We performed a comparison between NetApp SnapCenter 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 greatly improved our DR activity."
"It's very helpful because SnapCenter is already integrated with VMware Snapshot, so it's very easy to use."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Technical support has been very helpful when we have issues."
"The centralized GUI is the best feature, that there is only one webpage where we can see the states of all the backup jobs. We can see all the tasks that are running and we can quickly see if one fails; if they are running or have any issues. We have all that in one place."
"The reporting feature has been particularly beneficial to upper management... When you do manual backups, you do not get the benefit of seeing successes and failures and how often you have to do restores. With SnapCenter, you get all of that."
"We have been very satisfied with the technical support's help. Their knowledge level is great. For a noncritical question, they will get back to us within a day."
"What is very handy for our clients is the consolidated view. They have a dashboard with everything, through a single pane of glass. This is what they really need because, within seconds, they can have a good overview and see if there are any errors or any issues."
"They have a great PowerShell module and easy mediums to speak to the people who create and enhance them."
"Rubrik can also serve as a secondary host for emergency recoveries."
"The product's most valuable feature is the immutability of a backup."
"Drives the back-end through a powerful, well-documented API."
"What I like about Rubrik is its strong focus on security, particularly in combating ransomware threats."
"The solution's technical support team is very responsive and proactive."
"Rubrik has led to improvement by reducing the amount of failed backups, leading to a reduced workload in IT operations."
"What I like the most about Rubrik is its user-friendly interface."
"We have experience some difficulties with our current support. We are engaging in engineering level support because some of our problems are more technical."
"Groups might be helpful for each site or data center so that we know a given data center has these resources while another data center has those resources. It's not always easy to group hosts by type."
"We would like to see more granular repording and reporting in bigger sets available in SnapCenter."
"The replication feature needs improvement in future releases."
"The Microsoft environment is its biggest disadvantage due to the central management of all the actions. Because the SnapCenter server is where we deploy everything, it also affects the Microsoft environment, which can cause many difficulties when resolving issues like Windows update problems."
"The product lags in terms of availability."
"I would like to see replication support between systems. Right now, it's kind of limited. We manage them separately from the storage system interface, not from SnapCenter. It would be nice if it was integrated into SnapCenter."
"Plugins should be developed in shorter times. Performance generally could be a little bit faster."
"It does not offer image-level backups for Hyper-V 2012."
"The solution's reporting feature could be better."
"Rubrik can only leverage cloud storage for archiving and has no cloud failover."
"There is always room for improvement with some shortcuts for the web interface. They could make it even more beautiful."
"The reporting in the dashboard and reporting for extractions both need improvement. I would suggest making them easier to understand and use, not just out-of-the-box. We should also be able to customize them."
"In terms of what could be improved with Rubrik, we need to improve the backup for remote sites. The competitors are stronger in terms of their remote office back up. Rubrik needs to improve to be stronger for backup. This is the main thing."
"A singular system is needed to manage all of the clusters."
"It is already very well furnished, but live mounts for Nutanix AHV would be amazing."
NetApp SnapCenter is ranked 42nd in Backup and Recovery with 24 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 86 reviews. NetApp SnapCenter is rated 8.0, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of NetApp SnapCenter writes "A stable solution that is mostly used by banks and financial institutions". 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". NetApp SnapCenter is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, NetApp Cloud Backup and Zerto, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Azure Backup and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our NetApp SnapCenter vs. Rubrik report.
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