Zerto vs Nutanix Prism Central

Zerto8.9Visit Nutanix Prism Central7.6Visit

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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Nutanix Prism Central #19 in Disaster Recovery Software 7.6/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Nutanix

• Zerto fits best

  Multi-cloud teams needing near-synchronous recovery

• Nutanix Prism Central fits best

  Nutanix-led multi-cluster environments

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Side by side

Feature	Zerto 8.9/10 Visit ↗	Nutanix Prism Central 7.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	7.6
Ranking	#6 in Disaster Recovery Software	#19 in Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Multi-cloud teams needing near-synchronous recovery	Nutanix-led multi-cluster environments
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request · 14-day trial	Pricing on request
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	14 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Tickets, Community, Docs	Docs
Compliance	GDPR	SSO/SAML
Integrations	9 integrations	7 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Zerto 0/4 · Nutanix Prism Central 0/4
Failover orchestration	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Failback orchestration	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Test failover	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Recovery runbooks	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment model	Not checked yet	Hybrid
Supported workloads	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
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	Centralizes management across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid clusters Automates protection plans, backups, recovery, and live VM migration Adds RBAC, SSO, monitoring, lifecycle management, and API automation
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	No free plan is available Pricing requires contacting sales Broader infrastructure scope may exceed dedicated DR needs
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 →	Nutanix Prism Central is a multi-cluster management plane for Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure. It is designed for IT infrastructure teams running virtualized datacenter, edge, and hybrid-cloud environments. From a centralized console, teams… 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

• Nutanix Prism Central — where it wins

  • Centralizes management across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid clusters
  • Automates protection plans, backups, recovery, and live VM migration
  • Adds RBAC, SSO, monitoring, lifecycle management, and API automation

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • Broader infrastructure scope may exceed dedicated DR needs

• Zerto8.9/10 · Pricing on request · 14-day trial

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

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• Nutanix Prism Central7.6/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad management plane for Nutanix-led environments with built-in recovery workflows.

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