# Zerto alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 233 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Zerto holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/zerto/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Veeam Data Platform: 55
- Acronis Cyber Protect: 23
- Druva Data Security Cloud: 11
- IDrive Business: 11
- Backblaze: 8
- Backblaze Business Backup: 8

## Backup and disaster recovery

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Zerto.

- Acronis Cyber Protect: first choice in 17 of those 83
- IDrive Business: first choice in 11 of those 83
- Veeam Data Platform: first choice in 7 of those 83
- Backblaze: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Datto SIRIS: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Backblaze Business Backup: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Veeam Community Edition: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Carbonite Safe: first choice in 2 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Zerto (Zerto is #8 of 11 at 0%).

- Veeam Data Platform: first choice in 28 of those 76
- Druva Data Security Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 76
- Veeam Backup & Replication: first choice in 4 of those 76
- Acronis Cyber Protect: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Backblaze Business Backup: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Backblaze: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Backblaze B2: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Duplicati: first choice in 2 of those 76

**Enterprise**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Zerto (Zerto is #7 of 8 at 0%).

- Veeam Data Platform: first choice in 20 of those 74
- Commvault: first choice in 8 of those 74
- Rubrik Security Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Cohesity DataProtect: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Druva Data Security Cloud: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Acronis Cyber Protect: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Veeam Backup & Replication: first choice in 3 of those 74
- AWS Backup: first choice in 1 of those 74

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