Zerto vs Arcserve Replication and High Availability

Zerto8.9Visit Arcserve Replication and High Availability8.8Visit

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

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Arcserve Replication and High Availability #7 in Disaster Recovery Software 8.8/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Arcserve

• Zerto fits best

  Multi-cloud teams needing near-synchronous recovery

• Arcserve Replication and High Availability fits best

  Mixed Windows and Linux high availability

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Side by side

Feature	Zerto 8.9/10 Visit ↗	Arcserve Replication and High Availability 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.8
Ranking	#6 in Disaster Recovery Software	#7 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Multi-cloud teams needing near-synchronous recovery	Mixed Windows and Linux high availability
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, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Windows, Linux
Support	Tickets, Community, Docs	Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Docs
Compliance	GDPR	GDPR
Integrations	9 integrations	12 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Zerto 0/4 · Arcserve Replication and High Availability 3/4
Failover orchestration	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Failback orchestration	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Test failover	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Recovery runbooks	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment model	Not checked yet	Hybrid
Supported workloads	Not checked yet	Windows and Linux systems; physical and virtual machines; Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, IIS, Hyper-V, Dynamics CRM, VMware vCenter, Oracle Database, custom applications
RPO target	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	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	Supports continuous replication with automatic or manual failover. Covers physical, virtual, on-premises, remote, and cloud deployments. Includes rollback, recovery testing, monitoring, encryption, and redirection.
Cons	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	Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than self-serve plan selection. There is no free plan. Replication is asynchronous rather than synchronous.
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 →	Arcserve Replication and High Availability is disaster recovery and high-availability software for organizations running Windows and Linux systems. It supports physical and virtual machines, on-premises, remote, and cloud deployments, and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 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

• Arcserve Replication and High Availability — where it wins

  • Supports continuous replication with automatic or manual failover.
  • Covers physical, virtual, on-premises, remote, and cloud deployments.
  • Includes rollback, recovery testing, monitoring, encryption, and redirection.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than self-serve plan selection.
  • There is no free plan.
  • Replication is asynchronous rather than synchronous.

• 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 →
• Arcserve Replication and High Availability8.8/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A broad disaster recovery platform for mixed Windows and Linux high-availability workloads.

  Visit ArcserveFull verdict →