Acronis Disaster Recovery vs Zerto

Acronis Disaster Recovery9.0Visit Zerto8.9Visit

Higher score Acronis Disaster Recovery #5 in Disaster Recovery Software 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Acronis

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Zerto #6 in Disaster Recovery Software 8.9/10 Pricing on request · 14-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Zerto

• Acronis Disaster Recovery fits best

  Businesses needing broad cloud DR orchestration

• Zerto fits best

  Multi-cloud teams needing near-synchronous recovery

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Side by side

Feature	Acronis Disaster Recovery 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Zerto 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.9
Ranking	#5 in Disaster Recovery Software	#6 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Businesses needing broad cloud DR orchestration	Multi-cloud teams needing near-synchronous recovery
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request · 14-day trial
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	14 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Phone, Community, Docs · 24/7	Tickets, Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS	GDPR
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Acronis Disaster Recovery 4/4 · Zerto 0/4
Failover orchestration	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Failback orchestration	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Test failover	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Recovery runbooks	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Not checked yet
Supported workloads	Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Active Directory, Linux Server, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Nutanix, Scale Computing, Citrix XenServer	Not checked yet
RPO target	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Automates production failover, testing, runbooks, and incremental failback Supports servers, databases, applications, and major virtualization platforms Recovers to Acronis Cloud, Azure, or a hybrid cloud environment	Near-synchronous replication with journal-based granular recovery points Clean-room recovery and immutable copies support ransomware resilience Automated failover, failback, migration, testing, and SLA analytics
Cons	Pricing requires a sales conversation Service-provider pricing is usage-based or package-based Cloud recovery depends on VPN-based site connectivity	Standard pricing is not published and requires contacting sales The 14-day offer is a trial rather than a free plan Its broad enterprise scope may exceed simpler recovery needs
Our verdict	Acronis Disaster Recovery is a disaster recovery as a service product for managed service providers and their customers. It protects physical and virtual workloads and provides recovery to Acronis Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or a hybrid… Read the review →	Zerto is a data-protection platform for enterprises and managed service providers. It combines continuous data protection, near-synchronous replication, journal-based recovery, disaster recovery orchestration, workload mobility, analytics,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Acronis Disaster Recovery — where it wins

  • Automates production failover, testing, runbooks, and incremental failback
  • Supports servers, databases, applications, and major virtualization platforms
  • Recovers to Acronis Cloud, Azure, or a hybrid cloud environment

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales conversation
  • Service-provider pricing is usage-based or package-based
  • Cloud recovery depends on VPN-based site connectivity

• Zerto — where it wins

  • Near-synchronous replication with journal-based granular recovery points
  • Clean-room recovery and immutable copies support ransomware resilience
  • Automated failover, failback, migration, testing, and SLA analytics

  Where it doesn't

  • Standard pricing is not published and requires contacting sales
  • The 14-day offer is a trial rather than a free plan
  • Its broad enterprise scope may exceed simpler recovery needs

• Acronis Disaster Recovery9.0/10 · Pricing on request

  Broad cloud DR orchestration for service providers managing mixed infrastructure.

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• Zerto8.9/10 · Pricing on request · 14-day trial

  A capable multi-cloud recovery platform for teams that need near-synchronous protection.

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