Zerto (HPE)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Zerto)
Paid
Near-zero - continuous sync, minutes to cut over
Agentless
Enterprise estates
Workload V2V V2C C2V C2C
What it is good at
Continuous journal-based replication with seconds-level RPO and application-consistent multi-VM protection groups. Move a whole multi-tier application as one unit, test it, then commit or roll back.
Where it falls down
Priced as a DR product. Hypervisor-level replication means source must be vSphere or Hyper-V.
Capabilities
- Changed-block tracking / incremental sync
- Live migration (no guest downtime)
- Wave / batch orchestration
- Non-disruptive test migration
- Rollback / failback after cutover
- Encryption in flight
- Network and IP mapping
- API / CLI automation
Cost and licensing
- Cost category
- Paid — Commercial licence required.
- Indicative price
- Subscription per protected VM per month/year
- Licence model
- Subscription licensed per protected VM (Enterprise Cloud Edition covers DR plus migration and long-term retention). Also available through HPE GreenLake.
- How to license it
- Quote from HPE/Zerto or a partner, sized on protected VM count; keys applied in the Zerto Virtual Manager. Short-term migration licences are available for one-off programmes - ask specifically for them.
- Lifecycle
- Current
- Vendor page
- https://www.zerto.com/
Pricing and licensing last reviewed 2026-09-18. Indicative only - confirm with the vendor.
Supported sources
- VMware vSphere / ESXi (vCenter)
- Microsoft Hyper-V (Windows Server)
- Microsoft Azure (IaaS)
- Amazon Web Services (EC2)
- Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
- VMware Cloud on AWS / VCF on AWS
- Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE)
Supported targets
- VMware vSphere / ESXi (vCenter)
- Microsoft Hyper-V (Windows Server)
- Microsoft Azure (IaaS)
- Amazon Web Services (EC2)
- Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
- VMware Cloud on AWS / VCF on AWS
- Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE)