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 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."
"The live mount reduces complexity."
"The main benefit is that we are secured in terms of workloads. We know that if we need to restore any VMs, or even any files inside a VM, that we will succeed 100 percent. This means that we don't need to spend much time administering the backup environment because we know it is self-healing and efficient. So, we are spending that time on something else, which is always a plus."
"Features we have requested are typically added to the next product release."
"Automation functions, image based backup, and the ability to instantly recover anything from files to databases."
"It has a single pane of glass interface."
"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."
"What I like about Rubrik is its strong focus on security, particularly in combating ransomware threats."
"This is a very flexible product, which allows you to back up not only the physical environment but also the cloud environment."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"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."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"Recovery via Active Directory is painless and much easier than the complicated setup procedures of other products."
"The solution is good for small and medium-sized businesses."
"We have virtual infrastructure, so restoring virtual machine systems from backups is also very easy."
"The open source database needs to be supported."
"It is already very well furnished, but live mounts for Nutanix AHV would be amazing."
"Rubrik is expensive."
"We have some challenges with the solution's reporting because historical reports have some limitations."
"There is room for improvement through a further extension of their Office 365 backup platform. In addition, it's still a bit cost-prohibitive to backup NAS. Those would be the two primary areas for improvement."
"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?"
"Lacks availability in a NFR format of virtual appliances to test them in public cloud environment."
"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."
"Veritas Backup Exec should be more user-friendly. The costs should also be much lower and it should be easier to go through the disaster recovery process."
"The licensing packet is confusing. If Veritas could do a better job of clarifying it, that would be helpful."
"I would like to be able to create a restore task that can be scheduled so that the same restore action will be performed automatically."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"Something within the software itself isn't quite right. There may be a bug or glitch. It will work fine for weeks and then all of a sudden it just tanks."
"The pricing could be improved."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"This solution does not support image-level backup of a physical server."
Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 82 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th 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 "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". 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, Zerto 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 NetWorker. See our Rubrik vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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