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."It has reduced our maintenance efforts. The amount of time and effort that would have gone in troubleshooting various issues related a data crash has been addressed by Rubrik. So, it has helped to improve our productivity. The data is being captured about our customers periodically that is secure and safe."
"Instant recovery of virtual machines allows for the restoration of services in minutes."
"Rubrik simplifies our data backup and recovery processes significantly. It's very straightforward to use. We start by tagging through VMware, and everything tagged for Rubrik is backed up automatically. Backups are much better and faster because Rubrik takes a full snapshot of the virtual machine. We recently conducted a verification by performing a restore, and even during the restore process, we could bring up the server in less than 10-15 minutes. Additionally, we have set up alerts for sensitive data, which helps us track data."
"Rubrik is cheap, and you get good performance."
"The product's most valuable feature is the immutability of a backup."
"The Auto-Snapshot SLA feature and recovery time are amazing. It took seven seconds to have a server back up and running in production from a total failure."
"It has a good interface which is simple to navigate and utilize."
"Features we have requested are typically added to the next product release."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"I have not seen another backup solution as scalable as this one."
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"The backup potential of the solution is very good. It's protected us in the past very well and allowed us to get up and running after an attack with minimal loss."
"The beauty of the solution is that you can rely on it. It offers a quick recovery time when it's backing up items. The way it recovers data is excellent."
"The product allows for versatile storage options, enabling users to store data on disk storage, NAS storage, or tape libraries."
"One nice feature with Backup Exec is mainly that disaster can happen to any server and the disk image can be destroyed very easily. It's also easy to fully email the backup image and restore the server."
"When errors do occur, it can be a somewhat painful process to get to the bottom of issues."
"The Polaris piece could use improvement. When you get a report and you have events that are suspicious, you cannot drill down and find out why it's suspicious. You only know it's suspicious, but you don't know the root cause. Other than that, everything works well."
"We would like to be able to do granular restores directly from Exchange. Also, more granular management of VM backups would help."
"Setup is immediate but pricing is not cheap."
"With multiple Rubrik clusters setup in an environment, it becomes painfully obvious that this product needs a central management console."
"Better integration for complex NAS structures having to mount at root adds time and workload to the process of NDMP."
"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."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"They can work on the issue of the job timing out when it is unable to reach a selection item. It sometimes hangs up on the selection item, thus preventing the job from continuing."
"The reports could be made in an easier way."
"There's one common issue with tape backups: the tape might have some space left, but Backup Exec says it's not writable and needs replacement. We've encountered this with multiple clients, so it doesn't seem environment-specific. It's likely related to the software. We usually just format the tape and use it again without much investigation."
"The cost is quite high. Along with the general costs, the supposed agents that you have to buy for the various options that you want to use ends up driving the costs higher as well."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 86 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 "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, 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 PowerProtect Data Manager. See our Rubrik vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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