VMware Live Site Recovery vs Zerto

VLVMware Live Site Recovery9.2Visit Zerto8.9Visit

Higher score VL VMware Live Site Recovery #3 in Disaster Recovery Software 9.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Contact VMware

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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

• VMware Live Site Recovery fits best

  VMware environments requiring site recovery

• Zerto fits best

  Multi-cloud teams needing near-synchronous recovery

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Side by side

Feature	VLVMware Live Site Recovery 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Zerto 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.9
Ranking	#3 in Disaster Recovery Software	#6 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	VMware environments requiring site recovery	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, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Tickets, Docs	Tickets, Community, Docs
Integrations	7 integrations	9 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features VMware Live Site 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	virtual machines	Not checked yet
RPO target	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Centralizes recovery plans for failover, migration, testing, and failback. Supports vSphere Replication and array-based replication through SRAs. Covers on-premises and hyperscaler VMware virtual-machine deployments.	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	Focused on virtual-machine workloads rather than broader workload types. Pricing requires contact with a VMware account representative. Requires a paired VMware-site and replication integration strategy.	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	VMware Live Site Recovery orchestrates disaster recovery for virtualized applications across paired VMware sites. It is designed for IT administrators responsible for infrastructure resiliency and recovery, with support for on-premises and… 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

• VMware Live Site Recovery — where it wins

  • Centralizes recovery plans for failover, migration, testing, and failback.
  • Supports vSphere Replication and array-based replication through SRAs.
  • Covers on-premises and hyperscaler VMware virtual-machine deployments.

  Where it doesn't

  • Focused on virtual-machine workloads rather than broader workload types.
  • Pricing requires contact with a VMware account representative.
  • Requires a paired VMware-site and replication integration strategy.

• 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

• VLVMware Live Site Recovery9.2/10 · Pricing on request

  A focused choice for orchestrating recovery across paired VMware sites.

  Contact VMwareFull verdict →
• Zerto8.9/10 · Pricing on request · 14-day trial

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

  Visit ZertoFull verdict →