We performed a comparison between AWS Backup and Rubrik based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Backup solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution's most valuable features are its backup capability and tight integration with other AWS services."
"The solution has an effective overwrite feature."
"It works well as a backup and as a service."
"We can directly back up EC2 instances in AWS without using any third-party applications."
"The auto-scaling feature and the time efficiency of setting up AWS Backup are the most valuable aspects for us."
"The replication in the recovery region is the most valuable feature."
"When I was using an on-premises backup, there was an external hard drive or something like that. I had a backup server, but I had a few problems related to transfer when I had to restore something that I have deleted. I had to wait for after-office hours to do something like that, but now I just have to send a mail. Within one hour, I have my restored file."
"It also saves costs and is quick."
"The feature that I have found most valuable from Rubrik is its protection against ransomware attacks. Rubrik is a very nice, very good solution because it is able to protect your data and you have the possibility from the backup to detect any abnormal behavior, like a ransomware attack. You are able to detect and restore very easily with this solution. This is a major differentiator in comparison to the other competitors."
"It has the ability to test DR in a controlled, inexpensive way and to restore between environments."
"The search functionality is second to none as the speed of the search is fast across the whole system and predictive."
"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."
"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."
"Features we have requested are typically added to the next product release."
"The fact that the API is so available to us with the playground — there's an internal and public playground — is also valuable. We can write API calls — and although I'm sure there's a way we could hurt the data — we write those calls with a lot of certainty that we won't be destroying anything. We write these API calls using really easy mechanisms and generate automation a lot faster."
"Rubrik has made the process to manage backup and recovery painless. This frees up more time to work on other projects."
"One of the limitations of AWS Backup is that it only does file-based copying."
"There are some limitations to partial backup in AWS Backup."
"If AWS could also add some hybrid cloud features to AWS Backup, that would be a significant improvement. For example, currently, AWS Backup only backs up to the S3 and Amazon Cloud, and you can only restore from the Amazon Cloud only. However, some people have hybrid environments. They have some workloads on-premises and some workloads in the cloud."
"The initial setup of the solution is complex."
"For additional functionalities, it should be more intelligent, like more AI-capabilities."
"It requires a lot of time to connect the snapshot, identify the files, and restore a single file manually."
"The service disconnects a lot."
"AWS Backup could improve because you cannot use Glacier or anything but EFS."
"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."
"Global management of multiple systems is lacking, as is reporting across multiple installed units."
"The only thing that can be improved is catering for open source databases because at the moment it doesn't cater for Mongo, MySQL, and Postgres."
"We would like to be able to do granular restores directly from Exchange. Also, more granular management of VM backups would help."
"Improving PowerShell integration would greatly simplify Rubrik management."
"With Windows, it is difficult to configure Oracle Database."
"User interface could be improved."
"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."
AWS Backup is ranked 12th in Cloud Backup with 23 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Cloud Backup with 84 reviews. AWS Backup is rated 8.0, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of AWS Backup writes "Useful point-in-time recovery, highly scalable, and implementation straightforward". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". AWS Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Rubrik Go and Druva inSync, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our AWS Backup vs. Rubrik report.
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