We performed a comparison between IDERA SQL Safe Backup and Rubrik based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has reduced our backup time and simplified our backup processes across all the servers."
"The compression, because it drastically reduces the disk space."
"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."
"Rubrik has made the process to manage backup and recovery painless. This frees up more time to work on other projects."
"A reduced infrastructure complexity and fast to rack and go."
"The main benefit is that we are secured in terms of workloads. We know that if we need to restore any VMs, or even any files inside a VM, that we will succeed 100 percent. This means that we don't need to spend much time administering the backup environment because we know it is self-healing and efficient. So, we are spending that time on something else, which is always a plus."
"The solution’s ransomware recovery, from a security perspective, is one of the biggest features of the product. We don't have to worry about the operational complexity of air-gapped backups and can rely more on the immutability approach. It is a highly valued feature in this solution."
"Drives the back-end through a powerful, well-documented API."
"The most valuable feature is the archive to cloud location and the automation around the PowerShell script. There are also reports and dashboards."
"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."
"Make sure you check your backups on a regular basis. Backups do get missed with this tool, for whatever reason."
"I would like to see the pieces that they have put in the web only to be put into the thick client sitting on the desktop client."
"The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection."
"The product’s user interface needs improvement."
"It needs to support more applications natively, like MySQL/MariaDB."
"The functionality is missing, but they are very receptive to our thoughts and ideas."
"Lacks availability in a NFR format of virtual appliances to test them in public cloud environment."
"Could be improved from an analytics point of view."
"They should give more access to the backend capabilities. From a customer point of view, you do not have access to all the features on the system. You have to engage their support to perform some of the tasks. It would be helpful for an experienced engineer to be able to go and do some of those tasks prior to contacting the support."
"Rubrik can only leverage cloud storage for archiving and has no cloud failover."
"Two areas I would like to see improvement in Rubrik are pricing and localization."
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IDERA SQL Safe Backup is ranked 76th in Backup and Recovery while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 83 reviews. IDERA SQL Safe Backup is rated 5.0, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of IDERA SQL Safe Backup writes "You can't see any metrics about how long it took you to backup the entire server. We've had a huge reduction in the nightly backup footprint size". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". IDERA SQL Safe Backup is most compared with IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our IDERA SQL Safe Backup vs. Rubrik report.
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