Zerto vs Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud

Zerto8.8Visit Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud8.7Visit

Higher score Zerto #2 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software 8.8/10 Pricing on request · 14-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Zerto

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Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud #3 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software 8.7/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Acronis

• Zerto fits best

  Hybrid and multi-cloud enterprise recovery

• Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud fits best

  Broad server and application recovery

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Side by side

Feature	Zerto 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.7
Ranking	#2 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software	#3 in Cloud Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Hybrid and multi-cloud enterprise recovery	Broad server and application recovery
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request · 14-day trial	Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	14 days	30 days
Free trial length	14 days	30 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Tickets, Community, Docs	Email, Phone, Tickets, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	GDPR	SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Zerto 0/3 · Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud 3/3
Failover orchestration	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Dependency mapping	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Immutable recovery points	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Replication mode	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Minimum RPO	Not checked yet	15 min
Minimum RTO	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Supported workloads	Not checked yet	Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Active Directory, Linux Server, Red Hat Virtualization, Linux KVM, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Nutanix, Scale Computing, Citrix XenServer
Our review
Pros	Near-synchronous replication with granular journal recovery points Automated failover, failback, migration, and recovery testing Clean-room recovery and immutable copies for ransomware resilience	Failover to Acronis Cloud or Microsoft Azure Runbooks, isolated testing, and incremental failback Supports Windows, Linux, databases, and major virtualization platforms
Cons	Standard pricing requires contact with the sales team There is no free plan The 14-day offer is a trial rather than an ongoing free tier	Pricing requires contact with sales and a usage-based agreement Recovery is backup-based rather than replication-mode recovery Managed through a web console rather than a broader listed platform set
Our verdict	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 →	Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud is a disaster recovery as a service offering for managed service providers and businesses. It uses backup-based recovery to run physical, virtual, and cloud workloads in Acronis Cloud, Microsoft Azure,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Zerto — where it wins

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

  Where it doesn't

  • Standard pricing requires contact with the sales team
  • There is no free plan
  • The 14-day offer is a trial rather than an ongoing free tier

• Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud — where it wins

  • Failover to Acronis Cloud or Microsoft Azure
  • Runbooks, isolated testing, and incremental failback
  • Supports Windows, Linux, databases, and major virtualization platforms

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contact with sales and a usage-based agreement
  • Recovery is backup-based rather than replication-mode recovery
  • Managed through a web console rather than a broader listed platform set

• Zerto8.8/10 · Pricing on request · 14-day trial

  A hybrid and multi-cloud recovery platform with deep orchestration and journal-based restores.

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• Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud8.7/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A broad recovery service for businesses and providers managing varied workloads.

  Visit AcronisFull verdict →