We performed a comparison between Rubrik and Veeam Backup & Replication based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Rubrik and Veeam Backup & Replication have a similar user rating regarding ease of deployment, features, service and support, and ROI. In terms of pricing, Rubrik users thought the solution was expensive yet worth the price, while Veeam Backup & Replication users gave its pricing mixed reviews.
"Instant recovery because it takes about 10 seconds to restore the VM from backup to production"
"Disk mount that lets a restore happen immediately, no need to re-hydrate."
"The solution is stable."
"Mounting recent backups to create new servers rather than cloning servers in VMware drastically cut down required time."
"In terms of usage, Rubrik has allowed us to retrieve data 80 to 90 percent faster than our previous technology."
"CloudOut, because only blocks are pushed after compression and deduplication, not raw sizing."
"When it comes to saving time managing our backups, Rubrik has saved us a lot of time compared to what we were using. It feels like it has saved us lifetimes of time because the process used to be difficult. It's not just the day to time savings. When something goes wrong, that's where the real time savings comes into play. We are able to get back to where we need to be more confidently and with much fewer steps."
"The most valuable feature is the archive to cloud location and the automation around the PowerShell script. There are also reports and dashboards."
"The solution can work for companies no matter the size or scope."
"My customers find the backup and recovery ease of use is the most beneficial feature."
"Vendor integration for many of the enterprise features have allowed for us to have greater performance from our storage vendors further improving on our commitments to protect our clients' data."
"The most valuable feature of Veeam Backup Replication is application awareness. Additionally, the solution is user-friendly and it has been working very well."
"The initial setup for a simple environment is very easy. We just do next, next, next, next for the installation. It can be complicated in a complicated environment. It can be simple for a simple environment. I enjoy installing it. It has a lot of features."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"The solution does a good job with VM backups."
"I like that the solution is very simple to install."
"Rubrik's disaster recovery capabilities could be improved."
"In terms of what could be improved with Rubrik, we need to improve the backup for remote sites. The competitors are stronger in terms of their remote office back up. Rubrik needs to improve to be stronger for backup. This is the main thing."
"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."
"Rubrik could improve in customization options for dashboards."
"Two areas I would like to see improvement in Rubrik are pricing and localization."
"The product’s user interface needs improvement."
"I would like to see more openness for partners to access and assist in system management. Currently, access is limited, often handled by Rubrik personnel, likely due to security concerns."
"A singular system is needed to manage all of the clusters."
"There's a situation where VMs run on different locks. It's running on the VM while having a relationship with nearby solutions running on the same server and storage. This creates a bottleneck that needs to be eliminated."
"I cannot recall coming across any features that were lacking."
"I have also been struggling with the storage and in some cases I need to move things due to performance."
"Veeam is good up until 300 VMs."
"The parallel backup process from the Veeam server to Veeam has some limitations. The number of parallel backups should be increased and the compressional is very low. Sometimes it is half or one-third, but other backup solutions' compression levels are very high."
"They need to focus more on cloud backup."
"I would like to have them come up with more robust features when it comes to individual endpoint protection."
"They can improve the features and Veeam Enterprise Manager. The interface and features are kind of limited. It would be good if they can provide more features and a better interface. For example, if I want to provide certain users with the privilege to back up and restore and do day-to-day tasks, I cannot do it in the current version. It is like you either give everything to everyone or no user can have access to anything. In version 9, a lot of features were missing, and it wasn't clear. Version 10 is easier from the communication perspective, and the disk backup option is very clear."
Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 83 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. Rubrik is rated 9.2, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Rubrik is most compared with Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Azure Backup, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Zerto, Veritas NetBackup and NAKIVO Backup & Replication. See our Rubrik vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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I would choose Untrends all day long as it provides fully automated DR testing so when you need to recover from an incident you select the most recent validated copy in minutes.
The appliances (Physical, or Virtual where you have the storage and compute already) index blocks locally so there is less to pull back down from the cloud reducing data repatriation costs and they are the only single vendor solution that is fully integrated and 100% compatible with single-pane management for backup, DR/BC (replication and archiving), for M365, Google Workspace, AWS/Azure Workloads, DTC for home workers.