We performed a comparison between AWS Backup and Rubrik based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Backup solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The auto-scaling feature and the time efficiency of setting up AWS Backup are the most valuable aspects for us."
"RDS backup is one of the most crucial components of any client's cloud environment, so we generally use that. Additionally, we store EBS snapshots in S3."
"It also saves costs and is quick."
"It is an easy-to-use solution."
"The replication in the recovery region is the most valuable feature."
"AWS Backup's most valuable feature is that you can configure it remotely to create backups."
"It works well as a backup and as a service."
"It provides an easy data migration process from on-premise to cloud."
"CloudOn allows for backed up virtual machines stored offsite in Azure to be instantiated as an Azure virtual machine and spun up."
"The feature that I found most valuable is Live Mount. You can either mount a virtual machine from a snapshot, or you can mount a volume from the snapshot. You can mount one disk to the server to retrieve data, or you can mount the whole VM, rename it, and use it as a test VM. If your VM gets corrupted, you just mount one from the snapshot, and you have your production VM's backup. So, Live Mount is definitely the best feature for me as an end-user."
"Mounting recent backups to create new servers rather than cloning servers in VMware drastically cut down required time."
"Drives the back-end through a powerful, well-documented API."
"The management and ease of installation are the most valuable features."
"The user interface (UI) is great. It is very lightweight and intuitive."
"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 the ability to test DR in a controlled, inexpensive way and to restore between environments."
"To create a plan and for all the configuration, one has to do multiple steps, which could be organized in a much simpler way, making the user experience better."
"One improvement I would like to see in AWS Backup is the implementation of incremental backups."
"There are some limitations to partial backup in AWS Backup."
"One of the limitations of AWS Backup is that it only does file-based copying."
"This backup tool does the full backup of the entire snapshot server. I would like to have the option to not do the full server backup."
"For additional functionalities, it should be more intelligent, like more AI-capabilities."
"AWS Backup could improve because you cannot use Glacier or anything but EFS."
"The tool is a good fit if your environment is VM-specific. However, it might not be the most suitable option if you have physical servers or an on-premise setup."
"The web interface could benefit from some improvement, particularly in terms of alerting and dashboard clarity. The cloud web interface is somewhat confusing and could use more development attention. Additionally, it's essential to ensure that local on-premise management options remain available alongside cloud-based solutions, as internet availability can affect backup management. Regarding features, cross-hypervisor restore functionality would be a valuable addition, allowing for greater flexibility in restoring VMs across different environments."
"Two areas I would like to see improvement in Rubrik are pricing and localization."
"Capacity reports could definitely be improved. It's hard to determine what is using the space and why. For instance, you can see that some host is using 2 TB on the Rubrik node and the disk space on that host is 400 GBs. It's hard to explain how there can be 2 TBs of data on local storage when nothing has changed on the host for the past three days."
"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."
"I would like to see the entire Office 365 product suite backed up by Rubrik. For instance, they do SharePoint and Exchange online, but they don't back up Microsoft Teams. So, I would like to see more of the Office 365 suite added into their backup capabilities."
"Rubrik can only leverage cloud storage for archiving and has no cloud failover."
"The only thing that can be improved is catering for open source databases because at the moment it doesn't cater for Mongo, MySQL, and Postgres."
"Initially, we encountered compatibility challenges with some of our technologies."
AWS Backup is ranked 12th in Cloud Backup with 23 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Cloud Backup with 86 reviews. AWS Backup is rated 8.0, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of AWS Backup writes "Useful point-in-time recovery, highly scalable, and implementation straightforward". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Automates the backup and recovery process, reducing manual human errors and global search allows for granular recoveries". AWS Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Rubrik Go and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Azure Backup and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our AWS Backup vs. Rubrik report.
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