We compared Rubrik and Varonis Platform based on our users reviews in six parameters. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Based on the feedback, both Rubrik and Varonis Platform offer simple and hassle-free setup experiences. Rubrik requires physical installation and configuration, with the support team readily available for assistance. On the other hand, Varonis Platform stands out for its intuitive interface and clear instructions, complemented by helpful support.
Rubrik offers easy integration and setup, seamless integration with other systems, a user-friendly interface, SLA-based policy automation, archival feature, Live Mount tool, ransomware detection, cloud backup, and file server functionality. Varonis Platform provides data classification and protection, data access governance, threat detection and response, and data visibility and analytics features. However, users find Varonis' classification process time-consuming, access control setup challenging, and reporting capabilities less customizable.
Rubrik can enhance Polaris for better identification of root causes, address pricing concerns, improve support for open source databases, and make the user interface more user-friendly. Meanwhile, Varonis Platform requires improvement in terms of complexity, performance, documentation, integration, and support.
The cost of setting up Rubrik and Varonis Platform products can differ. Some users perceive Rubrik as costly, while others believe it offers reasonable pricing considering its features. Varonis Platform's setup cost is contingent upon complexity and specific requirements. Rubrik users have found value in terms of data protection and quick recovery, leading to potential cost savings.
Rubrik's customer service is highly regarded for its expertise, responsiveness, and effectiveness in resolving issues. Users appreciate Varonis Platform's customer service for their quick response and technical problem-solving skills.
Comparison Results
To summarize the reviews, Rubrik is highly regarded for its simple setup, seamless integration, extensive backup options, and excellent customer assistance. However, it requires enhancements in analytics capabilities, pricing, documentation, and support for open source databases. Conversely, the Varonis Platform is praised for its effortless deployment, data classification and protection abilities, data access governance functionality, threat detection and response capabilities, and data visibility and analytics features. Nonetheless, users have identified areas that need improvement, such as complexity, performance, documentation, integration, and support.
"The management and ease of installation are the most valuable features."
"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."
"In the event of any issues or questions, the support is top-notch. We rarely need to use support, but when they are needed, they are always quick to respond and very knowledgeable."
"They have a great PowerShell module and easy mediums to speak to the people who create and enhance them."
"The web-based approach is the most valuable feature."
"Rubrik is highly scalable and is easy to do."
"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."
"The product's protection against ransomware is a significant benefit."
"There's also a 90-day policy where if a user is not using the warehouse, it will automatically delete that username."
"The solution has significantly improved data security and compliance posture by allowing us to track and monitor activities. We can see who accesses data and when files are created and understand what's happening in our environment."
"Varonis Platform is transparent and captures everything in the environment without impacting the performance. The tool helps us unify data feeds into a single reporting system."
"The recovery of Oracle databases is too complicated. It is not something that helps the DBA, the Database Administrator, but it should be done by the backup person like many other solutions. Everything is ready for the DBA to recover the database. It is a way of doing things, but I don't think you should give the backup people the ability to do it."
"The solution needs to be more secure and needs to better protect against ransomware."
"There are some corner cases where the Rubrik Connector (Agent) still doesn't work for our clients."
"The reporting, in particular the customization of reports, needs to be improved."
"There could be better reporting and better filtering."
"If there was something that we could get Rubrik to fix, it would be when our DBS takes snapshots of a server or the database, the replication doesn't kick off fast enough. They can't remote it to the peer site and manipulate it back up in order to move it over, take a copy of production, slap it over, and test it out. As I understand, they are working on it. Replication works. We also get spoiled by how good things are now. We get to a point where it is so easy but when something isn't instant gratification, it seems that everything else is so amazing, why isn't this right?"
"The solution's reporting feature could be better."
"I would rate the stability a seven out of ten. There is always room for improvement."
"There is one thing that if I add something manually, I get so many alerts. That's the biggest bad thing."
"The product is very complicated."
Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 86 reviews while Varonis Platform is ranked 21st in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 3 reviews. Rubrik is rated 9.2, while Varonis Platform is rated 8.4. 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 Varonis Platform writes "Offers visibility and helps to keep track of access ". Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Azure Backup and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Varonis Platform is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Governance, BigID, Netskope Data Loss Prevention (DLP), SailPoint Identity Security Cloud and Microsoft Purview Information Protection.
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