We performed a comparison between Rubrik and Veritas Backup Exec 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."Rubrik is stable and easy to use."
"It works with VMware and Hyper-V without agent installation."
"We have a great success rate for backups with Rubrik and because of the ease of automating tasks, we also run periodical restores to check the quality of the backups."
"Time dedicated to backup was drastically reduced."
"The live mounting and compatibility of different operating systems is great."
"CloudOn allows for backed up virtual machines stored offsite in Azure to be instantiated as an Azure virtual machine and spun up."
"I haven't encountered any bugs or glitches using the solution."
"Rubrik has improved our organization by minimizing downtime."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"The product allows for versatile storage options, enabling users to store data on disk storage, NAS storage, or tape libraries."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"The solution was stable and reliable."
"Synthetic backup is valuable. It gives you the possibility to do a synthesized backup, which means that it combines a full backup and incremental backup data and gives it to you in one stream. So, you don't have to restore the full backup and then later go and restore the incremental backup. You can do that in one go."
"In the global business world, Veritas has a very good name. I think they have a good solid product, and they are always trying to improve it, and update it. ;They know what the client actually needs, and they are up to the challenge of satisfying those needs."
"The solution is good for small and medium-sized businesses."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. After the licensing, the price tends to go up as time goes by."
"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."
"The product’s user interface needs improvement."
"I would like for unmanaged backups to be able to be saved in a separate policy."
"Initially, we encountered compatibility challenges with some of our technologies."
"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."
"The dashboard and user interface could be improved to make them more user-friendly."
"It is a lot more expensive than other solutions, but you get what you pay for."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"It could be improved in the area of reporting and ease-of-use."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"The pricing could be improved."
"They could include backup functionality for enterprise environments."
"Firstly, the GUI for 2014 is mostly confusing, i.e., if you need to add any additional technical features, then it doesn't require a change to the GUI."
"There still a lot of room for improvement in synthetic technologies, especially when targeted to deduplication media."
Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 86 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Rubrik is rated 9.2, while Veritas Backup Exec 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 Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Azure Backup and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. See our Rubrik vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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