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.
"It has the ability to test DR in a controlled, inexpensive way and to restore between environments."
"Its reporting is most valuable. I like how it reports that everything is successfully backed up. It provides a summarized report that I can give to auditors and management."
"This is a centralized tool where we are able to schedule backups and perform monitoring."
"We do like the instant recovery... Now, we say, "Okay, give me 15 seconds and I can get this back up for you." And within that 15 seconds it's on and the only thing that we have to do afterwards is vMotion it off of the Rubrik storage back to where it should rest."
"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 Live Mount feature is excellent; it's useful for the backup administrator and end user."
"Mounting recent backups to create new servers rather than cloning servers in VMware drastically cut down required time."
"The live mount reduces complexity."
"The most valuable aspects are the latest features in version 12.1, which introduced enhanced security features."
"Veeam is highly scalable. In one scenario, we started with 2,000 users and scaled up to 24,000."
"Veeam Backup has many valuable features and every feature is different. I have created backups for file-level backup, VMware or hypervisor virtual machines, physical machines, and workstations as well. Every time, I learn something new."
"It is way easier to take backup with Veeam Backup & Replication than the regular ones."
"The solution is very easy to deploy."
"Veeam Backup Replication's most valuable features are the ease of use, good integration with others solutions, such as Oracle ERP, and by using the UI you can create and achieve operations you want to do."
"It's got a very good user-friendly interface. It's easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the recuperation of the weaker machines."
"A singular system is needed to manage all of the clusters."
"I hope to see enhancements in areas like data governance and the incorporation of new features in future updates."
"It is an expensive product."
"The dashboard and user interface could be improved to make them more user-friendly."
"It is a lot more expensive than other solutions, but you get what you pay for."
"The solution could improve by having fewer VM Stuns."
"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."
"With multiple Rubrik clusters setup in an environment, it becomes painfully obvious that this product needs a central management console."
"Offering mobile apps that give engineers a global view of his backup regime would be a "nice to have" feature."
"The physical server backups and direct storage connectivity need improvement."
"I would like them to move back to host licensing."
"Its price is higher than other solutions and can be improved. They can also change the version of the software more often."
"The replicating from Veeam Backup Replication to Azure cloud could be improved."
"During the initial setup especially, there's a bit of a learning curve."
"In the future, Veeam should release a hardware backup appliance that can be integrated with their software."
"I only ever found one error. It was when we were doing a file copy job. After using it for ten minutes, it would slow down and cause a bottleneck error."
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.