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."
"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."
"Time dedicated to backup was drastically reduced."
"Management is so simple that anyone can check the backups and do restores when necessary."
"The most valuable feature is the archive to cloud location and the automation around the PowerShell script. There are also reports and dashboards."
"They have a great PowerShell module and easy mediums to speak to the people who create and enhance them."
"I value the options it has for storage tiering (i.e. whether it should be a flash, SSD, or pushed to the cloud) depending on the data provided."
"It has also saved us time managing backups. It's pretty stable. So it sends us a report if something goes wrong, then you get a report. You don't really need to manually monitor this software over time. If something happens, you'll get an error and you'll get an email notification and then address it. We found the product pretty stable if it's configured correctly. So it has reduced management time."
"Rubrik is a very scalable and high-performing backup restore solution."
"The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection."
"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."
"There are some corner cases where the Rubrik Connector (Agent) still doesn't work for our clients."
"I hope to see enhancements in areas like data governance and the incorporation of new features in future updates."
"The product’s user interface needs improvement."
"There is always room for improvement with some shortcuts for the web interface. They could make it even more beautiful."
"It needs to support more applications natively, like MySQL/MariaDB."
"Improving PowerShell integration would greatly simplify Rubrik management."
"They have what's called an organization which means different groups of access to Rubrik, but the alerting only goes to the admins. My suggestion to Rubrik is to make sure that the separate organizations or groups of users get the appropriate alerting."
"The Office 365 protection could be improved."
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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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