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BDRSuite Backup & Replication vs Rubrik comparison

Vembu Technologies and Rubrik are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Vembu Technologies is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.3, while Rubrik is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.6. Vembu Technologies holds a 0.6% mindshare in BRS, compared to Rubrik’s 7.5% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Vembu Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Rubrik users who would recommend it.
BDRSuite Backup & Replication
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98% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Both BDRSuite Backup & Replication and Rubrik are robust backup and replication solutions, each with unique strengths and weaknesses. Users are generally happier with the pricing and support of BDRSuite Backup & Replication, but Rubrik stands out for its advanced features and performance, even at a higher cost.

Features: BDRSuite Backup & Replication users value its comprehensive backup options, easy management, and substantial support for multiple platforms. Rubrik users highlight its automated backup workflows, scalability, and superior security features. While both offer strong feature sets, Rubrik's automation and security receive higher praise.

Room for Improvement: BDRSuite Backup & Replication users suggest better integration with cloud services and enhanced reporting capabilities. Rubrik users recommend improvements in cost efficiency and a more intuitive setup process. While BDRSuite needs more integration and reporting improvements, Rubrik faces challenges in cost and ease of setup.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BDRSuite Backup & Replication is praised for its straightforward deployment process and responsive customer service. Rubrik, while efficient, has a steeper learning curve but benefits from knowledgeable support staff. BDRSuite's easier deployment and customer interaction contrast with Rubrik's more complex setup but strong tech support.

Pricing and ROI: BDRSuite Backup & Replication is considered cost-effective with a good ROI, appealing to budget-conscious users. Rubrik, though more expensive, is seen as a valuable investment for its advanced features and reliability. While BDRSuite offers a more affordable option, Rubrik justifies its higher price through superior capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

BDRSuite Backup & Replication
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
12th
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
MSP Backup (3rd)
Rubrik
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
4th
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
4th
Average Rating
9.2
Number of Reviews
88
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2024, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of BDRSuite Backup & Replication is 0.6%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rubrik is 7.5%, up from 7.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

KW
May 31, 2024
Managing backup jobs is straightforward, can instantly recover data, and schedule incremental backups
BDRSuite emphasizes data protection with policies that initially seemed tight. While I felt secure upon initial setup, I haven't reviewed them since joining and haven't received any update notifications. Some policies I apply directly to my servers and where we store all of our data are also protected from our firewalls. The ability to instantly recover is essential for our organization. BDRSuite gives me peace of mind by allowing for very fast data recovery. While I haven't had to use it for a real incident, my initial tests showed a smooth process. Since I back up entire virtual machines, recovery involves starting the virtual machine and the cap server, getting me up and running quickly. This is essential because my backups are complete mirrors of the machines, eliminating the need for lengthy restorations. While BDRSuite's ability to create multiple restore points for granular data recovery is a valuable feature, it's not crucial for me since I primarily focus on full server recoveries. Some clients might leverage this for individual files and folders, but my recovery needs are more about bringing the entire machine back online. Granular recovery isn't a key selling point for me because my use case revolves around full system restoration. Incremental backups are a great fit for our system! We back up some machines every two hours and others every twelve, depending on the customer's needs. This method minimizes storage space on our backup servers since only changed data is copied each time. The backup and replication scheduling in BDRSuite is very flexible. I can set up automatic backups every 4 or 12 hours, or even create custom schedules to fit my specific needs. This has been a big advantage for my technicians who handle the scheduling. Managing backup jobs in BDRSuite is straightforward. Deleting them is simple - just navigate to the job and delete it. However, creating a new backup job requires more effort. You'll need to configure details like scheduling, data selection, backup method, and storage location. Overall, creating backups is considered medium difficulty, while deleting them is easy. The Download VM option is easy to use.
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Amit Motiwale - PeerSpot reviewer
May 24, 2024
Offers extensive automation capabilities, ransomware remediation and sensitive data discovery are better than other solutions
My clients primarily use it for for backing up enterprise workloads like VMs, databases, and other enterprise products. I work for an IT service company. I design solutions for our customers and use many Rubrik services, including Rubrik Cloud Vault, Office 365 protection, and data center…
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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"When you're looking at your dashboard, you can see all your active jobs. You can see exactly if they're successful or failed and you can actually drill down and see what caused the problem. The fact you can see that right away is nice."
"The compression, encryption, and deduplication features all work fine."
"It was very difficult to find a product that supports Red Hat Virtualization natively and to take a snapshot of the VM or a full backup or a dump from the machine. The option that Vembu proposed, to take the machine as an image, take it from the system, is also good."
"We only use BDRSuite to back up two VMs in our current environment. It helps us with maintenance, monitoring, etc. We are satisfied with BDRSuite so far and plan to add a few more VMs in the future, including Citrix VMs and XenServer."
"If we do a backup of a machine at some point and the server crashes, then we can restore this machine to a different server with the same settings and setup. We will just have to tweak one or two things, like the IP. Then, it is ready to go."
"The most valuable features for me are that I can back up the entire virtual machine, but when restoring I can restore at the file level."
"I get my backups done."
"It backs up our virtual machines with the CBT, Changed Block Tracking."
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"The file search feature across all backups has been helpful."
"Instant recovery because it takes about 10 seconds to restore the VM from backup to production"
"The feature that I found most valuable is Live Mount. You can either mount a virtual machine from a snapshot, or you can mount a volume from the snapshot. You can mount one disk to the server to retrieve data, or you can mount the whole VM, rename it, and use it as a test VM. If your VM gets corrupted, you just mount one from the snapshot, and you have your production VM's backup. So, Live Mount is definitely the best feature for me as an end-user."
"I don't know if it is the best or the worst but it's very easy to install and very easy to balance. Sometimes that it's a problem because the installer of these data gets extremely scared because it's so easy. The product is easy to install, easy to balance, and easy to work with. Another really good point is the instant recovery."
"I think the best feature is its masterless architecture."
"Rubrik simplifies our data backup and recovery processes significantly. It's very straightforward to use. We start by tagging through VMware, and everything tagged for Rubrik is backed up automatically. Backups are much better and faster because Rubrik takes a full snapshot of the virtual machine. We recently conducted a verification by performing a restore, and even during the restore process, we could bring up the server in less than 10-15 minutes. Additionally, we have set up alerts for sensitive data, which helps us track data."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The web-based approach is the most valuable feature."
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Cons

"I would like to have a different set of products instead of having a single software which does everything."
"They can work on their cloud solution. In these days, the data becomes too much and you have to back up a lot of data to the site. They could offer cheaper storage to their clients with the cloud, making this a single source of truth solution. In our project, we are using two service providers: One who offers our storage and another who offers the software. If they work on their cloud solution and can offer their clients lower prices for this type of storage, this would be a really good improvement."
"I have not been impressed by the data compression of the backup images. They seem to take up nearly as much space on the backup drive as they do on the server."
"The solution's UI and integrations could be better."
"I don't know if it exists, but it would be helpful to get email notifications when there are issues with the backup. I'm sure it probably exists, but I just don't know how to do it. They also have an Azure proxy feature where you can restore to Azure. It's not really well documented. I think they should document how to do that a little better."
"It would be a great improvement if they can give a console to control the systems. All other vendors let you simply log in to the cloud console and control everything from there, but for Vembu, whether you choose Vembu Cloud Backup or Vembu Disaster Recovery, you still need to install the Vembu software on your on-premise system and configure it from there. It would be great if I can get a cloud console to manage the systems."
"We had a lot of problems getting it configured in the first place. They also wanted us to allow them remote access to our machines without us watching what they're doing, which is a huge security risk for us. We said we couldn't do that, and they said they don't offer any phone support whatsoever."
"It is very easy, unless you know exactly what you're doing, to corrupt the virtual machines and they get locked up. Just brief detail: When you are creating a system, if you don't have absolutely every other little background processes in place, it creates Snapshots of the virtual machines. Once it does that, it then won't be able to have a backup. From that point on you have to destroy the virtual machine, which is completely counterproductive on a large system. There is a fundamental flaw in the setup that can be very dangerous, potentially."
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"The integrated reporting is not really that nicely built. The reporting functionality could definitely be a little bit more customizable from an administration perspective, with an easier to understand interface."
"The solution's reporting feature could be better."
"I want to see more features regarding filtering in the Snapshot Window, as I need to be able to set a filter for specific dates and times. If I want to check an old backup, I must scroll through one or two years of backups to find what I'm looking for."
"If I could take a snapshot from a physical and be able to stand it up as a virtual immediately without the need to rebuild an entire system and restoring files, that would be HUGE."
"They support Hyper-V and it works with our CloudOut, the cloud DR, but they seem to add features for VMware first and Hyper-V gets added second or sometimes several releases after the VMware feature comes out."
"There is room for improvement through a further extension of their Office 365 backup platform. In addition, it's still a bit cost-prohibitive to backup NAS. Those would be the two primary areas for improvement."
"I would like to have a built-in index searching ability of files/system files within the Rubrik interface to determine if a file or item exists, rather than just recovering it, and then doing a search for the file afterwards."
"If there was something that we could get Rubrik to fix, it would be when our DBS takes snapshots of a server or the database, the replication doesn't kick off fast enough. They can't remote it to the peer site and manipulate it back up in order to move it over, take a copy of production, slap it over, and test it out. As I understand, they are working on it. Replication works. We also get spoiled by how good things are now. We get to a point where it is so easy but when something isn't instant gratification, it seems that everything else is so amazing, why isn't this right?"
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"BDRSuite is competitively priced."
"Previously, we used Veeam Backup, but we replaced it with Vembu. We switched because Vembu is more cost-effective. So, price was a factor."
"The pricing and licensing structure are spot on. I don't think there's anything out there in the market that does either the licensing structure or the pricing structure better."
"BDRSuite, although cost-efficient, is more expensive than most other providers."
"It helps us deliver an enterprise-level data protection solution and reduce budgets at a price that - and we don't want to encourage them to change their pricing - is a great value."
"Its price is reasonable as compared to other solutions. There are no additional costs. While increasing the count on the server-side, we have to take care of managing or optimizing the license."
"I do remember that the pricing was based on a VMware or Hyper-V license, whereas on our end, it should be regarded as a VM-based license. I don't know why they make a difference at the Vembu level. We are currently on VMware migrating to Hyper-V, and we didn't want to buy licenses for VMware, but still have to buy them for Hyper-V. This the only thing which does not seem fully adequate."
"The licensing model is quite complicated; it's not simple. An example: If you have a physical server, you have to pay more for that license than you do for a host. It could be running several VMs and that could be a server VM as well. Then, for web station machines, there is no license for those machines and they have no desktop OS - the free version has all this functionality. Their license model needs to be looked at and simplified."
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"You need to understand what you're getting for the price. You are getting a backup solution, which is state of the art and works absolutely flawlessly. You are getting the storage needed to store your backups. You have all the sexy features that a modern backup solution can provide you, like deduplication, erasure coding, compression, fast execution time, secured data, and top-notch customer support. So, it might be expensive on paper. It's not free, but when you analyze what you are getting and the time you can spend on other stuff, then Rubrik is very cost-efficient."
"Some people say it is expensive, but you get what you pay for. If you want a Maserati, you have to pay for it. If you want to buy a Porsche, you have to pay for it."
"Rubrik's support is definitely on the expensive side, but I consider it to be top of the line. We incur no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees."
"It is a great value, but its cost is still a bit high."
"The pricing and licensing of Rubrik is better than products that we've had in the past. It was quite a bit cheaper than Commvault and NetBackup."
"Rubrik is expensive, but due to its data management capabilities, customers can save a lot by reducing hardware and storage."
"It’s simple, straightforward, and we were able to see 50% hard savings."
"Rubrik is not the cheapest solution, but we've been happy with the time savings that we have seen. At least from what we have spent so far, we have been happy with the return on investment."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Retailer
22%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Comms Service Provider
5%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BDRSuite?
The best part of BDRSuite is how user-friendly it is and how it does not require any maintenance after the initial setup.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BDRSuite?
The price for BDRSuite is justified. BDRSuite is affordable and a good fit for small businesses.
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What needs improvement with BDRSuite?
Our initial experience with BDRSuite highlighted the need for improved user onboarding materials. Technicians encountered difficulties learning the software, extending the initial setup time. Addit...
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Which would you choose - Rubrik or Veeam Backup & Replication?
Veeam Backup & Replication provides an easy-to-set-up solution to the issue of data storage and recovery. Setting it up is a relatively simple affair. For the most part it prompts you from scre...
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What do you like most about Rubrik?
It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rubrik?
In many cases, the customers I speak with want to have a one or three-year license. Because it's for backup, they need the ability to increase or replace the solution as they need. They want to hav...
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Overview

BDRSuite by Vembu offers comprehensive and cost-effective Backup and Disaster Recovery software tailored to meet the diverse data protection requirements of Businesses and Service Providers. BDRSuite provides robust backup solutions for a wide range of IT workloads, including virtual machines, servers, endpoints, SaaS applications, cloud VMs, NAS/File Shares, and databases & applications. It offers the flexibility to store backups anywhere and centrally manage the entire backup infrastructure.

BDRSuite is designed to help businesses keep their data secure and ensure it is easily recoverable in the event of data loss or ransomware attacks. With BDRSuite, businesses can achieve reliable data protection and ensure business continuity – all at an affordable price.

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PRICING DETAILS

VMs, Servers & Cloud Backup at $48 per workload/year (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, oVirt, Proxmox, Windows, Linux, AWS, Azure, File Share-500 GB)

Endpoint/Workstation Backup at $12 per endpoint/year (Windows, Linux, Mac)

SaaS Backup at $12 per user/year (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace)

DBs & Applications Backup at $72 per application/year (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft Exchange Server, SharePoint Server)

Rubrik is a backup and recovery solution that can be used as a converged data management platform for physical, virtual, and hybrid environments. The solution works to protect your data and applications from ransomware, operational failures, and rogue employees, and also helps your organization simplify data management and accelerate cloud mobility. In addition, Rubrik is designed for cloud integration and infinite scalability to enable hybrid cloud for all enterprises.

Rubrik’s software is also built to support most operating systems, databases, hypervisors, clouds, and SaaS applications, and the solution integrates with on-premises hardware if necessary.

Rubrik Features

Rubrik has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

  • Instant recovery
  • Live-restore
  • Single console
  • Automatic incremental backups
  • Policy-driven automation
  • Instant search
  • Live Mount capability
  • Compliance and capacity customized reporting
  • Quick and efficient snapshots
  • Multiple backup destinations
  • Deduplication and file compression
  • Intuitive web interface
  • Good performance
  • Easy to use
  • Low maintenance
  • Flexible deployment

Rubrik Benefits

There are several benefits to implementing Rubrik. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

  • Single policy engine: Because Rubrik is policy-driven, it functions through a single policy engine that orchestrates service level agreements (SLAs) across the data lifecycle. Management is automated through one programmatic interface.
  • Customized reports: With Rubrik, you can create customized reports and utilize data visualizations.
  • Advanced security: Regardless of location, data remains secure in transit and at rest throughout its lifecycle, as it is stored and backed up.
  • Compliance: With Rubrik, you gain granular role-based access control while automating compliance reporting, which helps complete various industry and internal audits.

Reviews from Real Users

Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by Rubrik users.

PeerSpot user Chadd B., System Administrator at a manufacturing company, says, “The solution is easy to use with an intuitive web interface, helpful support, good performance, and saves us time. The most valuable feature is the Instant Recovery, where we can restore a VM or SQL database or any server or application, and have it up and running on their appliance within a few seconds. The VM backup and the SQL backup are blazingly fast for both backup and recovery.”

A Storage Administrator at a healthcare company explains that the solution “Cut our backup management time significantly, and the near-instant recovery reduces our downtime. He also comments that “The scalability is wonderful. That is one of our biggest advantages with this.”

Burhan S., Systems Engineer at Harvard University, mentions, "There is a live-restore feature, their Live Mount, and the way it works we can instantly recover a VM, a past backup, to be directly attached to our VMware environment. Rubrik will act as a disk for it. It's like an instant restore. Within a few minutes our VM is up and running. And then, if we want to restore it, we can just migrate it to our actual storage."

Kevin M., Head Of Operations at University of Reading, states, “The solution’s SLA-based functionality means we don't have to manually manage backup windows, and recovery times have been notably reduced. Its web interface is really easy to use. It's just click and go. It's fast and intuitive. We've never had any problems in navigating.”

 

Sample Customers

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