We performed a comparison between Rubrik and Unitrends 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."The most valuable feature of Rubrik for me is its user-friendliness and efficiency."
"Rubrik is a faster unit from a hardware perspective. Things, like Live Mount, mean we can bring services back straightaway, then have them transition back into the live storage in the background. Because we can use Live Mount to do instant restores, a restore is now a five-minute job. Then, the rest of it is done in the background, rather than doing something for an hour before you actually get the restore back."
"Mounting recent backups to create new servers rather than cloning servers in VMware drastically cut down required time."
"What I like the most about Rubrik is its user-friendly interface."
"Replaces legacy tapes and disk backups which are unreliable, expensive and space consuming."
"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."
"The Live Mount feature is excellent; it's useful for the backup administrator and end user."
"Cut backup remediation to nearly nothing."
"Unitrends has helped us cut down the time that it takes to restore a server to its original configuration."
"Stability-wise, I rate this solution a nine out of ten."
"The ability to diversify jobs within the same server helps break down a large chunk of data into more manageable and concentrated chunks."
"When we talk about a backup point of view, from a backup perspective, it's a good one."
"The simple and fast restore routine."
"The backup feature and recovery option are good because they allow the instant recovery of Hyper-V nodes and files."
"It's not easy to scale it."
"It is very easy to set up and get started. Almost too easy. We racked this device and had it up and running in less than 15 minutes."
"It needs to support more applications natively, like MySQL/MariaDB."
"Needs integration with video CD (coming in the next release) and a multi-tenant GUI."
"Troubleshooting failed backups is difficult, and deciphering the logs without the help of support is usually almost impossible."
"I want to see more features regarding filtering in the Snapshot Window, as I need to be able to set a filter for specific dates and times. If I want to check an old backup, I must scroll through one or two years of backups to find what I'm looking for."
"We have some challenges with the solution's reporting because historical reports have some limitations."
"There are some corner cases where the Rubrik Connector (Agent) still doesn't work for our clients."
"The integrated reporting is not really that nicely built. The reporting functionality could definitely be a little bit more customizable from an administration perspective, with an easier to understand interface."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I need to create reports to know whether something is available or not, how much frontend data is being protected, etc. Rubrik gives a lot of things in the report, which can be confusing. It isn't very easy to get reports. It shows all the backup, index, replication, and everything else in one report. So, I have to export, filter, and then do the calculations."
"The ability to run just differentials without pulling the full on your archive."
"The solution's base operating system needs to be improved."
"The solution’s UI can be improved. I am saying this because I have seen solutions with better UIs."
"There's a lot that can be made better. For example, it could be more scalable."
"Comparing the features and the working pattern, definitely they have to come down on pricing if they want to compete in the market."
"There are a few quirks where the GUI, agent, and back-end are not precisely meshed."
"I would like to see the real-time replication process improved, and a zero RPO feature added."
"It would be great to have the job throttle/limit the max number of backups on a single ESXi host."
Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 86 reviews while Unitrends is ranked 45th in Backup and Recovery with 34 reviews. Rubrik is rated 9.2, while Unitrends is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Automates the backup and recovery process, reducing manual human errors and global search allows for granular recoveries". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Unitrends writes "The solution can be used to back up servers and Hyper-V cluster nodes, but its support is super expensive". Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Azure Backup and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Unitrends is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud, Arcserve UDP and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Rubrik vs. Unitrends report.
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