HPE Zerto Software vs Storware Backup and Recovery

HZHPE Zerto Software9.2Visit Storware Backup and Recovery8.4Visit

Higher score HZ HPE Zerto Software #2 in IT Resilience Orchestration Automation (ITRO) Software 9.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 5 features Visit HPE Zerto

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Storware Backup and Recovery #8 in IT Resilience Orchestration Automation (ITRO) Software 8.4/10 Free plan · 60-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 0 of 5 features Visit Storware

• HPE Zerto Software fits best

  Hybrid multi-cloud VM disaster recovery

• Storware Backup and Recovery fits best

  Cost-conscious multi-hypervisor VM recovery

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Side by side

Feature	HZHPE Zerto Software 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Storware Backup and Recovery 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.4
Ranking	#2 in IT Resilience Orchestration Automation (ITRO) Software	#8 in IT Resilience Orchestration Automation (ITRO) Software
Best for	Hybrid multi-cloud VM disaster recovery	Cost-conscious multi-hypervisor VM recovery
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Free plan · 60-day trial
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	60 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web, Linux
Support	Live chat, Email	Email, Phone, Tickets, Docs · 24/7
Integrations	5 integrations	11 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features HPE Zerto Software 4/5 · Storware Backup and Recovery 0/5
Runbook automation	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Recovery plan management	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Service dependency mapping	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Automated failover	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Recovery testing	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment options	Hybrid	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Near-synchronous replication with journal-based point-in-time recovery Coordinates multi-VM recovery through virtual protection groups and recovery plans Supports non-disruptive testing, failover, and failback workflows	Free plan plus a 60-day trial for evaluating core protection Native API, agentless VM backup across 15 listed hypervisors Recovery plans, scheduled testing, instant restore, and immutable protection
Cons	Pricing requires a custom quote. There is no free plan. Its focus is workload recovery, resilience, and migration.	Deployment is self-hosted rather than delivered as a SaaS service Commercial licensing is quote-based by host, VM, or capacity The product is proprietary rather than open source
Our verdict	HPE Zerto Software provides continuous data protection, disaster recovery, cyber resilience, and workload mobility for virtualized and cloud environments. It is aimed at organizations protecting workloads across on-premises, hybrid, and… Read the review →	Storware Backup and Recovery is a centralized data-protection platform for organizations running virtual machines across multiple hypervisors. It supports VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, OpenStack, and other… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• HPE Zerto Software — where it wins

  • Near-synchronous replication with journal-based point-in-time recovery
  • Coordinates multi-VM recovery through virtual protection groups and recovery plans
  • Supports non-disruptive testing, failover, and failback workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a custom quote.
  • There is no free plan.
  • Its focus is workload recovery, resilience, and migration.

• Storware Backup and Recovery — where it wins

  • Free plan plus a 60-day trial for evaluating core protection
  • Native API, agentless VM backup across 15 listed hypervisors
  • Recovery plans, scheduled testing, instant restore, and immutable protection

  Where it doesn't

  • Deployment is self-hosted rather than delivered as a SaaS service
  • Commercial licensing is quote-based by host, VM, or capacity
  • The product is proprietary rather than open source

• HZHPE Zerto Software9.2/10 · Pricing on request

  Coordinates near-real-time replication, recovery plans, and testing across hybrid environments.

  Visit HPE ZertoFull verdict →
• Storware Backup and Recovery8.4/10 · Free plan · 60-day trial

  A cost-conscious, self-hosted choice for multi-hypervisor VM recovery.

  Visit StorwareFull verdict →