We compared Rubrik and Varonis Platform based on our users reviews in six parameters. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Based on the feedback, both Rubrik and Varonis Platform offer simple and hassle-free setup experiences. Rubrik requires physical installation and configuration, with the support team readily available for assistance. On the other hand, Varonis Platform stands out for its intuitive interface and clear instructions, complemented by helpful support.
Rubrik offers easy integration and setup, seamless integration with other systems, a user-friendly interface, SLA-based policy automation, archival feature, Live Mount tool, ransomware detection, cloud backup, and file server functionality. Varonis Platform provides data classification and protection, data access governance, threat detection and response, and data visibility and analytics features. However, users find Varonis' classification process time-consuming, access control setup challenging, and reporting capabilities less customizable.
Rubrik can enhance Polaris for better identification of root causes, address pricing concerns, improve support for open source databases, and make the user interface more user-friendly. Meanwhile, Varonis Platform requires improvement in terms of complexity, performance, documentation, integration, and support.
The cost of setting up Rubrik and Varonis Platform products can differ. Some users perceive Rubrik as costly, while others believe it offers reasonable pricing considering its features. Varonis Platform's setup cost is contingent upon complexity and specific requirements. Rubrik users have found value in terms of data protection and quick recovery, leading to potential cost savings.
Rubrik's customer service is highly regarded for its expertise, responsiveness, and effectiveness in resolving issues. Users appreciate Varonis Platform's customer service for their quick response and technical problem-solving skills.
Comparison Results
To summarize the reviews, Rubrik is highly regarded for its simple setup, seamless integration, extensive backup options, and excellent customer assistance. However, it requires enhancements in analytics capabilities, pricing, documentation, and support for open source databases. Conversely, the Varonis Platform is praised for its effortless deployment, data classification and protection abilities, data access governance functionality, threat detection and response capabilities, and data visibility and analytics features. Nonetheless, users have identified areas that need improvement, such as complexity, performance, documentation, integration, and support.
"The product's most valuable feature is the immutability of a backup."
"We have a great success rate for backups with Rubrik and because of the ease of automating tasks, we also run periodical restores to check the quality of the backups."
"Rubrik has brought all of our backups under a single pane of glass and made recovery extremely simple."
"The solution is extremely stable. They've been phenomenal, especially for a young company."
"Live Mount is where we do the majority of our big recoveries, unless it is a file recovery. A file recovery takes a few minutes to restore to where the file in the event a file was accidentally deleted by a user, etc. There has been at least a 90 percent reduction in recovery time based on our previous solution, from the need to recover something to when it's actually recovered went from hours to minutes."
"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 tech support is extremely helpful."
"It has a streamlined user interface, provides an improved tech support experience, and reduces time required to locate and restore data."
"Varonis Platform is transparent and captures everything in the environment without impacting the performance. The tool helps us unify data feeds into a single reporting system."
"The solution has significantly improved data security and compliance posture by allowing us to track and monitor activities. We can see who accesses data and when files are created and understand what's happening in our environment."
"There's also a 90-day policy where if a user is not using the warehouse, it will automatically delete that username."
"Initially, we encountered compatibility challenges with some of our technologies."
"The reporting in the dashboard and reporting for extractions both need improvement. I would suggest making them easier to understand and use, not just out-of-the-box. We should also be able to customize them."
"The solution could improve by having fewer VM Stuns."
"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."
"The reporting, in particular the customization of reports, needs to be improved."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. After the licensing, the price tends to go up as time goes by."
"There are some corner cases where the Rubrik Connector (Agent) still doesn't work for our clients."
"With Windows, it is difficult to configure Oracle Database."
"The product is very complicated."
"There is one thing that if I add something manually, I get so many alerts. That's the biggest bad thing."
Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 86 reviews while Varonis Platform is ranked 21st in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 3 reviews. Rubrik is rated 9.2, while Varonis Platform is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Automates the backup and recovery process, reducing manual human errors and global search allows for granular recoveries". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Varonis Platform writes "Offers visibility and helps to keep track of access ". Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Azure Backup and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Varonis Platform is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Governance, BigID, Netskope Data Loss Prevention (DLP), SailPoint Identity Security Cloud and Microsoft Purview Information Protection.
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