Quest NetVault Plus vs Zerto comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 9, 2025

Zerto and Quest NetVault Plus compete in the disaster recovery and backup solution market, with Zerto having an upper hand due to its extensive disaster recovery capabilities and integration features not present in Quest NetVault Plus.

Features: Zerto provides hardware independence, low RPO, and seamless integration with real-time continuous disaster recovery. It supports specific cloud integrations and file-level recovery. Quest NetVault Plus offers fundamental backup functionalities with a focus on core backup features.

Room for Improvement: Zerto could improve its documentation, reporting, and backup capabilities, with suggestions for better update handling and enhanced backup features. Quest NetVault Plus users cite issues with limited documentation and reporting capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zerto is known for its simple deployment and minimal daily interaction requirements. Quest NetVault Plus is easy to install and deploy with a user-friendly interface, making it straightforward to use.

Pricing and ROI: Pricing details for Zerto and Quest NetVault Plus are not provided. However, Zerto's broad feature set might imply a higher price point but also a higher return on investment.

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Quest NetVault Plus vs. Zerto

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Categories and Ranking

Quest NetVault Plus

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

42nd

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

24th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zerto

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

2nd

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

2nd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

309

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (2nd), Cloud Backup (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Quest NetVault Plus is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zerto is 10.3%, down from 12.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

Featured Reviews

Isa Safii

Senior System Engineer at PT. Virtus Technology Indonesia

Comprehensive data protection and reliable backup capabilities enable smooth disaster recovery operations

The features of Quest NetVault Plus ( /products/quest-netvault-plus-reviews ) that are most valuable include the ability to pick up and restore to tape servers and external hard disks. It allows us to pick up from devices and then restore to the same devices or external server storage. Additionally, the application supports scanning files for malware before backup operations.

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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

"Having the web-based interface is important to us because we can access it from any computer in the network, rather than having it installed and available for use only on a specific one."

"The user interface is good."

"The initial setup is straightforward. It's not that complicated. Deployment took maybe about 15 minutes."

"The solution allows us to block off our network and only give access to whatever we want."

"The platform helps us with efficient QoreStor deduplication (DD) capabilities and configuration."

"If a job is pending, the solution communicates it to us through emails."

"The interface is very user-friendly."

"Quest NetVault Plus is quite effective for managing backups across multiple systems because we don't need to log in to the backup server to manage it; it's web-based, so from any system in the network, you can log in and manage everything."

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"It is very user-friendly. There is no wondering about what a feature does. It is easy to use."

"The most valuable feature is real-time replication, where we have the ability to recover things in near real-time."

"Zerto gives us peace of mind knowing that if we were attacked by ransomware, we would be able to recover data from the time before the ransomware to get us back to being fully functional."

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

"With Zerto, we were able to replicate our virtual servers to a remote DR site across a WAN connection."

"The solution's most valuable aspect is allowing a failover from our remote sites to our data center. Our remote sites have failed several times, and on each occasion, we were able to bring a plant back online within 30 minutes, even though the hardware repair took many days."

"The software has been awesome."

"Journaling allows us to leverage Zerto's journal for sub-minute recoveries, instead of having to wait for the storage array to replicate."

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Cons

"There are certain issues with the product that we report to Quest, and we get offered a workaround instead of a fix. There could be better interaction with the development teams, perhaps in terms of transparency."

"In the next version, I would like to see support for the MongoDB database. As it is now, there is no component that works with it and we cannot back the data up using NetVault."

"The product’s SQL backup plugin needs improvement."

"Improvements could be made in the deduplication and data management capabilities. There is also a need for better security measures, as security is critical to ensure backups are safe and free from malware."

"The interface can be improved. It should be more clear what features are available and make them easy to find."

"The stability of the solution is poor."

"There are command-line limitations. There is not a very strong possibility to work with the command line. The commands that are there are not that powerful, and you need to be very good at scripting, for example, in PowerShell or in Bash in case it is running on Linux systems. You need to combine a lot of commands together, and still, you will not get a great output that is presentable to others. You cannot work with it as easily."

"I would like to see the option of cloud-based management."

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"We did look at the long-term retention backup feature of Zerto a few years ago, and at that time, it was limited. I can't say what it is right now, but at the time, its functionality was limited in terms of basically where we could save it and how we could save it. Offsite air gapping our backups is important to us to help protect against ransomware, and at the time, it couldn't do that. That would be one area that would be important before we consider using the long-term retention again. I haven't looked at it recently, and they may have addressed this in the meantime, but if not, this would be an area of improvement."

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

"In the future, the tool's user interface needs to be refreshed since it seems to be becoming somewhat antiquated."

"When we do failover and failback, it doesn't maintain some of the settings that it should and I don't really understand why that happens."

"There could be improvements in support. Here, in Malaysia, there is no on-site support."

"Zerto could add text alerts if there are critical problems and alerts if changes affect our replication."

"If we have multiple VMs in a VPG (Virtual Protected Group) and one VM is hung for DR, it holds things up. The only alternative is to create multiple VPGs. It would be nice to have one VPG where, if one VM is failing, it does not impact the overall process."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is expensive."

"When we purchased four licenses, we were given a very good price. However, it is still on the high side when compared to some other vendors."

"The price of our 12-month contract is approximately $1,500 AUD ($1,100 USD)."

"You are getting what you pay for, as this is a solution that requires minimal management after it is configured."

"To ensure proper data protection, we require a separate backup solution alongside Zerto for disaster recovery therefore the price for Zerto is high."

"Its pricing is very competitive. As compared to VMware SRM, Zerto has reduced our OPEX cost by at least 30%."

"If you are an IT person and you think that DR is too expensive then the cloud option from Zerto is good because anyone can afford to use it, as far as getting one or two of their criticals protected."

"The pricing is pretty competitive to that of other options out there. When we shopped around, it was in line with the price of other solutions."

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

"Zerto is not overly expensive. It's worth what we're getting for it, but with tough times, a discount would be beneficial."

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

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

Government

Computer Software Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Quest NetVault ?

NetVault is a great cloud-ready enterprise backup software for hybrid data centers. Here are some of the things I really like about the solution: It is easy to use right out of the box and scales ...

What do you like most about Quest NetVault?

If a job is pending, the solution communicates it to us through emails.

What needs improvement with Quest NetVault?

Improvements could be made in the deduplication and data management capabilities. There is also a need for better security measures, as security is critical to ensure backups are safe and free from...

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 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...

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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Also Known As

NetVault Backup, Quest NetVault, Quest NetVault Backup, BakBone

Zerto Virtual Replication

Overview

Quest NetVault Plus is used by organizations for efficient backup in environments such as retail machines, VMware, and virtual servers, including Hyper-V. It supports hybrid environments with Nutanix Xi.

Quest NetVault Plus is designed for backing up databases, applications, and security logs in hybrid environments. It includes a universal backup system with deduplication and allows data path mapping. Users install a client agent on PCs and a server agent for recovery tasks. Commonly used in industries like pharma, Quest NetVault Plus offers a web interface for network-wide access, dashboards for visualization, and reliable stability and reporting features. While appreciated for its backup management and efficient search capabilities, users desire improvements in its web interface and compatibility.

What are the key features of Quest NetVault Plus?

Efficient Search: Quickly locate tables and databases in backups.
Time-Saving Restoration: Speeds up recovery tasks.
Streamlined Management: Manage backups across different locations easily.
User-Friendly Interface: Offers network-wide access via an intuitive web interface.
Comprehensive Dashboard: Provides clear visibility of backup processes.

What benefits should organizations expect from Quest NetVault Plus?

Stability and Reporting: Reliable backup operations with built-in reporting tools.
Media Utilization: Optimize backup media usage for cost efficiency.
Capacity Planning: Plan for storage needs with detailed reports.
Communication: Stay informed with email notifications on backup status.

In industries like pharma, Quest NetVault Plus is implemented by configuring agents on clients and servers for effective backup and recovery. Its adaptability in hybrid setups with Nutanix Xi enhances server backup management, while its dashboard and reporting capabilities assist in monitoring and optimizing backup workflows across sectors.

Quest Software

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.

Sample Customers

intel, Mars, MERK, Microsoft, Uber, Visa

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