very easy to work with and we are able to recover our infrastructure at our DR site within a matter of minutes."

"It's easy to use. We don't need formal training."

"We use the solution for one-to-one replication from data center one to data center two, from server one to server two, or from the cloud to on-premises."

"The speed of recovery with Zerto versus the speed of recovery with other disaster recovery solutions is night and day. We use Veeam for backups and the amount of time that it takes to recover is so much quicker mounting with Zerto. That's why we extended the journal so that we could capture a few more days and make it easier for us to recover files."

"We use to use VMware replication appliances to attempt to replicate our VMs to remote locations and servers, but Zerto's one-to-many replication options with deduplication have made the process much simpler without having to constantly worry about the versions of each driver."

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"Storage was taking up maybe 10 to 20% of my life at the startup, and now it takes up zero."

"It is a good service for high availability that is very easy to configure."

"Overall, they have very impressive technologies."

"Storage was taking up maybe 10 to 20% of my life at the startup, and now it takes up zero. I was personally running all the infrastructure for the company. Now that we've moved to NetApp, I don't have to worry about making sure it's up and running. It's made my life personally much better."

"High availability is very important to us because we have a production environment. High availability is the highest priority for us to continue keeping our systems running."

"In terms of its storage snapshot efficiencies, the service is highly efficient. We are only doing things in small batches right now because we have not converted all of the data, but we have tested them in the Google Cloud and they work efficiently."

Cons

"I haven't been a super big fan of the support area. The support could really be better in terms of responsiveness. I've had some issues that took two or three days to get resolved. Once I got to the right person, they were resolved quickly, but it took a while to get to that person."

"My experience deploying the HPE Zerto Software involves some initial setup hurdles."

"I would suggest improving automatic updates. Their software requires updating level by level to keep it current. I was unaware that I was several versions behind, so I needed assistance to guide me to the current version."

"Maybe the reporting for the failover test could be a little better."

"The pricing could be a little bit lower."

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

"When building out a VPG and doing the machine types within Azure, they were not coming across correctly. It would say it had a CPU and memory of a specific type, but it was not accurate... It was a bug and they were working on it."

"To improve HPE Zerto Software, it would be helpful to make it more affordable."

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"It would help if they increased the area in which they employ artificial intelligence, by starting to do assessments on the environments, to project those. They're not using any AI tools, currently, on the administrative side."

"The user interface has room for improvement."

"I would like for the sales team to get in contact more often and let me know what I should be doing next, what we should be doing about new features. So it would be nice if I heard a little bit more from him. From a technology perspective, I have no complaints."

"The user interface has room for improvement. We would like this service to be more integrated with Azure, which is very easy to manage and use. It was easy to create volumes and add capacity pools in Azure, but in Google Cloud, we can only create separate volumes. We need more management or configuration options in the user interface."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We find the Zerto pricing fits our budget."

"It initially seemed a little pricey, but in the big picture, you're paying for peace of mind. It could always be cheaper and more competitive, which would make it an easier choice for people, but I can see both ways. They can say this cost is for the value they are providing. If anything happens, they can recover your data very quickly. You won't be losing it, so there is a win. It is a win-win."

"If it were easier to license, and to scale it out a little bit more economically, that'd be a godsend. At the end of the day, my druthers would be to have all 200 of our servers protected by this platform. But for a company our size, that stretches our IT budget and it just doesn't make economic sense."

"All of my customers are happy with how this product works and they like it, but unfortunately, in the market that I represent, Zerto is expensive when compared with the competition."

"The pricing is based on virtual machines. They need to do better in regards to their tiering pricing rather than one price per VM. A lot of times we have VMs that are lower tier, such as Tier 2 or Tier 3, but we pay the same price as for Tier 1. I know they are developing this out, but it would be nice if they could provide a little better pricing in regards to their tiering protection."

"The cost is not dirt cheap but also is not terrible."

"It's fair. My biggest gripe with Zerto is the initial scoping. What we were promised didn't work with what we ended up with."

"The licensing cost is fair."

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"We don't need so much space, and there is no option to pay as we go or use just what we need. Also, the only way to increase performance is by increasing the level of the service."

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Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Nov 9, 2014

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Comms Service Provider

14%

Computer Software Company

11%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	97
Midsize Enterprise	94
Large Enterprise	210

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Questions from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

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I find HPE Zerto Software affordable.

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Also Known As

Zerto Virtual Replication

CVS for Google Cloud, NetApp CVS for Google Cloud, Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud, Cloud Volumes Service for GCP, NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for GCP

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

NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud provides a managed, high-performance storage solution designed for enterprise workloads and complex data environments, ensuring seamless integration with Google Cloud.

It offers enterprises an efficient way to manage storage needs in Google Cloud, with features focused on high performance, ease of use, and robust data management. This service facilitates quick deployment, reliability, and data protection, allowing organizations to focus on operational efficiency without the complexities of traditional infrastructure.

What are the most important features?

High Performance: Delivers consistent, scalable performance for demanding applications.
Ease of Use: Simplified management and deployment reduce administrative overhead.
Data Protection: Includes built-in snapshots and replication for data integrity and disaster recovery.
Flexible Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Google Cloud services for streamlined workflows.
Scalability: Easily scales with business growth, providing storage on demand.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Cost Efficiency: Optimizes storage costs with automated tiering and flexible pricing models.
Enhanced Productivity: Reduces time spent on storage management, allowing teams to focus on core tasks.
Reliability: Provides a dependable infrastructure with high uptime and data availability.
Agility: Enables rapid adaptation to changing business needs with quick scalability.

In industries like finance and healthcare, NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud is implemented to ensure secure data handling and regulatory compliance. Its capabilities in data protection and rapid scaling are particularly valuable in these sectors, where data integrity and fast access are priorities.

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