HPE Zerto Software vs Nutanix Prism Central

HZHPE Zerto Software9.2Visit Nutanix Prism Central8.5Visit

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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Nutanix Prism Central #7 in IT Resilience Orchestration Automation (ITRO) Software 8.5/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 5 features Visit Nutanix

• HPE Zerto Software fits best

  Hybrid multi-cloud VM disaster recovery

• Nutanix Prism Central fits best

  Nutanix-led infrastructure and DR management

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Side by side

Feature	HZHPE Zerto Software 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Nutanix Prism Central 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.5
Ranking	#2 in IT Resilience Orchestration Automation (ITRO) Software	#7 in IT Resilience Orchestration Automation (ITRO) Software
Best for	Hybrid multi-cloud VM disaster recovery	Nutanix-led infrastructure and DR management
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Live chat, Email	Docs
Integrations	5 integrations	7 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features HPE Zerto Software 4/5 · Nutanix Prism Central 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	Centralizes multi-cluster VM, storage, networking, and lifecycle operations Automates protection plans, backups, recovery workflows, and live migration Provides RBAC, SSO, monitoring, diagnostics, alerts, and REST/SDK automation
Cons	Pricing requires a custom quote. There is no free plan. Its focus is workload recovery, resilience, and migration.	Hypervisor and integration coverage is narrower than dedicated DR suites NCI pricing requires a sales conversation rather than public plan pricing Support is centered on documentation rather than multiple listed channels
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 →	Nutanix Prism Central is the multi-cluster management plane for Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure. It gives infrastructure teams a centralized console for virtual machines, compute, storage, networking, lifecycle operations, protection,… 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.

• Nutanix Prism Central — where it wins

  • Centralizes multi-cluster VM, storage, networking, and lifecycle operations
  • Automates protection plans, backups, recovery workflows, and live migration
  • Provides RBAC, SSO, monitoring, diagnostics, alerts, and REST/SDK automation

  Where it doesn't

  • Hypervisor and integration coverage is narrower than dedicated DR suites
  • NCI pricing requires a sales conversation rather than public plan pricing
  • Support is centered on documentation rather than multiple listed channels

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

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

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• Nutanix Prism Central8.5/10 · Pricing on request

  A capable Nutanix operations and recovery plane for mid-market and enterprise infrastructure teams.

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