HPE Zerto Software vs Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS comparison

HPE Zerto Software vs. Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Zerto Software

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

2nd

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

1st

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

360

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (1st), Cloud Backup (2nd), Autonomous Operational Resilience (1st)

Nimesa Backup and Recovery ...

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

45th

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

26th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of HPE Zerto Software is 1.8%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS is 0.2%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HPE Zerto Software	1.8%
Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS	0.2%
Other	98.0%

Backup and Recovery

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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George Onalo

Enterprise DevOps Lead at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Automated disaster recovery has cut manual work and now protects cross‑region workloads confidently

There are three major areas where Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS can be improved: infrastructure as code integration, predictive AI analytics, and data compression. Currently, we construct our automated landing zones using IaC, but we still have to jump into Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS UI afterwards to manually configure the application backup groups and policies. Being able to declare all our backup schedules directly inside our Terraform code would streamline our automation pipelines massively. In terms of predictive AI reporting, it needs to be more reliable. While it executes scheduled backups perfectly, it lacks proactive anomaly detection. We want the AI agent to accurately predict and flag a potential backup failure or snapshot timeout before the job actually triggers and fails. This would save our DevOps team tons of triage time.

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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 features I have found most valuable in HPE Zerto Software are the replication using the virtual VPGs."

"So for both business and IT it is much easier to use Zerto and profit from best function and best performance in these area of replication tools"

"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."

"It's extremely easy to use HPE Zerto Software. Our first failover test went flawlessly. We failed over our entire data center, approximately 200 VMs in half an hour - very fast."

"The most valuable aspect of Zerto is the recovery speed."

"Using Zerto for the migration was incredibly valuable, enabling us to save tremendous amounts of time."

"Zerto is the key to our DR strategy."

"The pricing and licensing are excellent. It's very straightforward."

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"Overall, these features make day-to-day backup operations more structured, reduce operational overhead, and improve confidence around recovery preparedness and cloud resilience."

"Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS helped us automate backup scheduling and policy management, gave us centralized visibility with a dashboard across AWS workloads of multiple accounts, helped us with a faster recovery process, and majorly reduced our operational overhead while improving our ransomware and data protection."

"Previously, if we had any disaster or any issue, it would take days to bring the environment back up to the original state, and with Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS, we can do that within a couple of hours, which greatly reduces downtime in the case of disaster recovery."

"As an Advanced Tier Partner, Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS has had a major positive impact on our delivery velocity and engineering efficiency."

Cons

"Recently, they started forcing everybody to use a Linux-based appliance for their z/VMs. That appliance has been extremely touchy and, in some cases, problematic."

"I want to have an OVF or some local deployment where I can deploy the ZVRA rather than having to push it from the console. Some of our smaller remote sites have relatively poor bandwidth, and they can't keep up with the constant deployment stream from our center console, meaning we have to find some creative hours to get around the bandwidth bottlenecks. If I could push out a small install file, install it locally, and then reach back to the console, that would be excellent."

"We would like some of the real fine or granular things. We've submitted a few minor things for enhancements such as being able to control bandwidth utilization for each facility you replicate to versus overall. We just need a little bit more granularity on some of the things, but there is not a whole bunch that is in need of tweaking."

"I wish Zerto had better file restoration capabilities. We have not been able to use that because of the limitations of Zerto's de-duplication technology."

"The improvement that I would like to see is a little bit easier product knowledge, things like that."

"Zerto could improve by offering more flexible pricing models, especially for startups."

"The GUI is kind of an old one; more development on the GUI can be useful for the users."

"Following the acquisition of this product by HPE, I think there are certain aspects that could be more suitable."

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"One area where Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS could improve is expanding advanced analytics and predictive monitoring capabilities, especially for identifying backup risks, storage optimization opportunities, and recovery readiness trends more proactively."

"Regarding customer support, as this is a very new product and relatively new in the market, I am not sure how long they have been around, but there seems to be a lack of understanding with the support team."

"Customer support is fair and okay, though it could be better."

"Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS has a fairly small market presence."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price can be better, but it is not bad. Most small-scale organizations can afford it, but they can come up with more customer-friendly packages."

"The pricing for this solution could be cheaper. They have two licensing tiers. When we purchased it, they didn't have a license for the cloud model. Certain things that I used to get with the basic licensing are no longer available. They are only available in the Cloud. Overall, the licensing model could be simplified."

"We paid a big investment upfront with renewal fees each year."

"This solution is far less expensive than SRM and NetBackup."

"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."

"I do not have anything to compare it to. It is expensive, but I am not going to squabble about the price when I bring the system up in a disaster. It is what it is."

"Zerto is expensive but offers many features that make it competitive."

"It was pretty appropriate. It was not too cheap, not too expensive. It was just about right."

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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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

43%

Comms Service Provider

21%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	94
Midsize Enterprise	93
Large Enterprise	207

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Questions from the Community

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?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is good.

What needs improvement with Zerto?

HPE Zerto Software's GUI needs modernization to match the flexibility and user experience of other HPE software solutions, as there is still room for improvement in software-level flexibility and t...

What needs improvement with Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS?

What is your primary use case for Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS?

Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS automates application-centric disaster recovery and lifecycle snapshot management for enterprise clients that are migrating to AWS. We recently migrated a large r...

What advice do you have for others considering Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS?

I would rate Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS an eight out of ten. There is still room for improvement, but eight out of ten is a fair rating. I took off those two points primarily due to the inf...

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Also Known As

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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.

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Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS provides robust data protection, ensuring business continuity by efficiently managing backup processes and disaster recovery tailored to AWS environments.

Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS offers a proficient approach to safeguarding critical data on AWS platforms. Its architecture supports automated backup policies and rapid recovery processes, reducing downtime and enhancing reliability. Users can customize backup frequencies and retention periods to fit specific requirements, ensuring compliance with industry standards without impacting performance.

What features make Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS stand out?

Automated Backups: Schedule and automate backup processes, reducing manual intervention and errors.
Instant Recovery: Quickly recover data to minimize downtime and maintain business continuity.
Scalable Policies: Flexible backup policies adaptable to organizational demands, ensuring comprehensive coverage.
Optimized Storage: Efficient storage usage reduces costs while maintaining high availability of data.
Compliance Support: Helps maintain adherence to industry regulations through customizable reporting.

What benefits and ROI should be evaluated?

Cost Efficiency: Reduces overall storage costs through effective data management and optimized resources.
Reduced Downtime: Minimizes operational interruption, enhancing productivity and preserving revenue flow.
Improved Data Security: Protects sensitive information with robust encryption and access controls.
Scalability: Supports growing data needs without compromising performance, future-proofing investments.
Ease of Integration: Seamless integration with existing AWS environments ensures quick deployment and operation.

In sectors such as finance, healthcare, and e-commerce, Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS is implemented to ensure data integrity and compliance. Financial institutions use it to protect transactional data, while healthcare providers maintain patient confidentiality and availability. E-commerce businesses rely on its quick recovery capabilities to ensure an uninterrupted shopping experience.

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Sample Customers

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

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HPE Zerto Software vs. Nimesa Backup and Recovery for AWS