We compared Dell Avamar and Rubrik based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Dell Avamar earns acclaim for its scalability, data compression capabilities, swift incremental backups, and seamless integration with Data Domain and VM stacks. Rubrik is praised for its automated policy enforcement and efficient ransomware detection. Dell Avamar could improve its tape connectivity and bare-metal restoration. Users also requested better Azure backups and a more user-friendly interface. Rubrik could expand compatibility with open-source databases, improve documentation, and strengthen its ability to back up remote sites.
Service and Support: Some customers express satisfaction with Dell support, but others said there is room for improvement. Rubrik customers appreciate the support team's expertise and fast response.
Ease of Deployment: Opinions on Dell Avamar’s setup were mixed. Some users found it to be straightforward, while others considered it complex and difficult. Deployment time ranged from a few hours to a week, and assistance from Dell engineers might be necessary. Rubrik's setup is simple, and users say the support team was available to assist as needed.
Pricing: Dell Avamar’s pricing is generally seen as reasonable, but some users think it is expensive. Some users find Rubrik's pricing expensive, but many say it’s justified by its encryption and security features. Rubrik's license includes both software and hardware without any additional costs.
ROI: Dell Avamar provides cost savings through data reduction, deduplication, and compression. Rubrik provides peace of mind and some cost savings, but users say that quantifying the ROI is difficult.
Comparison Results: Dell Avamar is a scalable solution that offers excellent data compression and fast compression. However, Avamar earned mixed reviews for support, deployment, and pricing. Users also requested better Azure and bare-metal backups and restoration capabilities. Users like Rubrik’s advanced ransomware features, excellent support, and automated policy enforcement. However, some had issues with its remote backup abilities and high price tag.
"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."
"Dell EMC Avamar is easy to work with and is user-friendly."
"The deduplication feature is the best aspect of the solution."
"It was very simple to deploy the solution to the client that you wanted to backup."
"Dell EMC Avamar is very good with endpoint backups."
"I have found the product to be scalable."
"The performance of Dell EMC Avamar is good."
"It's a good solution."
"The most valuable features of Rubrik are the restoration and ease of use."
"The solution's technical support team is very responsive and proactive."
"It has reduced our maintenance efforts. The amount of time and effort that would have gone in troubleshooting various issues related a data crash has been addressed by Rubrik. So, it has helped to improve our productivity. The data is being captured about our customers periodically that is secure and safe."
"Adaptative backup and SLAs simply allow you to tell a machine to backup without taking care of the backup window."
"Instant recovery because it takes about 10 seconds to restore the VM from backup to production"
"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."
"Rubrik is cheap, and you get good performance."
"The ease of use and innovation are the features that stand out for us."
"We'd like to see something that could also work with Unix servers and physical servers to have a unified solution that works with everything."
"The solution is not very strong on the Cloud. They should work out how they can use this as a backup as a service."
"This solution could improve by introducing daily verifications and another repository."
"The stability could improve, a lot of scheduled backups failed at one time."
"More integration would be helpful, as well as the addition of more applications."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It's not as good as it could be."
"Backup image browse times should be faster."
"It lacks support for certain plugins, like SAP HANA, for example."
"There is always room for improvement with some shortcuts for the web interface. They could make it even more beautiful."
"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."
"The solution's reporting feature could be better."
"I would like to see Rubrik better integrate with Microsoft Active Directory. Instead of just backing up a full domain controller, I would like the solution to have Active Directory object knowledge so we can restore specific objects in Active Directory versus restoring the whole domain controller."
"It is already very well furnished, but live mounts for Nutanix AHV would be amazing."
"We would like to be able to do granular restores directly from Exchange. Also, more granular management of VM backups would help."
"It is not Windows Cluster-Aware at the moment or Exchange DAG-Aware. If they add support for these particular use cases, it would be even better."
"There are some corner cases where the Rubrik Connector (Agent) still doesn't work for our clients."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 83 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Commvault Cloud, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. See our Dell Avamar vs. Rubrik report.
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